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.