Corrosion Engineering

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Project Management Skills

All undergraduate students in the CBCE Department take a series of one-credit courses called Project Management and Teamwork. Students work on teams to create a lab-based design project. The teams combine students of different grade levels. First year students and sophomores are expected to develop teamworking skills and contribute based on their interests and experience. The juniors take on increased responsibility as group leaders, while the seniors manage the project, train team members, and help their teammates complete their tasks.

Past projects have included developing a water treatment system for third world countries and reducing corrosion in residential water lines. Each project has multiple components including technical development, economics, marketing and customer voice, and product and process safety.

Career Opportunities

Corrosion engineers research and develop methods to lower the environmental impact to prevent a collapse or failure of roadways, bridges, power plants, windmills, manufacturing plants and pipelines.

Corrosion engineers also design new materials and structures that will address emerging needs in a variety of industries including energy, chemical processing and pharmaceuticals.

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Skills & Interest

Students that have a strong foundation in AP physics, AP chemistry, and calculus do well in our program. Also, if you have an interest in sustainability and making communities safer, this field is for you. 

National Center for Education and Research on Corrosion and Materials Performance (NCERCAMP)

Located on campus and the only one of its kind, NCERCAMP provides students with hands-on opportunities to help industry and government agencies improve material performance, mitigate the effects of corrosion and manage risk through sponsored research, technical service, education and training.

Accreditation

The BS in Corrosion Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria. The program has specific educational objectives and student outcomes that prepare graduates to enter the professional practice of corrosion engineering.