ACA Updates

Corrosion and Prevention Online – Day Two

Day 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 2020

Corrosion and Prevention Online – Day One

Corrosion 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

General Manager’s Update

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

ICC INTERCORR | Dates Changed

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

Presidents Message

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

Darwin ACA Event | Engineers Australia

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

22nd Annual Technologists’ Picnic

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

Moon is rusting! Why ?

In this article a discovery that the moon is rusting causes a

8th September 2020

Prof. Maria Forsyth |Eurocorr Plenary Lecturer

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

CLOSED – Call for Director Nominations – ACA Board

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

Chairman’s Update

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

Les Boulton retiring from Fulltime Consulting – An acknowledgement from the ACA.

Les Boulton, one of the ACA’s ‘legends’, has decided to transition into semi-retirement and close his consultancy business, Les Boulton and Associates, to spend more time with his family after...

10th August 2020

Special Edition of the CES&T Journal in Honour of Brian Cherry

The ACA would like to pay our thanks and offer our congratulations to Bruce Hinton, Mike Tan and Nick Birbilis, who have been successful in the production of a Special Edition (Vol 55, Issue 4, 2020) of the Corrosion Engineering Science & Technology (CES & T) Journal to celebrate the career of Professor Brian Cherry and his many contributions to corrosion engineering.

7th July 2020

Rana Everett | Member Profile

Rana is an active long time member of the ACA and an ACA Corrosion Technologist. She lives and works in Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory with her partner Paul Oldam; she is also extremely busy with multiple projects and two demanding toddlers.

5th July 2020

Corrosion and Prevention Online – Day Two

Corrosion and Prevention Online – Day One

General Manager’s Update

ICC INTERCORR | Dates Changed

Internet Explorer

Presidents Message

Darwin ACA Event | Engineers Australia

22nd Annual Technologists’ Picnic

Moon is rusting! Why ?

Prof. Maria Forsyth |Eurocorr Plenary Lecturer

CLOSED – Call for Director Nominations – ACA Board

Chairman’s Update

Les Boulton retiring from Fulltime Consulting – An acknowledgement from the ACA.

Special Edition of the CES&T Journal in Honour of Brian Cherry

Rana Everett | Member Profile

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