Homero Castaneda

Educational Background

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA - 2001
M.S., Materials Science, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM - 1997
B.S., Chemical Metallurgical Engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM - 1994

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Faculty Fellow Award, College of Engineering – 2025
Innovation Award, Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) – 2021
Dean of Engineering Excellence Award, Texas A&M University – 2021
Adjunct Professor (Professeur Affiliate) with Mechanics, Surface and Processing Laboratory at ENSAM, Aux in Province, France – 2020-2022
Committee Member for the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s study on Corrosion of Buried Steel at New and In-Service Infrastructure – 2020-2022
Fellow, National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) – 2019
AZZ Faculty Fellowship – 2018
H.H. Uhlig Award for Best Educator in Corrosion Science and Engineering, National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) – 2018
Committee Member for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s study on Connector Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations – 2017-2018

D. Narayanan, A. Martinez, U. Martin, B. Mansoor, R. Case, H. Castaneda, Localized corrosion in selective laser melted SS316L in CO2 and H2S brines at elevated temperatures. npj Materials Degradation 8, 50, 2024
R. Goldsberry, U. Martin, B. Bond, E. Callaway, H. Castaneda, A. Jayaraman, Applicability of microcapillary electrochemical droplet cell for monitoring microbiologically induced corrosion, Electrochemistry Communications, Volume 168, 2024, 107822, SSN 1388-2481
R. Goldsberry, D. Narayanan, R. Case, B. Mansoor, & H. Castaneda, Effect of Temperature on Passive Film Characteristics of LPBF (Laser Powder-Bed Fusion) Processing on UNS- S31603. Materials, 2024, 17(14), 3420
T.E. Sill, V. Ponce, C. Larriuz, R. Chertakovsky, C.G. Valdes, T. Fletcher, J. Nielsen, K. Fuller, H. Castaneda, R.D. Davidson, P.M. Johnson, S. Banerjee, Mechanistic elucidation of the molecular weight dependence of corrosion inhibition afforded by polyetherimide coatings, npj materials degradation, 8, Article number: 100, 2024
C. Kim, W. Yang, H. Castaneda, Delaying hydrogen permeation by Mg and Sr added Al-Si coating during hot-press-forming of boron steels, Materials Letters, Volume 371, 2024, 136924, ISSN 0167-577X
R. Goldsberry, U. Martin, B. Bond, E. Callaway, H. Castaneda, A. Jayaraman. Applicability of microcapillary electrochemical droplet cell for monitoring microbiologically induced corrosion, Electrochemistry Communications, Vol 168, 2024, 107822, ISSN 1388-2481