LUDOVIKA UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE

MIC Programme

Budapest MIC Summer School program

August 26. Monday – August 30. Friday, 2024

 

Day 1 (Monday, August 26.) – arrival

 

18:00     Students’ and teachers’ meeting

 

Day2 (Tuesday, August 27.)

 

9:00 – 10:30                       L0. Welcome – Housekeeping and meet the teachers (Judit Knisz/Torben Lund Skovhus

L1. What is MIC? (Torben Lund Skovhus/Judit Knisz) Content: Basics of microbiology. Definitions. Role of microbes in corrosion. MIC Myths.

10:30 – 11:00                     Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30                     L2. Introduction to Corrosion (Anette Alsted Rasmussen/László Péter)

12:30 – 14:00                     Lunch

14:00 – 15:30                    L3. Corrosion management, MIC assessment (Rick Eckert/Torben Lund Skovhus)

15:30 – 16:00                     Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00                    L4. Analysis of corrosion failure cases. (André Abilio/Rick Eckert) Content: Current practice vs. required lines of data for a conclusive MIC assessment; how to discriminate between MIC and not MIC cases; conclusions that can be drawn from the comparison between the corroded and non-corroded areas in terms of corrosion and biological data.

 

Day 3 (Wednesday, August 28.)

 

9:00 – 10:30                       L5. Analysis of corrosion failure cases. (André Abilio/Rick Eckert) Content: Walking through the framework for MIC failure analysis; evaluation of multiple failure cases; student group exercise

10:30 – 11:00                     Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30                    L6. Theory and On-site sampling for MIC. (Team: Scott/Judit /Anette) Content: Discussion and examples of best practices for on-site sampling related to MIC testing. What information on microbiological, metallurgical and environmental/chemical aspects can be obtained in the field?

12:00 – 13:00                     Sandwich  Lunch

13:00 – 16:00                     Practical MMM training in rotation (Judit Knisz, Herman de Vries, Torben Lund Skovhus)

1.       ATP biomass measurements [analysis of ATP biomass of liquid and biofilm samples]

2.       DNA isolation, qPCR and sequencing

3.       Hands-on bioinformatic exercise (bring your laptop!)

 

Day 4 (Thursday, August 29.)

 

Arrival at 8:30 at Research Centre for Natural Sciences (RCNS)

8:30 - 15:00           Practical training on metallurgical and environmental/chemical testing related to MIC. (Scott Wade/Zsófia Keresztes/László Péter)

8:30 – 9:00             Overview of the day

9:00 – 10:30           SEM-EDX session

10:30 – 11:00        MORNING TEA

11:00 – 11:50         Practical experiments - Rotation 1

                              (Group 1 – Agar plates)

                              (Group 2 – Weight loss)

                              (Group 3 – Electrochemistry)

11:50 – 12:40         Practical experiments - Rotation 2

                              (Group 1 – Electrochemistry)

                              (Group 2 – Agar plates)

                              (Group 3 – Weight loss)

12:40 – 13:40          LUNCH

13:40 – 14:30          Practical experiments - Rotation 3

                              (Group 1 – Weight loss)

                              (Group 2 – Electrochemistry)

                              (Group 3 – Agar plates)

14:30 – 15:00         Electrochemistry pitfalls

15:00                                     Visit of Budapest

19:00                                     Joint dinner

 

Day 5 (Friday, August 30.)

 

9:00 – 10:30                       L7. Integration of microbiological data with other lines of evidence. (Torben Lund Skovhus /Judit Knisz)

10:30 – 11:00                     Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00                    L8. Analysis and reporting of MIC testing (Scott Wade/Rick Eckert) Content: How to combine all the information obtained from field testing into a final conclusion. Working with industry and writing consulting reports.

12:00 – 13:00                     Lunch

13:00 – 14:00                    L10. Wrap-up, Evaluation. Quiz, Certificate - Group Photo w Certificates (Judit Knisz/Torben Lund Skovhus)

                                               

Please note, this is a draft program and it may subject to change.