66TH ANNUAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE INTERNATIONAL

INSTITUTE OF WELDING

IIW 2013

ESSEN - GERMANY

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The 66th Annual Assembly of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) was recently held from 11-17

September, 2013, at Congress Center Essen, Essen-Germany. It was the 4th time that the prestigious

event had taken place in Germany, having previously been held in Essen (1957), Düsseldorf (1973) and Hamburg (1998). High attendance figures of previous years were maintained, with a total of 755 participants from 46 countries uniting to share the IIW’s “world of joining experience.”

IIW2013 welcomed 457 delegates/experts, 74 students, 34 IIW “Young Professionals” and 65 accompanying persons, plus 64 participants who attended the International Conference only. IIW2013 also offered attendees a “one-of-a-kind” experience, with the simultaneous bonus of experiencing the triennial Schweissen & Schneiden fair, the world’s premier fair in welding, joining, cutting and surfacing technologies. Sincere thanks are extended to the local host, DVS - German Welding Society, who successfully collaborated with Messe Essen Gmbh to welcome the IIW and its extended family.

Opening Ceremony

The week’s activities were officially launched at the formal Opening Ceremony, held in Congress Center Essen’s Hall Europa on Thursday 12

th September, 2013. The evening’s programme was

opened with an original light show created by Ms Valentina Boneva, designed to artistically symbolise welding technology, with musical entertainment provided by the TRIF and Achim Schif – Johannes Nebel Duo, all students at Essen’s Wolfgang University of Arts.

Chair of the Local Organising Committee and Master of Ceremonies for the evening, Dr.-Ing. Klaus Middeldorf, then launched the official proceedings. The gathering was first welcomed by IIW Immediate Past President (2008-2011), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h.c. Ulrich Dilthey, after which a short message was delivered by Mr Gunter Neureiter, CEO of voestalpine Böhler Welding, Platinum Sponsor of IIW2013. The 66

th IIW Annual Assembly was later officially declared open by IIW

President, Dr. Baldev Raj (India).

Dr.-Ing. Klaus Middeldorf

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h.c. Ulrich Dilthey

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Mr Gunter Neureiter Dr. Baldev Raj

The 2013 IIW Awards Ceremony then followed, with presentations made to the designated winners in attendance. Winners of the various 2013 IIW Awards were:

- Henry Granjon Prize

Category A: Mr Satya Gajapathi (Canada)

Category B: Dr. Xinghua Yu (United States) and Mr MSc Rahul Sharma (Germany)

Category C: Dr. Kawin Saiprasertkit (Japan)

Category D: Mr Weijie Zhang (United States)

- Ugo Guerrera Prize Dr. Jean Gérald (France)

- Yoshiaki Arata Award Dr. Damian J. Kotecki (United States)

- Walter Edström Medal The late Mr IWE Halil Kaya Gedik (Turkey)

- Arthur Smith Award: Eur Ing Dr. David Shackleton (United Kingdom)

- Thomas Medal: Prof. Xiao-Ling Zhao (Australia)

- Evgeny Paton Prize: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf F. Hobbacher (Germany)

- Halil Kaya Gedik Award Mr Hideyuki Yamamoto (Japan)

The Welding in the World Best Paper Award was presented to Mr Masami Mizutani and Prof. Dr. Seiji Katayama, both of the Joining and Welding Research Institute of Osaka University, Japan, for their paper “TIG-weld penetration improvement by laser-activated process with oxygen.”

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The 2013 Winners

From left: Mr Satya Gajapathi, Dr. Jean Gérald, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf Hobbacher, Prof. Xiao-Ling Zhao Mr MSc Rahul Sharma, IIW President Dr. Baldev Raj, Dr. Kawin Saiprasertkit, Mr Masami Mizutani, Prof. Dr. Seiji Katayama, Mr Hideyuki Yamamoto, Mrs Hülya Gedik-Sadiklar (on behalf of the late

Mr IWE Halil Kaya Gedik), Dr. Damian J. Kotecki and Eur Ing Dr. David Shackleton.

The Awards Ceremony was followed by the Welcome Reception, held in the Foyer of Hall Europa and in Hall Panorama.

General Assembly

During the Extraordinary session of the General Assembly held on Sunday 15th

September, 2013, the revised IIW Constitution was approved by unanimous vote. Last updated 11 years previously, revisions to the Constitution had become necessary in order to reflect the modernisation of the IIW and for better compliance with the legal requirements of French law under which the Association is governed.

