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Science Council
ICorr supports the Science Council’s initiative on diversity in science and engineering. For further details see, www.sciencecouncil.org
Corrosion Science Division (CSD)
UR Evans Award 2021
The recipient of the 2021 UR Evans award is Prof Mary Ryan (Imperial College, London). Mary leads a large interdisciplinary group focused on understanding nanoscale materials and nanoscale interfaces in, and between, materials and their environments. She has a particular interest in the development of operando approaches and has pioneered nanoscale methods in synchrotron science. Her research areas are corrosion, applied electrochemistry, energy materials (batteries, photovoltaics, fuel cells, catalysis) nanomaterials, the stability of materials, electrochemical deposition of ceramics, and formation of metal and oxide nanostructures and their potential toxicity. The focus of this research is to develop a fundamental understanding of electrochemical interfaces, with the ultimate long-term aim of being able to design surfaces and materials for a given application through electrochemical processing.
Prof Ryan joined the Department of Materials at Imperial College in 1999, from Brookhaven National Laboratory in the US, and has been a Professor of Materials Science and Nanotechnology since 2012. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2015 and is a Fellow of IoM3 and of the Institute of Corrosion, and in 2003 was awarded the Kurt Schwabe Award of the European Federation of Corrosion (in recognition of her scientific and technical contribution to the field of corrosion on the basis of publications in the literature).
Prof Ryan will give her UR Evans award plenary talk at the 62nd Corrosion Science Symposium, which this year will join the Advances in Corrosion Protection by Organic Coatings meeting, on 5th-9th September 2021 (the venue will either be Christs’ College Cambridge or online – covid permitting).
From the Editor
Welcome to another issue of Corrosion Management. The clocks have changed, Spring has finally arrived, and lockdown is being eased, so the outlook is now a lot better for our industry and for you, the members of ICorr.
The theme of this issue is “Testing and Inspection” and I have two very interesting articles on this topic within the Oil and Gas industry, for you. The first looks at corrosion testing in the laboratory, compared with that in the field, and how this can be improved, from Danny Burkle, a member of the winning team in a previous Young Engineer Programme. Secondly, there is an article looking at the use of Smart pigging technology for the inspection of small diameter pipes, from an established company specialising in this area. The third article looks at the often ignored subject of abrasive type, and how it can affect the outcome of surface preparation in a maintenance painting project.
I hope I am covering your interests in corrosion protection and mitigation in these pages, but am happy to receive readers’ comments, or suggestions, for other areas. Also remember you can submit technical questions for answer by our experts. I can be contacted at, brianpce@aol.com
Brian Goldie, Consulting Editor
The President Writes
How quickly time flies by – this is already my second column which I feel reflects how much is going on within your Institute. I’m certainly energised by all the activity I see happening, some of which I’ll summarise here.
The new year got off to a great start with our regular quarterly meeting of the full Council on the 3rd February. Several important topics were discussed resulting in a decision to invest some of our cash reserves in a managed portfolio and the approval of a new approach to deliver our cathodic protection (CP) training.
All of our CP courses have or are currently being updated, and are compliant with ISO-15257. Our CP training is now booked through the Corrosion Prevention Association (CPA) and details can be found on the ICorr website. We also have a brand-new CP training centre at the offices of Corrosion Control Services Limited (CCSL) in Telford. I would like to thank the CPA, CCSL, Brian Wyatt, Chris Spence, Chris Wozencroft and all the members of our CP Governance Board (CPGB) for their hard work in bringing this to fruition.
During March, a personal highlight for me was being able to deliver the President’s Address. Traditionally this has been done in person at a regular meeting of the London Branch but this year it was a virtual meeting due to covid-19 restrictions. Whilst it’s frustrating not to be able to meet in person, a positive outcome was that we had a large attendance from as far afield as the USA and India. This has made me reflect on how we do some of our meetings once we are free from the restrictions and I’d welcome any thoughts you have on this using the email address below.
Since we created this new email address, I’ve been delighted with the messages I’ve received and some of the great ideas for how we can improve. Many of these relate to improving our membership database and website to allow you to update changes to your personal details yourself and improved ways of paying for training courses and fees. I’m already in discussion on these ideas and plan to initiate an improvement project to address them. Thank you for your input, please keep it coming.
Whilst I was preparing for my President’s Address, I reviewed some of our membership and digital data. Our membership continues to grow as the above graph shows.
This is really encouraging – and the graph does not even include our sustaining company members.
I was particularly struck by the fact that 30% of our members are now from outside the UK and that we have significant representation in the Middle East. This has led to some preliminary discussions on how we can support those of you who do not live in the UK – more to come on this, I hope.
We are getting “noticed” on social media and now have over 8,600 followers on our two LinkedIn sites – not bad when you consider we had zero in February 2020! Hopefully you’ll have found some of our blogs on social media both interesting and informative – if you have any ideas for topics we should include, just let me know.
Until next time,
Bill Hedges, Institute of Corrosion President
Email: president@icorr.org
Save the dates for the upcoming Corrosion Under Insulation Masterclass
As the uncertainty around the oil prices puts even more pressure on efficiency and cost savings, Fleming is bringing back this successful training, updated with the latest developments to find the best possible cure for the hidden threat!
Save the dates for the upcoming Corrosion Under Insulation Masterclass taking place on 26 – 28 MAY 2021 (9:00 – 13:00 CEST) via online live stream.
Request the event brochure to see the detailed program.
Have a little sneak peek into the key topics:
- Understanding key characteristics of corrosion under insulation (CUI)
- Examples of critical CUI failures
- Elements of reliable CUI management
- Risk-based prioritization and prediction methods
- Design considerations (insulation systems and coatings)
- Direct and indirect detection and monitoring technology
- An overview of published guidance
- Latest innovation status and projects
For more information about the training and its expert leaders, please visit the event website.or download the event brochure to see the detailed program