Noam Eliaz, Israel (Chairman)
STEERING COMMITTEE
Noam Eliaz, Israel (Chairman)
Ron Latanision, USA
Philippe Marcus, France
Roger Newman, Canada
Hryhoriy Nykyforchyn, Ukraine
Jean Marc Olive, France
Patrik Schmuki, Germany
Alan Turnbull, United Kingdom
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Andrey Atrens, Australia
Henryk Bala, Poland
Francesco Bellucci, Italy
Neal Berke, USA
Yair Ein-Eli, Israel
Damien Feron, France
Alec Groysman, Israel
Adam Hernas, Poland
Kazuaki Murakami, Japan
V.S. Raja, India
Baldev Raj, India
Wen-Ta Tsai, Taiwan
George Thompson, United Kingdom
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Andrzej Zieliński, Chairman
Jean Marc Olive and Sylwia Sobieszczyk, Co-chairmen
Beata Swieczko-Zurek, Secretary
Staff of he Gdansk University of Technology
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS
organised by
GdanskUniversity of Technology, Poland
under the auspices of
Barbara Kudrycka, Ministry of Science and Higher Education
European Federation of Corrosion, EFC
Polish Society of Materials Science
Committee of Materials Science, PolishAcademy of Sciences
Committee of Metallurgy, PolishAcademy of Sciences
9 – 12 May 2010, Gdańsk – Sobieszewo, Poland
SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
The international conferences in the series Environmental Degradation of Engineering Materials (EDEM) belong to important European and World conferences in this field. Each time they provide excellent opportunity for materials scientists and corrosion engineers throughout the globe to meet and exchange knowledge on various aspects related to the environmental degradation of structural and functional engineering materials. The latest research findings are presented, high-level lectures are given, internationally acclaimed scientists present breakthroughs in this field, ideas are exchanged, and new joint research projects are initiated. Besides the official scientific side of the conference, the social events give opportunities to relax, have fun and joy.
FOCAL THEMES
Performance, condition monitoring and degradation of materials in systems for energy generation and conversion.
Nuclear waste disposal.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
Experimental and modelling of environmental-assisted cracking: hydrogen degradation, stress corrosion cracking, corrosion fatigue, etc.
Electrochemical effects: passivity breakdown, pitting, hydrogen evolution.
Research techniques and monitoring of environmental degradation.
Failure of metallic, ceramic, polymer and composite materials.
Failures in the chemical, nuclear, oil and gas industries, air and surface transport.
Failure of functional materials: biomaterials, electronic materials, etc.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Noam Eliaz, Israel - Application of bio-ferrography in the study of joint degradation
Jean-Marc Olive, France - Simulation of the effect of heterogeneous stress field and microstructure on hydrogen diffusion
Neal Steven Berke, U.S.A. - Mitigating the environmental degradation of reinforced concrete: A holistic and sustainable approach
Hryhoriy Nykyforchyn, Ukraina - Environmentally assisted in-bulk engineering material degradation
Alec Groysman, Israel - Corrosion monitoring
Patrik Schmuki, Germany - TiO2 nanotube layers: Self-organized formation and applications
Alan Turnbull, United Kingdom - The transition from pit to stress corrosion crack
Adam Hernas, Poland - Degradation of creep-strength steels during long-term service
PRESENTATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE PAPERS
All accepted contributions will be shown as plenary lectures, keynote lectures, oral or poster presentations based upon the selection of the Scientific Committee. They will be included in Conference Proceedings as e-files given to the participants at the conference desk.
The peer-reviewed papers will be published in one or two post-conference books or articles in post-conference issues of Advances in Materials Science, an international scientific quarterly.
LOCATION
The Gdansk University of Technology is the venue of EDEM 2010 Conference. The Conference will be held in hotel “ORLE” on Gdansk-SobieszewoIsland, 15 km from the centre of Gdańsk, near the E-7 route.
REGISTRATION
Webpage: till 1st February 2010