Burak Gunay has successfully defended his thesis titled "Electrochemical and Microscopic Investigation of the Passivation and Depassivation Processes of Iron and Steel in Simulated Concrete Pore Solutions" and has been nominated for a Senate Medal for his work.
Gian-Luca Porcari has successfully defended his thesis titled "Flexural Response of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beams at Elevated Temperatures."
Philippe Marinier has successfully defended his thesis titled "Identification of anodic and cathodic locations on corroding steel reinforcement using inverse modelling to assimilate half-cell potential measurements on the surface of concrete members."
Morris Cohen Graduate Student Award was established in 1991 to recognize outstanding graduate research in the field of corrosion science and/or engineering. Dr. Ghods received the award for his Ph.D. work titled "Multi-Scale Investigation of the Formation and Breakdown of Passive Films on Carbon Steel Rebar in Concrete.".
More information can be obtained from the USA Today article.
Prof. Isgor and his post-doctoral research fellow, Dr. Pouria Ghods, will be attending ACI Spring convention in Pittsburg between October 24 and 28. They will make a presentation on "Nano-Scale Imaging Studies on the Passivity and Depassivation of Carbon Steel Rebar in Concrete" in the Corrosion Resistant Reinforcement - Current Peformance and Alternative Materials Session (Wednesday, October 27, 9:01 AM - 12:00 PM, C-302).
Prof. Isgor attended and presented a paper titled "Nano-scale TEM studies of the passive film and the chloride-induced depassivation of carbon steel in concrete" in Nanoscale Materials Characterization session of Nanotech 2010 (June 21 – 24, 2010) in Aneheim, California.
Pouria Ghods has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation titled "Multi-Scale Investigation of the Formation and Breakdown of Passive Films on Carbon Steel Rebar in Concrete" and has been nominated for a Senate Medal for his work.
Kosta Karadakis has successfully defended his masters thesis titled "Numerical Investigation of the Chemistry of the Pore Solution in the Mill Scale Crevices of Carbon Steel Rebar."
Thomas Miller has successfully defended his masters thesis titled "Evaluation of Organic Barrier Coatings for Wastewater Digesters Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy."
