“A Holistic Approach to Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance and Preservation” is the title of the lecture that Dr. John Broomfield will deliver as the recipient of the 2013 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship award. Dr. Broomfield, author of one of the most comprehensive guides to the field of corrosion of reinforced concrete structures, will present his lecture on Monday, January 14, 2013, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel as part of the TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
The Deen Distinguished Lectureship award recognizes the career contributions and achievements of an individual in areas covered by the Board’s Technical Activities Division. Honorees present overviews of their technical areas, covering the evolution, status, and prospects for the future.
Dr. John Broomfield–an independent consulting materials engineer, specializing in corrosion of reinforced concrete and steel framed structures–has been intimately involved in the development of a range of techniques for the investigation and remediation of corrosion-damaged reinforced concrete structures for more than 30 years. He pioneered application of these methods beyond North America, particularly in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Hong Kong, with specific application to bridge substructures, buildings, and jetties.
He also worked on early prototype equipment for measuring corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete, including development of a scanning potential wheel for conducting half-cell potential surveys, a resistivity meter specifically designed for concrete, and measurement of steel corrosion rates using the polarization resistance method.
Dr. Broomfield has been a member of the TRB Corrosion Committee since 1987. He chaired the committee from 2000 to 2006 and was named an emeritus member in 2007.
Dr. Broomfield is a Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion and of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He is a Chartered Materials Engineer in the United Kingdom and a European Engineer. He is also a Corrosion Specialist and Fellow of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical physics from the University of Sussex, England, and a doctorate in metallurgy and materials science from the University of Oxford, England.
The TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C., covers all transportation modes, with more than 4,000 presentations in nearly 650 sessions addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. The Annual Meeting, which draws attendees from throughout the United States and from 70 countries, is the single largest gathering of transportation practitioners and researchers in the world.
Mark your calendar now and plan to attend. Meeting registration and hotel reservations will be available through the TRB registration and housing bureau in mid-September 2012.