Mark F. A. Warchol is managing partner and technical fellow at MFAW NDT, LLC along with his wife Millie for the past 20+ years.  During this time, he also served as a technical fellow at the Texas Research Institute at Austin. Previously, he worked as a corporate Level III technical supervisor and senior engineer at Alcoa, Inc. at the Alcoa Technical Center, the Alcoa Davenport works and the Alcoa Belaya Kalitva works in Russia.  His expertise was utilized throughout other facilities as needed within the Alcoa system.  Warchol has been a member of ASNT for more than 25 years, and has been affiliated with the Susquehanna, Central Iowa, Pittsburgh and Central Texas Sections during that time. He has served as chair on the Sonics Committee and Metals Committee, as well as co-chair on the Ultrasonic Testing (UT) P&Q Committee. He was also a member of the Aluminum and NDT Handbook Committees. In the mid-1990s, Warchol presented at an ASNT conference on the subject of “Aluminum Industry Needs.” He was also an editor for the ASNT Level II Study Guide: Ultrasonic Testing Method and the Nondestructive Testing Handbook, third edition: Volume 10, Nondestructive Testing Overview, as well as an editor and contributing author for the Nondestructive Testing Handbook, third edition: Volume 9, Visual Testing. He is honored in “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering” and “Who’s Who in the World,” and is a professional engineer. He developed automatic angulation systems for large scale UT inspections, received a UT molten metal inspection patent and three patents measuring gas control, and helped to develop and install the first phased array systems in Russia for aluminum plate inspection. He is published in a number of technical journals, and is a member of ASTM, Nadcap and Rotary International as a Paul Harris Fellow. Warchol holds ASET and BSEE in electronics from Pennsylvania State University and a MS in material science in light alloy metallurgy from the University of Virginia.