The 3rd International Online Conference on Corrosion and Materials Degradation
The 3rd International Online Conference on Corrosion and Materials Degradation
In Memoriam of Prof. Dr. Digby Macdonald
Part of the International Online Conference on Corrosion and Materials Degradation series
23 January 2026
6 March 2026
11 March 2026
18 March 2026
23 June 2026
Materials degradation, Mechanism, Monitoring and Mitigation, Emerging Domains
Welcome from the Chairs
The CMD 2026 will render tribute to our esteemed Prof. Digby Macdonald, who was a founding editorial board member of the Corrosion and Materials Degradation journal, and a pioneer in the application of electrochemical methods and theories to advancing the understanding of corrosion and materials degradation. His remarkable and seminal work left a lasting mark on the field of electrochemistry and has been a continuous inspiration and legacy for the current and future generations of researchers in corrosion and materials science, and engineering. He delivered novel approaches and original contributions across a wide array of interdisciplinary subjects, particularly focusing on corrosion and interfacial electrochemical processes on materials in a wide range of applications, including nuclear energy, infrastructure, and transportation, among others. Digby’s accolades have been recognized for his talent in designing rigorous, illuminating experiments and for crafting predictive theoretical models at the frontiers of knowledge grounded in core scientific first principles.
Corrosion and the science and technology of its mitigation are like an antique but fascinating subject. It is among the most common forms of material degradation, which poses enormous challenges across industries, and it can even impact our health. The vexing problem of corrosion continues to negatively affect our society, but it also brings about the application of new and critical technologies. CMD 2026 will present disruptive and novel approaches to corrosion mitigation for commercially attractive exploitation while also promoting the cutting-edge advancements of the traditional approaches of the discipline.
S1. Electrochemical Corrosion Mechanism at the Interface (Localized, Crevice, Advanced Characterization Techniques, EAC, Nanoscale).
The conference features two presentation formats: oral (15-minute session including Q&A) and poster (display online in poster gallery). Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee. All accepted abstracts will be available for registered participants in the form of a book of abstracts during the conference period. Attendees are also warmly encouraged to submit full manuscripts to the Special Issue of Corrosion and Materials Degradation (CMD) (ISSN: 2624-5558; Impact Factor: 2.4; Cite Score: 5.2), benefiting from a 20% publication fee discount. All submissions will follow MDPI's standard peer-review process.
Prof. Dr. Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Prof. Dr. David M. Bastidas
ROSEN, USA
Prof. Dr. Dominique Thierry
RISE Research Institutes, Sweden
The Chairs of the 3rd International Online Conference on Corrosion and Materials Degradation
Event Chairs
Professor Raman Singh’s research interests comprise the nano-/microstructure and environment-assisted degradation, the fracture of metallic and composite materials, and the nanotechnology for advanced mitigation of such degradations. He has also worked extensively on the use of graphene and other advanced materials for corrosion mitigation, on stress corrosion cracking, and on corrosion and corrosion-mitigation of magnesium alloys (including their use in aerospace, defence and bioimplant applications). Prof. Singh is editor of several books, editor-in-chief and member of the Editorial Board of a few journals, leader/chairperson of a few international conferences and has given keynote lectures at several international conferences. He has authored over 220 peer-reviewed international journal publications, 15 book chapters and over 100 reviewed conference publications. Prof. Singh has also obtained several competitive research grants, including 4 Discovery, 7 Linkage, and one ITRH grant from the Australian Research Council. He has supervised 45 PhD students and his vibrant research group at Monash University currently consists of PhD students from different disciplines (Mechanical, Chemical, Materials and Civil Engineering, and Science) and different cultural backgrounds (Australian, Middle-Eastern, Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, African, American and Israeli).
