Qualifications & Experience of JEFF SCHRAMUK - NACE CP Specialist #7695

Professional Experience

CP Solutions, Inc. is a firm that provides corrosion-control engineering and consulting services for municipal, industrial, and commercial infrastructure. Company President, Jeff Schramuk, has been actively working in corrosion control for nearly 30 years and has presented corrosion seminars at many NACE Corrosion Conferences and the annual conferences of the American Water Works Association. Mr. Schramuk is an active member of NACE International and the American Water Works Association and he has published several technical papers that have appeared in the NACE monthly journal, Materials Performance and the Journal of the American Water Works Association.

Safety & Health Certifications

OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Certified – 2010

OSHA Excavation Competent Person Certified        

Affiliations        

Membership in NACE International and the American Water Works Association        

UST Installation & CP Testing certifications

WI Corrosion Expert Certification valid through January 2012     

Published Technical Papers

“Assessing the Effectiveness of a Water Utility’s Anode Retrofit Program,” Materials Performance, Vol. 48, No. 1, January 2009.

“Protecting an Existing Ductile Iron Water Main Using Linear Anodes,” Materials Performance, Vol. 47, No. 1, January 2008.

“Field Report - A Sacrificial Anode Retrofit Program for Existing Cast Iron Distribution Water Mains,” Journal AWWA, Vol. 97, No. 12, December 2005.

“Case History - Cathodic Protection for a New Ductile Iron Water Transmission Main,” Materials Performance, Vol. 44, No. 10, October 2005.

“A Sacrificial Anode Retrofit Program for Existing Cast Iron Distribution Water Mains,” Materials Performance, Vol. 44, No. 5, May 2005.

 “Making Sure Cathodic Protection Works,” Water and Engineering Management, Vol. 141, No. 2, February 1994.

“Cathodic Protection Applications for Aboveground Wastewater Storage and Treatment Tanks,” Materials Performance, Vol. 31, No. 8, February 1992.

EDUCATIONAL & TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

2010 - “Galvanic Anode CP Systems” & “Practical Theory of Why Cathodic Protection Does Work,” 10,000 Lakes (NACE Twin Cities Section) Pipeline Corrosion Control Seminar, Prior Lake, MN.

2009 - Michigan Section of the AWWA, “Solving Corrosion Problems on Municipal Water Distribution Piping,” Fall Regional Meetings, MI-AWWA & Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Gaylord/Port Huron/Mt. Pleasant/Kalamazoo, MI.

2009 - Iowa Section of the AWWA, “Solving Corrosion Problems on Municipal Water Distribution Piping,” Fall 2009 Short Course for Water & Wastewater Operators, IA-AWWA & Iowa Water Pollution Control Association, West Des Moines, IA.

2009 – Kansas Section of the AWWA, “Solving Corrosion Problems on Municipal Water Distribution Piping,” 2009 KS-AWWA & KWEA Joint Conference, Topeka, KS.

2009 – Michigan Section of the AWWA, “Corrosion Control,” Piping Into the 21^st Century, Distribution Systems Practices Committee, Lansing, MI.

2009 – Illinois Section of the AWWA, “Fundamentals of Corrosion and Solving your Corrosion Problems,” Annual Distribution Conference, Countryside, IL.

2009 – Illinois Section of the AWWA, “Results of an Anode Retrofit Program for Cast Iron Water Distribution Mains in Des Moines, Iowa, Springfield, IL.

2009 – Kentucky/Tennessee Section of the AWWA, “Corrosion Control,” Piping Into the 21^st Century, Chattanooga, TN.

2008 - “When is Cathodic Protection Achieved?” Annual Purdue University Corrosion Short Course, West Lafayette, IN.

2008-2006 - “Galvanic Anodes,” Annual Purdue University Corrosion Short Course, West Lafayette, IN.

2007 - "Cathodic Protection of an Existing Ductile Iron Water Main Using Linear Distributed Anodes," Pipelines 2007 International Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers' Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

2007-2001 - Midwest Energy Association, “Basic Corrosion & Cathodic Protection,” Ames, IA.

2007 - Illinois Section of the AWWA, “Cathodic Protection of an Existing Ductile Iron Water Transmission Main Using Linear Distributed Anodes,” Annual Conference, Springfield, IL.

2007 - “Introduction to Corrosion Causes and Control,” 46th Annual Purdue University Corrosion Short Course, West Lafayette, IN.

2006 - Wisconsin Water Association, "Solving Corrosion Problems on Cast Iron and Ductile Iron Water Mains," Annual Conference, Wisconsin Dells, WI.

2006 - Speaker on Steel Pipe Panel Discussion, "Pipeline Durability Considerations," Pipelines 2006 - Service to the Owner, American Society of Civil Engineers' Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

2006 – Illinois Section of the AWWA, “Cathodic Protection for a New Ductile Iron Water Transmission Main,” Annual Conference, Springfield, IL.

2005 – “A Sacrificial Anode Retrofit Program for Existing Cast Iron Distribution Water Mains,” 5th Annual Underground Infrastructure Management Conference, Washington, DC.

2005 – Iowa Section of the AWWA, “How Corrosion Occurs and its Impact upon Water Systems,” Annual Conference, Des Moines, IA.

2005 – Participant in Technical Workshop “Understanding, Detecting and Correcting Corrosion Problems in Water Distribution Systems,” AWWA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

2005 – Northeastern Wisconsin Technical College, “Midwest Energy Assoc. OQ Corrosion Seminar,” Green Bay, WI.

2005 - Illinois Section of the AWWA “Corrosion Control,” Piping into the 21st Century Seminar Libertyville, IL.

2004 - NACE Central Area Conference, “Corrosion Control Solutions for Distribution and Transmission Water Pipelines,” Chicago, IL.

2004 - WI NACE Corrosion Short Course, “Corrosion Control & Failure Analysis for Water Utilities,” Madison, WI.

2003 - University of Wisconsin, College of Engineering, “Water Distribution System Corrosion Control,” Madison, WI.

2000 - EPRI Service Water Reliability Conference, “Corrosion Control Considerations for Power Generating Stations,” Branson, MO.

1997 - Morgantown, WV University, “Basic Corrosion & Cathodic Protection.”

1995 - NACE Mid-America Corrosion Conference, “Corrosion Control Design Considerations for Water Transmission and Transmission Systems,” Schaumburg, IL