The APGA Women's Leadership Development Program has been specifically designed to provide women in the pipeline and gas industries the opportunity to network and develop skills that will enable their continued success. The APGA has extended an invitation to all ACA members to register for this exclusive event in 2021.
10th February 2021
Our 2020 Annual Report is now available for download. This 42 Page Report includes a message from our new ACA Chair Dean Ferguson and our outgoing Chair Dean Wall, an introduction to our current board members and an overview of the performance of some key aspects of our Association during 2020, a year full of unprecedented challenges and significant changes for all. You can still register to attend the AGM free and online, which will feature a guest presentation from Tom Honeyands, Director of the Iron Ore Hub and co-Director of the Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research to kick things off. Tom will be joining us virtually to discuss "Hydrogen Ironmaking - Lessons From the Past and Challenges for the Future".
5th December 2020
Corrosion and Prevention 2020 Online Day Three Focused on Advances in Corrosion Prevention in the Oil & Gas Industry and featured the following presentations: Understanding natural biofilm development in marine environments‚ a review - Benjamin Tuck. Application of multi-electrode arrays to improve the understanding of corrosion caused by microbes and deposits - Erika Suarez. Managing growing internal corrosion risk at aging refineries and oil & gas facilities - Meshary A. Albahli. Stress corrosion cracking (scc) is a threat to pipeline integrity management - Muhammad Hussain
23rd November 2020Day Two of Corrosion and Prevention 2020 Online Conference focused on Advances in Corrosion Protection of Assets and featured the following presentations: Corrosive effects of micro-environments and design features - Robert Francis. Automatic detection and classification of corrosion with convolutional neural networks - Eric Ferguson. Cathodic protection in hazardous areas - David Celine. Corrosion behaviour of SS 304 l NAG in nitric acid: investigation of causes and preventive steps - Muhammad Hussain
23rd November 2020Corrosion and Prevention went Online for the first Time in 2020, Day One of The Conference focused on Advances in Understanding Corrosion Mechanisms and Asset Failure and featured the following presentations: A novel approach to shallow water corrosion modelling: use of shipwreck material from HMS Sirius (1790) – Ian. D MacLeod. Initial corrosion behaviour of spheroidal graphite cast iron and rust evaluation in atmospheric environment -Ichiro Dote. Stress corrosion cracking of cable bolts - Judy Turnbull. Examination of a single column pantograph disconnector failure - Roger Costanzi. Corrosion resistance and deterioration behaviour of overlapping layer between thermal spray coating and heavy duty paint coating - Muye Yang
23rd November 2020
Dear ACA Members and Colleagues, I hope you’re all in good spirits and good health as we move towards the holiday break in what has been an eventful year, to...
23rd November 2020
We understand that at the moment this still requires rigorous care and, given this scenario full of uncertainties, the event committee decided to postpone the ICC INTERCORR WCO until July 20th to 23rd, 2021
14th October 2020
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13th October 2020
Vahid Afshari – ACA President In this global COVID-19 Pandemic, which has challenged our association operation in the same as many other professional associations and organizations, it is more critical...
29th September 2020
We can all go to the Annual Darwin ACA networking event this year because it is a webinar. Hosted on the Engineers Australia site
21st September 2020
This year, Materials Australia's Annual Technologists’ Picnic has moved online due to the current restrictions in Victoria. This annual dinner-meeting is customarily supported by members of the Australasian Corrosion Association and several sister organisations. Interested members of the general public are also encouraged to participate in this free event. This year's guest speaker is Christopher C. Berndt, University Distinguished Professor Director SEAM, Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials.
9th September 2020
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8th September 2020
Prof. Maria Forsyth is a plenary lecturer this year at EuroCorr with the subject of: Environmentally friendly multifunctional corrosion inhibitor systems For more information visit the Eurocorr website
1st September 2020
The ACA is calling for nominations from members to be elected to our board. Now is your opportunity to be involved at the highest level and lead your profession. The ACA Board requires a wide mix of skills and experience to satisfy its corporate responsibilities. If you feel that, you could make a valuable contribution or know a member of ACA who you feel would make an excellent contribution, please consider a nomination.
27th August 2020
Dear members and colleagues, I hope you’re all staying safe and well as we endeavour to stay vigilant, yet connected through this ongoing pandemic. Since my last update, the circumstances...
12th August 2020