Articles by Richard Goodwin

An example of tubing subject to ultrasonic testing.

Nondestructive Testing of Implanted Medical Device Materials

Detecting defects in medical devices before they are implanted is critical to ensure the safety and reliability of such devices.

Richard Goodwin Phil Trach

April 1, 2017

Nowhere is the need for material integrity more obvious than in medical devices that are implanted into human beings. A failed device inside an aircraft or power plant may, under some circumstances, cause a problem.

Testing, Trust, and Traceability

You can often re-inspect a part, but there’s no way to restore lost traceability

Richard Goodwin Phil Trach

August 1, 2016

An important element in ensuring the quality of finished parts is nondestructive testing (NDT). NDT is the inspection of material or parts without impairing their future usefulness.

Choose the Most Reliable MPI Method for Your Business

Magnetic particle inspection methods vary in terms of ease of use as well as the level of detail.

Richard Goodwin

October 9, 2014

Magnetic particle inspection (MPI) can be performed a number of different ways and oftentimes any of these methods are acceptable under the specification called out for performing the test.

Basic Principles of Liquid Penetrant Inspection

Sharon M. Bentzley Richard Goodwin

November 1, 2010

More options have developed in the way liquid penetrant inspection is performed nowadays.

Discover how advanced FAI software automates First Article Inspection workflows by generating inspection plans, validating results in real time, integrating 2D/3D data, and reducing quality escapes to improve efficiency and compliance.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2026 PharmSci 360 held on October 25-28, 2026 in New Orleans!

AAPS is the convener of the pharmaceutical science community, bringing together thousands of scientists from across the world and the drug development process. For them, PharmSci 360 combines all the energy of a large scientific conference with the intimacy of a small niche meeting because of its unique programming structure.

PharmSci 360 is built on five tracks that cover the pharmaceutical development process. Scientists attending the meeting report that they build their schedule to solve their problems, and may attend programming in only one track or all of them!

Articles by Richard Goodwin

Nondestructive Testing of Implanted Medical Device Materials

Testing, Trust, and Traceability

Choose the Most Reliable MPI Method for Your Business

Basic Principles of Liquid Penetrant Inspection

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