2013 General Assembly

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Renewal of the Board of Directors

Since the current term of office of the IIW President will expire in 2014, Prof. Gary B. Marquis (Finland) was appointed IIW President-Elect by the General Assembly, following his successful election by majority vote of the Board of Directors. Prof. Marquis is currently an IIW Director and Chair of the Technical Management Board (TMB). The term of office of Mr Ray W. Shook (United States) having expired, Mrs Hülya Gedik-Sadiklar (Turkey) was elected Vice-President. The terms of office of Prof. Luisa Coutinho (Portugal) and Mrs Hülya Gedik-Sadiklar (Turkey) having expired, Mr Jouko Lassila (Finland) and Mr Chee-Pheng Ang (Singapore) were elected Directors.

Renewal of the Technical Management Board

The terms of office of Mr Douglas R. Luciani (Canada), Prof. Dr. Zhiling Tian (P.R. of China) and Prof. Leif Karlsson (Sweden) having expired, the Board of Directors appointed 3 new individuals to the Technical Management Board (TMB):

- Prof. Dr. Vladimir Ponomarov (Brazil)

- Dr. Michail Karpenko (New Zealand)

- Asst./Prof. Dr. Tuba Karahan (Turkey) The IIW Working Units also elected 2 new representatives to succeed Mr Vincent van der Mee (The Netherlands) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Böllinghaus (Germany) who had ended their membership terms:

- Prof. Veli Kujanpää (Finland) Chair of Commission I – Thermal Cutting and Surfacing

- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Rethmeier (Germany)

Chair of SC-AUTO – Select Committee – Automotive and Road Transport

IIW Working Units

In keeping with tradition, the Annual Assembly provided the opportunity for the Commissions, Select Committees, Study Groups and other units to meet separately or jointly over the 5-day period. This year, 178 decisions were adopted by the various IIW Working Units, including recommendations to publish 132 documents in the IIW’s peer-reviewed journal, Welding in the World. There were 3 decisions involving the creation of new IIW sub-Working Units:

- C-V-E-b: Working Party for Transfer of GOST Standard R 52330-2005 to ISO

Chair: Dr. rer. nat. habil. Marc Kreutzbruck (Germany) - C-V-F-a: Working Party to Write a Best Practices Document for the Use of Simulation for POD

Curves for UT Weld Inspection Chair: Mr Pierre Calmon (France)

- C-X-A: Welding Residual Stresses in Thick Steel Structures

Chair: Prof. Jeong-Ung Park (R.O. Korea)

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Election/Appointment of Chairs of IIW Working Units

Elections were held in the following Working Units:

- Commission IX Behaviour of Materials Subjected to Welding

Dr. Elin M. Westin (Austria) was elected Chair of Sub-Commission C-IX-H (Weldability of Stainless Steels and Nickel-base Alloys).

- Commission XI Pressure Vessels, Boilers and Pipelines

Ms Teresa Melfi (United States) was re-elected for a second term.

- Commission XII Arc Welding Processes and Production Systems

Prof. Dr.-Eng. Yoshinori Hirata (Japan) was re-elected for a second term.

Dr. Zengxi Pan (Australia) was also elected Chair of Sub-Commission C-XII-A (Sensors and Control) and Prof. Dr. Chuansong Wu (P.R. of China) was elected Chair of Sub-Commission C-XII-E (Quality and Safety in Welding).

- Commission XIV Education and Training

Mr Chris Smallbone (Australia) was re-elected for a second term.

- Commission XV Design, Analysis and Fabrication of Welded Structures

Prof. Kyong Ho Chang (R.O. Korea) was elected Chair of Sub-Commission C-XV-A (Analysis).

- Commission XVII Brazing, Soldering and Diffusion Bonding

Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Wojarski (Germany) was elected Chair and Dipl.-Ing. Felix Moeller (Germany) Vice-Chair of Sub-Commission C-XVII-A (Brazing).

Dr. Simon Jahn (Germany) was also elected Vice-Chair of Sub-Commission C-XVII-B (Diffusion Bonding) and Dr. Hong Li (P.R. of China) was elected Vice-Chair of Sub-Commission C-XVII-C (Soldering).

- SC-AIR Select Committee – Permanent Joints in New Materials and Coatings for Aircraft Engineering

Prof. Dr.-Eng. Boyoung Lee (R.O. Korea) was appointed Co-Chair.

