During the final day of the PANNDT 2025 conference in Niagara Falls, the Inspenet team was able to talk with the Dr. Tamara Diederichs and Michelle Diederichs both Co-CEOs and owners of NDT.net, one of the most influential platforms in the non-destructive testing (NDT) ecosystem. Founded in 1996, the platform is about to celebrate three decades, and since its inception has stood out for pioneering the concept of open access to technical knowledge.
The Internet barely existed when ndt.net was born. So, from the beginning, we were really innovative. So we’re way ahead of the curve and, of course, we keep improving everything.
Dr. Tamara Diederichs.
Emerging trends and technical developments
One of the most important aspects of the interview was the clarity with which both executives identified the current trends in NDT. Recently, the platform published content related to the NDE 4.0 event held in India, where topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and digitization of processes have attracted a great deal of interest.
A global community that transcends events
Michelle Diederichs highlights that the value of the platform lies in its ability to extend the impact of technical events beyond the physical space, acting as a media partner for numerous NDT conferences, and allowing their content to remain accessible for years to come. In fact, articles from the 1998 PANNDT Toronto event can still be accessed.
This permanence is key to fostering standardization and long-term knowledge sharing. With more than 27,000 articles available in its archive, NDT.net is preparing to reach the 30,000-document mark on its 30th anniversary.
Digital transformation NDT: depth and usefulness
In an ecosystem where rapid content consumption is the norm, NDT.net is committed to depth.
Basically, what you see now is that users interact a lot with very short content. The real added value of NDT.net is that we go deeper, and articles, scientific articles and research are a fundamental tool to extract snippets and be more shallow.
Michelle Diederichs.
Digitization, in this case, is not limited to the availability of content, but translates into interactive formats, advanced search functions, integration with professional networks and monitoring of global technical trends. All this is integrated without losing technical rigor, which allows the published content to continue to have value over time.
This approach positions the platform as a benchmark in digital transformation NDT, offering practical solutions to engineers, inspectors and scientists.
A call to collaborate and share
At a time when technical knowledge is becoming more and more strategic, NDT.net reinforces its invitation to researchers, professionals and entities of the NDT sector to join us as collaborators.
I would say that I haven’t met anyone in any other industry that has a platform like this. It is a treasure that the NDT community owns and has been growing with the internet. So NDT.net connects inspectors and practical users, researchers, societies and individuals from all over the world.
Michelle Diederichs.
This integrative approach has connected users from almost every country, from field inspectors to technical associations and universities.
Towards the 30th anniversary
With the 30th anniversary celebration on the horizon, NDT.net is planning improvements to its platform to continue adapting to changes in the sector, while positioning itself as a knowledge node. The Diederichs sisters are preparing new functionalities that will strengthen interactivity and user experience, without compromising the technical rigor that characterizes them.
The digital transformation NDT, far from being an abstract concept, finds in NDT.net a concrete, functional and open to the future expression.
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Source: Inspenet.