U.S. Army Corrosion Summit Agenda
February 4, 2009

Corrosion - Thinking Beyond Maintenance and Repair to Sustain America's Armed Forces


Wednesday-Day 2

  General Session
Advanced Materials/Technologies - Anti-Corrosion Nanotechnology
Ed Scicluna, Session Chair
Lars Ericson, Co-Chair
Time Topic Speaker
0700 Registration/Breakfast in Exhibit Area
0800 Anti-Corrosion Nanotechnology Solutions for Army Logistics (ACNS-L) Ed Scicluna, U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency
0815 Emerging Nanotechnology-based Corrosion Control Coatings Jamil Baghdachi, Eastern Michigan University
0900 Nanotechnology Capabilities at Picatinny Arsenal Ryan Carpenter, U.S. Army RDECOM ARDEC
0930 Low Solar Absorbing Chemical Agent Resistant Coating with Nano Additives John Escarsega, U.S. Army ARL
1000 Break - In Exhibit Area
1020 Potential Use of Cold Spray Nanostructured Aluminum for Corrosion & Wear Protection George Kim, Perpetual Technology, Inc
1100 Active Hybrid Sol-Gel Films as Pre-treatment for Aluminum Alloys Mario Ferreira, University of Aveiro
1140 Novel Corrosion Control Coating Utilizing Carbon Nanotechnology Susan Drozdz, ERDC-CERL
1200-1320 Lunch - Flamingo/Sandpiper Deck
  Session A
Corrosion of Facilities
Army Corps of Engineers
Vincent Hock, Session Chair
Eddy Smith, Co-Chair
Session B
Nanotechnologies R&D
Lars Ericson, Session Chair
Time Topic Speaker Topic Speaker
1320 Sensor Enabled Corrosion Degradation Assessment Systems for Water Distribution Networks Eddy Smith, ERDC/CERL Thin Films of Polypyrrole on Particulate Aluminum Victoria Johnston Gelling, North Dakota State University
1340 Laboratory Testing of Electro-Osmotic Pulse Technology to Reduce & Maintain Low Moisture Content in Concrete Orange Marshall, CERL Navy Corrosion and Wear Resistance Approved Nano Technologies for Ships, Submarines & Tactical Vehicles James P. Collis, Gatekeeper-Technology Ltd.
1400 A Novel Structural Health Management Approach for Steel Bridges Rob Mason, CTC Hybrid Polymer Nanocomposites for Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Alloy and Low Carbon Steel Jude O. Iroh, University of Cincinnati
1420 Two Approaches to Rehabilitation of Metal Roofing at Wheeler Army Airfield David Bailey, ERDC-CERL Corrosion Inhibiting Chromate-free Nanocomposite Pretreatments for Structural Metals Fred Allen, NEI Corrosion Technologies
1440 State of the Art Reinforcement for Concrete Bridge Decks Steven Sweeney, U.S Army Corps of Engineers PTS Coating of Amorphous/ Nanocrystalline Al-Co-Ce for Replacement or Repair of Aluminum Cladding Ben Gauthier, Enigmatic, Inc.
1500 Evaluation of Zn-rich Primers & Rust Converters for Corrosion Protection of Steel Leonardo Caseres, Southwest Research Institute Functionalized Nanoparticles & Nanostructure as Carriers for Organic Corrosion Inhibitors Ronald Cook, TDA Research
1520 Break - In Exhibit Area
1540 The Use of Vitreous Enamel Coatings to Improve Bonding and Reduce Corrosion in Concrete Reinforcing Steel Sean Morefield, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Thin Coatings for Polymeric Carbon & Carbon Nanotubes for Corrosion Protection Zafar Iqbal, NJIT
1600 Demonstration & Validation of Technologies to Mitigate Corrosion on Infrastructure Components at Ft. Bragg Rob Mason, CTC New Conversion Coatings Prior to Paint Application Terry Giles, Henkel Technologies
1620 Performance Evaluation of CPCs Using Corrosion Sensors-Laboratory & Field Studies Marta Jakab, Southwest Research Institute Nanostructured Self-Healing Surface Films Hong Liang, Texas A&M University
1640 Announce Student Poster Winner and Adjourned