- SC-QUAL Select Committee – Quality Management in Welding and Allied Processes

Mr Robert E. Shaw (United States) was elected for a first term, succeeding Dr.-Ing. Klaus Middeldorf (Germany).

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International Conference

The IIW International Conference on "Automation in Welding” was held from 16-17 September, 2013, at Congress Center Essen, Essen-Germany. The Conference was opened by the Portevin Lecture, “Automation in Electron Beam Welding is the Key to Quality and Productivity,” delivered by Dr. h.c. Dipl.-Phys. Dietrich von Dobeneck. More than 20 invited papers were presented during the 6 sessions which focussed mainly on applications and world markets. The Portevin plaque was presented by Dr. Fabrice Scandella, Head of the French Delegation.

From left: Dr. Fabrice Scandella and

Dr. h.c. Dipl.-Phys. Dietrich von Dobeneck

Attendance Recognition Certificates

Attendance Recognition Certificates, in addition to commemorative lapel pins, were once again presented during the various meetings of the 2013 Annual Assembly, to honour those who contributed significantly to the IIW by having attended 10, 20, 30 or 40 IIW Annual Assemblies: - 4 Attendance Recognition Certificates were presented for 10 IIW Annual Assemblies

- 2 Attendance Recognition Certificates were presented for 20 IIW Annual Assemblies

- 2 Attendance Recognition Certificates were presented for 30 IIW Annual Assemblies and

- 1 Attendance Recognition Certificate was presented for 40 IIW Annual Assemblies.

From left: IIW CEO, Dr.-Eng. Cécile Mayer and

IIW President, Dr. Baldev Raj,

honour Prof. Dr.- Ing.

Adolf F. Hobbacher (centre) for his

attendance of 40 IIW Annual Assemblies

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Service Recognition Awards

Service Recognition Awards were again presented in appreciation of longstanding voluntary service by IIW Working Unit Chairs. Four individuals were thus honoured during the IIW2013 Gala Banquet:

- Prof. Dr.-Eng. Yoshinori Hirata (Japan), for 7 years’ service as Chair of SG-212

- Dr. David Shackleton (United Kingdom), for 14 years’ service as Chair of the former SC-STAND, later WG-STAND

- Dipl.-Ing. Christian Ahrens (Germany), for 11 years’ service as Chair of IAB-A

- Mr James Guild (South Africa), for 8 years’ service as Chair of IAB-B The awardees were each presented with an engraved pin by IIW President, Dr. Baldev Raj, and Chair of the Technical Management Board, Prof. Gary B. Marquis (Finland).

At centre: Prof. Dr.-Eng. Yoshinori Hirata At centre: Dr. David Shackleton

At centre: Dipl.-Ing. Christian Ahrens At centre: Mr James Guild

Future Annual Assemblies

During the Gala Banquet held on Friday 13th September, 2013, at the Philharmonie Essen,

Dr.-Ing. Klaus Middeldorf and Mrs Simone Mahlstedt, on behalf of the IIW2013 Organising Committee, officially handed over the IIW flag to Prof. Hee Seok Chang and Prof. Sook Joo Na, representing the Organising Committee for the 67

th IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference, to be held in

Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 13-18 July, 2014.

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German Organisers Dr.-Ing. Klaus Middeldorf (centre right) and Mrs Simone Mahlstedt

hand over the IIW flag to representatives of the IIW2014-Seoul Organising Committee,

Prof. Hee Seok Chang (right) and Prof. Sook Joo Na (left)

Future IIW Annual Assemblies will be held as follows:

- 2014: in the Republic of Korea (Seoul), 13-18 July

- 2015: in Finland (Helsinki), 28 June-3 July

- 2016: in Australia (Melbourne), 10-15 July

- 2017: in P.R. of China (Shanghai), date to be decided

Future International Congresses and IIW-Associated Events

Future IIW International Congresses and IIW-Associated Events will be held as follows:

YEAR PLACE DATE EVENT

2014 Berlin,

GERMANY 2-4 April

IIW-Associated Event –

4th International Workshop on Cracking Phenomena in Welds

2014 Delhi, INDIA

7-10 April

IIW International Congress –

“Advancement in Welding, Cutting and Surfacing Technologies for Improved Economy, Reliability and

Sustainable Environment”

2014 Halle,

GERMANY 6-7 May

IIW-Associated Event –

Join-Trans 2014

3rd

European Conference on Joining and Construction of Railway Vehicles

2014 Vancouver,

CANADA

28 Sept.-

1 Oct.

IIW International Congress –

“Welding in the Arctic”

2015 Rio de Janeiro,

BRAZIL 27-29 May

IIW-Associated Event –

ISTS15

15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures

2015 Graz-Seggau,

AUSTRIA 27-30 Sept.

