Who Will Be Presented the Lionel Shreir and Galloway Awards This Year?
The Corrosion Science Symposium has been on a long journey through Covid. The 61st Symposium was forced to move online in 2020. While it was a remarkable success in its new format, we had hoped to return to business as usual in 2021. We did our best, but with the Covid laws that existed last year, the best we could do was a hybrid 62nd symposium – a residential option with live streaming, while ensuring we could deliver to our international membership and others in the corrosion community.
This year we are back to how our membership meets best, and in some style – and we’re seeking your input!
In person, and in Edinburgh
The 63rd Corrosion Science Symposium will be held as part of Electrochem 2022, a conference organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Electrochemistry and Electroanalytical Sensing Systems interest groups, and the Society of Chemical Industry’s Electrochemical Technology Group.
As part of this, our Corrosion Science Symposium will take place on the 5th and 6th September. It’s the perfect opportunity for students and researchers in corrosion science and engineering to get together, network, and discuss their work. You’ll have the chance to share news, views, and ideas, and improve your own learning and knowledge.
What better city for our symposium than Edinburgh? What better venue than the John McIntyre Conference Centre?
This purpose-built conference and meeting venue can accommodate up to 330 delegates. With state-of-the-art audio visuals, a configurable plenary room, four large meeting rooms, executive boardrooms, a stunning view across Arthur’s Seat, and an exceptional bar for end-of-day socialising, this is a superb setting.
It’s not the place, it’s the people. It’s you.
Edinburgh’s John McIntyre Centre is a stimulating place for us all to meet. But not as stimulating as the people who gather here.
With delegates expected from around the world, you’ll be in the company of some of the finest and most forward-thinking, up-and-coming minds from all areas of corrosion science and engineering.
Presentations and discussions have never failed to inspire at the symposium, and the friendly, informal environment is highly conducive to making new acquaintances ─ and beginning life-long friendships within the industries we serve.
An opportunity to recognise excellence in the field of corrosion
The Institute of Corrosion’s Corrosion Science Symposium isn’t only an event for informal learning and networking. It has become synonymous with recognising student talent.
There are two awards directly connected with the Symposium: the Galloway Award and the Lionel Shreir Award.
The Lionel Shreir Award – Last call for submissions
This award is presented to the student who gives the best presentation at the Corrosion Science Symposium. It is awarded to the student(s) judged to have performed best across the following criteria when making their presentation:
- Distinctiveness, originality, and creativity of research – impact on corrosion discipline
- Knowledge of corrosion science and practice
- Clarity of presentation and rapport with the CSS audience
- Clarity when answering questions
All student presenters at the Corrosion Science Symposium are eligible to win this award of a certificate and cheque for £125.
Could you be this year’s Lionel Shreir Award winner?
To be considered to present at the Corrosion Science Symposium, please submit a 200-word abstract that details a 10-minute talk you would like to give at this year’s symposium before 8th July 2022. We’ll let you know if yours has been selected for presentation in plenty of time ahead of the symposium.
For the opportunity to be awarded the highly sought-after certificate and cash prize, send your abstract to j.a.wharton@soton.ac.uk.
The Galloway Award – We’re seeking submissions
Originally presented for either the best essay submission or work project report, the Galloway Award was first presented in 1976, and reinstated in 1998 in memory of Jack Galloway, a founder Member of the British Association of Corrosion Engineers (BACE) and former Chair of BACE Council.
The award of a certificate, a cheque for £300, and publication of the winning article in the Institute’s Corrosion Management magazine is given to the submission of the best submitted or published paper from the previous 12 months.
Have you produced award-winning work?
We are seeking submissions of copies of students’ published or submitted papers from the last 12 months. The student should be the primary author of the paper. Supervisors may nominate students. Submissions for the award will be judged on the following criteria:
- Distinctiveness, originality, and creativity of research – impact on corrosion discipline
- Contribution to corrosion science and practice
- Clarity of presentation
As well as receiving the Galloway Award, the winning student will be invited to present his or her work at the Symposium.
Submissions should be made to the Corrosion Science Division Chair, Dr Julian Wharton by email to j.a.wharton@soton.ac.uk.
If you would like further information about the Institute of Corrosion awards, please click here.
To learn more about Electrochem 2022 and register to attend the event, please click here.