2007 Winner Fred W. Klock

Fred Klock is the owner of Klock NDT, a consulting service in Roslyn, Pennsylvania, which he has operated since its founding in 2004. As a consultant, Klock manages personnel qualification programs, teaches NDT courses and performs Level III services. Prior to beginning his own business, Klock worked for almost 45 years with SPS Technologies in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. While an NDT supervisor for SPS Technologies, Klock was instrumental in obtaining and maintaining Nadcap certification for the company and for developing a computerized database covering all aspects of its NDT work. He holds both ASNT NDT Level III and ACCP Professional Level III certifications in MT, PT, UT and VT. Klock served in the US Army Reserve from 1957 to 1965, and has completed fields of study at Temple University and Spring Garden College.

Klock has been an active member of ASNT since 1990, and has been particularly involved with the Greater Philadelphia Section, which he served as secretary, treasurer, vice chair and chair from 1991 to 1995, and which he is presently serving as treasurer once again. Klock has also been a member of the Section's board of directors since 1995. In addition to his service as an officer, he has volunteered his time as a member of a number of Section committees and has been involved in a variety of Section activities, particularly educational programs. In 1995, ASNT honored him with the Young NDT Professional Award. Also a member of ASM International, Klock has gone through the chairs of that organization's Philadelphia chapter and is their permanent executive treasurer.

2007 Winner Lalita Udpa

Lalita Udpa is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, where she has been since 2002. Prior to her affiliation with Michigan State, Udpa was a professor of electrical engineering at Iowa State University from 1990 to 2001 and a research assistant professor at Colorado State University from 1986 to 1990. She obtained her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Colorado State in 1986, having previously received her M.S. from the same institution and her B.S. in physics from the University of Pune, India. In her current position, Udpa teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in electrical engineering, conducts research, and is involved in professional outreach. She has been a member of ASNT since 1996, and has been involved in a number of activities within the Society. Since 1997, Udpa has been an associate technical editor of Materials Evaluation, and she is also a member of the editorial board of Research in Nondestructive Evaluation. She has contributed to the NDT Handbook series, and served as chair of the Iowa Section (1999-2000). Udpa was also a member of the Organizing Committee for the 2007 Annual Research Symposium and Conference in Orlando, Florida. In addition to ASNT, Udpa is a member of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society and IEEE. She is the author of six book chapters and over 200 research papers in various journals.

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