By Sammy Miles, Managing Editor-in-Chief of CORROSION journal
Winners of the 2026 Student Poster Session were announced during an award ceremony on Wednesday, March 18, at the 2026 AMPP Annual Conference + Expo.
Sponsored by BP, awards were given to the top three posters in four categories: the Fontana Category of Corrosion Engineering; Pourbaix Category of Corrosion Science; the Herro-Appleman Category of Applied Materials Protection Technology; and the David Shifler Undergraduate Category.
Judges at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center reviewed a total of 77 posters, with students giving short presentations about their research on Monday and Tuesday.
The awards ceremony was livestreamed on Facebook by CORROSION journal, the sponsoring publication, and the first-place winner of each of the three categories will be invited to write an open access poster letter published in CORROSION.
First Place: Nayab Ali, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Second Place: Zhuldyz Zhigulina, Ohio University
Third Place: Adnan Khan, Ohio University
First Place: Emma Coatney, Colorado School of Mines
Second Place: Mariana Georges, The Ohio State University
Third Place: Michael Hehemeku, Ohio University
First Place: Jorge Escribano, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Second Place: Brooke Barlow, The University of Alabama
Third Place: Kimberly Gaspar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
First Place: David Silva, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Second Place: Quentin Owens, The California State University System
Third Place: Moaz Elhawary, Suez University
The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) congratulates all of the 2026 student winners! The complete announcement ceremony can be viewed below.
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