Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Unlocking a Fulfilling Corrosion Career Through Mentorship and Networking
Discussion Leader: Yolanda Hedberg (The University of Western Ontario, Canada)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Noemie Ott (OST - Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
"Scientific Journey - Finding What You Are Passionate About"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Advanced Corrosion Mechanisms Tackled by Advanced Characterization Methods
Discussion Leader: León Zendejas Medina (Royal Institute of Technology/McGill University, Sweden)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Sebastian Amland Skaanvik (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
"Chloride as an Inhibitor of Copper Corrosion in Dilute Nitric Acid"
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Parul Bishnoi (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Unravelling the Mechanism of Under Deposit Corrosion"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Nikola Machácková (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic)
"Coupling in situ Hydrogen Permeation Techniques with Respirometry Toward Understanding Corrosion-Induced Hydrogen Entry to Steel"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Alfred Larsson (Lund University, Sweden)
"The Oxygen Evolution Reaction Drives Passivity Breakdown for Ni-Cr-Mo Alloys"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Sanjay Choudhary (University of Virginia, United States)
"Exploring Electrochemical Dynamics in Liquid-Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Passivity and New Materials
Discussion Leader: Elena Romanovskaia (University of Virginia, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Mariana Georges (Ohio State University, United States)
"The Prediction of Repassivation Potential of Three-Dimensional Pits Using the 1D Pit Approach"
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Armando Shehi (University of Virginia, United States)
"Exploring Geometrical Contributions to the Conversion from One-Dimensional to Three-Dimensional Critical Pit Stability Product: An Analytical and Computational Approach"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Marc Peters (Monash University, Australia)
"Understanding the Repassivation Behaviour of Tungsten in Ni-Cr Based Alloys"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Debashish Sur (University of Virginia, United States)
"Exploring the Role of Al in Aqueous Passivation of [FeCoNi]Crx Aly Compositionally Complex Alloys"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Chenyang XIE (Chimie-ParisTech, PSL University, France)
"Spontaneous Passivation Phenomena in High-Entropy Alloys Exposed to Acidic Solutions: Evolution from Binary to Quinary Alloys — Comprehensive Insights via Atomic-Emission Spectroelectrochemistry"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Smart Corrosion Protection
Discussion Leader: Xuejie Li (Western University, Canada)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Jingzhi Yang (University of Science and Technology Beijing, China)
"Intelligent Design and Evaluation of Anti-Corrosion Surface Technology"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Bahram Vaghefinazari (Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon, Germany)
"Enhancing Corrosion Resistance of PEO-Coated Magnesium Alloys: Criteria for Effective Inhibitor Selection"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes