The theme for 2018 Research Symposium is “Advancing NDE Technologies, Research and Engineering in a Changing World.” This year’s theme aims to address key research, development and innovation of advancing NDE technologies and bridge gaps in NDE research, engineering and technology transfer. This year the symposium will include presentations of technical papers in innovative NDE research and development areas such as: Advanced/Emerging NDE Methods Automation/Robotics in NDE NDE Materials Characterization NDE Engineering NDE for Additive Manufacturing NDE for Aerospace/Composites NDE for Civil Infrastructure NDE for Railroads NDE Modeling and Simulation Passive Wireless Sensors Radiography NDE Reliability Structural Health Monitoring (Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis) Thermal NDE Methods Ultrasonics