Materials Performance Articles

NACE Foundation Introduces New Donor Recognition Program
Posted on August 15, 2016
The NACE Foundation is pleased to introduce a new Donor Recognition Program, which was created to acknowledge individuals and corporations who have joined in our mission to inspire the future workforce to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). All individual and corporate donors who made a gift to the NACE Foundation are […]

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AUCSC & NACE Foundation Recognize Outstanding Students at West Virginia University
Posted on May 20, 2016
At this year’s Appalachian Underground Corrosion Short Course (AUCSC) in Morgantown, West Virginia, the NACE Foundation’s Executive Director, Kim Ray, presented AUCSC scholarships to four students enrolled at West Virginia University. Recognized for their academic accomplishments, these students were selected to receive a scholarship in the amount of $3,000 each from a pool of 24 […]

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NACE Foundation Announces Legacy Tree Campaign
Posted on December 1, 2015
On October 27, 2015, the NACE Foundation unveiled their much anticipated new giving campaign, the Legacy Tree, as an alternative to the brick campaign (2009-2014) which was impacted by renovations to the outdoor space at the Elcometer building, NACE International’s training center in Houston, Texas. A breakfast reception, complete with ribbon-cutting ceremony, was held to […]

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NACE Foundation Hosts First Mini-Camp for High School Students
Posted on August 1, 2015
CORROSION 2015 in Dallas, Texas was the site of CORROSION: Opportunities Realized, a new program created by the NACE Foundation to educate and spread corrosion awareness to the future of our industry. Sixty high school juniors and seniors from North Dallas High School, Trinidad Garza Early College High School, and Waxahachie Global High School were invited […]

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NACE Foundation Inspires Teachers with Hands-On Learning Tools
Posted on December 1, 2014
This year, the NACE Foundation celebrated its 10th summer of partnership with the ASM Materials Education Foundation’s Teacher Materials Camps, which first began in August 2004 at the camp in Houston, Texas. The camps are week-long workshops that provide hundreds of high school science, math, and technology teachers with hands-on experiments and classroom instruction in materials […]

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Scholarship in Memory of Long-Time Member J. Lee Magnon
Posted on February 1, 2014
On behalf of the NACE Central Area, the NACE Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of a new scholarship commemorating long-time NACE member, Lee Magnon, who passed away unexpectedly on November 11, 2011. Jane Brown, Area Director for the NACE Central Area and Owner at Brown Corrosion Services, Inc., spearheaded this initiative and remarked […]

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In Honor of All Veterans
Posted on February 1, 2014
Six months. For six long months they faced off against the Russians, guns trained on each other across the demarcation line at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia as if waiting to see who would blink first. It was May 11, 1945, and not even one of the soldiers involved in this battle saga knew that this would be […]

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NACE Foundation of Canada Partners on Summer Materials Camps for Teachers
Posted on September 1, 2013
Again this summer, the NACE Foundation of Canada and the ASM Materials Education Foundation, along with ASM Materials Camp Canada, collaborated in organizing 5-day camps on materials (including corrosion) in Ottawa, Ontario, and Calgary, Alberta, for teachers. The Ottawa Camp was held on July 8 – 12, and the Calgary Camp on June 17 – […]

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Carboline and Chevron Support Veterans through NACE Foundation’s Workforce Development Program
Posted on December 1, 2011
In June of this year, the NACE International Foundation received two sizable donations from Chevron and longtime supporter Carboline. The funds will be used to provide NACE training to returning military veterans through the NACE Foundation’s Workforce Development Program. The program is designed to provide comprehensive education in the basics of corrosion and certifications that […]

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Chevron Supports U.S. Veterans through NACE Foundation Workforce Development Program
Posted on June 17, 2011
HOUSTON (June 17, 2011) — Chevron made a $35,000 contribution to the NACE Foundation which will be used towards the cost of corrosion control training and certification for dozens of U.S. veterans. As unemployment for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan soars above the national average, companies like Chevron, U.S. Steel, Carboline Co., Colonial Pipeline […]

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