College of Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering

205 Crawford Hall, Kingston, RI 02881

Kingston, RI 02881

Phone: 401.874.2655

Fax: 401.874.4689

Dr. Richard Brown

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests

Degradation of Materials.
Corrosion Resistant Coatings.
Failure Analysis.
New Bio Composite Materials.

Research Information

Industry, State, and Federal agencies have supported Dr. Brown's research. Chromate replacement technology, bio composites, surface treatment for paint adhesion and cathodes for undersea batteries are Dr. Brown's current research projects.

A new research area is using naturally occurring materials to manufacture composite by simple low cost technologies. To view more on these areas go to the Corrosion and Surfaces Laboratory link below

Corrosion and Surfaces Laboratory

Graduate Applications

To apply to URI Chemical Engineering Graduate program follow the link:- http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/gsform.html

Recent Presentations

Alternates to Chromates

A New Bio Base Composite

Degradation of Structural Materials in Transportation.

Publications

S. C. Yang, R. Brown, R. Racicot, Y. Lin, F. McClarnon , Electroactive polymers for corrosion inhibition of aluminum alloys, Polymer Preprints 41, 1777 (2000)

Robert J. Racicot, Sze C. Yang and Richard Brown, Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies of a double strand polyaniline coating on aluminum alloys in acidic environments, Research Topical Symposium, Corrosion 2000, 113-128, NACE International, April 2000.

S. C. Yang, R. Brown, R. Racicot, Y. Lin, F. McClarnon, "Electroactive polymers for corrosion inhibition", Chapter 13, p. 196-206, "Electroactive Polymers for Corrosion Control,"American Chemical Society Symposium Series 843, (2003), Editors P.
Zarras, J. D. Stenger-Smith, Y. Wei.

Patents

7,101,808 Chromate free method for surface etching of stainless steel.

7,011,254 Chromate free method for surface etching of titanium.

7,001,533 Chromate free method for surface etching of aluminum and aluminum alloys.

6,706,207 Non-chromate metal surface etching solutions.

6,762,238 Water-borne polymeric complex and anti-corrosive composition.

6,150,023 Electroactive polymer coatings for corrosion control.

Education

Ph.D. Cambridge University, 1979.
B.S. Nottingham University, 1974.

Courses.

Corrosion and Corrosion Control CHE534

CHE 333 Providence Class Notes