IIW-Associated Event –

11th International Seminar on Numerical Analysis of Weldability

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2013 IIW AWARDS

Henry Granjon Prize

The Henry Granjon prizes were presented by Dr. Fabrice Scandella on behalf of IS-Institut de Soudure (French Welding Institute).

— Category A “Joining and Fabrication Technology”

The prize was awarded to Mr Satya Gajapathi (Canada) for his paper, “A Novel Approach to Microwelding using Electron Beam.” Mr Satya Gajapathi completed his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India, in 2009. He subsequently attended the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in order to complete his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, which he was awarded in 2011. His Master’s research, under the guidance of Prof. Patricio F. Mendez and Prof. Sushanta K. Mitra, was focused on modelling and numerical simulation of electron beam welding, aimed at developing a novel approach to microwelding. His work received considerable attention and was published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and referred to in oral presentations. Upon completion of his Master’s degree, he was employed briefly at Apollo - Clad Laser Cladding (Leduc, Canada) where he developed a computer model to simulate laser heat treatment which is applied to determine process parameters for target case depths and hardness requirements in steel. He was also involved in developing efficient approaches for laser cladding, based on analytical models and the design of experiments. Since 2012, Mr Gajapathi has been in the employ of Ulterra (Leduc, Canada), where he is involved in research projects dealing with hard materials for drilling applications, wear testing, advanced welding and automation, and additive manufacturing.

From left: Dr. Fabrice Scandella and Mr Satya Gajapathi

— Category B “Materials Behaviour and Weldability”

The prize was awarded jointly to Dr Xinghua Yu (United States) for his paper, “Correlation of Ferrite Formation to Creep Properties of Cr-Mo Steel Welds” and to Mr MSc Rahul Sharma (Germany) for his paper, “Investigation on the Hot Cracking Sensitivity of Nickel-based Alloys during cold Wire Submerged Arc Welding with Externally-loaded Hot Cracking Tests.”

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Dr. Xinghua Yu received a BS in Welding Engineering in 2007 from Harbin Institute of Technology (P.R. of China) and a PhD in Welding Engineering from The Ohio State University (United States) in 2012. He is currently employed as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). During his PhD studies, his research focused on weld and heat-affected zone microstructures and the properties of naval steels and power plant steels. He also investigated hot cracking behaviours and the magnetic stirring effect of Ni alloy. Seven papers were published in peer-reviewed journals based on his PhD work. In addition, he has also delivered more than 20 presentations at technical conferences sponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), The Minerals Metals and Materials Society (TMS), EPRI and the Japan Welding Society (JWS). In 2010, Dr. Yu received an International Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to SPring-8 in Japan, the world’s largest third-generation synchrotron radiation facility. More recently, he has been working on hydrogen-induced cracking, weld fatigue and the development of welding consumables. Mr MSc Rahul Sharma was awarded an undergraduate degree in Materials Science in 2010, after completing his studies in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany). His thesis was focused on the mechanical properties of GMA-brazed joints in high-strength steels. He later obtained a Master’s Degree in Materials Science in 2013, specialising in construction materials and surface engineering. From 2005-2010, Mr M.Sc. Rahul Sharma was employed at the Welding and Joining Institute, RWTH Aachen University, as a student worker in the Arc Welding Department. Since 2010, he has been employed as a Research Engineer in the field of submerged arc welding and electroslag welding and has also been involved with in-situ studies with neutron radiation with a view to analysing the thermal strain field during welding. Mr Sharma has since embarked upon studies towards a doctoral degree, with a planned thesis in the field of materials behaviour during arc welding, while working concomitantly as a Research Assistant at the Welding and Joining Institute of RWTH Aachen University.

From left: Dr. Fabrice Scandella and Mr. Rahul Sharma

Category C “Design and Structural Integrity”

The prize was awarded to Dr Kawin Saiprasertkit (Japan) for his paper, “Fatigue Strength Assessment of Load Carrying Cruciform Joints in Low and High Cycle Fatigue Region based on Effective Notch Concept.”

