Willis Rodney Whitney Award

On the 20^th March 2013 the National association of Corrosion engineers, the largest international organization in the discipline with more than 10000 members in the five continents has awarded Dr. Carmen Andrade with the Willis Rodney Whitney Award for her contributions in the discipline of corrosion of reinforcements. The W.R Whitney Award is given from 1947 in recognition of significant contributions to corrosion science by the development or improvement of a theory that provides a more fundamental understanding of corrosion phenomena and/or the prevention of corrosion. It has been awarded previously for so recognized scientists as a U.R. Evans (1948), - H.H. Uhlig (1951) T. P. Hoar (1958), M. Stern (1964), M. Pourbaix (1969),  J. Kruger (1977), R.W. Staehle (1980), N. Sato (1989),  F.B. Mansfeld (1988) or   D.D. MacDonald (1992). She is the first woman awarding this prize.

Dr. Carmen Andrade has been Robert L’Hermite Award in 1987 and President of RILEM in 2000-2003. She has been Chairman of the TAC, of the MAC, of the TC-154-EMC- : “Electrochemical Techniques for Measuring Corrosion in Concrete, of the TC-178 “Testing and Modeling chloride penetration into concrete”, of the TC-213 RILEM TC-213-“MAI Model assisted integral service life prediction of steel reinforced concrete structures with respect to corrosion induced damage” and she is at present member of the EAC.