Professor Susan Smialowska

Ph.D., Silesian Technical University, 1952.

Director Emeritus of the Fontana Corrosion Center,
Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering

Tel. (614) 292 0290
smialowska.1@osu.edu

Dr. Smialowska's principal research interest has been the investigation of the kinetics and the mechanism of electrode processes, pitting corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, corrosion inhibitors, hydrogen embrittlement, different types of aqueous corrosion at high temperatures, and passivity of various metals and alloys.

Dr. Smialowska joined the Ohio State faculty in March of 1982. She first came to Ohio State in 1973 for one year, and then again in 1978-79 for one and one-half years as a visiting scientist at the Fontana Corrosion Center. She earned her master's and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering at the Silesian Technical University in Gliwice, Poland. She served from 1952 to 1982 as professor and head of Corrosion and Electrochemistry Laboratory of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. She has authored over two hundred and sixty scientific papers on the above subjects along with several textbooks

Professional activities incude: Vice President of the International Electrochemical Society; President of the Polish Scientific Technical commitee for the protection of materials against corrosion; Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Physical Chemistry (Warsaw); Polish delegate to European Federation of Corrosion (EFC); Recipient of the Cavallaro Medal (for distinguished activity and publication in the field of corrosion); whilst also being named a Fellow of NACE. Dr. Smialowska is also a memebr of the Editorial board for the journal "Power Sources" and "Ochrona przed Korozja", whilst also active on the Executive Editorial Board of the international journal "Corrosion Science".

Publications

Dr. Smialowska has authored over 260 scientific papers in the general field of corrosion and protection.

Handbooks:

Z. Szklarska-Smialowska, "Pitting and Crevice Corrosion" , NACE International, Houston. 2005. 650pp

Z. Szklarska-Smialowska, "Pitting Corrosion of Metals", NACE International, Houston, 1986, 430pp

Monographs:

Z. Szklarska-Smialowska, "Inhibitory Korozji Metali (Corrosion Inhibitors)", Warsaw, 1971, 445pp (In Polish)

Z. Szklarska-Smialowska, "Initiation and Propagation of Pitting Corrosion in Iron and Steel" in "Chemical and Mechano-Chemical Damage of Metals" Warsaw, 1979. (In Polish)