The President Writes

Institute News

Dear Members,

A very special welcome to our new Overseas Members and our new Student Members who recently joined us. Please let me know if there is anything at all l can assist with to improve your membership experience with ICorr.
Our student Bursaries Scheme with The University of Manchester is now approved and will commence this September.
We are also working hard behind the scenes to offer a wider range of Training Courses, and to expand our technical programmes for 2023-2024, and with that in mind, l must mention our newly launched Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion training course. You will find a poster for this in your magazine, please display it in your workplace for others to see. Thank you. Details of our Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) course will also be announced shortly.
A lot more has happened since the last issue, in June our Northampton HQ hosted the Engineering Council Licence review for our Chartership Scheme, with a great result from that audit. Under the skilled eye of David Harvey, we expect to move forward with ICorr’s own CEng Direct Scheme in 2024.

Also at HQ, our Correx team is preparing to roll out the new ICATS Apprenticeship Scheme, with Kevin Harold working hard to launch it soon. The first two ICATS apprentices were tested
on July 12. https://www.icorr.org/correx/

Our NE Branch Sustainability Conference was a hugely successful event in Newcastle on June 22nd and 23rd, a true showcase for all that ICorr sets out to achieve in the fields of corrosion education and industrial partnerships. Very well done to all the NE committee members who have great plans going forward.

On June 28, the North-West Branch held their AGM and hosted an industrial visit to the Sherwin-Williams paint facility in Bolton. Interaction with the industry like this keeps everyone up-to-date and helps our branches thrive. A special thanks to Greg and all involved there.

On August 22, we will once again be offering our Corrosion Awareness Day in Aberdeen, which has proved very popular in previous years. See our events for August 2023 – Institute of Corrosion (icorr.org).

Finally, a reminder for our Corrosion Science Division’s 64th Corrosion Science Symposium (CSS) at the University of Bristol on September 10–12, 2023, including the UR Evans Award and Plenary Lecture. We do hope you can support that.
All our branches are becoming increasingly active in the U.K., and we hope to have some Overseas offerings soon too!
We very much look forward to you joining us soon, either in-person or online, for our 2023- 2024 ICorr Technical Sessions run by our UK branches.

Our ICorr calendar is regularly updated,

https://www.icorr.org/events/

I hope you will maximise the benefits of your membership by participating in these fantastic networking events.
Wishing you a great summer break.

Stephen Tate, President Institute of Corrosion

Institute of
Corrosion
President,
Stephen Tate

ICorr Awards – Call For Nominations

Institute News

Each year the Institute of Corrosion bestows a range of internationally renowned awards in recognition of excellence in corrosion science and engineering, and to reward outstanding service to the Institute and the wider corrosion community. Many of these awards are open to nomination by both members and non-members of the Institute. Below is a brief description of each award together with details of how to nominate potential candidates.

U.R. Evans Award
The U.R. Evans Award is the premier scientific award of the Institute of Corrosion and is presented annually for outstanding international achievements in pure or applied corrosion science.  The recipient is selected by a Corrosion Science Division panel and presented with an engraved sword at the annual Corrosion Science Symposium (CSS). 
The symposium is one which seeks to encourage the participation of the junior members of the corrosion community who would appreciate the visit of, and address by, a corrosion scientist of international repute.  The form of the award symbolises the fight in which we are all engaged.  The recipient is also granted Honorary Life Fellowship of the Institute.  Nominations may be submitted at any time via email to the CSD Chair, Julian Wharton (j.a.wharton@soton.ac.uk).

Paul McIntyre Award
The Paul McIntyre Award is presented to a senior corrosion engineer,
who, as well as being a leading practitioner in his field, has advanced European collaboration and international standards development. 
The award consists of an engraved trophy, which is presented at the
annual CED Working Day meeting. The recipient is requested to present
a brief overview of their activities and encouraged to prepare an article
for publication in Corrosion Management. Nominations should be submitted to the CED Chair, Nick Smart (nick.smart@jacobs.com), by 28th February 2022.

T.P. Hoar Award
The T.P. Hoar Award is presented to the author(s) of the best paper published in the scientific journal Corrosion Science during the previous calendar year. The winning paper is selected by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division and the author(s) receive a certificate and a
cash sum of £400.

