Detailed below are the awards presented by the Insititute of Corrosion, if you would like information on how to nominate someone for any of these awards please contact us.
Honorary Life Fellowship
This is in recognition of many years service to the Institute as a principal officer, or for outstanding contribution in the field of Corrosion Control.
U R Evans Award
This was first awarded in 1976 and is made for outstanding International Achievements in pure or applied corrosion science. This award, of a mounted sword on an engraved plaque, is proposed annually by a CSD panel. The recipient also receives an Honorary Life Fellowship of the Institute.
Presidents Plaque
This was introduced by President John O'Shea and is presented for outstanding service to the Institute and is given at the discretion of the President.
Honorary Life Membership
This is in recognition of many years service to the Institute as a Council or Branch member.
H G Cole Award
This presentation is in the form of a poignard, and is for exceptional services to the development of the Institute.
The Galloway Award
This was created to encourage contributions from students. It consists of a certificate of achievement and a cheque for £250.
T P Hoar Prize
Dr Hoar was the first recipient of the UR Evans Award and the prize in his memory is awarded by a sub-committee of CSD for the best paper published each year in Corrosion Science.
Last 3 recipients:
2008 X. Liu, G.S. Frankel, B. Zoofan, S. Rokhlin, In-situ observation of intergranular stress corrosion cracking in AA2024-T3 under constant load conditions, Corrosion Science, Vol. 49, pp. 139-148 (2007)
2007 M.H. Moayed, R.C. Newman, Evolution of current transients and morphology of metastable and stable pitting on stainless steel near the critical pitting temperature, Corrosion Science, Vol. 48, pp. 1004-1018 (2006).
2006 Y. Huang, Y. Zhu, Hydrogen ion reduction in the process of iron rusting, Corrosion Science, Vol. 47, p. 2240-2256 (2005).
Lionel Shreir Award
Dr Shreir was also a recipient of the UR Evans Award and two further awards have been created in his name. The first is for the best presentation at the Corrosion Science Symposium. The second award is made to a young corrosion engineer.
Last 3 recipients:
2008 winner - Andrew Bennett (University of Swansea) for a talk entitled 'Filiform corrosion - an unexpected problem affecting the new generation of magnesium containing galvanised steels'
2007 winner - Anissa Amimer (University of Manchester) for a talk entitled 'Flow Accelerated Corrosion in the Secondary Water Circuits of Pressurized Water Reactors'
2006 winner - Cristiano Padovani (University of Birmingham) for a talk entitle 'X-ray Microtomography Studies of Localised Corrosion on Aluminium'
Ken Griffiths Memorial Lecture Award
This is presented at the Annual Conference in memory of Ken Griffiths who died while Chairman of Yorkshire Branch in 1999.
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award has been presented only once and is for prolonged outstanding services to the Institute and is approved by the Trustees and Council.