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Dr. Kawin Saiprasertkit obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, following which he pursued his Master’s and PhD studies at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. His field of study has focused on the fatigue of steel structures, with particular emphasis on steel bridge bents, widely-used in urban areas as supporting structures for either highways or overpass bridges.

Recent surveys have revealed that weld defects have existed during the fabrication of most connections which could somehow lead to fatigue cracks from a high level of stress or strain concentrations. Dr. Saiprasertkit has thus concentrated primarily on the evaluation of the fatigue strength of beam-to-column connections under a number of material-mismatched conditions, combined with the numerous sizes of defects. The criticity of strength undermatching under high-intensity cyclic loads (eg. earthquakes) was the focus of Dr. Saiprasertkit’s research and he eventually proposed a master curve to evaluate them all as the result of his experimental and analytical work on several types of joints.

Dr. Saiprasertkit is currently employed as Assistant Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he conducts research and delivers lectures at the undergraduate degree level.

From left: Dr. Fabrice Scandella

and Dr. Kawin Saiprasertkit

— Category D “Human Related Subjects”

The prize was awarded to Mr Weijie Zhang (United States) for his paper, “Modeling of Human Welder Behavior.”

Mr Weijie Zhang received his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering/Control from the Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. of China, in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He later joined the University of Kentucky at Lexington (USA) in 2008 as a Research Assistant and PhD student in its Welding Research Laboratory. His major research interests include sensors, arc welding processes, system identification and control.

Mr Zhang has published approximately 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, including the (AWS) American Welding Society’s Welding Journal and the journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). His research on the study of the human welder’s behaviour during welding performance has been documented in four accepted/published papers in Research Supplements of the Welding Journal, one IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering paper as the lead author and one ASME Transaction of Manufacturing Science and Engineering paper as the second author.

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Mr Zhang’s paper, presented in 2012 at the IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics, received the honour of being identified as one of the top ten scored papers from amongst over 300 papers. His story as a promising researcher in welding has been featured by the Welding Journal.

Ugo Guerrera Prize

The Ugo Guerrera Prize, sponsored by IIS-Istituto Italiano della Saldatura (Italian Institute of Welding), was presented by Dr. Luca Costa, Head of the Italian Delegation, to Dr. Jean Gérald (France) for the “Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier.” International Welding Engineer, Dr. Jean Gérald, graduated in Applied Mathematics from the Pierre et Marie Curie University (Paris, France), later receiving his PhD Degree in Fatigue of Welded Steel Structures from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (Oise, France). Dr. Gérald’s entire career has been focused on the design and construction of large welded structures and he has had a broad and rich professional life which includes the study of offshore platforms and naval warships. In 1987, after 14 years with Elf Aquitaine (now TOTAL - the French international oil and gas company), he joined the French Ministry of Defence as Head of the Naval Structure Section. In this position, he was in charge of the definition of structural design rules and fabrication procedures which were to be applied to all French naval ships, both submarine and surface. He was also responsible for the verification and certification of adherence to these rules and procedures for the design of naval ship structures. These responsibilities led Dr. Gérald to spend a significant part of his career in the design and subsequent trials/fittings of the aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, the French Navy nuclear-powered vessel. He also directed the specific studies and tests carried out in order to better understand and improve the reliability of structures in the case of a naval collision, of major importance for general nuclear aircraft carrier safety. In 1984, Dr. Gérald was appointed French Delegate to IIW Commission XV and is currently Vice-Chair of this Working Unit. He is also the designated Expert for France for IIW Commission XIII. In addition, as Associate Professor at the École des Ponts ParisTech, he is currently responsible for curriculum development and also lectures the courses “Introduction to Material Science” and “Metals Learning.” The latter course focuses particularly on the subject of assembly techniques and especially, welding. Dr. Gérald is a Member of the prestigious French Legion of Honour and has been awarded the Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, the highest academic honour awarded by the French Republic.

