Staff–James E. Cox:
Jim is the owner and sole
proprietor of JECNDT. This company was
formed in April of 2007, after he left Zetec.
The Zetec Years:
Jim was hired by
Clyde Denton and Al Lucero of Zetec, Inc. in July of 1988 to take
over the training group. During his 19 year
tenure at Zetec, Jim eventually became the training manager and
principle level III. He created and
delivered a full range of ECT and RFT courses.
This included level I, level II, and level III classes, as
well as special seminars. Since ECT can be
used on virtually all types of metals, Jim developed expertise in
dealing with a full range of aerospace, manufacturing, nuclear,
petrochemical, and utility issues. Many
customers came to know him as the “go to” guy that could answer
their application questions and get their problems resolved in the
shortest possible time. In addition to the
training role, Jim also took care of staff qualification and
certification as the principle level III.
The EPRI Years:
Immediately prior to
joining Zetec, Jim was a research specialist at the EPRI (Electrical
Power Research Institute) NDE Center in Charlotte, NC.
He held this position from 1981 (when the Center first opened)
until 1988, when he left to work for Zetec.
His prime responsibilities for EPRI included R&D into new eddy-current products and technology, to allow them to be implemented into
the nuclear inspection market. In addition,
he developed classroom training and testing material for eddy-current inspectors. It was this work that
brought him to the attention of Zetec and led to his taking a
position with them as the training supervisor, later becoming the training
manager.
The Formative Years:
Prior to working at
EPRI, Jim was employed at Battelle Memorial Institute
in Columbus, Ohio,
for five years.
This was his first position in the industrial sector after an
honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force.
For both Battelle and the USAF, he was called upon to provide
a wide range of NDE
services.
These included R&D in various NDE methodologies, including:
radiography (RT), magnetic particle inspection (MT), ultrasonic
inspection (UT), penetrant inspection (PT), and eddy-current (ECT)
testing. It was while at Battelle that Jim
first began to specialize in the eddy-current field.
This unique situation allowed him to be involved in
developing and evaluating new multi-frequency ECT inspection systems,
as well as prototypical probes and techniques.
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