Ing. Milan Kouřil, Ph.D.

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E-mail: Milan.Kouril@vscht.cz

Tel.: +420220444275

Room: A61

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Assistant Professor

• 1995-2000: ICT Prague, M. Sc. in Chemical Technology of Metallic and Special Inorganic Materials 

• 2000-2004: ICT Prague, Ph.D. in Physical Metallurgy 

• 2004-2007: ICT Prague, Department of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, Research Fellow 

• since 2007: ICT Prague, Department of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, Assistant Professor

• basic and applied research of corrosion and corrosion protection 

• corrosion of buried equipment and cathodic protection in soil 

• corrosion the environment of nuclear waste depository 

• corrosion of concrete steel reinforcement 

• localised forms of corrosion 

• corrosion monitoring 

• corrosion of metallic historical artefacts 

• Materials Corrosion for Restorers

• Materials Corrosion

• Laboratory of Chemistry

• Metallic Materials Laboratory 

• Technology of Conservation and Restoration Laboratory 

• Conservation and Restoration of Metallic Artefacts Laboratory 

• Czech Association of Corrosion Engineers – Vice President 

• European Federation of Corrosion

• World Corrosion Organization

• International Corrosion Council

• Editorial board of the Corrosion and Protection of Materials magazine 

• Protection of cultural heritage by real-time corrosion monitoring – MUSECORR, 2009 –2012, EC, 7th Framework Programme.

• Water electrolysis at elevated temperatures – Weltemp, 2008 – 2011, EC, 7the Framework Programme.

• Automated corrosion sensors as on-line real time process control tools – CORRLOG, 2006– 2008, EC, 6teh Framework Programme.

• PETELÝZA-chemical recycling of PET, 2007 – 2009, MPO ČR, IMPULS FI-IM4/096.

• Cathodic passivation of steel, 2007 –2009, GA ČR, 106/07/1038,

• Research on properties of materials for save deposition of radioactive waste and development of evaluation procedures, 2009 –2013, MPO ČR, TIP FR-TI1/362.

• Kouřil, M., Christensen, E., Eriksen, S., Gillesberg, B. Corrosion rate of construction materials in hot  phosphoric acid with the contribution of anodic polarization. Materials and Corrosion. 2011, roč. 62, s. 1-7.

• Novák, P., Hron, T., Msallamová,Š., Kouřil, M. A new indication system for demonstration of a corrosion  differential aeration cell. Chemicke Listy. 2011, roč. 105, č. 4, s.  273-277

• Kouřil, M., Novák, P., Bojko, M. Threshold chloride concentration for stainless steels activation in concrete  pore solutions. Cement and Concrete Research. 2010, roč. 40, č. 3, s. 431-436.

• Dubus, M., Kouril, M., Thi-Phuong Nguyen, Prosek, T., Saheb, M., Tate, J. Monitoring copper and silver  corrosion in different museum environments by electrical resistance (ER) measurement. Studies in  Conservation. 2010, roč. 55, č. 2.

• Kouřil, M., Novák, P., Stoulil, J. Změny u povrchu katodicky chráněné oceli v půdě,Slovgas. 2009, roč. 18, č.  5, s. 29-34. 

• Prošek T., Kouřil M., Hilbert L.R., Degres Y., Blažek V., Thierry D., Hansen M.O.: Real time corrosion  monitoring in atmosphere using automated battery driven corrosion loggers, Corros. Eng. Sci. Techn.  2008, roč. 43, č. 2, s. 129.

• Kouril M., Novak P., Bojko M.: Limitations of the linear polarization method to determine stainless steel  corrosion rate in concrete environment, Cement & Concrete Composites. 2006, roč. 28,č. 3, s. 220-225.

• Novák P., Malá R., Kouřil M.: Influence of scale and rust on steel activation in model concrete pore solution  in: Corrosion of reinforcement in concrete (eds. Raupach M., Elsener B., Polder R., Mietz J.) Publication EFC  38, 38-43, EFC Woodhead Publishing Limited (2007)