PEOPLEWATCH |SCOPE ASNT Lifetime Member Sreenivas Alampalli has been honored with inclusion by ASCE in its 2023 class of distinguished members for eminence and professional contributions to research, practice, and technology transfer in inspection, evaluation, testing, and monitoring of bridge infrastructure. Alampalli’s unique engineering contribu- tions include advancing NDT methods for quantitative evaluation of bridges to assure safety, developing a robust bridge inspection program, and pioneering applications of fiber-reinforced polymers for bridge applications. Alampalli’s research portfolio and leadership record are the products of a visionary government engineer and researcher who has spent much of his career promoting the development of numerous programs on bridge safety and management, not only for the New York State Department of Transportation (NYS DOT) but for other state DOTs and federal agencies as well. From 2003 to 2006 he served on the international stage as a Director at Large on the ASNT Board of Directors. After the Minnesota Bridge collapse in 2007, Alampalli was asked to lead the ASCE-AASHTO-FHWA Task Force to develop a white paper on critical research needs in the areas of bridge inspection and evaluation. More recently, while at NYS DOT he was tasked with the massive undertaking of migrating the US$100 million annual inspection/ evaluation program he managed from a state-specific system to an AASHTO element-based national system. In all, Alampalli has assembled 30 years’ worth of asset management and policy development, building successful stra- tegic public-private-academic part- nerships, implementing data-driven decision-making processes and web-based software tools, advising senior management, effectively managing a diversified and decentralized workforce, and more. He has authored more than 250 technical publications in civil infrastructure and made more than 150 presentations on infrastructure research. He has been very active with professional societies throughout his career including serving on several ASCE committees and journal editorial boards. He also chaired the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee AFF40 on Testing and Evaluation of Transportation Structures. He is the founding president of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS) USA National Group. Alampalli started out in the Department of Irrigation in A.P. State, India, as an assistant executive engi- neer. He was an adjunct at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and eventually made his way to NYS DOT, Prospect Solutions, and then Stantec, where he has been since 2021. His doctoral degree is from Rensselaer in Troy, New York. Selected honors include the Aftab Mufti Lifetime Achievement Award (2021) from the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, the Hall of Fame Award (2016) from the Make the Right Move Chess Foundation, the ASNT Bridge NDT Lifetime Service Award (2014), the ASCE Outstanding Projects and Leaders award (2021), and the ASCE Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research (2013). Simpson Gumpertz &Heger (SGH) has welcomed Keith Kesner as a Project Director, bolstering the firm’s repair and rehabilitation expertise and knowledge of concrete performance for new and existing structures. He will join SGH’s Structural Engineering divi- sion in New York City, partnering closely with professionals across the East Coast while operating out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kesner brings more than 30 years of industry and academic experience, specializing in evaluating and repairing concrete, masonry, and steel structures assessing concrete material performance and deterioration through NDT and corrosion analysis and conducting facade inspections and repairs. The Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) North America search committee is pleased to announce Rebekah Stacha as its CEO, effective 1 June 2023. Stacha is the first woman CEO for SAMPE in its 79-year history. Stacha is a seasoned association professional with over 20 years of experience in leadership, publishing solutions, operations management, and people development. As Director of Multimedia and Publishing at the Society of Petroleum Engineers, she was instrumental in the organization’s digital transformation, which streamlined workflows that increased efficiency and customer satisfaction. A graduate of the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University with a degree in management, she is a Certified Association Executive and is an active member of several professional organizations including the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives, Society of Scholarly Publishing, and American Society of Association Executives. APPOINTMENTS ASNT’s Dalton Vidosh has been promoted to Accounting Manager. Vidosh will be overseeing the daily accounting cycle for ASNT and all its subsidiaries. ASNT member Raj Venkatachalam has been promoted to Senior Systems J U L Y 2 0 2 3 • M A T E R I A L S E V A L U A T I O N 93 2307 ME July dup.indd 93 6/19/23 3:41 PM