Dr. David M. Bastidas is a Materials & Corrosion Consultant and Research and Innovation Lead in the Integrity Solutions Engineering Department. Dr. Bastidas gained his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering as well as his BSc in Chemical Science at the Univ. of Barcelona (Spain). Distinguished with Top Researchers Worldwide by Stanford Univ-Elsevier Ranking of The World’s Top Contributors to their fields of Science 2024. Dr. David M Bastidas is Associate Editor of Corrosion and Materials Degradation journal (MDPI); Associate Editor of Engineering Failure Analysis journal (Elsevier); and Guest Associate Editor of Corrosion journal (AMPP). Editorial Board member of Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology, and npj-Materials Degradation (Nature-Research Journal). Dr. D.M. Bastidas serves as Chairman of the International Online Conference on Corrosion and Materials Degradation (MDPI). He also serves the Research in Progress Symposium, and Research Committee at the AMPP, and served as Vice-Chairman of Corrosion of Steel in Concrete at the EFC. Dr. D.M. Bastidas is Fellow with AMPP, and the Inaugural winner of the new ECS Corrosion Division Rusty Award for Mid-Career Excellence 2022, as well as the Inaugural recipient of the National Corrosion Award of Excellence in 2020 for his research and teaching achievements. In addition, Dr. D.M. Bastidas has been awarded the Outstanding Campus Advisor Award and Outstanding Faculty Engagement Award in 2022. He has authored more than 150 scientific publications and produced numerous patents and books.
Dr Dominique Thierry is senior researcher at RISE research institutes in Sweden and Associated Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden since 1993. He obtained his PhD in corrosion science from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris in 1988. He has been chairman of several committees within the European Federation of Corrosion and NACE. He has been awarded the European Federation of Corrosion medal in 2021 and he is a fellow of AMPP. His scientific research focuses on atmospheric corrosion and marine corrosion. He has authored or coauthored more than 250 publications and produced about 10 chapters in books.
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Dr. Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald is Professor Emeritus at The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics. Owner of Sabrina Technology, Tom-the-Atom, science books for children and youths, and authored 41 Books. She has written over 300 scholarly papers, published one book and two book chapters, and supervised more than 40 graduate students. Her research interests revolved around designing and creating Mathematical Models based on classical and Data mining tools to solve engineering, medical, and scientific problems.
Event Committee
Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials and Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
materials and corrosion; corrosion inhibition; computational and theoretical chemistry; oilfield corrosion
University of Manchester, Corrosion@Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester, UK
amp; EAC; materials performance; electrochemistry; materials science; engineering; corrosion &
Research Group Electrochemical and Surface Engineering (SURF), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaaan 2, Brussels, Belgium
Prof. Terryn's research was conducted in the Department Materials and Chemistry - MACH - (6 professors, 4 part-time professors, 12 Postdocs, 35 PhDs, 12 technicians), which has two research groups: FYSC (polymer science) and SURF (Electrochemical and Surface Engineering) in the Faculty of Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He was the head of the department for six years ending 2021. His research on corrosion is carried out within SURF. He is also a part-time professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, within the research group Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry (In 2011 He was granted the long-term Methusalem project (2011-2023, 7,5 M Euro) 'Design and Prediction of Nanostructured Metal Surfaces' (NANOMET). where he work on 5 cross-linked areas in local electrochemistry, electrochemical engineering, modelling, functional surface engineering and surface characterization, each supported by different SURF staff members, postdocs and PhDs. SURF is in the unique position of having state of the art technology for all these research tools in-house. Methusalem is the most prestigious grant awarded by the Flemish government for top researchers. Within the frame of Methusalem grant, He has been a PI of several strategic research projects (SBO) on self-healing coatings, corrosion of concrete and corrosion prediction. Their research approach in predicting batteries and corrosion is recognized by IOF funding at the VUB. I was involved in a high number of EU ITN network & HorizonEU and national projects.
nano corrosion; surface analysis; modelling; sensors-AI; chemical surface treatment; organic coatings; EIS
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. David Bastidas
ROSEN, Houston, USA
S1. Electrochemical Corrosion Mechanism at the Interface (Localized, Crevice, Advanced Characterization Techniques, EAC, Nanoscale)
corrosion; biomaterials; APS; bio-coatings; electrochemical; failure analysis
Dr. David M. Bastidas is a Materials & Corrosion Consultant and Research and Innovation Lead in the Integrity Solutions Engineering Department. Dr. Bastidas gained his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering as well as his BSc in Chemical Science at the Univ. of Barcelona (Spain). Distinguished with Top Researchers Worldwide by Stanford Univ-Elsevier Ranking of The World’s Top Contributors to their fields of Science 2024. Dr. David M Bastidas is Associate Editor of Corrosion and Materials Degradation journal (MDPI); Associate Editor of Engineering Failure Analysis journal (Elsevier); and Guest Associate Editor of Corrosion journal (AMPP). Editorial Board member of Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology, and npj-Materials Degradation (Nature-Research Journal). Dr. D.M. Bastidas serves as Chairman of the International Online Conference on Corrosion and Materials Degradation (MDPI). He also serves the Research in Progress Symposium, and Research Committee at the AMPP, and served as Vice-Chairman of Corrosion of Steel in Concrete at the EFC. Dr. D.M. Bastidas is Fellow with AMPP, and the Inaugural winner of the new ECS Corrosion Division Rusty Award for Mid-Career Excellence 2022, as well as the Inaugural recipient of the National Corrosion Award of Excellence in 2020 for his research and teaching achievements. In addition, Dr. D.M. Bastidas has been awarded the Outstanding Campus Advisor Award and Outstanding Faculty Engagement Award in 2022. He has authored more than 150 scientific publications and produced numerous patents and books.
