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UMN Researchers Develop Silica with “Engineered Living” Properties

3D illustration of self-healing material. Image courtesy of Getty Images.

VT Professor Receives Grants to Investigate Corrosion of Manufactured Metals

Yao Fu, assistant professor in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, is the recipient of a Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation, as well as a Young Investigator Program award from the Office of Naval Research. Photo courtesy of Peter Means/Virginia Tech.

Unique Group Expands Diving Manufacturing Capabilities

A classed saturation dive system manufactured by Unique Group. Photo courtesy of Unique Group.

ICR Integrity Enables Cruden Bay Terminal Regeneration

The Forties Pipeline System project at the Cruden Bay Booster Station is shown. Photo courtesy of ICR.

Hexagon Industrializes Additive Manufacturing via Open Ecosystem Strategy

Rice Researchers Examine Why Iron Corrodes in “Inert” CO₂

Iron (blue) can react with trace amounts of water to produce corrosive chemicals despite being bathed in “inert” supercritical fluids of carbon dioxide. Atomistic simulations carried out at Rice University show how this reaction happens. Image courtesy of Evgeni Penev/Rice University.

Specialty Chemicals Company Appoints New Vice President

Former adhesives executive Bradley Boelkins joins ChemQuest as its newest vice president. Photo courtesy of The ChemQuest Group.

AMPP’s Response to Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse

Bob Chalker, CEO of AMPP, and member leaders issued statements Friday in response to the collapse of the Fern Hollow bridge near Frick Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

How Corrosion Leaders Can Advocate for U.S. Infrastructure Funds

Adam Christopher and Dan Adley.

Podcast: Addressing the Deficit of Skilled Tech Workers

Michigan Invests in Carbon Fiber Technology to Reinforce Bridges

The beams on the Burns Road bridge over I-94 are reinforced with carbon fiber composite strands, providing greater strength than steel without deterioration from corrosion. Photo courtesy of MDOT.

South Korean University Publish Study on “Contact Flaws” in Glass

Scientists experimentally investigated the water-induced cracking behavior around contact flaws on annealed and tempered glass surfaces. Photo courtesy of PR Newswire.

CRW Appoints Chandler as CEO

Photo courtesy of CRW Consulting & Distributing.

Walter Surface Technologies Acquires Allegro Industries

Image courtesy of Walter Surface Technologies.

Jeremy Alexander Joins Sprayroq as President