Dr. Avtandil Khalil Bayramov is a corrosion Consultant at Industrial Expertise Engineering Consultations Office. He just retired from SABIC after completing 24 years at SABIC Technology Center-Jubail, Asset Integrity – Corrosion Control Section.

He has more than 50 years of experience in the field of Corrosion and Prevention of Metals. Experience and Expertise: Failure Analysis; Corrosion Study and Integrity Assessment of Process and Utility Equipment and Systems; Materials Selection; Concentration Mechanism of Corrosion; Degradation Mechanisms and Corrosion Loop Identification; Chemical Cleaning of Utility and Process Equipment and Piping System; Stray Current Corrosion; Sacrificial Anodes; Electrochemical and Combined Protection; Corrosion and Protection of Aluminum and its Alloys (including anodization and sealing, ion implantation and electrochemical surface treatment); Inhibitors and Protective Coatings; Anodic Protection; Ion Implantation in Corrosion Science and Engineering.

Dr. Bayramov graduated from Moscow Institute of Petroleum and Gas Industry in 1965 with distinguish. He earned his PhD in Chemical Resistance of Materials and Protection from Corrosion from Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Baku. He worked for 29 years as a Manager of Corrosion and Electrochemistry Department in Institute of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry of AAS. He completed number of research and applied projects implemented in different industries of Former Soviet Union.

Dr. Bayramov also carried out different research projects at UMIST, Swedish Corrosion Institute and Brussels University.

He published over 150 technical papers including 15 national patents. He also participated in writing various corrosion related books, brochures and guidelines. He presented technical papers in more than 90 national and international conferences in different countries over the world. Dr.

Bayramov received 2010 NACE International Technical Achievement Award for his distinguished contributions to research and corrosion engineering in aqueous and multiphase systems.