Cal and Mike speak in an Omaha suburb at the Northern Plains Corrosion Control Short Course on Jan. 20. Mike's topic covers CP transfer corrosion and Cal discusses the subject of corrosion control. Cal and Mike, are highly sought after speakers as experts in their field.
We have field crews that install cathodic protection systems on oil and gas pipelines, like the one seen above, as well as other metal structures at risk of corrosion. Our crews install anode beds to minimize corrosion on the pipe. We customize each job based on soil type and other considerations. Some of these pipelines are in very remote areas of south Texas and our crews have no access to electricity, which is required for the system to function properly. The answer? Take a look below.
This is a solar power array at a remote work site. These tend to work very well as south Texas gets a lot of sunshine.
Cal Chapman graduated cum laude from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX in 1981. He had a major in mechanical engineering and a minor in chemical engineering. Trinity has one of the top 40 engineering programs in the nation.
In 1980 Cal was the student representative for Trinity’s engineering department at an ABET review group. ABET accreditation sets the global standard for programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. Cal just dug up his old name tag from the event.
Since that time Cal has accomplished a great deal. Click to read the Curriculum Vitae Calvin C. Chapman.
Mike Ames did a presentation at the CEATI – GLIG conference at the same venue as the NACE International Western Area Conference. This is a sub group of people that are members of the Grounding Lightning Interest Group, a subsidiary study group of the CEATI – Center for Energy Advancement through Technological Innovation.
According to their web site they have over 120 member companies around the world, see below. They have over 120 participating organizations including electric & gas utilities, governmental agencies and provincial and state research bodies.
Participants had a lot of questions and compliments and we are now being asked to respond to a bolt corrosion research project for the bolts used in concrete power poles.