North Scottish Branch February Technical Presentation (online only)

The Welding Institute North Scottish Branch invite you to their February Technical Presentation - 'How paint works: The Forth Bridge and other stories'

This technical presentation is a joint webinar between the Scottish Association for Metals and the Welding Institute North Scottish Branch.

What will the event cover?

Imagine living in a world without paint; what aspects of our civilisation would survive? Starting from the Forth Bridge (pictured), and with examples from the infrastructure, automotive and aerospace sectors, this talk provides an historical overview of protective coatings from antiquity to the present day. It explains how paints work, why they sometimes don’t, and why modern corrosion protective organic coatings are smart, sustainable materials, critical in the protection of engineering and infrastructure assets and for extending their useful lifetimes.

Our industry expert:

Professor Stuart Lyon DSc FREng 

Meet the speaker: 

Professor Stuart Lyon DSc FREng is the Professor Emeritus at Manchester University.  Stuart is Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and Hon. Life Fellow and former President of the Institute of Corrosion. In 2020 he was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering and received the European Corrosion Medal (a premier award of the European Federation of Corrosion) primarily for research on corrosion protection using organic coatings. He has worked with numerous companies and organisations during his career, publishing over 200 journal and conference papers and supervising over 60 PhD and around 100 MSc students.

Benefits from attending the event:

• Information transfer from experts
• Discussion, questions and answers on the specific topics
• A broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry
• Attendance of this event qualifies for CPD 

Continuing Professional Development (CPD):

The Welding Institute awards points towards CPD for delegates attending this webinar. Every hour attendance of an event will earn 2 points towards your continuing professional development.