Corrosion Science Symposium

In an age when materials and engineering systems are expected to withstand ever more extreme environments corrosion remains of great importance.  The cost of corrosion is still estimated to be 4% GDP for most developed nations although this has increased to 6.2% in the USA as per the latest NACE Corrosion cost study in 2016.  This confirms that better mitigation techniques are still required and new approaches need to be explored.  Managing corrosion is a pertinent challenge for industry and academia across many industrial applications (e.g. oil and gas, automotive, biomedical, energy, space exploration).

In this 59th Corrosion Science Symposium we will capture exciting and recent advances in corrosion science and engineering, the application of these principles to engineering systems, and discuss the exciting developments across a wide range of application areas.  Offerings of original research are requested, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Current mechanisms and modelling approaches for corrosion processes
• Real-time monitoring and sensing of corrosion
• Advances and novel techniques for surface analysis and characterisation of interfaces
• Interactions between mechanical and corrosion processes
• Non-aqueous corrosion processes
• High temperature corrosion

Key dates

• Abstract deadline: 8th May 2018
• Registration opens: 16th April 2018

History

The Institute of Functional Surfaces (iFS) at the University of Leeds is proud to host the 59th Corrosion Science Symposium in collaboration with the Institute of Corrosion.  After 58 annual events since the inaugural symposium held in 1960 by Prof. L.L. Shreir, the symposium has become an established event in the corrosion science and engineering community.  This will be marked by the annual U.R. Evans award to celebrate the continued and distinguished contribution of an individual to corrosion science.  Each year the symposium provides an opportunity to both young and established corrosion scientists and engineers, and those working in related fields, to discuss and assimilate recent advances in corrosion.

For more information, and how to register, please visit the website.