2023 – Brian Cherry Awards Forum (Final Round)

WEBINAR SUMMARY

The Brian Cherry Award Forum is open to postgraduate and final year undergraduate research students studying at an Australasian University. Applicants could be studying any aspect of corrosion, including but not limited to metallic and non-metallic corrosion, corrosion management, corrosion mitigation, and corrosion protection. Taking part in the Forum provides students with the opportunity to present their corrosion related research work as well as showcase their talent to their peers and the Australasian Corrosion Industry – including potential employers.

FINALISTS

After the 2023 3 Minute Thesis Event, the following students were selected to represent their universities in the Final Round:

• Shamir Bhuiyan (RMIT University) – Study of Current Distribution of Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Systems in Reinforced Concrete

• Medhani Dinushika Pathirana Bamunu Achchige (Deakin University) – A novel aspect in monitoring waterline corrosion, its inhibition and the influencing factors

• Kritkasem Khantisopon (Swinburne University of Technology) – High-temperature corrosion in biomass-fired boilers and the development of protective coatings to mitigate the issue
• Cedric Tan (Charles Darwin University) – Investigation of Adhesion & Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Effects by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa on High Chromium White Iron