Institute for Physical Research and Technology

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Institute for Physical
Research and Technology

Iowa State University
2156 Gilman Hall
Ames, IA 50011-3110

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Darrel Enyart

Scientist, Nondestructive Evaluation


Darrel Enyart joined IPRT Company Assistance in 2009. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. He received a B.S. in Materials Engineering with a minor in Nondestructive Evaluation, with Distinction, from Iowa State in 2002. He worked for the Iowa Demonstration Laboratory (which is now the NDE group) as an undergraduate and he held a graduate research assistantship at the Center before he was hired. He graduated from the USAF Nondestructive Inspection Technical School in Pensacola Florida in 2005, and currently holds a 7-level qualification in the 132ndFW, Iowa Air National Guard.

Enyart works part-time for the IPRT Company Assistance NDE Group and part-time for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airworthiness Assurance Center of Excellence (AACE).

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At AACE, Enyart is currently working on projects involving fluorescent penetrant inspection and machining damage.  Previously through his graduate assistantship, Enyart performed research in ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation techniques.  As a Nondestructive Inspection Technician for the Iowa National Guard, he utilized X-ray, eddy current, ultrasonic, magnetic particle and fluorescent penetrant testing methods.  He also performed nondestructive tests and inspections in support of Iowa companies, took part in on-site presentations of results and on-site gathering of information and ideas as an undergraduate assistant in the Iowa Demonstration Laboratory.

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Darrel Enyart
Scientist
denyart@iastate.edu
515-294-8295

 

Institute for Physical Research and Technology
NDE Group
177 Applied Sci. Complex II
1915 Scholl Road
Ames, IA 50011