This Ohio State University Short Course Program offers instruction on advanced topics in the field of corrosion science and engineering.

Modules will provide detailed information on the fundamentals supporting the field of corrosion, theories of the most important corrosion phenomena, and the use of corrosion data.

Who should take it?

The short course program is intended for those who have had prior exposure to corrosion in the form of an introductory short course, undergraduate class, or practical experience, but desire a better understanding of the concepts and issues. Introductory concepts will be reviewed, but the focus of the courses will be in-depth discussions.

Where and when is it?

The date of the next short course has not yet been determined.

Who is teaching it?

Rudolph G. Buchheit and Gerald S. Frankel are faculty in the Fontana Corrosion Center, part of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University. Together they teach three undergraduate and graduate level classes in corrosion.

Buchheit earned a PhD in Materials Science at the Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia. He was employed at Sandia National Labs prior to arriving at Ohio State in 1997. He has 50 publications and is the winner of the H. H. Uhlig Educator's Award presented by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers as well as the Electrochemical Society Corrosion Division Morris Cohen Award.

Frankel received an ScD in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT and worked at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center before joining OSU in 1995. He has authored 100 publications and has received the H.H. Uhlig Educator’s Award from NACE.

What topics are covered?

•  Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Corrosion
•  Environment Assisted Cracking
•  Passivity and Localized Corrosion
• Treatment of Data from Corrosion Measurements

How is it set up?

Each module is offered either in the mornings or afternoons of the three-day program. Two modules are given in parallel during the mornings and afternoons. A registrant can take any one of the modules or can select one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Have a question about the Short Course that isn't covered here? E-mail one of us for more information:

Rudy Buchheit - Environment Assisted Cracking, Treatment of Data

Jerry Frankel - Thermodynamics & Kinetics, Passivity