Tentative Program
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Day 1, 3 March 2009 Day 2 |
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| 7.30-8.00 | Registration |
| 08:00 - 08:10 | Welcome Note by Dr. Luai Al-Hadhrami, Director, Center for Engineering Research, KFUPM |
| 08:10 – 08:20 | Inauguration of the Workshop by H.E. Dr. Khaled Al-Sultan, The Rector, KFUPM |
| 08:20 – 08:30 | Break |
Session-I |
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| 08:30 - 09:00 | Professor Srdjan Nesic Director, institute for Corrosion and multiphase flow Technology Ohio University, USA Topic: New research developments in corrosion of mild steel in sweet and sour environments. |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Professor Siamack Shirazi Associate Director, The Erosion/Corrosion Research Center The University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Topic: Erosion-Corrosion under CO2, Sand and Inhibitors |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Ahmed Al-Umair Saudi Aramco Title: Saudi Aramco Corrosion and Materials Technology Program |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Tea / Coffee Break |
Session-II |
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| 10:15 – 10:45 | Professor John Nicholls Cranfield University, U.K. Topic: Modelling hot corrosion in industrial gas turbines |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Dr. Raman Singh Departments of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering Monash University, Australia Topics: Stress Corrosion Cracking of Welds: Advances in Techniques for generating Design Data. |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Prof. Robert Akid Head of Structural Materials & Integrity Research Centre Sheffield Hallam University, UK Title: Novel Sol-gel coatings for anti-corrosion and anti-fouling applications. |
| 11:45 - 13:00 | Prayers and Lunch Time |
Session-III |
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| 13:00 - 13:30 | Dr. Manuel Friedel Head of Research & Development and Technical Service Building Protection, Evonik Industries, Germany Title: Silane based corrosion inhibition with Protectosil |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Prof. Bishwajit Bhattacharjee Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Title: Assessment of Progress of Rebar Corrosion in RCC Structures |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Dr. Mohammed Maslehuddin Centre of Engineering Research, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia Title: Reinforcement Corrosion in the Arabian Gulf and its Mitigation |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Panel Discussions |