Dear Members,
Welcome to our New Year edition of Corrosion Management. I do hope you all had a well-earned rest and enjoyed your break. You will have noted from our Nov/Dec magazine that we have a very full diary programme for the next 6 months across our branches, with more events still to be announced by our North-West and Midlands branches. Our training divisions also have very full schedules ahead of them. During 2024, we also expect to roll out more in-company training courses, both in the UK and overseas.
This year marks a very special occasion for the Corrosion World with the 100th anniversary of the publication in 1924 by U. R. Evans: The Corrosion of Metals, the first textbook specifically devoted to the subject. Ulick Richardson Evans studied at King’s College, Cambridge, and was described in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society as the “Father of the modern science of corrosion and protection of metals.” His major contribution to the subject involved placing on a firm foundation for the electrochemical nature of corrosion. Ulick
continued to publish research papers for the next 50 years, as well as updating his classic text, which was subsequently translated into many languages, including German, French, and Russian. The works of Ulick have been taught to numerous young Corrosion Engineers and for over 60 years, our own institute has continued to educate and train others in the prevention of corrosion.
The prime mover and brainchild for the formation of an Association of Corrosion Engineers in the UK was Dr. John Tiratsoo, who was the owner and driving force behind a magazine called ‘Corrosion Prevention and Control.’ He initially included in this magazine a section entitled ‘Corrosion Engineer,’ which was first issued in April 1959 and he then convened the inaugural meeting on the 21st May of that year at their offices at 97 Old Brompton Road, London. The association was therefore formed on that date, and an announcement was made to the national press at a social event at the Rembrandt Hotel on the 29th May 1959. With that in mind, the Institute has been exploring, of late, the possibility of some new U.K. branches and also further Overseas representation in the Middle East and Far East. The first of these will cover Wales and the South-West Region, which will host its inaugural event and AGM on 21st March 2024, and we are optimistic for a Central Scotland branch following that later in Q2 2024.
I wish you all every success in the year, head, wherever you work and in whatever you do, to help us grow our much-respected organisation.
With my best regards,
Stephen Tate, President: Institute of Corrosion
