The Institute is continuing its drive started in 2024 to expand its membership overseas and to increase its Branch Profile.
We have set up country-specific working agreements for the provision of member services and collaboration, especially in the area of training provision, reported elsewhere in the magazine.
Local branch committees are currently being established in India and Saudi Arabia.
There are also a number of joint events starting to emerge, such as the ICorr-China Summit in Manchester to be held on the 3rd and 4th of September this year.
These initiatives are starting to bear fruit, as readers will have seen from our recent announcements, and we are now well placed to better serve our significant overseas membership going forward.
Our HQ ICorr office team, managed by Geraldine Blomley, has kindly provided us with a breakdown (by country of applicant) for the most recent 52x ICorr membership applications (for the period ending 20th December 2024).
This is very significant for our membership direction and future branches. We shall monitor these trends closely.
30% UK (15)
70% Overseas (37)
There are of course some additional applications expected for China from the recent President / Vice President visits to that country that are pending, and these will be processed soon for approval and ratification by ICorr Council.
The Institute welcomes all suggestions for improvement to its membership services. Please send any suggestions for improvement to: president@ICorr.org
Members are also invited to represent their country via submission of good quality technical articles. Please send these to editor@ICorr.org for consideration for publication.
Breakdown by Country for the most recent 52x ICorr Membership Applications (Period ending 20th December 2024).
It is with great sadness that we announce the untimely death of Brian A. Martin in Sydney from mesothelioma on Monday, 2nd September 2024. Brian had been a member of ICorr since 1972 and was made an Honorary Member in 2017, whereby the presentation made to him in Australia read as follows:
“The Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) recognises the considerable contribution that Brian A. Martin has made to the science and practice of cathodic protection, in particular to buried pipelines, both in Australia and internationally. Brian has been a long-term professional member and then Fellow of ICorr in the UK; we know that he has been a strong supporter of the ACA and a strong contributor to Standards Australia, to International Standards and to the Training and Professional Development of Cathodic Protection Engineers in Australasia. He has pushed our practice of CP forward and he has given back his time and his enthusiasm and has fully shared his knowledge with others to the benefit of the entire corrosion protection community. He has earned this Honorary Fellowship of ICorr.”
Brian came to the UK in 1970 to study at Sir John Cass for his MSc under Prof. Lionel Shrier, who had just moved from Battersea/Surrey to Cass. Brian worked part-time at ‘Spencers’ during his MSc studies, with a desk in a dimensionally challenged office with a tiny window overlooking the Buckingham Palace gardens.
His contributions to Australian and International Standards will not be forgotten. Brian Wyatt and Markus Buchler much appreciated his contribution to the European supposed controversy over the impacts of concentration polarisation on CP (in all environments). This is still rumbling along in Germany due to folk who manage to misread some of the wonderful work done there in the 1960s and 1970s. Brian participated in the wide and open discussion on this in the CEOCOR Congress in Stockholm in 2016 and was a coauthor of the paper ‘Cathodic protection of soil-buried steel pipelines—a critical discussion of protection criteria and threshold values,’ which resulted from this. Despite one of the authors being H.-G. Schöneich, considered the leading pipeline CP specialist in Germany at that time, this paper still offends a segment of the German CP fraternity. Brian had been a member of the Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) since 1969 and was an Honorary Life member, holder of the Corrosion Medal, Australasian President as well as active in the Electrolysis Committee as President and Secretary for over 30 years. In addition, Brian was a P. F. Thompson lecturer as well as an internationally recognised expert in cathodic protection of pipelines.
He was passionate and intense about his profession, martial arts and very fast cars. Few people who have been a passenger in a Brian Martin driven car would forget the experience. Or wish to repeat it. More than that, he was a warm and engaging friend who will be sorely missed. Typical of Brian, he held a farewell Wake a few days before his demise to which all invited could see that, despite his illness, he had lost none of his essential spirit. Anecdotes about Brian are endless. from driving up an English motorway shoulder on a motorbike at 160 km/hour to see if it could be done, to surfing inadvertently on a Nudist beach. He really did land by helicopter in remote Papua New Guinea for a week’s unaccompanied trek to do a resistivity survey.
