Advisor
Advisor

Biography

Bill Glass is a technical advisor at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and supports the Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) team for the National Security Directorate. His work focuses on NDE and particularly high temperature nuclear component NDE, materials characterization in support of NDE for nuclear components, cable NDE, Department of Energy-spent fuel canisters, and the Hanford reservation waste tank inspections. Glass also provides strategy and development in support of leadership via capabilities presentation and contacts to the special weapons and tactics team.

Research Interest

  • Ultrasound—particularly in high temperatures and nuclear environments
  • Eddy current and other electro-magnetic techniques
  • NDE of additive manufacturing including SHAPW, FSW, and cold spray
  • Corrosion mitigation
  • Cable NDE time and frequency domain reflectometry
  • Magnetostrictive electromagnetic acoustic transducers
  • Robotic delivery of NDE sensors
  • Thermography and vibrothermography
     

Education

  • MS in biological and agricultural engineering, North Carolina State University
  • BS in mechanical engineering, North Carolina State University

Affiliations and Professional Service

  • Member of the American Society of Nondestructive Testing
  • Member of the American Nuclear Society
  • Member of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society
  • Professional Engineer – Virginia 

Awards and Recognitions

  • Framatome College of Fellows (2006-2014)
  • Conference organizer for the Nuclear Power NDE—American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (2010-2023)
     

Patents

  • U.S. Patent No. 16/895,66, June 29, 2020, “Online Heat Exchanger Tube Guided Wave Sensor” (provisional)
  • U.S. Patent No. 62/773,041, November 29, 2018, “Systems and Methods for Assessing Cable Insulation” (provisional)
  • U.S. Patent No. 9,146,205, September 29, 2015, “Vibrothermography Weld Inspection” 
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,856,662, February 15, 2005, “Remote Examination of Reactor Nozzle J-Groove Welds”
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,682,287, February 18, 2004, “Segmented Link Robot for Waste Removal”
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,471,138, November 28, 1995, “Inductive Valve Motion Sensor”
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,178,820, January 12, 1993, “Tool Positioning Assembly”
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,766,374, August 23, 1988, “Fuel Channel Flatness Measurement”
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,689,985, March 5, 1986, “Calibration Impact Hammer”
     

Publications

2022

2021

  • Glass, S.W. 2021. “Cold Spray Nondestructive Evaluation, Book chapter in Practical Cold Spray,” Edited by V. Champaign, ISBN:3030700550; Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, 2021 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-70056-0_6

2020

2017

  • Glass, S.W., M.R. Larche, M.S. Prowant, J.P. Lareau, M.S. Good, and K.A. Ross. 2017. “Cold Spray for Porosity and Other Process Anomalies,” QNDE conference, July 2017; https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5031507
  • Glass, S.W., L.S. Fifield, A.M. Jones, and T.S. Hartman. 2017. “Frequency Domain Reflectometry Modeling and Measurement for Nondestructive Evaluation of Nuclear Power Plant Cables,” Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation, August 2017; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-68454-3_5

2016

  • Glass, S.W., M.R. Larche, L. Luzi, M.S. Good, D.A. Vasquez, K.D. Boomer, and J.L. Castleberry. 2016. “Inspection Technology Advancements for Hanford Double Shell Tank Integrity Verification – 16150.” Annual Waste Management Conference, Phoenix AZ, March 2016; http://www.wmsym.org/archives/2016/pdfs/16150.pdf  

2015

2013