PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/LEADERSHIP (partial list)

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• Chair, TMS Brimacombe, Chalmers, Cohen and Acta Subcommittee, 2021–2022

• Chair, NACE Fellow Honor Subcommittee, 2016–2019*

• Chair, TMS Corrosion and Environmental Effects Committee, 2014–2016*

• Co-Chair, NACE Collegiate Student Certificate Program, 2010–2015*

• Chair, NACE Committee STG 60 on Corrosion Mechanisms, 2010–2012*

• Chair, Awards Selection Committee, ASM Canada Council, 2010–2012

• Chair, NACE Toronto Section, 2009–2010

• Chair, ASM Canada Council, 2008–2010

• Chair, NACE Committee TEG 186X on Environmentally Assisted Cracking, 2006–2008*

• Chair, Canadian Corrosion Education Council, 2004–2010

• Chair, ASM Calgary Chapter, 2004–2005

• AIME Honorary Membership Award Committee, 2021–2022

• TMS Honors and Professional Recognition Committee, 2021–2022

• TMS William D. Nix Award Committee, 2021–2022

• TMS Brimacombe, Chalmers, Cohen and Acta Subcommittee, 2019–2022

• NSERC Site Visit Committee, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University, 2017

• NACE Awards Committee, 2016–2019

• TMS Structural Materials Division Council, 2012–2016

• NACE Fellow Honor Subcommittee, 2012–2015

• ASM Albert Sauveur Achievement Award Selection Committee, 2011–2014

• Editorial Advisory Board, Innovations in Corrosion and Materials Science, 2009–pres.

• International Editorial Board, Corrosion Reviews, 2008–2014

• NACE Technical Coordination Committee, 2008–2012

• NACE Research Committee, 2006–2013

• ASM Nominating Committee, 2006

• Executive Committee, ASM Canada Council, 2004–2012

• ASM Action in Education Team, 2003–2006

• NSERC Site Visit Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2003

• ASTM Technical Committee G01 on Corrosion of Metals, 2002–2006

• ASTM Technical Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture, 2002–2006

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(*) The first chair from outside the United States.

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CONFERENCE ORGANIZER  

 

• Chair, NACE East Asia and Pacific Rim Area Students and Young Scholars Forum, Shanghai, China, October 2011.

• Chair, NACE CORROSION 2009 Symposium on Environmentally Assisted Cracking, Atlanta, GA, March 2009.

• Organizer and Chair, NACE International Symposium “Fundamental Corrosion Research in Progress,” Toronto, ON, October 2008.

• Program Chair, NACE Northern Area Eastern Conference, Toronto, ON, October 2008. 

• Vice-Chair, NACE CORROSION 2008 Symposium on Environmentally Assisted Cracking, New Orleans, LA, March 2008.

• Vice-Chair, NACE CORROSION 2007 Symposium on Environmentally Assisted Cracking, Nashville, TN, March  2007.

• Organizer and Chair, Symposium on Corrosion Education and Training, 16th International Corrosion Congress (16ICC), Beijing, China, September 2005. 

• Technical Program Co-Chair, 44th Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2005), Calgary, AB, August 2005 

• Organizer and Chair, 2nd International Conference on Environment-Induced Cracking of Metals (EICM-2), Banff, AB, September 2004.

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OTHER CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

 

• International Advisory Board, 6th International (34th Annual) Conference on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies, December 2017, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

• Scientific Committee, 4th International Conference on Mining, Material and Metallurgical Engineering (MMME’17), 3rd World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical and Material Engineering (MCM’17), June 2017, Rome, Italy.

• International Advisory Board, 5th International (33rd Annual) Conference on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies, December 2016, Luxor, Egypt.

• Scientific Committee, 3rd International Conference on Mining, Material and Metallurgical Engineering (MMME’16), 2nd World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering (MCM’16), August 2016, Budapest, Hungary.

• International Advisory Board, 4th International (32nd Annual) Conference on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies, December 2015, Hurghada, Egypt.

• Scientific Committee, 2nd International Conference on Mining, Material and Metallurgical Engineering (MMME’15), World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering (MCM 2015), July 2015, Barcelona, Spain.

• International Advisory Board, 3rd International (31st Annual) Conference on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies, December 2014, Luxor, Egypt.

• Scientific Committee, 2014 International Conference on Mining, Material, and Metallurgical Engineering (MMME’2014), August 2014, Prague, Czech Republic. 

• International Advisory Board, 2nd International (30th Annual) Conference on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies, December 2012, Hurghada, Egypt.

• International Advisory Board, International (29th Annual) Conference on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies, December 2010, Alexandria, Egypt.

• International Advisory Committee, 6th International Conference “Maintenance, Inspection, Corrosion, Materials, Engineering and Plant Reliability” (MICMAP 2009) and Satellite Conference on Environmentally Assisted Cracking, December 2009, Baroda, India.