Each year the Institute of Corrosion bestows a range of internationally-renowned awards in recognition of excellence in corrosion science and engineering and to reward outstanding service to the Institute and the wider corrosion community.  Many of these awards are open to nomination by both members and non-members of the Institute. Below is a brief description of each award together with details of how to nominate potential candidates.
U.R. Evans Award
The U.R. Evans Award is the premier scientific award of the Institute of Corrosion and is presented annually for outstanding international achievements in pure or applied corrosion science. Â The recipient is selected by a Corrosion Science Division panel and presented with a sword at the annual Corrosion Science Symposium. Â The symposium is one which seeks to encourage the participation of the junior members of the corrosion community who would appreciate the visit of, and address by, a corrosion scientist of international repute. Â The form of the award symbolises the fight in which we are all engaged. Â The recipient is also granted Honorary Life Fellowship of the Institute. Â Nominations may be submitted at any time via email to the CSD Chair, Julian Wharton (J.A.Wharton@soton.ac.uk).
Paul McIntyre Award
The Paul McIntyre Award is presented to a senior corrosion engineer, who, as well as being a leading practitioner in his field, has advanced European collaboration and international standards development. Â The award consists of an engraved trophy, which is presented at the annual CED Working Day meeting. Â The recipient is requested to present a brief overview of their activities and encouraged to prepare an article for publication in Corrosion Management. Â Nominations should be submitted to the CED Chair, Nick Smart (nick.smart@jacobs.com), by 12 March 2021.
T.P. Hoar Award
The T.P. Hoar Award is presented to the authors of the best paper published in the scientific journal Corrosion Science during the previous calendar year.  The winning paper is selected by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division and the authors receive a certificate and a cash sum of £400.
The winning paper in 2020, from papers published in 2019, was authored by Rigel Hanbury and Gary Was (University of Michigan), for their paper entitled ‘Oxide growth and dissolution on 316L stainless steel during irradiation in high temperature water’ (Corros. Sci. 157 (2019) 305-311).  The paper elegantly describes a novel approach using a helium bubble marker layer to study 316L oxide growth and dissolution under simultaneous proton radiation and corrosion in 320°C hydrogenated water. Helium implantation was chosen since it is chemically inert and compared to heavier noble gases it generates fewer radiation defects and has a greater implantation range.
Galloway Award
The Galloway Award is presented to a student author for the best publication describing original research in corrosion science and engineering as judged by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division.  The student should be the primary author of the work and preferably first author.  A summary of the winning paper is published in Corrosion Management and the prize consists of a certificate and a cash sum of £300.  The Institute does not retain copyright of the material, so this does not prevent separate publication of the work in a scientific journal.  Submissions (in the form of a paper published within the past 12 months or a draft publication) may be sent via email at any time to the CSD Chair, Julian Wharton (J.A.Wharton@soton.ac.uk). Supervisors may nominate students.
In 2020, the Galloway Prize recipient was Arpit Goyal (Coventry University) for his paper published in Construction and Building Materials journal entitled ‘Predicting the corrosion rate of steel in catholically protected concrete using potential shift’ . The paper examined the possibility of predicting the corrosion rates using polarisation data and the Butler-Volmer equation to develop cathodic protection criterion for reinforced concrete exposed to the atmosphere.
Â
Â
Lionel Shreir Award
The Lionel Shreir Award is given to the best student presenter at the annual Corrosion Science Symposium.  Selection of the recipient is carried out by a sub-committee of the Corrosion Science Division.  The award consists of a certificate and a cash prize of £125.
The Shreir award in 2020 was presented to Christos Kousis (University of Manchester) for his presentation entitled ‘An investigation of the effect of chloride ion concentration on the localised corrosion of the E717 magnesium alloy’. Christos gave an insightful talk on using the in situ scanning vibrating electrode technique, coupled with time-lapse imaging, to study magnesium corrosion behaviour.
For further details on the Institute awards, including lists of past recipients, please visit https://www.icorr.org/icorr-awards/.
