1. GENERAL INFORMATION
Venue
MÖVENPICK Hotels and Resorts,
115 Gokula Extension, HMT Road,
Bangalore-560054, India
www.movenpick.com/en/asia/india/bangalore/hotel-
bangalore/overview
Conference Secretariat
S Gopalakrishnan,
Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore – 560012, India
Phone: +91-80-22933019
E-mail: krishnan@aero.iisc.ernet.in
Conference Material
At the conference, participants will get a booklet of all ab-
stracts of the programme contributions and the proceedings
with the full papers.
Hotel Reservation
We have special tariff in the following hotel:
• MÖVENPICK Hotels and Resorts (Conference hotel)
• The Green Tree
44, 1st
Main Road, Gokula Stage 1, Mathikere, Bangalore –
560054, India
www.hotelgreentrees.com
Information and reservation form please find on the website.
Website
The www.aero.iisc.ernet.in/~skrislab/web/ website has been
prepared for the conference. It is updated regularly.
Exhibition |Deadline: 10 October 2016
A vendor exhibition will be conducted to complement the
technical presentations. A limited number of exhibit booths of
at least 9 m2
are available.
The rental fee is 1500 USD. For each booth one conference
badge with full conference participation will be provided.
Booth rental includes:
• Standard wall divisions (white)
• Standard signboards with max. 20 characters (black)
• Standard plug (15 A / 230 V)
• 2 tables and 1 chair
COMMITTEES
Symposium Chairs
S Gopalakrishnan Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
K Balasubramaniam
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai, India
Scientific Committee
George Akhras Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Canada
Christian Boller Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
S Gopalakrishnan Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Alfredo Güemes Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Randolf Hanke
Fraunhofer IIS, Saarbrücken, Germany & University
of Würzburg, Germany
Johann Kastner
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Wels,
Austria
Patrice Masson GAUS – Univ. de Sherbrooke, Canada
William H. Prosser NASA, Hampton, USA
Matthias Purschke DGZfP, Berlin, Germany
Christian U. Große TU Munich, Germany
Shenfang Yuan
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Nanjing, China
Wieslaw Ostachowicz Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland
Robert Smith University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Gary Georgeson Boeing Commercial Aircrafts, Seattle, USA
Philippe Benoist M2M, Les Ulis, France
Esmeralda Cuevas Tecnatom, Madrid, Spain
Clemens Leader SHM & ENDT Technology NDT
BOCKENHEIMER in Production (ESCMN2) Materials,
Processes & Testing,AIRBUS,Bremen
National Advisory Committee
Ramesh Sundaram National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India
Roy Mahapatra Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
M Ramachandra Bhat Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
B V S R Murthy
Defence Research and Development Organisation,
Hyderabad, India
Mira Mitra Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
B Venkataraman
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research,
Kalpakkam, India
Prabhu Rajagopal Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Shyamsundar GE Global Research Centre, Bangalore, India
K Vijayaraju Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore, India
S Kalyana Sundaram National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India
Raghupathy
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Indian Space
Research Organisation, India
Santosh Kapuria
Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai,
India
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT &
CALL FOR PAPERS
8
th
International Symposium
on NDT in Aerospace
3 – 5 November 2016
Bangalore, India

2. PREFACE
Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E) is one of the major
requirements in aerospace structural design. Almost all the
components have to pass through various NDT quality assurance
procedures. For damage tolerant design used in aviation, NDT is a
prerequisite. Appropriate use of NDT guarantees safety in
aerospace and is thus a subject of highest attention.
Although aerospace industries have to clearly stick to certified NDT
procedures, there is a large amount of technology being currently
developed within the engineering science discipline, which is worth
discussion with respect to their application potential. The widespread
use of emerging materials such as CFRP composites as well as new
manufacturing processes for aerospace structural components has
also given rise to many new questions regarding the materials’
reliability and manufacturing methods in the light of non-destructive
evaluation, both from a research as well as a manufacturing and
assembly point of view. To communicate latest R&D achievements
to industrial applicants on the one hand and to discuss advanced
and improved methods both with scientists as well as industrial
researchers on the other, the Symposium for NDT in Aerospace has
been established in 2008 and has been organised on an annual
basis since 2010. It is run in places worldwide all around the globe
where aerospace has a home including Hamburg/ Germany,
Montreal/ Canada, Augsburg/ Germany, Singapore, Madrid/ Spain,
and Bremen/Germany so far. The 8th
Symposium for NDT in
Aerospace will now be held in November 2016 in Bangalore/ India.
