1. Pongpat Lortrakul (Ph.D.)
PERSONAL GOAL: Being the practical solution provider, relating to corrosion and material,
who are capable of making significant impact on loss reduction, asset reliability enhancement
and creation of operational excellence. Furthermore, dedicating to promote corrosion
awareness to increase public safety in Thailand.
[Corrosion Specialist & Material/Corrosion Technology Leader]
Jan 2012 – Now: SCG-Chemicals, Thailand
 Responsible for static equipment reliability of all 25 chemical plants in SCG-chemicals
and manages 12 engineers
 Create strategic reliability framework, develop, and drive implementation for risk
assessment (risk based inspection [RBI], direct assessment[DA], pipeline corrosion
integrity management[PCIM]), inspection, NDT, corrosion management system, chronic
corrosion problem elimination, researches
 Completed >100 RCA projects, saving potential loss >3 million USD yearly by finding
the root cause of the problem and provide practical solution
 1 intellectual properties(IP) : CUI-Sensor (CUI :corrosion under insulation)
[Lead of Static Equipment]
April 2003 – July 2008: Siam Mitsui PTA (SCG-Chemicals), Thailand
 Filed experience in plant turnaround more than 30 times (mechanic, inspection, and
engineering). Manage 5 engineers, 8 technicians, and supervised 500 contractors
during turnaround period. Handle over 300 stationary equipment (est. 1 million USD in
maintenance costs) and work 60 days during turnaround each year
Overseas Experience
 BP AMOCO (AMI),Indonesia (2007), Technical meeting
 Mitsui Chemical Inc. (MCI),Japan (2005) :Participated in shutdown work
[Corrosion Professional Certification, Training]
Certified NACE Material Selection/Design Specialist
Certified NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist
 Certified 11 NACE program : basic corrosion, design for corrosion control, CP1, CIP1,
coating in conjunction with CP, internal corrosion, pipeline corrosion integrity
management, corrosion in refining process, direct Assessment, advance internal
corrosion, ILI
 2016, Houston, USA, NACE Corrosion Risk Management 2016 (speaker)
 2015, Abudabi, UAE, 9th
Annual Corrosion Management Submit by IQPC
 2015, Dallas, USA, NACE Corrosion conference and expo 2015
*NACE : National Association of Corrosion Engineering (the most recognized corrosion organization in the world)
Education
Aug 2008-Dec 2011: Purdue University-West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (SCG scholarship)
 Ph.D. in Materials Engineering , GPA 3.9, graduated within 3.5 years
 Discovered type-II hot corrosion mechanism of CMSX-4 (Nickel superalloy single crystal
used for gas turbine blade) and first to study “Effect of Applied Stress on Type II Hot
Corrosion of CMSX-4” (Ph.D. Thesis)
 Publication : “Investigation of the Mechanisms of Type-II Hot Corrosion of Superalloy
CMSX-4”, Corrosion Science 80 (2014), 408-415
 Rolls-Royce’s projects : Hot corrosion test for 6 projects
 Teacher assistances for two classes ; Material processing (metal), Material Selection
8 Soi. Ramintra 58 Junction 3-4 Kannayaw Bangkok 10230 Thailand Email: pongpatl@windowslive.com
Cell: +6689-124-1804

2. 1999-2003: King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology’ Ladkrabang, Thailand,
 Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.5, graduated with first class honors,
ranked No.1 in class
Technical Trainer Experience
 2015, MTT/RPL/RTC, Thailand, “Basic corrosion and plant improvement 70:20:10”
 2014, TPC, Thailand, “Welding Metallurgy”
 2014. TPC, Thailand, “Basic Corrosion and Material Selection in Petrochemical Industry”
 2014, ROC,Thailand, “Material Selection in Petrochemical Industry”
 2014, SCG-Chemicals, “Corrosion in Petrochemical Industry- Practice and Analysis”
 2013, TPC, Thailand, “API 571 : Damage Mechanism”
 2013, Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand, “Corrosion of Steel Pipe and Its Prevention”
 2013, REPCO, Thailand, “Machine Failure Analysis – Practice and Analysis”
 2012, TPE-PP, Thailand, “Basic Corrosion in Petrochemical Industry”
 2012, TPE-HD, Thailand, “Basic Corrosion in Petrochemical Industry”
 2012, ROC-2, Thailand, “Basic Corrosion in Petrochemical Industry”
 2012, ROC-1, Thailand, “Basic Corrosion in Petrochemical Industry”
 2012, TPE-LL/LD, Thailand, “Basic Corrosion in Petrochemical Industry”
Invited Speakers and Conference Speakers
 2015, Sep, Thailand Corrosion and Prevention Conference, “Hydrogen Induced Cracking
(HIC) Investigation on high cold work austenitic stainless steel pressure vessel operated
at cryogenic temperature”
 2015, Sep, Thailand Corrosion and Prevention Conference, “Quantitative Field Material
Evaluation on Stainless Steel Furnace Coils Operated at 400 - 800 C by DOS Tester”
 2015. Sep, Thailand Corrosion and Prevention Conference, “Sustainable Strategy to
Manage Chemical Process Equipment by Corrosion Management System”
 2015, May, the 2nd
Asian workshop on High-Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion,
KMUTNB, Thailand, “Quantitative Field Material Evaluation on Stainless Steel Furnace
Coils Operated at 400 - 800 C by DOS Tester”
 2014, Dec, The 8th
Thailand Metallurgy Conference, “Quantitative Field Material
Evaluation on Stainless Steel Furnace Coils Operated at 400 - 800 C by DOS Tester”
 2014, Jan, MTEC, Thailand, “Corrosion Control in SCG-Chemical”
 2013,Oct ,The 7th
Thailand Metallurgy Conference, “Investigation of Sulfide Stress
Cracking (SSC) in Process Steam System”
 2013, Material and processing Engineering, KMUTNB, Thailand, “Corrosion in
Petrochemical Industry”
 2012, Metallurgical Engineering, Chula, Thailand, “Corrosion in Petrochemical Industry”
 2012, KMUTNB and PTTEP, Thailand, “Gas Turbine Blade Hot Corrosion”
 2011, Purdue University, USA,” Effect of Applied Stress, Crystal Orientation, and Phase
on Hot Corrosion of CMSX-4 by Sodium Sulfate”
 2010, TMS, Ohio, USA, “ Mechanistic Study of Type-2 Hot Corrosion on CMSX-4”
 2009, Purdue University, USA,” Low Temperature Sensitization of 304LN”
Academic Volunteer Works
 2015, Metallurgical Engineering, Chula, Corrosion Museum Visit at SCG-Chemicals
 2015, Committee member of Thai Corrosion of Metal and Material Association
 2014, Chula, MS thesis committee for Metallurgical Engineering department
 2014, KMUTNB, Committee : Program Evaluation for Material Engineering,
 2014, KMUTNB, Committee : Program Evaluation Innovative Material Engineering
 2013, Chula, MS thesis committee for Metallurgical Engineering department
 2013, Metallurgical Engineering, Chula, Corrosion Museum Visit at SCG-Chemicals