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title: AMPP Celebrates Future in Scholarship Awards, EMERGing Leaders Bash
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Today’s AMPP 2024 update spotlights our industry's next generation, with many honored at the Scholarship Awards and EMERGing Leaders Bash.

| View in browser With Scholarship Awards, EMERGing Leaders Bash Celebrates Future AMPP’s 2024 Scholarship Awards ceremony, held as part of Tuesday’s EMERGing Leaders Bash, recognized this year’s student scholarship and award recipients. Then, the evening of celebration at Republic NOLA transitioned to a live concert with a dance floor. Read More Infrared Thermography Offers Nondestructive Means of Corrosion Assessment Jorge Reyna, a certified coatings and welding inspector with JRSA Inspections, hosted a session at the 2024 AMPP Annual Conference + Expo in which he explained how infrared thermography can be used to detect early signs of corrosion in a non-invasive way. Read More Coming Clean: Power Washing Assets With Tethered Drones On Thursday, Robert Dahlstrom of Apellix is presenting “Using Industrial Tethered Power Wash Drones for Corrosion Prevention and Extension of Coating Life for Industrial Assets.” As part of this forum session on the final day of the 2024 conference, Dahlstrom will discuss using drones to spray chemicals, take measurements, power wash, and even spray paint. Read More Australian Mining Initiative Maximizes Purity, Minimizes Contaminants Aaron Williams, non-executive director, provided the latest project details in “Heavy Minerals Limited: Port Gregory Garnet Update.” In that conversation at this week’s AMPP 2024 conference, he emphasized efforts to ensure responsible and ethical mining practices. Read More AMPP Celebrates Milestone with Formation of 100th Chapter While at this week’s conference in New Orleans, AMPP’s Membership Program Committee approved the creation of three new chapters in Kentucky, Iraq, and Australia. With the inclusion of these chapters, Australia was officially designated as AMPP’s 100th chapter, symbolizing the organization’s broad reach across continents. Read More THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS All times listed are U.S. CT (Updated schedule, locations) Using Industrial Tethered Power Wash Drones Forum 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Room 213 Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Symposium 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Room 223 Thermal Spray Applicator Training 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Hilton Riverside (course registration) Modernization of Corrosion and Coating Research Symposia 8:00-10:00 a.m., Room 219 Standards Committee (SC) 04: Linings and Internal Coatings 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Room 203 and Virtual High-Temperature Materials and Corrosion Symposia 8:00-11:30 a.m., Room R06 Standards Committee (SC) 26: Carbon Capture, Alternative Fuels, and Energy Storage 1:00-4:00 p.m., Room 207 and Virtual Standards Committee (SC) 01: Cathodic/Anodic Protection 1:00-5:00 p.m., Room 205 and Virtual 2024 AMPP News Coverage Previous AMPP Show Dailies   Saturday, March 3   Sunday, March 4   Monday, March 5   Tuesday, March 6  2024 AMPP Photo Gallery As part of this week’s conference, AMPP’s Southeast Louisiana Chapter—in collaboration with EMERG and AMPP Cares—joined forces with a dedicated team of volunteers to assemble 1,000 Corrosion Toolkits, or cKits, on the Exhibit Hall floor. These kits are aimed at educating high school students about the science behind our industry.    A heartfelt “thank you” goes out to AMPP’s wonderful volunteers! Your unwavering commitment of time, energy, and effort made this happen. View Photo Gallery SPONSORED CONTENT 2024 Whitney Lecture: Corrosion Under Control? Challenges for the Industry On Tuesday, Dr. Sannakaisa Virtanen presented her 2024 Whitney Lecture, “Corrosion under Control? Challenges for Materials Performance Towards Safe and Sustainable Society.” In her remarks, Dr. Virtanen discussed aspects of corrosion and protection related to transportation, energy technologies, and health. Read More Thursday’s AMPP Symposiums Offer Unique Learning Opportunities “Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion,” the “Modernization of Corrosion and Coating Research,” and “Corrosion of Reinforced Concrete Structures: Coatings and Concrete” are among the symposia options on Thursday’s closing day of AMPP’s 2024 show. Read More Why Lives May Depend on Confined Space Safety Training Confined space safety training is about more than federal compliance. It is a matter of life and death, as explained in a talk by Charles Brown of Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI). Read More How AMPP’s QP Accreditation Program Is Evolving AMPP’s Quality Procedure (QP) accreditation program is continuously improving — and for the coming year, program leaders are working to make noteworthy updates while setting goals for 2025 and beyond. The next planned steps include a communications portal for contractors, an FAQs page, and an increase in contractor-focused events. Read More AMPP Welcomes New Board Member from Transportation Sector With a non-voting position, AMPP announced the addition of Todd Bennett to its Board of Directors. This appointment, effective immediately, marks a major milestone and a pivotal step in AMPP’s efforts to enhance its engagement with the transportation sector. Read More Wi-Fi Access Free WiFi is accessible to all attendees in the convention center's exhibit hall and most common areas. Please use the following login credentials: Wi-Fi Name: AMPP2024 Password (case sensitive): iupatfti Wi-Fi Sponsored by The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades FEATURED LINKS EXHIBITS FINAL PROGRAM MOBILE APP - APPLE MOBILE APP - GOOGLE PLAY FLOORPLAN Thank you to our sponsors                    © AMPP \| Association for Materials Protection and Performance Our mission is to advance the corrosion prevention and coatings industry through member and workforce development, technological innovation, and global standardization to protect people, assets, and the environment.    15835 Park Ten Pl Houston, TX 77084 USA 800 Trumbull Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15205 USA   Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe from all future emails.   Privacy Policy   |
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