Seminar Events

This webinar introduces the updated Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Self-Assessment Methodology 2025, explaining its redesign to align with modern asset management thinking and standards. Includes a live demonstration of the new self-assessment tools and their practical application.

Webinar featuring three talks on advanced analysis of coatings using PEO, local electrochemical techniques, and AI-driven research tools such as the SVET Assistant. Encourages networking and idea exchange among corrosion researchers.

A doctoral dissertation presentation examining long-term degradation and corrosion mechanisms of aircraft coatings. It combines forensic analysis of aged components with laboratory and flight-test exposures and proposes improved testing protocols for sustainable chromate-free systems.

A technical talk explaining how corrosion inhibitors mitigate localized corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete. It reviews different inhibitor classes, including emerging green and self-healing inhibitors, and their performance in aggressive environments.

This webinar presents alternative oxidation and reduction processes that inhibit corrosion during acidic chemical remediation, protecting infrastructure while removing contaminants. A second session introduces a structured multi-line-of-evidence approach to corrosion failure analysis, distinguishing abiotic corrosion from MIC using operational, chemical, microbiological, and materials data to support accurate diagnosis, sustainability, and risk reduction.

Provides technical sessions, supplier engagement, and training on corrosion control, cathodic protection, AC mitigation, and pipeline integrity. Combines practical demonstrations, case studies, and networking with leading experts in corrosion technology.

Part 2 of a seminar series on materials weathering. Focuses on fundamentals of natural weathering, including static exposures in reference climate zones and outdoor accelerated testing methods.

A webinar reviewing how U.S. community water systems conduct Risk and Resilience Assessments under the America’s Water Infrastructure Act. It covers regulatory requirements, methodologies, cybersecurity tools, common findings, and emerging challenges such as AI and post-quantum cryptography.

This event features three expert presentations on managing corrosion and degradation in infrastructure assets, covering stainless steel failures, concrete protection, and monitoring solutions. The event welcomes interested participants to learn practical approaches to asset integrity management.

This seminar explains how corrosion affects electronic assemblies, highlighting that failures often arise from electrical malfunctions rather than visible material loss. It provides guidance on material limits, environmental influences, and practical mitigation strategies for manufacturers and users in automotive, renewable energy, aerospace, and rail sectors.

Part 2 of a seminar series on materials weathering. Focuses on natural weathering fundamentals, static exposures in reference climate zones, and outdoor accelerated testing methods.

A lecture reviewing fifty years of atmospheric corrosion research, from long-term field exposure studies to laboratory experiments, in situ measurements, and computational modeling. It highlights the role of interdisciplinary collaboration across materials science, chemistry, physics, and environmental science in advancing corrosion understanding and prediction.

Explains how environmental stress factors are replicated in artificial weathering tests. Provides case studies from automotive, textiles, and coatings, and offers guidance on designing meaningful and reliable test methods for durability evaluation.

Tunnel Vision - The LHDA Shut Through The Inspector’s Lens.

A seminar devoted to presenting issues concerning concrete with special characteristics in relation to reinforcement corrosion.

This foundational seminar bridges theory and practice in corrosion prevention. Participants learn about electrochemical and dry corrosion mechanisms, material compatibility, testing methodologies, and design principles. It covers light metals, steels, stainless alloys, and non-ferrous materials, addressing corrosion under dynamic stress, the effects of joining technologies, and cathodic protection, providing practical grounding essential for effective corrosion management across industries.

AMPP Australia resumes its webinar series discussing surface-applied cathodic protection for concrete structures.

This technical seminar focuses on safeguarding corrosion-sensitive materials with coatings and coverings. Participants learn corrosion fundamentals, evaluate conventional and advanced protection systems, and understand application processes. Topics include organic and inorganic coatings, metallic layers such as zinc and aluminum, and emerging technologies, enabling professionals to select and implement effective, sustainable protection strategies in industrial environments.

This seminar explores the range of laboratory weathering instruments, examining different lamp technologies and their spectral irradiance characteristics. It highlights key similarities and distinctions among instrument types, clarifying how these systems simulate environmental exposure and influence material durability testing.

This talk addresses the technical and analytical evaluation of compatibility among coating systems in industrial maintenance, emphasizing performance, durability, and reliability. Participants learn field and laboratory methodologies, relevant international standards, and cleaning requirements, and understand the technical, operational, and economic impacts of skipping compatibility tests to ensure coating integrity and optimize maintenance costs.

The speech will explain how the speaker’s company uses copper chemically bonded into a polymer to create a highly reactive solid barrier that attracts and neutralizes corrosive gases before they reach metal surfaces. It will highlight measurable galvanic protection, a low activation threshold, and long-term resistance to sulfur and chlorine ingress, positioning the material as a sacrificial, anode-like layer that preserves asset integrity.

The speech presents the restoration study of the historic 1898 Iron Bridge in Luján de Cuyo, Argentina. Through detailed metallographic, chemical, and mechanical testing, the team characterized the properties of the wrought iron and assessed corrosion damage. Emphasis is placed on preservation strategies, including corrosion mitigation, repair methods, surface preparation, and protective coating applications to ensure long-term durability.

This seminar explains how real-world environmental stress factors are translated into artificial weathering test cycles for automotive, textiles, coatings, and other applications. Participants learn common test methods, review practical examples, and receive guidance on which parameters to include or exclude when designing robust, meaningful weathering test methods.

This seminar explores eco-friendly organic alternatives to toxic hexavalent chromium corrosion inhibitors, along with rapid screening methods for predicting material lifespan. It offers key insights into sustainable corrosion protection and material performance evaluation, and welcomes active engagement from faculty, researchers, and students.