Matt O'Keefe is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and in the Graduate Center for Materials Research at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO. He can be reached at 573.341.6764 or mjokeefe@umr.edu.
Research on UV-curable coatings containing corrosion inhibiting compounds is showing promising results as an environmentally friendly replacement for chromated corrosion coatings.