Corrosion Research Laboratory
Welcome to the UTSA Corrosion Research Laboratory
The UTSA Corrosion Research Laboratory is in the BioScience and Engineering building (BSE 0.216A) at UTSA's main campus. It was created in 2016 and it is led by Prof. Brendy C. Rincon Troconis in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Our research focuses on corrosion, specifically on coating adhesion durability, galvanic coupling, hydrogen embrittlement, rebar corrosion, and stress corrosion cracking. Major equipment and systems include Electrochemical/Mechanical/Spectroscopy/Microstructural testing equipment, devices and systems.
Our research contributes to the advancement of safer infrastructures and energy production and/or transportation by generating knowledge that aids in technology advancement through materials selection/design, inhibitor development, enhancement of surface treatments for coating adhesion, development of more resistant coatings, understanding of load/environmental effects on deterioration kinetics, among others. Our group looks forward to making a significant impact in the research field to decrease the failure risk of assets and protect our community and the environment.
We welcome new project ideas, collaborators, and student volunteers, so please don't hesitate to contact us.
We also collaborate with a grain of sand to STEM recruitment in K-12, the picture below with the girls shows an instant when we reached to almost 200 female students in Fall 2022.
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Mechanical Engineering
