R. Winston Revie, PhD, received his PhD from MIT, M.Eng. (Materials) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and B.Eng (Metallurgical) from McGill University. He enjoyed a 33-year career as scientist, project leader, and program manager for pipeline technology at the CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada. He is a Past President of the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, a Past President of the NACE Foundation of Canada, and a Past Director of NACE International. He received the Distinguished Technical Achievement Award of NACE International in 2004 and has received Fellow honors from CIM (1999), NACE International (1999), ASM International (2003), and The Electrochemical Society (2012) among other awards for his work.