Partners - SME-AG Participants
Ukrainian Society for Non-Destructive Testing (USNDT)
SME Membership: 160.
Profile: USNDT is a professional creative public organisation uniting specialists working or studying in the field of manufacturing and in-service NDT.
The Society has the following objectives:
- promotion of progress of research and development in the field of NDT & Technical Diagnostics (TD), introduction of the achievements of NDT&TD science and technology into mass production;
- dissemination of scientific-technical information on the results of the activity of scientists and engineers in the field of NDT
- facilitation of communication between scientists and specialists, development of their initiative, individual and collective creative work;
- promotion of improvement of the level of science and qualifications of scientists, engineers and workers in the field of NDT
- rendering consultative and information services for solving concrete production problems;
- development of contacts with the scientific and engineering-technical community of foreign countries, with similar foreign public organisations and companies specialising in NDT
- facilitation of training and certification of NDT personnel.
- USNDT is a member of the International Committee of NDT (ICNDT).
Role in the Project/Tasks Attributed: To survey the ship building and ship repair/maintenance market in the Ukraine and the neighbouring sea-going countries generally, its current and future needs (WP 1), to input into the training and certification needs for technicians (WP 7), to provide and facilitate dissemination and exploitation plans in the Ukraine and neighbouring countries, organise National Conferences & Workshops, and help prepare guidelines for technician training and certification where appropriate (WP 8).
Staff involved: Professor Vladimir Troitskiy, President of USNDT
Benefits to the Consortium: The consortium will benefit from USNDT's participation in Ship-Inspector because it is a large SME-AG providing a 'window' into the CIS countries, with a huge future potential market for shipping NDT and inspection systems. Reasons for Participation: CIS shipping industry face a problem of ageing ships operating under severe and adverse weather conditions. The USNDT sees Ship-Inspector as an opportunity to introduce to the shipping industry a potentially highly productive method of inspecting their essential sea going vessels.
