Webinars
30 June 2025
Join our NDT and Condition Monitoring Technical Group (TG8) Webinar:
Back-to-Basics: In-service Inspection of Ageing Plant
Most standards and specifications relating to NDT are focused on inspection at the time of manufacture. However, all operating plant will gradually degrade during its service life, so that in-service inspections are necessary to ensure it continues to function efficiently and safely.
This webinar will cover an understanding of NDT and in-service inspection of ageing plant.
Who should attend?
Engineers responsible for the efficient and safe operation of plant and constructions during operation, and for maintenance and inspection planning in the oil and gas production, petrochemical, wind power, pipelines, bridges sectors.
What will you learn?
This webinar will enable participants to:
- Identify common degradation mechanisms.
- Understand how NDT for in-service inspection can be tailored to search for these.
- Understand the impact of well-designed in-service inspections on plant integrity and operational life.
Experts from industry will be presenting on a range of topics:
- Dr Channa Nageswaran, Technology Consultant, TWI Ltd - Ultrasonic Testing for Cracks
- Dr Chi Lee, Senior Corrosion Engineer, TWI Ltd - Damage Mechanisms Related to Ageing Equipment
FEES
Please note that payment must be made before the event in order to receive the joining instructions for the event.
Please ensure to register on the Microsoft Teams Event page prior to the event, the link to the event page can be found in the confirmation email.
Once completed, this is when you will receive your webinar joining link.
- Professional Members of The Welding Institute:
- AWeldI: £25 + VAT (£30)
- TechWeldI/MWeldI/FWeldI: Free
- Industrial Members of TWI Ltd: £25 + VAT (£30)
- Non-members: £95 + VAT (£114)
- Retired Members: £25 + VAT (£30)
- The Welding Institute Member - Student Associate: £25 + VAT (£30)
- TWI Staff: Free
- TWI Training Customers: £75 + VAT (£90)
- TWI Training School Customers with professional membership: Free: Please contact us with your Training Customer ID Number
CAN'T MAKE IT ON THE DAY?
If you can't join us on the day, you can still access the recording of the webinar and the presentations by registering ahead of the event.*
*presentation dissemination is dependent on presenter consent.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (AWeldI) OF THE WELDING INSTITUTE
Registering on this Technical Group webinar as a non-member or a TWI Training Customer without Professional Membership gives you full Associate Membership (AWeldI) for one year. To activate your membership, just complete the highlighted fields on the event registration form.
You will also benefit from:
- Discounted registration fees for Technical Group events (£25 + VAT)
- Free attendance at Branch events
- Access to our knowledge database including our library and information services
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THIS WEBINAR
- Information transfer from experts
- Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
- A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
- Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)
The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour of attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.
Please contact hafiza.rahman@twi.co.uk if you require a certificate of attendance towards your continuing professional development.
Speakers
Channa Nageswaran
Technology Consultant
Channa has worked at TWI, since the beginning of 2003 on completion of an undergraduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College, London. Channa undertook an Engineering Doctorate degree while working in TWI with the Metallurgy Department of the University of Birmingham, delivering a thesis on the development of phased array ultrasonic techniques for inspection of heterogeneous anisotropic materials such as composites and austenitic welds.
Channa is the Chairman of the sub-commission for Ultrasonic Testing for the International Institute of Welding (IIW). Channa worked in the sub-commission to generate the ISO 23864 and ISO 23865 standards for FMC/TFM, performing the role of master editor of ISO 23865 and writing significant parts of the technical content of the document. These documents collated together best practice across industry represented by leading experts.
Channa’s current role in TWI is to be a Technology Consultant focused on R&D towards improved ultrasonic testing (UT) techniques.
Chi-Ming Lee
Senior Corrosion Engineer
Dr Chi-Ming Lee is a Senior Corrosion Engineer, working in the Material Performance and Corrosion Department at TWI Ltd, based in Cambridge, UK. His responsibilities include management of consultancy related projects, from a corrosion and asset integrity prospective, for a range of clients from the oil and gas industry and other sectors.
Prior to joining TWI Ltd, Dr Chi-Ming Lee worked in the field of corrosion and pipeline cathodic protection at several companies, including Clariant, PIM and Cathodic Protection Service Ltd. Notable is his 3 year period at Clariant, where his role was a member of the corrosion awareness campaign team within BP, tasked to reduce the cost of corrosion, across all business units.
Dr Chi-Ming Lee received a degree in Metallurgy and Material Science, and PhD on the topic of pitting corrosion from University of Nottingham, UK. He is also a Chartered Engineer and a Member of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).