Corrosion Training Programme

Aimed at design and maintenance engineers and technical staff from a wide-range of industries including the offshore, water and aeronautical sectors.

Testimonials

“A wonderful introduction to the topic of corrosion, from theory to application, taught by experts in world class facilities” Stephan Kyle, AtkinsRéalis, Sheffield.

"Very well taught and presented course - highly useful if pursuing a career in corrosion" Andrew McKinlay. Plant Integrity Management Ltd. Aberdeen.

“A great course for individuals who want to explore corrosion. Some detail to understand possible root failures” Reuben Alam, Thyssenkrupp Aerospace.

"Really great look at the basics. The staff were incredibly helpful!". Emre Yildirim, Tokamak Energy Ltd.

"Really informative. A better understanding that I can apply to my work" Jamie Foubister, Aker Solutions.

Training Team

Sue Impey is a Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University with over 30 years experience and expertise in surface science and engineering. Her research includes aqueous corrosion and corrosion control of steels, nickel and non-ferrous alloys. Research activities include corrosion control for large reciprocating diesel engines, life extension activities for industrial and building services. . She also provides technical support in materials characterisation and surface analysis.

Joy Sumner is a Reader in Energy Materials and Head of Centre for Energy Engineering. Joy’s current research concerns material behaviour in different corrosive and oxidative environments particularly at high temperature, thermal barriers and corrosion resistant coatings. Joy also has an interest in the empirical modelling of corrosion.

Stefano Mori is a research fellow in Energy Materials with a PhD from Università degli studi di Roma "Torvergata", in Materials Engineering, working on the development of a self-healing coating for corrosion protection of alloys in water environments. His current research is in fireside corrosion.

Adnan Syed is a research fellow in the Surface Engineering and Precision Centre at Cranfield University. Dr Syed is involved in the research of high temperature degradation and investigating the effects of environment on the fatigue/stress corrosion and static corrosion. Dr Syed has over 10 years of industrial experience, working for GSK, Colgate Palmolive and Ecolab-Nalco in the UK, Pakistan and Germany.

Victor Igwemezie is a EPSRC Research Fellow in the Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre, Cranfield. He is a lecturer at Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria. Victor completed his EngD in structural integrity and metallurgy at Cranfield before joining as a researcher. He is currently conducting research in Structural Metallurgy: - studying the metallurgical, mechanical properties and structural applications of wrought, additive and welded ferrous alloys.

Keynote Industrial Speakers

We are fortunate to have keynote speakers happy to share their knowledge, expertise and unique experiences with us. Speakers who have supported the Training Programme are:

Susan MacGregor is a Verification and Asset Integrity Engineer at Bumi Armada with operational experience in oil and gas. Previously a Senior Integrity Engineer with CAN Offshore she has held inspection corrosion engineering roles in Shell and Bluewater Energy Services.

Ali Oskuie is a Corrosion Under Insulation specialist at Corrosion Radar, looking at monitoring and predictive risk management. Ali has experience in Oil & Gas as the team lead and group manager for a consultancy company providing services on Asset Integrity Management.

Mark Stone is the operational Data Team Lead at IMRANDD. Mark has over 30 years’ technical and leadership experience, with most of this in the energy sector. He has a track record of innovation in application of statistical methods and data analytics in support of integrity management. This covers the development of practical approaches to inspection optimisation, bringing together Mechanical Integrity, Corrosion Engineering, Inspection Engineering and Data Science aspects.

Clare Watt is a Corrosion & Integrity Consultant with KW Consulting Engineers with 20 years operational experience in upstream oil and gas, nuclear and defence sectors. She has worked for ExxonMobil, Apache and CNRI in senior technical roles including UK integrity advisor and improvement project lead. She co-authored El corrosion assessment guidance and aworks for KAEFER Isoliertechnik GmbH & Co. KG in technical innovation.

For more information on the Corrosion Training Programme please contact: Dr Sue Impey on +44 (0)1234 754062 or email s.a.impey@cranfield.ac.uk