Please join Arisbeth Ibarra Nieblas, fourth-year doctoral student in the Environmental Engineering Program, U.A., on November 9, for a talk about an automated system which will find corrosion rates of water delivery pipe metal in a time frame of minutes.
Date: November 9, 2021
Time: Social half hour at 6:00 PM, talk from 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Place: This will be a Zoom meeting.
Cost: Free for AHS members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members
RSVP: Register here. The Zoom invitation will be provided in your registration confirmation. This event is limited to 100 attendees. For security reasons, we ask that you do not share the Zoom link. Thank you.
Abstract:
An automated system is being built to find the corrosion rates of water delivery pipe metal in a time frame of minutes as a function of water conditions. Corrosion rates of a pipe metal coupon in the water path are being monitored daily over many months using a non-destructive electrochemical method. If this project is successful, Tucson Water plans to install this system at various locations to guide the scheduled maintenance of water delivery pipes as a function of water conditions and time to preserve water service and water delivery infrastructure.
Speaker: Arisbeth Ibarra Nieblas
Arisbeth Ibarra Nieblas is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Environmental Engineering Program at the University of Arizona. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at the Technological Institute of Sonora (ITSON), Ciudad Obregon, Mexico. Her graduate research involves persevering water delivery infrastructure by developing a corrosion monitoring system. Arisbeth is also a fourth-year Sustainable Bioeconomy for Arid Regions (SBAR) Fellow, where she works developing and teaching hands-on science lessons to middle school students.