Dr. María Criado Sanz
Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences (IETcc), Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Serrano Galvache 4, Madrid, Spain
S2. Corrosion of Steel in Concrete
cementing materials; alkali-activated materials; the durability of alkaline cements and Portland cement; generalized and localized corrosion of reinforcements embedded in Portland cement and alkali-activated cement mortars and concrete; atmospheric corrosion of ferritic and austenitic steels; corrosion protection methods: corrosion inhibitors, stainless steels, protective steel coatings; organic-inorganic hybrid coatings by the sol-gel process
https://www.ietcc.csic.es/dpto-construccion/gestion-de-riesgo-y-seguridad/
Dr. Giulia Masi
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
S2. Corrosion of Steel in Concrete
anti-corrosion coatings; cu-based alloys; cultural heritage; alkali activated materials; durability; atmospheric corrosion
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/giulia.masi5
Dr. Viswanathan S. Saji
Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
S3. Surface Treatments and Coatings for Corrosion Protection
electrochemistry; corrosion; materials
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1724-0011
Prof. Dr. Homero Castaneda
Materials Science and Engineering Department, Director of the National Corrosion and Materials Reliability Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
S4: Corrosion in New Materials (HEA, CCA, TWIP/TRIP, AM, PM)
degradation of materials, including passivation and localized corrosion of metals and alloys (CRA, shape memory alloys, high-entropy alloys); additive manufacturing of alloys, polymers, and oxides; corrosion inhibition; multifunctional and self-healing coatings; multiscale-electrochemical measurements; pipeline integrity management, including corrosion defect assessment by numerical modeling, and data driven corrosion assessment (machine learning, neural network)
www.tamucorrosionlab.com
Dr. K.A. Yasakau
Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
S3. Surface Treatments and Coatings for Corrosion Protection
corrosion mechanisms; corrosion protection; coatings
https://www.ciceco.ua.pt/?tabela=pessoaldetail&menu=219&language=eng&user=183
Prof. Dr. Angeliki G. Lekatou
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
S5. Corrosion in Biomedical Implants
corrosion mechanisms of metals; alloys and composites; electrochemical corrosion; microstructure of corrosion; thermal spraying; wear
users.uoi.gr/metallab/en/staff.html
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Geoffrey D. Will
School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
S6. Corrosion and Coating Management Strategies in the Built Environment
corrosion; electrochemistry; high temperature; sensors; degradation
https://www.usc.edu.au/staff/associate-professor-geoffrey-will#biography
Dr. Sviatlana Lamaka
Department of Electrochemistry and Big Data, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany
S7. Discovery and Application of Corrosion Inhibitors.
corrosion and degradation of materials; localized corrosion; galvanic corrosion; corrosion mechanisms; corrosion inhibition; big data driven corrosion inhibition; robotic high-throughput acquisition of corrosion and electrochemical big data; magnesium; aluminium; zinc; local electrochemistry; multiscale-electrochemical measurements; mechanisms corrosion and in vitro degradation of bioresorbable Mg-, Zn- and Fe-based implants; additively manufactured alloys; multifunctional and fault-tolerant coatings; primary Mg-air batteries for offshore applications; secondary Zn-air batteries: electrolyte additives and anode material
https://www.hereon.de/institutes/surface_science/electrochemistry_big_data/team/098944/index.php.en
Prof. Dr. Nick Birbilis
Department of the Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
S8. AI and ML Tools and Digital Twins for Corrosion Prediction
materials science; metallurgy; electrochemistry; corrosion
https://experts.deakin.edu.au/60991-nick-birbilis
Keynote Speakers
1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University Clayton, Clayton, Australia
2. ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre on Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, Australia
Boeing Space, Intelligence and Weapons Systems Laser Powder Bed Scalmalloy A Paradigm Shift That Overcomes Environmental Degradation in High Strength Aluminium Alloys
ageing aircraft; composites; bonded structures; fatigue and failure; additive manufacturing; cold spray
Invited Speakers
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;
National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloys, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;
Chongqing Institute of New Energy Storage Materials and Equipment, Chongqing, 401122, China.
