好色先生 used a $500,000 grant from the Congressional Funded Community Project to upgrade its Nondestructive Testing (NDT) laboratory. The college unveiled the space during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in August.
The facility now features cutting-edge technology, including a magnetic particle inspection machine, phased arrays ultrasonic testing devices, eddy current scanners and probes, and digital radiography tools. A new liquid penetrant station is coming soon.
NDT is a growing field that plays a critical role in assuring that structural components and systems perform their function in a reliable and cost-effective fashion. NDT technicians and engineers define and implement tests that locate and characterize material conditions and flaws that might otherwise cause less visible but troubling events.
鈥淎ccess to state-of-the-art equipment will enhance our reputation as the only community college in Illinois offering an NDT curriculum,鈥� said Steve Pappageorge, executive director or Community Education, Workforce Development and Government Relations at Moraine Valley.
Moraine Valley offers an eight-course certificate program that can be completed in as little as one semester. The grant also allowed the college to build a training room outfitted with computers, multimedia equipment and more. Moraine Valley contributed to construction efforts by adding new lighting, eyewash stations for safety and renovating the training room.
Students in the NDT Program may receive financial assistance through the new Mark Sebby Nondestructive Testing Scholarship created in the memory of Mark J. Sebby by his family. Sebby was a husband and dad of three children who attended Moraine Valley鈥檚 NDT Program and worked at General Electric for more than 25 years in the Outage Planning Services department at the Constellation (formerly Exelon) Braidwood Nuclear Station.
Students looking to start a new career or enhance skills in this field are encouraged to enroll in classes that start in October.
For news media inquiries, contact Jessica Crotty, assistant director of Communications, at (708) 974-5281 or crotty@morainevalley.edu.
PHOTO CAPTION: Members of Moraine Valley鈥檚 Board of Trustees join members of the Executive Leadership team, faculty and staff in cutting the ribbon on an updated Nondestructive Testing lab.