This Symposium of NDT in Aerospace is intended to provide
uniqueness also in a way that it will be held as a single session
event only, where every speaker will be given a voice to the plenum.
Well selected invited speakers will address topics of high relevance
in special keynote lectures and specific reception-typed discussion
forums will be established as parallel events where different
speakers as well as exhibitors will be able to extensively discuss
NDT topics of relevance to aerospace during late afternoon sessions
while symposium attendees are welcome to learn about the relevant
issues of NDT in aerospace.
Scope
 NDT methods like ultrasound, x-ray, thermal imaging, laser
based and optical surface inspection etc. 
 Component inspection 
 Material characterisation 
 Data evaluation and image processing 
 NDT system design
 Production integrated NDT&E 
 Mobile NDT&E for maintenance, repair and overhaul
 Damage tolerance 
 Aircraft aging 
 Structural health monitoring
Presentations addressing the topics mentioned above and con-
sidering any NDT methods proposed such as thermal imaging, eddy
current, ultrasonics, optics, x-ray testing and many others will be most
welcome. Opportunities for exhibition of techno-logy and posters will
be provided, as well as technical visits to relevant aerospace
companies.
Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan Prof. K Balasubramaniam
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India
Indian Institute of Technology
Madras, Chennai, India
Important Deadlines
Deadline for abstract submission 30 August 2016
Payment of presenting authors 30 September 2016
Final programme September 2016
Early registration deadline 30 September 2016
Deadline for full papers 15 September 2016
ABOUT IISc, BANGALORE
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was founded in 1909 as a result
of the joint efforts of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Government of
India, and the Maharaja of Mysore in Bangalore, India. The name
Bangalore encompasses so many sobriquets like Garden City, Silicon
Valley of India, Pub City and so on. One of the prettiest cities in India,
known for its salubrious climate all year round, Bangalore is bestowed
with tall tree lines streets and several parks adding to its greenery.
With its gorgeous parks, boulevards, multiplexes, bustling shopping
bazaars and historical monuments, Bangalore is indubitably sparkling
life with vigour.
Over the 105 years since its establishment, IISc has become the
premier institute for advanced scientific and technological research
and education in India. Beginning with 2 departments and 21 students
in 1911, today IISc has 39 departments, units, or centres, 3500
students, and about 500 academic and scientific staff, supported by
600 administrative personnel. Out of this population of students,
about 2200 are in various PhD programs, almost 900 are enrolled for
various Masters degrees, whereas about 400 are registered in the
newly established, research oriented, four-year Bachelor of Science
(Research) programme, of which the first batch graduated in 2015.
In the recent years, with new centres such as CiSTUP (The Centre of
Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation, and Urban Planning), the
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, the Centre for Earth Sciences,
the Centre for NeuroScience, the Centre for Excellence in Nano
Science and Engineering (CeNSE), the Robert Bosch Centre for
Cyber Physical Systems (RBCCPS), a new Centre for Brain Research
the Institute has vigorously promoted inter-disciplinary research. With
the recent construction of modern buildings, acquisition of new
research facilities, and induction of a large number of new faculty
members, the Institute can look forward to an era of high productivity,
increasing impact, and rising prominence in the world.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Submission Guidelines |Deadline: 30 August 2016
You are invited to submit abstracts in accordance with the
following guidelines:
 Registrations of papers will only be considered if they 
are submitted completely, i.e. together with all requested
data and the abstract. 
 Authors are allowed to register more than one paper. 
 English being the conference language, the contributions
have to be submitted and presented in English.
Translation into other languages will not be provided. 
 All abstracts have to be mailed to
ndt.in.aero2016@gmail.com by 30 August 2016. 
 Authors will be informed about the acceptance of their
contributions before 30 August 2016. 
 Authors whose paper are accepted have to register via
the online-form and pay the registration fee before 
30 September 2016. Contributions of authors, who have
not paid the registration fee by 8 October 2016, will be
cancelled. 
 The full paper, formatted according to the template, must
be received as an electronic file by 15 September 2016.
The proceedings will be available at the conference. 
Fees
Registration by 30 September 2016 500 USD
Registration after 30 September 2016 600 USD
Presenting authors 500 USD
Students are given 50% discount on the registration fee.
Fee includes all conference activities, proceedings,
social programme, coffee breaks, and lunch.
The participation in the symposium will be connected with:
 a visit to the aerospace industries in Bangalore,
India 