3 Credit hours (3 h lectures) (Pass).The purpose of this course is to provide students a synopsis on material evaluation, begins by considering the various physical properties of materials that may be of interest for materials evaluation and the means for determining these properties by widely used and lesser used non-destructive evaluation methods. The methods will include: Overview of Visual Inspection (VT), Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT), Magnetic Particle Testing (MT), Review of Surface NDT Methods, Radiographic Testing (x-ray) ; (RT), Ultrasonic Testing (UT), Eddy Current Testing (ET), Thermal Testing (TT)