ABSTRACT
Standards are essential guidance documents created by experts to outline best practices for various processes. They play a crucial role in modern engineering, influencing product design, manufacturing, and safety procedures. Covering a wide range of topics, these publicly available standards often require specialized training or expertise to implement effectively. By ensuring processes are consistent, reliable, and safe, standards provide confidence to both industrial and academic users that expectations are aligned. Additionally, they enhance communication by offering a clear baseline for discussions. Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is a complex issue requiring multiple lines of evidence, including metallurgical, microbiological, and environmental data, for verification. Standards related to MIC focus on gathering experimental evidence and field applications. This chapter explores innovations in MIC science and technology, emphasizing the importance of standardized methods for diagnosing, measuring, and mitigating MIC. It also examines the current state of MIC standardization, its challenges, and suggests areas for improvement.
