Yesterday EWI provided approximately 35 OSU engineering students and Dr. Mike Sumption, Professor of MSE&W, with an overview of EWI’s business and technologies. The students are new to the engineering field and are currently enrolled in OSU ENG198 – Introduction to Engineering & Mfg. course. One aspect of this OSU course is to give the […]
Read MoreIn an effort to be a part of our local community, the generous people at EWI had a great week raising funds for this good cause. Our activities this week at EWI included a chili cook-off, silent auction, 50/50 raffle & a dress down day. Our chili cook-off winner was Wendell Johnson, Applications Engineer, in Resistance […]
Read MoreThe Material Engineering and Technology group’s George Ritter has been working to develop anti-corrosion coatings based on the natural adhesives produced by mussels and barnacles. Marine organisms have been fouling ships and underwater structures for millennia. Most produce rapidly cross linking, tenacious tendrils which tethers them to surfaces. These adhesives are highly adherent and obviously […]
Read MoreLast week, I gave a paper co-authored by EWI, FRA, and Volpe on treatments applied to rails to retard underside corrosion. There was plenty of interest. Rusting rails in salt environments have caused derailments and other interrupted service. Some of the things we tried looked pretty good. If you have a situation with rusting heavy […]
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