Materials Performance

OCT 2017

Materials Performance is the world's most widely circulated magazine dedicated to corrosion prevention and control. MP provides information about the latest corrosion control technologies and practical applications for every industry and environment.

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28 OCTOBER 2017 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE NACE INTERNATIONAL: VOL. 56, NO. 10 FEATURE ARTICLE dard magazine format in 1949. In addition to its printed format, CORROSION became available via the Internet in 1998, with sub- sequent improvements and upgrades for robust access to the journal and other resources at www.corrosionjournal.org. The early 1960s saw a departure of the Corrosion Abstracts department in CORRO- SION. These were published in a quarterly journal entitled Corrosion Abstracts (COR*AB). COR*AB was eventually sold to Cambridge Scientific and can be accessed online by subscription. In 1961, the NACE Board of Directors approved a recommendation by the Publi- cations Committee to separate "theoreti- cal" and "practical" papers, and in 1962, NACE became a two-journal society. Materials Protection became the official NACE membership publication and COR- ROSION primarily became a scientific jour- nal. Ivy Parker, who served as editor of Materials Protection, stated in a February 1962 editorial, "Today's communications problems demand more strenuous efforts and different solutions than those which were satisfactory as recently as five years ago. This magazine is one effort NACE is making to obtain more attention to useful data." Materials Protection became Materials Protection and Performance in 1970 as an interim step toward the ultimate plan of changing the magazine's title to Materials Performance (MP), which occurred in 1974. Then-editor H. Godard wrote, "I am all for the shorter name, but it's what's inside that really counts…papers in MP will continue to be practical and will be selected to be useful." In 1999, MP underwent a redesign and editorial overhaul in response to reader needs for an even wider selection of shorter articles emphasizing practical, hands-on experiences that can help them in their jobs. Today, MP is available in digi- tal format online as well as in print, and is distributed to NACE members and other subscribers each month. The MP web site, www.materialsperformance.com, was launched in 2015 and contains exclusive web articles and news in addition to the magazine content. In 2006, NACE initiated the phased, three-year acquisition of Four Point Pub- lishing, LLC, which published CoatingsPro Magazine and SprayFoam (NACE later ceased publishing SprayFoam). With a cur- rent circulation of more than 26,000 read- ers—primarily coatings contractors but also specifiers and engineers—CoatingsPro offers an in-depth look at coatings based on case studies, departments featuring topics such as safety, and product and event news. In 2017, CoatingsPro is celebrating its 15th anniversary. As with MP, CoatingsPro has its own web site, www.coatingspromag. com, that features the digital edition of the magazine as well as articles and news unique to the site. NACE continues to add to its suite of print and online topical and area news - letters, as well those supporting students of NACE education and training. "Mars Fontana once said that solving a corrosion problem involved 25% knowledge, 50% experience, and 25% luck. By attendance at NACE national meetings you can increase your knowledge and make a circle of friends and acquaintances, many of whom will share their experience with you when you most need it for a crisis in your own company." Hugh P. Godard, editor, February 1974 MP Education and Training The critical need for education and training programs to benefit anyone involved in corrosion prevention and con- trol was recognized early on by NACE lead- ers. One of the first educational efforts sponsored by NACE was a 1949 short course at the University of Texas at Austin, which was designed for people who dealt with corrosion problems in industry but did not have the background or experience to do so efficiently. NACE developed its first formal education course in the late 1960s— Basic Corrosion—which was initially offered as a correspondence course. The material was then formatted as a four-day course and first offered by the Houston Sec- tion in 1971. Throughout the years, NACE developed many more programs and courses focusing on such areas as CP, protective coatings and linings, materials selection and design, refining, and corrosion fundamentals. Sev- eral are now available online and in other languages. The world-renowned Coating Inspector Program (CIP) was developed in the 1980s in response to a request from Group Committee T-6 on Protective Coat- ings for a certification program to upgrade the coatings industry. By 1985, NACE changed the terminology in its older accreditation programs to certification and began adding certification in specialty fields. All categories have requirements for work experience in the field of corrosion and passing examinations as well as signing a NACE attestation concerning professionalism. Multiple courses are taught every week throughout the world in NACE facilities— primarily the Elcometer Building in Hous- ton that accommodates more than 3,000 students per year—and company in-house locations. In 2014, NACE opened a 4,000 ft 2 (372 m 2 ) training center in Dubai, U.A.E. offering the entire suite of NACE courses. Hundreds of students from the area and surrounding countries are taking advan- tage of the local center. In 2012, NACE established the NACE International Institute (NII) to establish an organization focused on certification activ- ities and to further advance the corrosion profession. The institute supports growth and quality of certification for the corrosion control field, improving the business condi- tions of the industry, and advancing knowl- edge through certification programs that promote public safety, protect the environ- ment, and reduce the economic impact of corrosion. The NII also leads its certifica- tion programs toward compliance with the ISO standard for certification bodies (ISO 17024). Today, it administers 23 certifica- tions plus the CIP endorsements. There are more than 35,000 NACE certification hold- ers worldwide.

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