Aaron Guerrero, a MATE graduate student, was recently awarded a $2,000 scholarship by the Los Angeles Section of NACE International, an association of corrosion engineers and scientists. Aaron wrote an essay explaining “Why Corrosion Control is Important” in the biomaterials industry. He described how there has been little studied about the mechanisms of repassivation in-vivo or in-vitro regarding the corrosion of metallic orthopaedic implants.  Aaron is attempting to study the mechanisms of repassivation via the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and hopes that his research findings will be applied toward the design of corrosion control or corrosion prevention in future orthopaedic implants.