From left: Dr. Luca Costa and Dr. Jean

Gérald

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Welding in the World Best Paper Award

The Welding in the World Best Paper Award, sponsored by the IIW, was presented by Prof. John C. Lippold, one of the journal’s Editors, to Mr Masami Mizutani and Prof. Dr. Seiji Katayama, both of the Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Japan, for their paper, “TIG weld penetration improvement by laser-activated process with oxygen.” Mr Masami Mizutani has been employed as a Technical Official for the Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI) at Osaka University, Japan. He simultaneously prepared his Bachelor’s and Master’s theses, respectively, “Geometry of Liquid Surface Formed by Surface Tension" and "Propagation Characteristics of Laser Beam above Specimen during Laser Welding" completed at the Open University of Japan. The holder of several patents, Mr Mizutani has received several awards from academic societies and also contributes greatly to the development and instruction of observation techniques for welding phenomena at the JWRI. He currently investigates applications of laser-to-welding and is in the process of preparing his doctoral thesis on “Arc Welding Assisted with Laser” as part of his doctoral studies at Osaka University. Prof. Dr. Seiji Katayama is a Professor at Osaka University, Japan, and Director General of its Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI). Since 1981, in his roles as Research Instructor, Associate Professor and Professor, he has been very actively studying laser materials processing and welding. In particular, he has focused on laser and hybrid welding phenomena and the formation mechanisms of defects, as well as the development of preventive procedures for laser and hybrid welding defects, the laser direct joining process between metal and plastic or CFRP, low vacuum laser welding process for the production of sound deep-penetration welds, high-speed laser cutting process of CFRP. Prof. Dr. Katayama has authored over 350 papers and 66 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to more than 20 books as a co-author on laser materials processing. He has also delivered more than 170 lectures or oral presentations at meetings, symposia and conferences and has twice received the award of “Best Paper of the Year” by the Japan Welding Society (JWS) and three times by the Japan Light Metal Welding and Construction Association (JLWA). Prof. Dr. Katayama currently holds various positions, including President of the Japan Laser Processing Society, Chair of High Energy Beam Processing Committee of the Japan Welding Society (JWS), Chair of the Laser Welding Committee of the JLWA, as well as the Japanese Delegate to Commission IV of the IIW.

From left: Prof. Dr. Seiji Katayama, Mr Masami Mizutani and

Prof. John C. Lippold

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Yoshiaki Arata Award

The Yoshiaki Arata Award, sponsored by the Japanese Delegation, was presented by Prof. Dr.-Eng. Yoshinori Hirata, Head of the Japanese Delegation, to Dr. Damian J. Kotecki (United States). Dr. Damian J. Kotecki has conducted and published research on the welding of stainless steels for a period spanning more than 40 years. His research has included extension of the Ferrite Number system for determining ferrite content of nominally austenitic to duplex ferritic-austenitic stainless steel weld metals, placement of martensite boundaries on the WRC-1992 Constitution Diagram for stainless steel weld metals, effects of ferrite content on duplex stainless steel weld metal properties, and effects of post-weld heat treatment on duplex stainless steel weld metal properties. For nearly 25 years, he has lectured internationally on the welding metallurgy of stainless steels. He is co-author of the reference book Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels.

From left: Prof. Dr.-Eng. Yoshinori Hirata and Dr. Damian J. Kotecki

Walter Edström Medal

The Walter Edström Medal, sponsored by the Swedish Delegation, was awarded to the late Mr IWE Halil Kaya Gedik (Turkey). The award was presented by Mr Lars Johansson, Head of the Swedish Delegation, to Mrs Hülya Gedik-Sadiklar, who received the award on behalf of her late father. The late Halil Kaya Gedik, Founder of Gedik Welding (1963) and later, Gedik Casting & Valve (1967), was one of the first international welding engineers in Turkey. His hard work and dedication as an industrialist resulted in the expansion and diversification of his companies under the umbrella of GEDIK Holding, founded in 1983. Based on his personal philosophy of “giving back to society,” he set up Gedik Education Foundation (GEV) in 1994 and it has since provided innumerable educational and training opportunities via its non-profit welding training centre, benefitting almost 40,000 people to date. Through GEV, he distinguished himself as a devoted philanthropist, undertaking several “social responsibility projects.” His enduring altruism included the construction and donation of schools and dormitories as his “contributions to the Turkish education system.”

