Professor Brendy Rincon Troconis, Ph.D.
Prof. Brendy Rincon Troconis is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department, as well as an adjunct professor in the Civil and Engineering Department at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She earned her B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering with Summa Cum Laude honors from Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the Ohio State University while working at the Fontana Corrosion Center. Prior to joining UTSA, she was a Research Associate at the Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia. Her research has been funded by NACE International, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Southwest Research Institute, Office of Naval Research, Chemetall BASF, Twin Hawks Inc., among others. Her work has focused on the area of aqueous corrosion, including stress corrosion cracking; hydrogen embrittlement; coating adhesion; localized corrosion; atmospheric corrosion; corrosion inhibitors; and corrosion in reinforced concrete. Her work has been published in recognized journals such as Corrosion, Materials Science & Engineering: A, Scientific Reports, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Progress in Organic Coatings, Surface and Coatings Technology, and others. Prof. Rincon is also a wife and mother to three beautiful children (2, 3, and 6 year old).