CORROSION Editorial Board
Peter L. Andresen, FNACE
Dr. Peter L. Andresen’s expertise is in the area of corrosion and environmental effects on mechanical properties and integrity of materials. His research has focused on corrosion and environmental fracture of iron- and nickel-based alloys under conditions of interest to the energy industries. After earning the B.S. degree in Materials Engineering, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he spent nearly four decades working for GE Global Research Center, and currently is with Andresen Consulting. He is an Advisory Professor at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, an Honorary Professor at the Nuclear Power Institute of China, and Chair of the International Advisory Committee of China General Nuclear Power.
Dr. Andresen is a consultant/advisor to several national labs and universities, and has been on several DOE review panels, including a long-term role on the Consulting Board for Yucca Mountain Waste Disposal Project. Dr. Andresen is the author of over 450 publications, holds 26 patents, has given hundreds of invited talks, and written numerous chapters for books. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of NACE International and the American Society for Metals. He has received two Whitney Gallery of Achievers Awards and two Dushman Awards from GE, the Speller Award from NACE, the U.R. Evans Award from the British Institute of Corrosion, and was selected as one of “50 Stars to Watch” by Industry Week in 1996.
He was recognized with the Lee Xun Award in 2011 from the Institute for Metals Research in Shenyang, China. He has served in many capacities in professional societies, including the NACE Board of Directors, NACE Research Committee Chair, NACE Awards Committee Chair, Technical and General Chair of the 2015 International Conference on Environmental Degradation in Nuclear Power Systems–Water Reactors, and the Expert and Advisory Panels for Sandia National Laboratories, Halden Test Reactor in Norway, and the Idaho National Lab Science User Facility.
Research Interests: corrosion and environmental effects on mechanical properties and integrity of materials
Selected Publications from CORROSION:
P. Andresen, “A Brief History of Environmental Cracking in Hot Water,” Corrosion 75, 3 (2019). https://doi.org/10.5006/2881
K. Chen, D. Du, L. Zhang, P.L. Andresen, “Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Alloy 690 in High-Temperature Pressurized Water,” Corrosion 73, 6 (2017): p. 724-733. https://doi.org/10.5006/2324
P.L. Andresen, “Effects of Transients in Water Chemistry, Temperature, and Loading on Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking of AISI 304 Stainless Steel,” Corrosion 42, 3 (1986): p. 169-180. https://doi.org/10.5006/1.3584898
P.L. Andresen, J. Hickling, A. Ahluwalia, J. Wilson, “Effects of Hydrogen on Stress Corrosion Crack Growth Rate of Nickel Alloys in High-Temperature Water,” Corrosion 64, 9 (2008): p. 707-720. https://doi.org/10.5006/1.3278508
