Course Outline

5:30-6:00 p.m.	Registration
6:00-7:30	Welcome Reception at The Atherton Hotel

8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:45	Lecture 1: Fundamentals of Corrosion
9:45-10:00	Morning Break
10:00 a.m.-noon	Lecture 2: Electrode Kinetics
noon-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-5:00	Lab 1: Corrosion Potential Measurements and Polarization Methods for Determining Corrosion Rate
5:00-7:00	Dinner on Your Own
7:00-8:00	Presentation of Lab 1 Results at The Atherton Hotel
8:30	Informal Discussions

8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:45	Lecture 3: Pourbaix Diagrams and Passivity
9:45-10:00	Morning Break
10:00 a.m.-noon	Lecture 4: Localized Corrosion
noon-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-5:00	Lab II: Polarization Methods and Electrochemical Methods for Evaluating Localized Corrosion
5:00-7:30	Dinner on Your Own
7:30-8:00	Presentation of Lab II Results at The Atherton Hotel
8:00	Lecture on Potentiostats
8:00-8:30	Informal Discussions

8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00	Lecture 5: Experimental Difficulties
10:00-10:30	Morning Break
10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m	Lab III: Galvanic Corrosion
1:00-2:00	Lunch and Presentation of Lab III Results
2:30-6:00	Afternoon Recreational Activity: Boating & Hiking
6:00-7:30	Picnic Dinner

8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00	Lecture 6: Fundamentals of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
10:00-10:30	Morning Break
10:30 a.m.-noon	Lecture 7: EIS of Coated Metals
noon-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-5:00	Lab IV: EIS
5:00-7:00	Dinner on Your Own
8:00	Informal Discussions

8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:30	Lecture 8a: Scanning Probe Microscopy
9:30-10:00	Lecture 8b: Corrosion of Biological Implants
10:00-10:15	Morning Break
10:15-10:45	Lecture 8c: Statistical Analysis of Corrosion Data
10:45-11:15	Lecture 8d: Corrosion Inhibitors