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After GEV became the IIW’s responsible member for Turkey in 2008, he invested his time and effort into making International Welding Engineering Education readily available in his country. As an initiative of GEV, the Gedik University opened its doors for the academic year 2010-2011 and remains a true testament to successful and strategic cooperation between industry and academia. Halil Kaya Gedik was also instrumental in the creation of the Turkish Welding Technology Academy (TKTA), founded in 2009 to federate the Turkish welding industry, thereby undertaking a leadership role in the growth and development of the Turkish welding sector. Both TKTA and Gedik University have since become additional IIW Member Societies for Turkey. For his numerous charitable works, he received several accolades, including the “Outstanding Service Medal” from the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 2007 and an Honorary Doctorate degree from Usak University. In his honour, the “Halil Kaya Gedik Award” will also be presented for the first time during the 2013 IIW Annual Assembly in Essen-Germany. In the short period of time that Turkey has been a Member Country, Halil Kaya Gedik demonstrated remarkable loyalty and commitment to the IIW. As the IIW community knows, via Gedik Holding, the 2010 IIW Annual Assembly was rescued after Halil Kaya Gedik accepted to host this major event in Istanbul, virtually at the last minute. It is for this single outstanding action towards the IIW that he was posthumously awarded the 2013 Walter Edström Medal.

From left: Mr Lars Johansson and Mrs Hülya Gedik-Sadiklar

who received the award on behalf of her late father

Arthur Smith Award

The Arthur Smith Award, sponsored by the United Kingdom Delegation, was presented by the Head of the United Kingdom Delegation, Eur Ing Norman I. Cooper, to Eur Ing Dr. David Shackleton (United Kingdom).

Eur Ing Dr. David Shackleton is a metallurgist who was awarded a BMet from Sheffield University and a PhD from Leeds University. He began his career at The Welding Institute (TWI), initially in the Metallurgy Department and subsequently in the Welding Processes Department where he worked on a range of different materials and a variety of welding processes.

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He was later appointed Chief Metallurgist for welding consumables manufacture and Metallurgical Manager in the employ of a large fabricator. Since that time, he has worked as an independent consultant in welding technology and quality assurance. Currently, he is a Senior Welding Engineer in the oil and gas equipment supply industry. During his long career, Dr. Shackleton has assumed many roles in the IIW since his very first paper was presented in Commission XII in about 1968. He was later named Chair of SC-XII-D on Flux and Gas-shielded Welding Consumable Standardisation, a position he held for 14 years until it was amalgamated into SC-II-E. He has remained a member, albeit somewhat inactive, both of Commission XII and Commission II. He was also the UK delegate to Commission VII from 1996-2000 when it became part of the IAB. Since then, he has been a member of IAB Groups A and B, becoming a Peer Assessor and assisting with the assessments of the Nigerian and Turkish ANBs. He is also a member of the Select Committee – Quality Management in Welding and Allied Processes and has been a regular contributor. Dr. Shackleton joined the Select Committee on Standardisation in 1985, later becoming its Chair in 1998. In 2007, when the SC was closed and the work was transferred to the Board of Directors Working Group on Standardisation, he assumed its chairmanship until handing over to his successor in 2012. He has also served on the Technical Management Board from 2000-2012. Over the years, he has contributed numerous papers to the various Working Units in which he has been involved. Dr. Shackleton is the current UK Delegate to ISO/TC44 and CEN/TC121 and is a member of ISO/TC44/SC10 and CEN/TC121/SC4. He was also a member of the ISO Working Group which undertook the revision of ISO 3834.

From left: Eur Ing Dr. David Shackleton and Eur Ing Norman I. Cooper

Thomas Medal

The Thomas Medal, sponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS), was presented by Mrs Nancy Cole, President of the American Welding Society, to Prof. Xiao-Ling Zhao (Australia). Prof. Xiao-Ling Zhao is the holder of Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a PhD and Doctor of Engineering (higher doctorate) in Civil Engineering from The University of Sydney, as well as a MBA (Executive) jointly awarded by The University of Sydney and The University of New South Wales (Australia).

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He has been a member of WTIA (Welding Technology Institute of Australia) since 1992 and an active participant in the IIW over the last 20 years. Since 2002, Prof. Zhao has been Chair of IIW Sub-Commission XV-E on Tubular Structures. Under his leadership, XV-E wrote two ISO standards (ISO 14346 and ISO 14347), four design guides (available in 4 languages) and a text book on welded hollow-section joints, and organised five International Symposia on Tubular Structures. Prof. Zhao has been very active in conducting research on welded tubular structures, sponsored by the Australian Research Council and by industry, with total funding exceeding $10 million. He has supervised 22 PhD students to completion and published 8 books, 175 refereed journal papers and over 215 conference papers. He is also a member of the Editorial Board for three international journals. Prof. Zhao was the Head of Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University, Australia, from 2008 to 2011. Prof. Zhao was elected to Fellows of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Engineers Australia (IEAust) and International Institute of FRP for Construction (IIFC). His achievements have been recognised internationally through several prestigious fellowships awarded by The Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Swiss National Science Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1000 Talent Award Program (P.R. of China) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).

