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Every spring semester, Ohio University hosts the Student Research and Creative Activity Expo, where ICMT graduate students consistently showcase their research at the Convocation Center. This year's highlights include:

• Kushal Singla
  Took 1st place in the Special Session Awards by the University International Council with his poster on "Inhibitor Adsorption Characterized using Quartz Crystal Microbalance."
• Yi He
  Won 1st place with the Best Content Award by the Graduate Student Senate for "Effect of Intermittent Wetting on Corrosion Inhibition in Oil/Water Systems."
• Adam Cutright
  Secured 2nd place in ChemBioEng2 for "Impact on Corrosion and Corrosion Product Layers by Trace Concentrations of H2S."
• Martin Colahan
  Earned 2nd place in ChemBioEng1 for "Development of a Downhole Corrosion Modeling Software."
• Shrirang Deshmukh
  Achieved 2nd place for "Anomalies Associated with the Oxygen Reduction Reaction."

The Expo provides an excellent platform for both undergraduate and graduate students to network, share research, and exchange ideas - a true highlight in OHIO's academic calendar! The presentation of students can be found in the following page: https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/studentexpo/2023/chembioeng/

As is customary, ICMT had a strong presence at the AMPP Annual Conference in Denver. The team delivered a total of 18 presentations and displayed 17 posters. Participation spanned various symposia, including Corrosion Control with Inhibition, Progress in Laboratory Testing of Corrosion Inhibitors, Sweet and Sour Corrosion, VCI Applications, Corrosion in Supercritical Systems, Machine Learning, Mechanisms of Localized Corrosion, Refining Industry Corrosion, RIP, and Electrochemical Techniques.

Student Achievements:

• Sahithi Ayyagari and Kushal Singla:
  Both received the Graduate Student Book Award.
  Sahithi also earned the Oliver Moghissi Memorial Scholarship.
  
• Kushal Singla and Neda Norooziasl:
  Selected for the AMPP Member Leadership Development Program.
• Bernardo Santos (recent ICMT research scholar):
  Awarded the AMPP Diversity and Inclusion Grant.

Ohio UniversOhio University's Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology hosted alum Keith George from BP Technology. Mr. George discussed his current job position at BP Technology and focused on his work on off-shore platforms. The engineering problems encountered on off-shore oil rigs are numerous, but Mr. George gave a good description of the key corrosion issues that he has faced as well as some safety concerns that occur both on-shore and off-shore. We at Ohio University Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology are proud of the success of fellow alum Keith George and are grateful for him to come and present “real world” material to us so that we can better assess what job fields are open to us after we graduate.

 

Mike JoostenMike Joosten from Conoco Phillips visited the Ohio University Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology. Mr. Joosten gave a lecture entitled "Corrosion - A Variety of Shapes and Sizes" in which he discussed the types of corrosion issues that arise in off-shore drilling and showed the students examples of real corrosion issues that he has faced as a corrosion engineer. The presentation also gave us in-sight on how the research we generate as an academic institution goes to help the corrosion issues faced in industry. Mr. Joosten's presentation covered a vast topic of corrosion issues such as general corrosion, pitting corrosion, coatings, galvanic protection, as well as both internal and external corrosion of pipelines.

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Dr. David ShDr. David Shifler from Office of Naval Research, visited the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, and gave a lecture to the student members. The title of the lecture is "Factors that influence the performance of high-temperature coatings".

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Congratulations to Dezra Hinkson, a Master's student at Ohio University, received a $1000 book scholarship from the NACE bookstore. She was able to purchase 8 books to further her knowledge of corrosion!

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Seventeen students from Ohio University attended NACE2006, San Diego.

Great thanks to:

• NACE Foundation supported $3200 as NACE Foundation Travel Assistantship.
• NACE Southwest Ohio Section supported $1500.
• Ohio University Graduate Student Senate has supported $1200.
• The rest of the expense from the Institute.

  2005

On behalf of NACE Ohio University Student Section, Wei Sun and Alvaro Camacho attended the business meeting of NACE Southwest Ohio Section, which was held at CC Technologies Inc., Dublin, Ohio. The people who attended this meeting included the members of NACE Southwest Ohio Section, some employees from CC Technologies, and students from Ohio University and Ohio State University. Dr. Neil Thompson, President of CC Technologies and NACE, gave a lecture related to NACE Activities.

Dr. Neil Thompson, President of CC Technologies and NACE,
gave a lecture related to NACE Activities.

The meeting scene

   

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December 6, 2005

 

Dr. Gerald FDr. Gerald Frankel, Professor and Director of Fontana Corrosion Center, Ohio State University visited Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, and gave a lecture to our student members. The title of the lecture is "Activities in the Fontana Corrosion Center".

 

Dr. Frankel and Dr. Nesic

Dr. Nesic and Dr. Frankel with student members of NACE OU Student Section

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November 2, 2005

  NACE Ohio University Student Section and NACE Southwest Ohio Section held a joint meeting at Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University.

 

The officers from NACE Southwest Ohio Section and the members from NACE OU Student Section in our laboratory

Bruce Brown showing our facilities to the officers of NACE SWO, from the left to the right: Mr. Alfred Daum (Chairman), Dr. Ernest W. Klechka (Treasurer), Dr. John Beavers (Trustee), and Dr. Gregory Ruschau (Vice-chairman).

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Wei Sun received NACE Foundation Student Academic Scholarship Recipient (1st place), Houston, 2005.

Dr. Srdjan Nesic, Wei Sun, and Dr. Terry May (President of NACE Foundation)

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October 6, 2005

 

NACE OU StudNACE OU Student Section invited: Dr. George Winning from Clariant Oil Services, UK, gave a lecture of "Introduction to Oil Field Corrosion Inhibition"; Dr. Yves Gunaltun from TOTAL, France, gave a lecture of "Management of Top of Line Corrosion in Multiphase Wet Gas Lines".

 

Our happy family with our guests

Dr. Yves Gunaltun, Dr. Srdjan Nesic, Dr. George Winning, and Dr. Tong Eak Pou

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   2004

 

Dr. David Silverman from Argentum Solutions gave a lecture to student members and shared his experience with student members. The lecture topic is Classic Rotating Electrode (RCE) Theory, 2004.

Ms. Ying Xiao and Dr. David Silverman

 

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Dr. Sergei Shipilov from University of Calgary gave a lecture to student members. The lecture topic is Mechanisms for Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation, 2004.

Dr. Srdjan Nesic, Dr. Sergei Shipilov, and Dr. Daniel Gulino

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Omkar Nafday and Chintan Jhobalia receive NACE student poster awards, New Orleans, 2004.

 

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Thank you, NACE Foundation!

The followThe following student members of NACE-OU Student Section received NACE Foundation Travel Grant at New Orleans, LA, 2004:

  Chokshi, K., Jhobalia, C., Malka R., Nafday, O., Parakala, S., and Sun, W. >

 

 

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