He was a lovable mad bugger in cars, boats, and sports. Always striving for excellence and pushing boundaries. These attributes carried over more safely into his professional life.
Brian is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Cheryl, and daughter Tara and grandchildren. In his memory, his friends have suggested that the first paper delivered to the Cathodic protection stream of each Annual ACA Conference be named ‘The Brian Martin Lecture’, and that it ought to contain some controversial issues! That will be a perfect memorial.
Corrosion Engineering Division – Corrosion Awareness and Working Day 2025: Join Us at the Net Zero Centre in Teesside
The Corrosion Engineering Division (CED) is delighted to announce an exciting event for Corrosion Awareness Day 2025. Hosted at the prestigious Net Zero Centre in Teesside on 24th April 2025, this event promises a day of insightful talks and collaboration focused on the theme of “Innovations in Corrosion Engineering for Sustainable Energy Systems.”
In addition to the day’s engaging content, we are offering sponsorship opportunities for organisations looking to showcase their commitment to corrosion engineering and sustainable energy solutions. Sponsors will gain visibility among industry professionals at this event. This event promises to deliver valuable insights, foster collaboration across sectors, and provide inspiration for tackling corrosion challenges in a sustainable world.
To register, learn more, or discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact me at danny.burkle@lbbcbaskerville.co.uk Spaces are limited, so act quickly to secure your place!
Highlights of the programme include:
Industry Talks from leading experts in sectors such as All Energy, Nuclear, Coatings, and Cathodic Protection.
Insights from a Young ICorr Representative, sharing fresh perspectives and emerging trends.
The Presentation of the 2024 Paul McIntyre Award Winner, recognising excellence in corrosion engineering.
A Guided Tour of the Net Zero Centre, providing a first-hand look at cutting-edge facilities supporting sustainable energy solutions
Year 2024 marked a momentous milestone for the corrosion science community—the centenary of the publication of The Corrosion of Metals by Ulick Richardson Evans in 1924. This pioneering work laid the foundation for modern corrosion science, transforming it from a fragmented collection of empirical observations into a rigorous, quantitative discipline.
Ulick Richardson Evans was described in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society as the “Father of the modern science of corrosion and protection of metals”. Evans was born in Wimbledon. He dedicated his life to research and prolific writing on the corrosion and oxidation of metals. His keen intellect, innovative experiments, and commitment to advancing the field quickly earned him international recognition. Published at a time when the scientific understanding of corrosion was in its infancy.
The Corrosion of Metals was revolutionary. It was the first textbook to comprehensively explain the mechanisms of corrosion, with a particular focus on the electrochemical nature of metal deterioration. Evans’ insights provided engineers and scientists with the tools to address real-world corrosion challenges systematically, heralding a new era of research and practical applications.
Editor’s Note: The complete article was previously published in the November/December 2024 issue of Corrosion Management on page 33. We apologise for the incorrect picture of U.R. Evans included in the publication. Readers are kindly requested to refer to the current article for the accurate image of U.R. Evans.
Photo: U. R. Evans (Source: https://www.npg.org.uk/)
The Engineering Council report to ICorr CEng direct application has previously recommended ICorr become a full licensee pending resolution of a few items. ICorr under guidance from David Harvey had reviewed and provided feedback to the Engineering Council in January, which will be taken forward to their ratification panel during Q1, and ICorr will await a successful outcome. We offer our many thanks to David for supporting this process over the last 18M.
In the meantime, ICorr is setting up a registration committee including assessors and interviewers and their training requirements to ensure readiness when the full license is finally ratified. ICorr will still be working in close conjunction with our previous partner SOE (Society of Operational Engineers), who had been the main license holder with ICorr as an affiliate. SOE will be supporting our training needs and providing advisory support on our newly established processes in the initial period.
Please feel free to contact our New Vice President – Anthony Setiadi, should you have any queries at all in relation to the ICorr CEng scheme: Vice.President@icorr.org
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