Engineering Manager at Varex Imaging Corp. ASNT Lifetime Member Don Locke has started a new position as NDT Nadcap Auditor at Performance Review Institute. HUVRdata, a next-generation Inspection Data Management Software Platform, has announced that ASNT Lifetime Member Dave Bajula is joining the HUVR Advisor Network (HAN). Bajula is the latest of nine industry veterans with backgrounds in a range of disciplines and asset integrity management tech- nologies to join HAN. He brings more than 40 years of insight and perspective formed, in part, from his time as general manager of advanced NDT services at Acuren, as well as from his time as President and Chairperson of ASNT’s Board of Directors. ASNT Lifetime Member Marybeth Miceli has accepted an appointment to the Transportation Research Board: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine AKT60 Committee on Bridge Preservation. This is a three-year appointment, and Miceli will work with the committee to make strides on preservation, inspection, and monitoring methods. North German high-tech company Automation Technology, located in Bad Oldesloe near Lübeck, is starting a new chapter in its 25-year company history by expanding to North America. The management of the office in the Boston metropolitan area will be taken over by US-American Gretchen Alper, who has already many years of experience in the field of machine vision. MILESTONES ASNT member Anish Poudel has been awarded the People’s Choice Award for Best Presentation at the 2023 International Wheelset Congress conference. CGM CIGIEMME S.p.A.’s Eugenio Feneri, Head of CGM Electrical Department, and Matteo Borini, Head of CGM Mechanical Department, have obtained the CMSE® – Certified Machinery Safety Expert certification. |NEWCERTIFICATIONS ACCP Level II CWI James Berg Tracy D. Blankenship William Braun Michael Curry Greggory Damis Bryan Doheny Eddie Estrada Veronica Garcia Chad Geary Dustin Haba Jacob Martinez Juan Mendez Kyle Morgan Randy Ramos Kyle Stevenson Robert Weatherholt Kyle Whitfield James Woods Roy J. Ybarra, Jr. ACCP Professional Level III Leighton McMillan, Jr. ASNT NDT Level III Niousha Amani Htet Lwin Aung Joshua D. Bell Stephanie Melissa Berry Young Tak Chun Paramaguru Dhayalan Hitesh Grover Allan E. James Matthew A. Johnson Harold Jones Abdul Bari K P Raghupathy Kanniyappan Narasinga Rao Kolipaka Surekha Krishnan Suraj Manjal Paul G. Mattison Efrain Munoz, Jr. Jamie M. Nehrkorn Donald A Niles, Jr. Sun Cheol Noh Joseph Perrone Tyler Pettit Slamet Riyadi Daniel Rodriguez Jishnu S. Ajay Derek J. Schneider Syedriaz Shamsudeen Bandaru Srinivasarao Antony Symonds Stephen Andrew Thompson Ikuo Torisu Prabhu Velusamy Satish Vishwakarma Mas Prasetyo Wibowo Brian A. Wright ISQ – Oil &Gas (UTT) Landon Ansley Steven Brooks Andrew Dugo Justin Edwards Pablo Garcia Brendan Higginbotham Richard Meade Ramon Mendoza Cecil Reiss Matheus Romano Matthew Sawyer Yong Ton Nathan Tullos Golden Ugbodu SCOPE |PEOPLEWATCH EARN CEUS WITH ON-DEMAND WEBINARS Looking for a quick way to earn recertification points? ASNT Education is here for you! Recordings of selected past webi- nars may be accessed and viewed for credit. Webinars are divided into sections by topic. To view the lineup, go to pathlms.com /asnt/courses and scroll down to “Webinar Recordings for Credit.” Price: ASNT member US$29, nonmember US$49. Credit value per webinar: 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU) 0.35 recertification point. EXCLUSIVE HEALTH COVERAGE ASNT’s exclusive health coverage partner, LIG Solutions, wants you and your family to stay healthy for 2023. To learn more about all ASNT-endorsed business solutions and how to access this exclusive member benefit program, go to asnt.org Membership Benefits. To request more information, go to ligmembers.com/asnt. A NEW WAY TO READ EBOOKS ASNT has rolled out a new way to access and read ebooks at source .asnt.org! Now users can enjoy a more streamlined access and reading experience, easier keyword searches, a less restrictive digital rights manager, and a personal digital library. No software is required users no longer will need to download a separate app to view and manage their ebook. An optional browser plug-in is avail- able for annotating and highlighting pages. If you have questions, please email customersupport@asnt.org. |SOCIETYNOTES Do you have news you’d like to share with the NDT community? People Watch publishes notices of ASNT members’ promotions, retirements, honors, and other milestones. Please send notices to the ASNT press release inbox at press@asnt.org. 94 M A T E R I A L S E V A L U A T I O N • J U L Y 2 0 2 3 2307 ME July dup.indd 94 6/19/23 3:41 PM