Student Poster Session

AMPP Annual Conference + Expo 2026 Student Poster Sessions

AMPP is looking for student individuals with impactful coating and corrosion research projects that they want to share with the community. The AMPP Research Society Leadership Council (RSLC) is awarding over $15,000 in total prize money to the Student Poster Session winners at the AMPP Annual Conference + Expo 2026. Prize awards are $2,000 for first place, $1,500 for second place, and $1,000 for third place in designated categories. A prize of $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place, and $250 for third place will also be awarded for the top 3 undergraduate posters. Other benefits include free conference registration, one-year AMPP student membership, a chance to apply for a travel fund, and other student professional development opportunities. 

Please note: All accepted posters are eligible to win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in one of the following categories: Pourbaix, Fontana, and Herro-Appleman. An undergraduate poster winning in one of the above categories will not be eligible to win the David Shifler Undergraduate Award. 

The Student Poster Session at the AMPP Annual Conference + Expo encourages students to become active in AMPP and present the results of their work to conference attendees. Each student who wishes to participate must submit a 300-400-word abstract (a maximum of 2,000 characters). Please remember that student attendance is required to participate in the SPS at the conference. While a poster can have multiple co-authors, there can only be one student presenter/winner per poster. SPS are typically judged by AMPP Fellows, industry professionals, academia/research experts and Government professionals. Each student participating in this year's symposium will have the opportunity to interact and share their research with them. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to expand your network and gain some visibility in the corrosion community.

Chair: Gregory Kubacki

Vice Chair: Hamed Mansoori

Past Chair: Christopher L. Alexander

Award submissions:

• The Marcel Pourbaix Award, focusing on the field of corrosion science
• The Mars Fontana Award, focusing on the field of corrosion engineering
• The Herro-Appleman Award, focusing on the field of applied materials protection technology
• The David Shifler Undergraduate Award

The Research in Progress (RIP), Research Topical Symposium (RTS), and Student Poster Session (SPS) are organized by AMPP’s Research Society Leadership Council (RSLC), led by the chair and vice chair, Raghu Srinivasan and Brendy Rincon Troconis, and the individual session chairs and vice-chairs who work alongside AMPP to help guide and shape the symposia each year.

Please note: The SPS call-for session is exclusively for students enrolled in Universities (proof required) and not for Post-Docs and researchers who just graduated the previous year.