Winston Revie
Monday, March 12, 2007
8:15 to 9 a.m.

After five years of postdoctoral research in Australia, Revie joined CANMET (Ottawa, Canada) in 1978, and has focused his scientific efforts primarily on pipeline corrosion since then. He is currently the Program Manager for Infrastructure Reliability at the CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory.

Revie is the co-author of a widely used university textbook, Corrosion and Corrosion Control, Third Edition (translated into Japanese, Russian, and Chinese), and the editor of Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook, Second Edition, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in 2000. He is currently preparing new editions of both books. The Chemical Industry Press published the Chinese edition of the handbook in 2005. In addition, he is the editor of the Wiley Series in Corrosion. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the NACE journal CORROSION.

Revie is a Fellow of NACE International, ASM International, and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. He is a Past President of the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. He is currently on the NACE Board of Directors, representing the Northern Area.

Lecture Abstract
Managing Corrosion, Preventing Failures, and Reducing Costs

Convergence of technologies on corrosion, sensors, instrumentation, software, and communications has resulted in capabilities for corrosion monitoring and control online, in real time, all the time. Intelligent systems use advanced sensors to monitor critical parameters; instrumentation for data collection; software to analyze the data based on models of corrosion processes, make decisions, and adjust process parameters to control corrosion; and remote communications to inform the personnel who are in charge.

Because these systems have the potential of predicting where and when, in the absence of intervention, the next corrosion failure will occur, the widespread use of smart systems could prevent major accidents that result in costly litigation by high-priced lawyers, resulting, for example, from damage caused by corroded water pipes.

Current challenges in failure prediction and prevention and in the development of smart corrosion management systems will be outlined. In developing a road-map for failure prevention, the importance of a collaborative approach will be emphasized.

Willis Rodney Whitney Award Lecture
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
11:30 a.m.

The Whitney Award recognizes public contributions to the science of corrosion.

Frank Newman Speller Award Lecture
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
11:15 a.m.

The Speller Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the practice of corrosion engineering.

For more information about the Whitney and Speller Award lectures, see the February 2007 issue of Materials Performance or visit www.nace.org. Detailed information on the 2007 NACE Award winners can be found in the CORROSION/2007 Final Program, available on site.