Dr. Lindgren is currently the NDE Technology Lead, Materials State Awareness Branch, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory. Before joining AFRL in 2006, Eric was the Director of NDE Sciences at SAIC Ultra Image. He has over 30 years experience in NDE research, development, and transition, including development of advanced inspection methods for aerospace applications, transitioning basic research to inspections used on USAF aircraft, and developing materials characterization and process monitoring/control methods using NDE. He earned a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and is a Fellow of AFRL and ASNT.