KappaWave

KappaWave was founded in 2015 by senior NDT professionals who have been very active in the development of technology, applications and training of professionals in India and abroad.

Our objective is to build and deliver highly advanced, easy to use and affordable Ultrasonic Testing instruments meeting international standards for quality.

P.K. KURIEN
Founder, Primary Design Engineer
ASNT Level III in ET and RT. Former Level III in UT. Extensive experience in Inspection and Nondestructive testing, design and installation of Test systems. Started his career with Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPC) and later worked in senior roles in places like Iran, Mumbai and other Middle East Countries. Founded the company NDTTech in Kerala and has since trained over a thousand men in NDT and other inspection techniques. Qualified ISO Lead Assessor, also have various qualifications in Radiation Safety. Has offered training to Govt and Pvt sector engineers as early as 1979. An experienced computer programmer, has also been actively involved with the design of Automated Test Systems in Eddy Current and Ultrasonics.

P.K. JOHN
Technical Lead
ASNT Level III in UT, MT and PT. Experience with testing of components for a variety of industries. Started his career with X-Ray Engineering Company India Ltd, Mumbai. Being in the service industry, had an opportunity to work with a variety of industries in NDT and Inspection. Later worked for an oil and gas company in the Arabia for several years. Joined NDTTech Ltd in 1998 and was involved with training of personnel in select NDT methods since. Carries other qualifications in Welding Inspection, Lead assessor and have undergone special training programs with Krautkramer in UT and Eurosonic in ToFD.

DR. K. MATHEW
Consultant, R & D
Dr. K. Mathew received his B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) degree from KVG College Of Engineering (Mangalore University) in 1994. Later on he did his M.Tech. (CEDT – Electronic Design) in 2006 and Ph.D. (CEDT) in 2013 both from the Indian Institute of Science respectively. His thesis title for M.Tech. was “Multiphase Bidirectional Flyback Converter Topology for Hybrid Electric Vehicles” and thesis title for Ph.D. was “Induction Motor Drives Based on Multilevel Dodecagonal and Octadecagonal Voltage Space Vectors”. He is currently HOD at Mar Athanasius College Of Engineering (MACE), Kothamangalam, Kerala. His research interests include embedded systems, power electronics, and electro-mechanic systems.

BASIL JOSEPH
Senior Design Engineer
Basil Joseph is a graduate engineer (Bachelor of Technology Electronics and communication) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala . He also holds qualifications in VLSI Design and Verification from Sandeepani School of VLSI & Embedded System Design, Bangalore. Started his career with NDT Technology and was involved in designing of test systems for various applications. A young, talented and hard working engineer who has considerable experience in design, and related programming.