Early Career Research Fellow Track 3 (Offshore Energy Safety) - Brendy Rincoon Troconis
Implementing Organization
University of Texas at San Antonio
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$75,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)
Funding Program
NASEM Gulf Research Program Fellowships
Details
Project Category
Human and Social
Project Actions
Education and Outreach
Targeted Resources
Project Description
Prof. Rincon is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department, as well as an adjunct professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She earned her B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering with Summa Cum Laude honors from Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University while working at the Fontana Corrosion Center. Prior to joining UTSA, she was a Research Associate at the Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia. Her work is focused on aqueous corrosion. Her research contributes to the advancement of safer energy production and/or transportation by generating knowledge that aids in technology advancement through materials selection/design (parameter optimization for additive manufactured alloys and heat treatment), inhibitor development, enhancement of surface treatments for coating adhesion, development of more resistant coatings (mechanically and electrochemically), and understanding of load/environmental effects on deterioration kinetics, among others. These contributions aim to decrease the failure risk of assets and protect our community and the environment. Any action increasing the life cycle of assets contributes to a decrease in failures and, therefore, safer energy production and transportation. Her work has been published in recognized journals such as Corrosion, Materials Science & Engineering: A, Scientific Reports, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Progress in Organic Coatings, Surface and Coatings Technology, and others. Prof. Rincon is also a wife and mother to three beautiful children who are 2, 3, and 6 years old.
Contact
Maeesha SaeedNone
msaeed@nas.edu
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