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Mariana Costa Folena
Postdoctoral Researcher
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
MSc Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
Biography
Mariana Costa Folena is a Corrosion Researcher at QEERI’s Corrosion Center with expertise in CO2 corrosion, corrosion inhibitors, and hydrogen embrittlement, and a background in mechanical and metallurgical engineering focusing on material degradation and environment-assisted cracking. Mariana has also developed an image processing methodology for fractographic analysis and a screening technique for residual analysis of corrosion inhibitors.
PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
University of Leeds (Leeds, UK) and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2021
MSc Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2017
BSc Mechanical Engineering
Centro Federal de Educação Celso Suckow da Fonseca- CEFET/RJ; (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2015
- Material Science
- Corrosion inhibitor
- Material degradation
- Sustainable corrosion solutions
- Hydrogen
Class Demonstrator
College of Mechanical Engineering; University of Leeds
2019 - 2020
Graduate Engineer
Metalworking and Machinery Manufacturing; COMPOMEC Ltd.
2014 - 2015
- Folena, M. C., Barker, R., Pessu, F., Ponciano, J. A. D. C., & Neville, A. (2021). CO2 Top-of-line-corrosion; assessing the role of acetic acid on general and pitting corrosion. Corrosion, 77(3), 298-312.
- Folena, M. C., & da Cunha Ponciano, J. A. (2020). Assessment of hydrogen embrittlement severity of an API 5LX80 steel in H2S environments by integrated methodologies. Engineering Failure Analysis, 111, 104380.
- Silva, S. C., Silva, A. B., Folena, M. C., Barker, R., Neville, A., & Gomes, J. P. (2020). Cracking mechanism in API 5L X65 steel in a CO2-saturated environment–Part II: A study under cathodic polarization. Engineering Failure Analysis, 113, 104550.
- de Carvalho, S. S., Barker, R., Folena, M. C., Al-Khateeb, M., Mohammed, K. A., Gomes, J. A. C. P., ... & Neville, A. (2021). An Experimental Investigation of Top-of-Line Corrosion in a Static CO2 Environment. Corrosion, 77(5), 515-525.
- Folena, M. C., Da Cunha Ponciano Gomes, J. A., Manfield, I., Farhat, H. A., Owen, J., Neville, A., & Barker, R. (2022, March). Residual Analysis Assay for Thiol-Based Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor Quantification in Top-of-Line Corrosion Environments. In AMPP Annual Conference+ Expo. OnePetro.
- Folena, M. C., & da Cunha Ponciano Gomes, J. A. (2019, March). Hydrogen embrittlement and sulphide film formation on base metal and weld joint of an API 5L X80 steel. In CORROSION 2019. OnePetro.