David Bajula Email Address

Chartered Engineer

Acuren provides state-of-the-art nondestructive testing, inspection, engineering & rope access enabled industrial services throughout North America & the UK

Started my NDT career by attending 2 year associates degree NDT program at Hutchinson Vo-Tech in Minnesota. Spent the past 40 years working in Nuclear Power, Aerospace and Petrochemical and Refining industries working with companies like GE, Combustion Engineering and with Acuren for the past 23 years; currently serving as General Manager - USA Adv. NDT Services. Registered as a Chartered Engineer by the Engineering Council in London. An ASNT/ACCP Level III in UT, ET, RT, MT, PT, IR, LT, ML, AE and VT and awarded and ASNT Fellow in 2005. Have been a CWI for over 25 years and now an API-QUTE (API-Shearwave), API-QUPA (Phased Array), QUPASE (Sizing) & API-510 certificate holder. One of few with an ASME ANDE Level III in Ultrasonic method. I carry EPRI qualifications in Girth Welds, Longseams and Boiler Tubes. Very active in ASNT, ASME and API committees and passionate about Advanced NDT services and considered a specialist in all areas of conventional & Adv. NDT. Was Chairman of the Board (COB) for ASNT (2017/2018) and awarded recognition honors by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for outstanding contributions to industry in Nondestructive Testing. Specialties: Advanced NDT - all methods with focus on electromagetics and ultrasonic and a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and an expert witness in legal cases on numerous occasions.