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Tentative Course Outline
Sunday
5:30-6:00 p.m. | Registration |
6:00-7:30 | Welcome Reception at The Hyatt Place Hotel |
Monday
8:30-9:30 | Lecture 1: Fundamentals of Corrosion |
9:30-9:40 | Morning Break 1 |
9:40-10:50 | Lecture 2: Electrode Kinetics |
10:50-11:00 | Morning Break 2 |
11:00 a.m.-noon | Lecture 2: Electrode Kinetics |
noon-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30-5:00 | Lab 1: Corrosion Potential Measurements and Polarization Methods for Determining Corrosion Rate |
5:00-7:00 | Dinner on Your Own |
7:00-8:00 | Presentation of Lab 1 Results at The Hyatt Place Hotel |
8:00-8:30 | Potentiostat Talk |
8:30-9:00 | Informal Discussions |
Tuesday
8:30-9:30 | Lecture 3: Pourbaix Diagrams and Passivity |
9:30-9:40 | Morning Break 1 |
9:40-10:50 | Lecture 4: Localized Corrosion |
10:50-11:00 | Morning Break 2 |
11:00a.m.-noon | Lecture 4: Localized Corrosion |
noon-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30-5:00 | Lab II: Polarization Methods and Electrochemical Methods for Evaluating Localized Corrosion |
5:00-7:00 | Dinner on Your Own |
7:00-8:00 | Presentation of Lab II Results at The Hyatt Place Hotel |
8:00-8:30 | Informal Discussions |
Wednesday
8:30-10:00 | Lecture 5:Galvanic/Experimental/Intro to Coatings |
10:00-10:10 | Morning Break |
10:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m | Lab III: Galvanic Corrosion |
12:30-1:00 | Lunch |
1:00-2:00 | Presentation of Lab III Results |
2:30-6:00 | Afternoon Recreational Activity at Bald Eagle Lake |
6:00-7:30 | Picnic Dinner |
Thursday
8:30-9:30 | Lecture 6: Fundamentals of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy |
9:30-9:40 | Morning Break 1 |
9:40-10:50 | Lecture 7: EIS of Coated Metals |
10:50-11:00 | Morning Break 2 |
11:00 a.m-noon | Lecture 7: EIS of Coated Metals |
noon-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30-5:00 | Lab IV: EIS |
5:00-7:00 | Dinner on Your Own |
7:00-8:00 | Presentation of Lab IV Results/Course Summary at The Hyatt Place Hotel |
8:00-8:30 | Informal Discussion |
Friday
9:00-10:00 | Lecture 8: Environmentally Assisted Cracking |
10:00-10:30 | Lecture 9: Inhibitors |
10:30-10:45 | Morning Break |
10:45-11:15 | Lecture 10: Modelling Corrosion |