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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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