Researchers at the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology (ICMT) have the unique capability to tackle one of today’s biggest challenges: preserving the integrity of major energy supply lines. Corrosion in oil and gas production and transportation infrastructure can cause catastrophic failure, environmental devastation and has large economic consequences.
Experts at ICMT partner with the world’s leading oil and gas, chemical, and engineering companies to predict and resolve their corrosion problems to help keep oil and gas production and transportation efficient, reliable, and safe. Through a unique combination of basic and applied research, and solution-based development, our engineers and technologists create for good.
The Corrosion Center Joint Industry (CC JIP) Spring Advisory Board Meeting is April 21 & 22. The two-day meeting will be held at the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology building, 342 West State Street, Athens, Ohio 45701.
Contact Dr. Bruce Brown for more information.
The Corrosion in CO2 Transmission Pipelines (CCT JIP) Spring Advisory Board Meeting will be held April 23 & 24. The day and a half meeting will be held at the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology building, 342 West State Street, Athens, Ohio 45701.
Contact Dr. Yoon-Seok Choi for more information.
Joynab Solaiman has successfully defended her M.S. thesis, “Catalytic Effect of Metal Surfaces Associated with HSO4-/H2SO4 Formation.” Her focus was to develop a foundational understanding relating to how corroding, including precorroded, specimens could catalytically influence oxidation of S(IV) species; this has the potential to govern formation of strongly acidic H2SO4 in dense phase CO2. Joynab’s advisor was Dr. David Young.
Kasra Shayar Bahadori successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "Experimental and Theoretical Study of Carbon Dioxide Corrosion Inhibition Persistency," on April 29, 2025. The full text of his dissertation is available at Ohio Link.
Dr. Yoon-Seok Choi, Research Professor and ICMT Associate Director for Research, received the 2026 AMPP Fellows Honor at the March 18 Awards Ceremony, recognizing his most important contributions on advancing both the fundamental and applied understanding of corrosion in CO2 transport pipelines, particularly under conditions relevant to carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) infrastructure.
The article "The Investigation of Iron Dissolution Mechanism in Acidic Solutions with and without Dissolved CO2-Part I: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements" was developed from research conducted in three labs in the U.S. and France and significantly advanced the understanding of anodic iron dissolution in chloride-containing acidic solutions, particularly in the presence of dissolved CO2.
The ICMT was delighted to host Dr. Hubert Perrot and Dr. Alain Pailleret following their participation at the ECS Meeting in Chicago. In Athens, they toured ICMT facilities, met with students and researchers, discussed future collaboration, and delivered talks in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Seminar Series.
Ph.D. students Zhuldyz Zhigulina and Kamila Turganova attended the Gordon Research Conference on High Temperature Corrosion in July 2025. Zhigulina presented "Contrasting CO2 versus H2S Corrosion of Mild Steel at High Temperature." Turganova presented "Impact of high NaCl concentration on CO2 corrosion of carbon steel."
ICMT had multiple honorees, from undergraduate to senior faculty, at the AMPP Annual Conference + Expo 2025.
