Corrosion engineers education

National association of corrosion engineers (NACE) n. Address 1440 S Creek Dr., Houston, TX. A leading pubhsher of technical information on protection and performance of materials in corrosion environments. NACE also sponsors educational seminars on anticorrosion properties and applications of plastics in the chemical-process industries. 

Experience has shown that our ability to predict what test to use when field failure data are not available falls weU short of needs. In reality, the corrosion engineer must rely on past experience to make an educated judgment about potential failure scenarios and which accelerated-life-tests to run. 

Figure 1.20 Energy profile for oxidation of copper. (Reproduced from Corrosion for Science and Engineering, Tretheway and Chamberlain, Copyright Pearson Education Ltd)...

Figure 1.27 A mixed potential plot for the bimetallic couple of iron and zinc. The figure also explains the higher corrosion rate of iron than zinc in hydrochloric acid solution. Despite the more positive reduction potential of iron, the evolution of hydrogen on iron has a high exchange current density (Reproduced from Corrosion for Science and Engineering, Tretheway and Chamberlain, Copyright Pearson Education Ltd)...

The panel addressed three general topics corrosion research and engineering, research on advanced materials, and dissemination of information. The first of these topics focuses on fundamental understanding of corrosion processes, on utilization of measurements and understanding in the engineering systems analysis of corroding systems, and on life prediction. The second examines corrosion of emerging classes of materials. The third addresses education and the transmittal of information on corrosion and corrosion control to the technical community. 

Multidisciplinary Activities and Education in Corrosion Science and Engineering Industry, government, and academia should foster multidisciplinary research approaches. These will draw upon advances made in related fields of physics, mathematics, and electrochemistry, among others, and must build on the strengths of individual participants and facilities in these several fields. 

Instruction in Corrosion Practice Improved education must be provided on a continuing basis to engineers responsible for materials selection. 

Many corrosion problems could be solved by the application of accepted corrosion prevention principles and known best practices. However, many engineers involved in design activities lack understanding of the issues associated with corrosion. The NRC report Assessment of Corrosion Education (ACE see Box 4.1) describes the current status of corrosion education. Corrosion receives very little attention in the curricula of typical engineering programs. Often, engineering... 

The ACE report concluded that the current level and effectiveness of engineering curricula in corrosion, offered through university-based and on-the-job training, will not provide a sufficient framework to allow the country to reduce substantially the national cost of corrosion or to increase the safety and reliability of the national infrastructure (p. 5). Aseries of recommendations to educational, government, and community institutions interested in increasing corrosion education and awareness was presented in the ACE report. The committee strongly endorses these recommendations, some of which are repeated, in whole or in part, in Box 4.1. 

Two longer-term strategic recommendations were included in the ACE report (1) institute an education and research council to plan for corrosion education and to identify resources to execute the plan and (2) encourage the corrosion research community to reach out to the larger science and engineering community and communicate the challenges it faces. 

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