National Association Of Corrosion Engineers Resources

CSUN professor wins Technical Achievement Award
“The Technical Achievement Award is given in recognition for technical achievement in corrosion engineering that had significant impact on the practice of corrosion control, or on the enhancement of the profession of corrosion engineering,” according to The National Association of Corrosion Engineers website.

School notes: 02.06.12
Kindergarten through 12th grade students from 30 area school districts displayed their projects during the 24th annual Coastal Bend Regional Science Fair held Jan. 21 at the American Bank Center exhibit hall.

Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Installs 3M ACCR to Boost Capacity on Line near San Antonio
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative in south central Texas has become the nation’s first rural electric cooperative to install the advanced overhead transmission conductor

Hurry-Up on Tappan Zee Shows Focus on Risk From 18,000 Bridges
Three months before proposing in his Jan. 24 State of the Union speech to speed up construction projects, President Barack Obama designated replacement of New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge for “fast-track” approvals, saying he wanted to cut red tape and create jobs.

Fast track for New York bridge shows risk for 18,000 U.S. bridges
The Tappan Zee is one of the U.S.'s 18,000 so-called fracture-critical bridges, of which about 8,000 are classified "structurally deficient," according to Federal Highway Administration records. The bridges require inspections that may cost cash-strapped state and local governments 5 to 15 times as much as routine checks.