Research Progress on LDHs@MXene Self-healing Composite Coatings
Prof. Dr. Liang Wu. Serving at Chongqing University as a full professor. Graduated from Beihang University with bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in China. Visiting scholar at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Institute in Germany. Mainly engaged in the research on corrosion and protection technology of light metals. Council member of the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection. Vice Chairman of the Youth Work Committee of the Heat Treatment Branch of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering. Member of the Standardization Technical Committee for Metal and Non Metal Coatings in China. Member of editorial board of Surface Engineering, Surface Science and Technology, Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection. Associated editor of Frontiers in Materials, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering. Member of youth editorial board of 8 journals including Journal of Magnesium and alloys and so on. More than 150 SCI papers had been published, including 8 highly cited ESI papers. The total number of citations for published papers is 6412. H-index is 44. 8 national invention patents had been authorization. As the project leader, undertake 5 national projects. 1 plenery, 10 keynote and 24 invited presetations had been given in academic conferences at home and abroad. Won the first prize of Provincial and Ministerial Level Natural Science Award(First Completion), Chongqing Innovation Competition Award - exemplary individual Award, Tom Bell Youth Author Award, International Magnesium Science & Technology Award, Outstanding Youth Achievement Award of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection, 7th National Outstanding Youth Science and Technology Award for Nonferrous Metals，selected as one of the "Top 2% Scientists in the World" annual rankings in 2022 - 2024.
LDHs, MXene, Self-healing, Coatings
Sessions
S2. Corrosion of Steel in Concrete
S3. Surface Treatments and Coatings for Corrosion Protection
S4. Corrosion in New Materials (HEA, CCA, TWIP/TRIP, AM, PM)
S5. Corrosion in Biomedical Implants
S6. Corrosion and Coating Management Strategies in the Built Environment
S7. Discovery and Application of Corrosion Inhibitors
S8. AI and ML Tools and Digital Twins for Corrosion Prediction
Registration
The registration fee includes attendance to all conference sessions.
When registering as an "Academic", please register with your academic email address, as this will accelerate the registration process. If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses.
Participation to the conference is considered final only once the registration fees have been paid. The number of participants is limited: once the number of paid registrations reaches the maximum number of participants, unpaid registrations will be cancelled.
Please note that, in order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by any of the authors, denoted as Covering Author, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. Covering Author registration deadline is 18 March 2026. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not complete by this date.
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Early Bird Until 11 March 2026 |
Regular Until 23 June 2026 |
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| Student | 30.00 CHF | 50.00 CHF |
Scanned copy or photograph of your current student ID is required |
| Non-Academic | 120.00 CHF | 150.00 CHF | |
| Author/Reviewers of CMD Journal | 40.00 CHF | 60.00 CHF | |
| Topical Advisory Panel Members/Review Board/Guest Editors of CMD Journal | 30.00 CHF | 50.00 CHF | |
| Chairs/Committee Members/Speakers/MDPI Guests | Free | Free |
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Instructions for Authors
CMD 2026 will accept abstracts only. All abstracts accepted for presentation will be collected in a book of abstracts, which will be published on Sciforum.net during and after the conference, and will only be available to registered participants.
Please note that abstract submission and conference registration are two separate processes.
Deadline for abstract submission: 23 January 2026.
Certificates of Participation are available in your logged-in area of Sciforum.net under “My Certificates” after the conference. Please note that the certificate is only for authors who have accepted abstracts or registrations and attend the live session.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with https://sciforum.net/register and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
1. The abstract structure should include an introduction, methods, results, and conclusions section of 200–300 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. Abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, not previously published in any journals, or will not be accepted.
5. We will only accept articles, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Detailed Requirements
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
Oral Presentation and Slides Submission
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented.
Poster Presentation
- Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- Size in pixels: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here
- Guide on how to create a Poster (1), (2)
You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
For specific submission steps, please refer to the poster submission guidelines.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state, "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
Copyright
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunity
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to a Special Issue (to be announced) published in Corrosion and Materials Degradation (CMD) (ISSN: 2624-5558; Impact Factor: 2.4; Cite Score: 5.2), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Event Awards
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