From left: Mrs Nancy Cole and Prof. Xiao-Ling Zhao

Evgeny Paton Prize

The Evgeny Paton Prize, sponsored by the National Welding Committee of the Ukraine and the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, was presented by the Head of the Ukrainian Delegation, Prof. Konstantin Yushchenko to Prof. Dr.-Ing Adolf F. Hobbacher (Germany). Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf F. Hobbacher graduated in 1961 in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University in Stuttgart, Germany. He began his professional career in 1962 as a Project and Design Engineer at a company dealing with chemical plant equipment, heavy machinery and pressure vessels, later becoming Head of the Design Office.

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His career in academia started 1967, with the establishment of the new institution which later became the Jade University of Applied Sciences. He finalised his doctoral thesis on the application of fracture mechanics to fatigue of structures in Aerospace Engineering at the Aachen Institute of Technology. In 1980, he was appointed as a full Professor, lecturing on welding technology, structural steelwork, pressure vessels and pipes, as well as design methodology. In 1998, as the Head of the Welding Laboratory, he instigated and established the new Institute for Materials and Production Technology and became its first Director. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hobbacher’s scientific work was always closely related to welded structures. Since 1978, he has chaired the German Welding Society (DVS) working group on design and analysis. In 1974, he was elected Chair of the IIW Joint Working Group XIII-XV, a position which he still holds to this day. This group was given the responsibility of developing applicable fatigue design recommendations in an international agreement. Prof. Hobbacher was subsequently elected Chair of IIW Commission XV in 1996 and was later re-elected for the following 10 years. His scientific efforts resulted in numerous publications and documents, most especially the IIW Recommendations for Fatigue Design and Analysis of Welded Components, which have been published in English, French, German and Japanese. These Recommendations have gained worldwide recognition and have served many code-making bodies as a basis for their regulations. He is continuously working on updates of the Recommendations and considering recent developments. Although Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hobbacher has officially retired, he has remained very active in the IIW, in various scientific projects and in consulting.

From left: Prof. Konstantin Yushchenko and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf F. Hobbacher

Halil Kaya Gedik Award

Sponsored by the Turkish Delegation and awarded for the first time in 2013, the Halil Kaya Gedik Award was presented by Dr. Mustafa Koçak, CEO of Gedik Holding, to Mr Hideyuki Yamamoto (Japan). Immediately after graduating from the Department of Applied Physics at the School of Engineering in Nagoya University (Japan) in 1965, Mr Hideyuki Yamamoto joined the Osaka Transformer Co., Ltd. (currently the DAIHEN Corporation) in its R&D Division for Welding and Cutting Machines.

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This position engaged him in basic research on arc welding and plasma cutting techniques and development of control techniques to generate many new arc welding processes and machines, thereby allowing him to contribute directly to the progress, growth and improvement of this field. In the 1980s, when high-current power transistors were developed, Mr Yamamoto was among the first to recognize the importance of utilising the quick response characteristic of a transistor inverter. He subsequently developed various current control methods according to the arc phenomena of different welding processes, and succeeded in significantly improving the performance of arc welding machines. He also innovated arc welding techniques and thus largely contributed to automation and labour-saving in welding. With regard to these outstanding development achievements, Mr Yamamoto presented many arc welding machines and process techniques for welding-related journals and conferences, both in Japan and overseas, and helped to invigorate domestic and international welding societies and associations. His IIW activities have included service as a rapporteur on the development and wide use of gas-shielded arc welding equipment in Japan in IIW Commission XII (1989-1995), and he also played a key role in the organisation of the 2004 IIW Annual Assembly in Osaka as a member of the Finance Committee. Mr Yamamoto has been awarded many prizes by the Japan Welding Society, for which he has also served in various capacities including as a Board Member (1990-1993), Vice-President (2006-2007) and Chair of its Technical Commission on Welding Arc Physics.

From left: Dr. Mustafa Koçak and Mr Hideyuki Yamamoto