MIC Programme
Program
Day 1 (Monday, August 26.) – arrival
18:00 Students’ and teachers’ informal gathering at Veranda (Budapest, Vendel st. 9., 1096)
Everyone pays for their own consumption.
Day2 (Tuesday, August 27.)
8:00 – 9:00 Arrival, registration, networking (1089 Budapest, Orczy street 1.)
9:00 – 10:30 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.
Free evening program
Day 3 (Wednesday, August 28.)
8:30 – 9:00 Arrival, networking
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 – 11:30 L6. Theory of sampling for MIC. (Scott/Judit) 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?
11:30 – 12:30 Traveling to on-site sampling site, Sandwich Lunch
12:30 – 13:30 On-site sampling (Team: Scott/Judit /Anette) Content: Sampling of the Danube river and steel structures in the water
13:30 – 17:00 Practical MMM training in rotation (Judit Knisz, Herman de Vries, Torben Lund Skovhus), including coffee break
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!)
Free evening program
Day 4 (Thursday, August 29.)
8:00 - 8:30 Arrival and networking at Research Centre for Natural Science (RCNS) - 1117 Budapest, Magyar Tudósok Körútja 2.
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 Coffee break
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 - provided
13:40 – 14:30 Practical experiments - Rotation 3
(Group 1 – Weight loss)
(Group 2 – Electrochemistry)
(Group 3 – Agar plates)
14:30 – 15:10 Electrochemistry pitfalls, including short coffee break
15:10 – 16:00 Transport to Parliament
16:00 Visit of Parliament, walking along the Danube – have your passport/ID
19:00 Dinner is provided at Veranda
Day 5 (Friday, August 30.)
8:30 – 9:00 Arrival, networking
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 - provided
13:00 – 14:00 Wrap-up, Evaluation. Quiz, Certificate - Group Photo w Certificates (Judit Knisz/Torben Lund Skovhus)
The program may be subjected to changes.