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NACE Foundation Hosts First Mini-Camp for High School Students
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 Recognizes 2015 Outstanding Students
On St. Patrick’s Day, House of Blues was the site for the NACE Foundation’s highly anticipated Scholarship Awards Ceremony and Blues Bash: Gone Green event. The Scholarship Awards Ceremony, sponsored by BP, recognized 37 outstanding students with 51 scholarships – the most ever awarded by the NACE Foundation in a single year. Recipients were chosen […]
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2015 Outstanding Student Award Recipient – Casey Thurber
Casey Thurber, University of North Texas Casey Thurber is currently the Chairman of the University of North Texas Student Chapter and Vice-Chairman of the ACC Student Subcommittee. In 2014, he established the NACE University of North Texas Student Chapter and actively recruited new members by speaking to individual research groups and presenting at UNT engineering […]
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2015 Outstanding Student Award Recipient – Mary Cole
Mary Cole, University of Akron Mary is an outstanding member of the Corrosion Engineering community, from her service to the University of Akron’s Corrosion Engineering degree and Corrosion Squad, to her volunteer activities with NACE International and the NACE Foundation. She is a fourth year student in the Corrosion Engineering degree program at the University […]
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2015 Founders Award Recipient – Dr. Joe H. Payer
Dr. Joe H. Payer was selected as the recipient of the 2015 Founders Award. He is recognized internationally for his expertise in corrosion and materials performance, and for his commitment in promoting corrosion science and education to the future generation of our industry. An active member of NACE and the corrosion community over the years, […]
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NACE Foundation Inspires Teachers with Hands-On Learning Tools
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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PPG donates $10,000 to NACE International Foundation for annual scholarships
PITTSBURGH, PA – The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $10,000 to create two annual scholarships provided through the NACE International Foundation, a 501(c)(3) entity affiliated with NACE International, The Corrosion Society. Two students pursuing postsecondary academic degrees related to corrosion or coatings each received a $5,000 scholarship on behalf of PPG. The 2014 winners were: Kaitlyn […]
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NACE Foundation Recognizes 2014 Outstanding Students
This year’s Scholarship Awards Ceremony and March Masquerade event, held at the historic Aztec Theatre, proved to be the NACE Foundation’s most successful event yet! The Scholarship Awards Ceremony, sponsored by BP, recognized 36 outstanding students with 46 scholarships – the most scholarships ever awarded by the NACE Foundation in a single year! Following the […]
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2014 Founders Award Recipient – Dr. Aziz I. Asphahani
Dr. Aziz Asphahani was selected as the recipient of the 2014 Founders Award for his heavy influence on corrosion science and education, as well as his longstanding and continued commitment to the mission and goals of the NACE Foundation. A NACE member of more than 40 years, Dr. Asphahani served both on the NACE International […]
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Scholarship in Memory of Long-Time Member J. Lee Magnon
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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