Galloway Award
The Galloway Award is presented to a student author for the best publication describing original research in corrosion science and engineering as judged by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division.  The student should be the primary author of the work and preferably first author.  A summary of the winning paper is published in Corrosion Management and the prize consists of a certificate and a cash sum of £300.  The Institute does not retain copyright of the material, so this does not prevent separate publication of the work in a scientific journal. Submissions (in the form of a paper published within the past 12 months or a draft publication) may be
sent via email at any time to the CSD Chair, Julian Wharton
(j.a.wharton@soton.ac.uk). Supervisors may nominate students.

Lionel Shreir Award
The Lionel Shreir Award is given to the best student presenter at the annual Corrosion Science Symposium.  Selection of the recipient is carried out by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division. The award consists of a certificate and a cash prize of £125.

For further details on the Institute awards, including lists of past recipients, please visit https://www.icorr.org/icorr-awards/

The President Writes ….

Institute News

Welcome to the final edition of our magazine for 2021 which also marks the midway point of my Presidency and so this is a great time to reflect
on the past year.

As we came into 2021 we were all hopeful that Covid would be behind us and we could start getting back to our regular way of operating. This wasn’t the case, but that didn’t hold us back and the past year has been full
of activity and progress.

Our branch meetings continued to be held virtually and were well attended.  In April the annual Corrosion Engineering Division (CED) working day was held virtually with over 60 participants for the full day. These events provided an opportunity to improve how we host virtual meetings and we will continue this going forward.  In fact, by the time you read this we will have held our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in November which was both in-person and virtual.  The virtual option provides a way for members who are not able to attend in person to connect with us – which is what we are about. A bonus is that as we are all thinking about the environment and the recent COP
26 conference, it reduces our carbon footprint as we travel less.

By mid-year we were planning the resumption of in-person meetings and this was led by our Aberdeen and London branches. In September we held the Corrosion Science Symposium at the University of Manchester.  These events have been very successful and were all in person and virtual.

For our 2021 awards we had many deserving candidates for the awards committee to choose from – they had a tough time. Many congratulations to the winners who were:

UR Evans award: Professor Mary Ryan.
Paul McIntyre award: Dr. Bijan Kermani.
Henry G Cole award: Dr. Bill Cox (awarded posthumously and received by his wife and daughter at the AGM).
Lionel Shrier award: Lawrence Coghlan and Charlie Wand.

Our social media presence continues to grow and we now have over 10,000 followers on our two LinkedIn sites – as a reminder we had zero in February 2020!  We took a pause over the summer with our blogging but will be restarting soon. If you have any suggestions for blogs, please let
me know.

Our training courses have been a real highlight of the year.  You may recall all of our CP courses have been updated and are compliant with ISO 15257.  We also opened a new, state of the art CP training center at the offices of Corrosion Control Services Limited (CCSL) in Telford. Since releasing the new courses we have delivered over 140 separate training classes.

In the world of surface treatment we have released completely updated Passive Fire Protection (PFP – epoxy Levels 2 & 3) courses. New PFP cementitious courses are being written, as is a new Insulation inspector level 2 course. We have commissioned a Microbially Influenced Corrosion (MIC) course and have several other new programmes in the pipeline.

Our Industrial Coatings Applicator Training Scheme (ICATS) which is provided by Correx (an independent company that is owned 100% by ICorr) remains in high demand.

Our training courses are also in demand from outside the UK. We have
seen growth in China and have just agreed terms with ABRACO in Brazil to deliver a conversion course to our Coating Inspector level 2 certificate.  Encouraging talks are also occurring in Egypt, Greece, India, Libya
and Malaysia.

As a result of feedback from many of our members we are developing a proposal to update our website and members database.

During the year we had two audits: one for our ISO 9001 accreditation and one for our license to issue the Chartered Scientist (CSci) credentials. We passed both audits with no significant findings.

Our Young ICorr group continues to be very active and one highlight was the “Thesis in 3 minutes” on-line event, where several young engineers gave enthusiastic talks based on their current work.

I hope this has given you a flavour of what’s been going on and I know many of you have either led or been involved in this. I cannot thank you enough for all the time, energy and enthusiasm you give to our Institute.

I hope you all find time to have a break over the festive season and I’d like to take this early opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year.

Until next time,

Bill Hedges, Institute of Corrosion President
Email: president@icorr.org