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Academic and Research Institutions
- The Center to Protect
Workers' Rights
- CPWR's main focus is to develop
practical ways to improve safety and health for construction
workers and their families. Hazard alerts on worker exposure
to lead, silica, noise and solvents are available in English
and Spanish.
As the
research, development, and training arm of the Building and
Construction Trades Department and the construction unions in
the AFL-CIO, CPWR works with more than 30 organizations nationwide.
Coating Alternatives Guide (CAGE)
A
pollution prevention tool for small- and medium-sized businesses
and state technical assistance program representatives. CAGE
is an expert system and information base designed to recommend
low-emitting alternative coating technologies to coatings users.
- CONMAT
- The CONMAT program emphasizes the research, development and
deployment of high-performance CONstruction MATerials and systems.
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- Cornell University Materials
Science Center
- Describes facilities and industrial outreach programs. Research
in Nondestructive Evaluation can be browsed here.
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- Corrosion
and Materials Performance
- Report by researchers from Belgium's Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Metallurgy and
Materials Engineering (MTM).
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- Corrosion
and Protection Centre of UMIST
- The Corrosion and Protection Centre has led the way in providing
Internet based services and information to the coating and corrosion
industries worldwide.
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- Electrochemical
Society, Corrosion Division
A description of the ECS Corrosion Division and contact information.
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- EMPA
- EMPA is the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing
and Research. This English-language page describes their work
in the field of corrosion.
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- EPRI
- The Electric Power Research Institute is a research consortia
of U.S. and international power producers.
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- Infrastructure Technology
Institute at Northwestern University
- Report on issues impacting bridge painting.
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- IRC
- Canada's Institute for Research in Construction provides research,
building code development, and materials evaluation services.
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- IRC
in Polymer Science and Technology
- Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Polymer Science and Technology
provided by a consortium of three UK universities.
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- Kilgore
College Corrosion Technology Homepage
- Describes a corrosion technology two-year program in Texas.
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- Materials Research Science
and Engineering Center at the University of Chicago
Has a number of research programs useful to those interested in developing
protective coatings.
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- NASA Corrosion Engineering
Page
- This page is maintained by the Materials Science Division at
Kennedy Space Center. Take a virtual tour of their corrosion
laboratories.
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- National
Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
- Conducts research in acute problem areas that affect highway
planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance nationwide.
Research findings are published in the NCHRP Reports series and
the NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice series.
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- National Shipbuilding Research Program, Advanced Shipbuilding
Enterprise (NSRP ASE)
- Co-funded by NAVSEA and the shipbuilding industry to manage
and focus shipbuilding research and development funding on technologies
that will reduce Naval ship construction and repair costs. The
Technical Panels, such as the Surface Preparation and Coating
Panel, serve as the primary public forum for industry-wide networking
and technology transfer. Panel membership and Panel meetings
are open to the public. USAShipbuilding.com provides
an on-line forum for the Panels including a calendar of events.
The site
also hosts the NSRP Documentation Center which has more than
500 documents available for download to registered users.
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- North Dakota
State University
- NDSU's Department of Polymers and Coatings.
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- Northwestern
University Infrastructure Technology Institute
Develops innovative infrastructure technologies.
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- Paint Research Association
- Independent research association for the coatings field.
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- Research Council on Structural
Connections (RCSC)
- Promotes research on the suitability and strength of various
types of structural connections, and the knowledge of economical
and efficient practices relating to them.
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- Royal Institute of Technology, Department of
Materials Science and Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden
- This English language page describes projects in the Corrosion
Science Division of the department.
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- Solvent Alternatives Guide
(SAGE)
- A comprehensive guide designed to provide pollution prevention
information on solvent and process alternatives for parts cleaning
and degreasing. SAGE does not recommend any ozone depleting chemicals.
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- Transportation
Research Board (TRB)
- A unit of the National Research Council, promotes innovation
and progress in transportation by stimulating and conducting
research, facilitating the dissemination of information, and
encouraging the implementation of research results.
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University of Dayton Research Institute
The UDRI Coatings Group evaluates coatings and solves paint problems for government and industry. The group, which includes 17 coating professionals, is accredited to ISO 17025 and SAE AS5505 for the application, testing, and performance characterization of organic coatings.
- University of Missouri-Rolla
Coatings Institute
- Courses and publications for the paint and coatings industry
professional, from the Chemistry Department at UMR
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- University of Southern Mississippi
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
- Sponsors the Annual International Waterborne, High-Solids,
and Powder Coatings Symposium. Also offers short courses and
research and testing services.
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