Prof. Nick Birbilis

Title: An overview of corrosion of additively manufactured alloys

Nick Birbilis is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment at Deakin University (Australia). His research is broadly in the area of materials durability and design. Metal corrosion and materials characterisation are his core research themes – with a focus on sustainable materials. Nick has made a number of major contributions in the field of corrosion; particularly in the area of localised corrosion, the role of microstructural effects on the corrosion of engineering alloys, and upon corrosion of lightweight alloys. He is a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), a Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), a Fellow of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE/AMPP) and a Fellow of ASM International. Nick has also been awarded numerous awards, including the Batterham Medal from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the HH Uhlig Award from the Electrochemical Society, and the UR Evans Award from ICorr. He has authored over 450 publications and is the Editor-in-chief of the interdisciplinary journal npj Materials Degradation. and serves as a long-standing Editor for the journal Electrochimica Acta. He also remains a strong advocate for diversity in STEM.