The Student Travel Grant is designed to support full-time students who are pursuing research and education in the field of nondestructive testing (NDT). This grant provides financial assistance for qualified travel expenses, enabling students to attend the ASNT Research Symposium. By facilitating student participation in this key industry event, the Student Travel Grant aims to foster professional development, networking, and the sharing of innovative research.
Form of Award
Reimbursement not to exceed $1,000 is provided to cover travel-associated expenses to the ASNT Research Symposium.
*Reimbursements will be granted for airfare, ground transportation, lodging, and meals through timely submission of original receipts.
Number of Awards
Up to twenty (20) recipients may be selected to receive a travel grant each year.
Eligibility
Full-time students, undergraduate or graduate, enrolled at a four-year college or university are eligible to apply.
Selection
The ASNT Foundation's Scholarships and Grants Committee will review each application received. Recipient selection will be based on the clarity and relevance of their essay. A well-written, thoughtful essay that clearly articulates the applicant's goals, NDT/NDE research experience, and the impact of attending the ASNT Research Symposium will be key to the decision-making process. Additionally, applicants presenting at the ASNT Research Symposium will be given priority during the selection process.
Application
· Applicant must submit an original essay (minimum of 500 words) summarizing their academic accomplishments, their involvement in NDT/NDE research, the role they expect NDT/NDE to play in their future career plans, and the benefits they anticipate from attendance at the ASNT Research Symposium.
· Applicant must submit one letter of recommendation from a faculty member, which includes verification of the student’s full-time enrollment.
Submit an ApplicationDeadline
Application opens on 01 August 2025
Applications are due 15 March 2026
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2025 Recipients
Pedram Bazrafshan
Olivia Cook
Aqeel Fadhil
Jicen Hu
Haley Jones
Clayton Malone
Pouria Meshki Zadeh
Trent Moritz
Lovejoy Mutswatiwa
Mubaraq Onifade
Adwoa Owusu
Lei Peng
Moein Ramezanpour Kami
Jordan Sickle
Michail Skiadopoulos
Geoffrey Soneson
Rachel Van Lear
Silas Wieland
Colin Williams
Ali Zare Hosseinzadeh
2024
Farzaneh Ahmadi
Pedram Bazrafshan
Merrill Dennison
Ali Ghadimzadeh Alamdari
Xuhui Huang
Nihar Masurkar
Aaron McCarville
Zebadiah Miles
Trent Moritz
Farid Nazari
Prateek Neupane
Oluwatimilehin Oluwajire
Adwoa Owusu
Lei Peng
Asmi Rana
Himal Sapkota
Subal Sharma
Michail Skiadopoulos
Logan Wilcox
Ali Zare Hosseinzadeh
2023
Farzaneh Ahmadi
Anna Case
Alexander Hook
Ali Zare Hosseinzadeh
Haley Jones
Lauren Katch
Nathan Kizer
Sangmin Lee
Meirbek Mussatayev
Lovejoy Mutswatiwa
Hamidreza Nemati
Matthew Newton
Vasileios Pentsos
Asmi Rana
Anubhav Roy
Connor Seavers
Michail Skiadopoulos
Rebeka Sultana
Rachel Van Lear
Christopher Wheatley
2022
Youssef AbouelNour
Pedram Bazrafshan
Evan Bozek
Mario Escarcega
Rose Ghasemi
Eberechi Ichi
Showmic Islam
Elliott Jost
Jazmin Ley
Lijie Liu
Prabhakaran Manogharan
Hamed Momeni
Swathi Muthyala Ramesh
Hamidreza Nemati
Ryan Spencer
Logan Wilcox
Yuning Wu
Ali Zare Hosseinzadeh
Keping Zhang
2020
Maggie Baechle
Merrill Dennison
Saman Farhangdoust
MD Shahjahan Hossain
Ogheneovo Idolor
Elliott Jost
Seyed Foad Karimian
Jinsun Lee
Stylianos Livadiotis
Milad Mehrkash
Ali Mirala
Swathi Muthyala Ramesh
Hamidreza Nemati
Jameson Secrist
Mehrdad Shafiei Dizaji
Survesh Shrestha
Ryan Spencer
Marshall Vaccaro
Sina Zamen
Xingxing Zou
2019
Anna Case
Abhishek Chitti
Saman Farhangdoust
Mehrdad Ghyabi
Jiang Jin
Seyed Fouad Karimian
Xiangang Lai
Mahboobeh Mahmoodi
Maryam Mashayekhizadeh
John Miers
Ali Mirala
Rajendra Prasath Palanisamy
Cody Shults
Ryan Spencer
Chengjun Tan
Sina Zamen
Hang Zeng
2018
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou
Ahmed Elhattab
Mehrdad Gyabi
Ryan Lane
Albert Liang
Eric Lim
Mahboobeh Mahmoodi
Maryam Mashayekhizadeh
Ali Mirala
Yahya Mohammed
Saptarshi Mukherjee
Amir Nasrollahi
Ryan Spencer
Hossein Taheri
2017
Zach Benedict
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou
Ali Foudazi
Seyed Fouad Karimian
Ryan Lane
Albert Lyles
Mahboobeh Mahmoodi
Zahra Manzoor
Maryam Mashayekhizadeh
Iman Mehdipour
Mahshad Mosayebi
Amir Nasrollahi
Saveri Pal
Ryan Spencer
2016
Andrea Arguelles
Gloria Choi
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou
Ali Foudazi
Ali Hafiz
Seyed Fouad Karimian
Jonas Kavi
Mahboobeh Mahmoodi
Iman Mehdipour
Arash Nouri
Mehdi Rashidi
Seyedhamad Sadati
Ryan Spencer
Peng Sun
Farshad Zahedi
2015
Andrea Arguelles
Abdollah Bagheri
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou
Ali Foudazi
Ashkan Hashemi
Ahmed Arabi Hassen
Hun Kim
Kaiyuan Li
Iman Medhipour
Anish Poudel
Ryan Spencer
Sarah L. Stair
Hossein Taheri
2014
Marwa A. Abdelraham
Andrea Arguelles
Xiaoye Chen
Ehsan Niri Dehghan
Alireza Farhidzadeh
Ali Foudazi
Arnab Gupta
Jessica Hartman
Ahmed Arabi Hassen
Jonas Kavi
Christopher Kube
Caleb McGee
Parisa Momenroodaki
Anish Poudel
Hossein Taheri
2013
Umar Amjad
Pallavi Anipindi
Jason Bostron
Xin Chen
Ehsan Dehghan Niri
Alisha Elmore
Mojtaba Fallahpour
Alireza Farhidzadeh
Meghana Kotha
Christopher Michael Kube
Shanglei Li
Yang Liu
Anish Poudel
Sanjay Tadepally
Hossein Taheri
2012
Hoda Azari
Jason Bostron
Ehsan Niri Dehghan
Mohammad Dewan
Hualong Du
Bertrand Fernandes
Michael Gardner
Shanglei Li
Anish Poudel
Devin Walentine
2011
Bhaskar Ale
Hoda Azari
Bertrand Fernandes
Arnab Gupta
Hamed Kajbaf
Hari Konka
Brian Pailes
Elisabetta Pistone
Anish Poudel
Michael Okaro
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