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 MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT

Dear IIW Colleagues,

I recently watched one of my favourite Christmas movies with a couple of
my grandchildren, The Polar Express. It is a wonderful story with a central
theme that I believe is a good lesson for children and adults alike.
As the year draws to a close, I want to take thin opportunity to remind us all ‘what
a year 2020 has been’. I think that statement will go down in history as one of the
greatest understatements of all time.
As 2020 began, the IIW Board of Directors spent two days during the winter intermediate meetings
in a workshop developing plans to execute the Operational Plan in support of our Strategic Plan to place
IIW as ‘The leading global community linking industry, research, and education to the advancement of welding
and joining for a safer and sustainable world’. With the completion of the transition to a new Secretariat host by
Istituto Italiano della Saldatura (Italian Institute of Welding) and under the direction of our new CEO, Dr. Luca Costa,
your Board was excited and optimistic for the future. Little did we know at that time that not only our world, but
literally ‘the entire world’ was going to change by five letters and two numbers – COVID-19.
In February we began watching the World Health Organization’s website on a daily basis. In March we made the
decision to cancel all face-to-face IIW meetings and conferences including the much-anticipated Annual Assembly
in Singapore. In April we decided to host a virtual Annual Assembly leaving us only two and a half months to prepare
for an experience none of us had ever had before. By May, virtual Board meetings became the ‘new normal’,
facilitating the bye-law that change was needed to allow a virtual IIW General Assembly. With the Annual Assembly
quickly approaching in June the Board focused its efforts to the more traditional tasks such as renewals of members
to the Board of Directors and Technical Management Board (TMB), while anxiously watching the numbers of
registrations to the virtual Annual Assembly steadily increase.
In July, through the incredible work of Dr Luca Costa, the entire staff of the Secretariat, and the amazing efforts of
countless volunteers from the IIW family, we had over 650 total participants from 39 different countries join together
for the Online Annual Assembly. There were approximately 150 hours of meetings in 48 different sessions which
resulted in 240 scientific papers, standards, position papers, best practice documents and guidelines presented.
After a very successful Annual Assembly and limited summer vacations, there was optimism that travel restrictions
were beginning to loosen and maybe we would be able to once again meet face-to-face at the intermediate
meetings in January or most certainly in Genoa in June of 2021, however, by September the second wave of COVID-
19 began to appear.
By the end of September, the Board not only had to make the decision to host the Winter 2020 intermediate meetings
online, but also to host the 2021 Annual Assembly online at the request of Istituto Italiano della Saldatura. As difficult
as it has been to make these decisions, our number one focus has been on the safety and health of the IIW family.
COVID-19 has affected not only our lives from a professional standpoint, but it has also affected many in a very personal
way through sickness and loss. To those who have lost family and loved ones, please accept my deepest condolences.
Many have said that they would like to close 2020 and forget that it ever happened but I am not sure that is the best
advice to follow. Sir Winston Churchill been credited with stating that we should ‘never let a good crisis go to waste’.
Whether Churchill actually said this or not, the principle that ‘good’ can come from ‘crisis’ is where I want to focus.
In 2020 we learned new ways to conduct our businesses. We have learned to use technology to connect with more
customers and clients. We learned to take risks at the same time we were limiting risk.
From an IIW perspective, we learned that we could hold an Annual Assembly entirely online and indeed conduct surveillance
audits for the International Authorisation Board (IAB) business remotely. We have learned that we can have meetings of
the administrative units such as the Board of Directors or TMB on a more frequent basis without the added cost of travel.
With the assistance of some of our Member Societies we have learned that together we can participate in completely virtual
International Conferences as well as blended virtual/face-to-face International Congresses. We have learned that we can do
the business of IIW without significant expense, which has often been expressed as a limitation to the growth IIW.
Please do not misunderstand me. The use of technology will never replace the comradery, networking and social
interaction that comes from meeting face-to-face. As humans and professional colleagues, we need to meet
together. We will meet together face-to-face soon. Which brings me back to The Polar Express and the lesson for
children and adults alike... Believe!
Respectfully,

MR DAVID LANDON
President, International Institute of Welding (2020-2023), Iowa, USA

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TABLE OF
CONTENTS

OUR PEOPLE 4

IIW Board of Directors 2020/2021 4

Managing the Organisationa

IIW Secretariats 5

IIW ACCOUNTS 2019 6

Treasure’s Report 6

SHARING WITH PEERS 8

IIW 2020 Online Annual Assembly

Thoughts shared by Dr Stephan Egerland 8

Spotlight on new Chairs 9

IIW Working Units 10

LEARNING 14
The Message of the IAB Chair and CEO 14

Roles and Responsibilities:

Who is Doing What 15

2020 Highlights from Group A 15

2020 Highlights from Group B 15

2020/21 IIW AND

ASSOCIATED EVENTS 16

INFLUENCING 17

IIW Journal Welding in the World 17

Technology Areas 18

Performance Data 19

RECOGNITION 20

2020 IIW Annual Assembly and Awards 20

2020 IIW Awards 21

2020 Awards for Career Achievements

and Contributions to IIW 21

2020 Awards for Outstanding Technical Achieve 25

COLLABORATING 27

IIW Member Societies 27

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 OUR
PEOPLE

IIW Board of Directors

2020/2021

Mr David Landon Dr Stefano Pinca Mr Douglas Luciani Prof. Thomas Böllinghaus

(USA) (Italy) (Canada) (Germany)
President Past President Treasurer

Dr Zheng Sun Ing. Sorin Keller Dr Stephan Egerland Prof. Xiaoyan Li

(Singapore) (Switzerland) (Austria) (P.R. China)
Vice President

Dr Roland Boecking Prof. Shuji Aihara Prof. Manabu Tanaka Prof. Srinivasan
(Germany) (Japan) (Japan) Ramachandran Iyer
Vice President (India)

Dr Luca Costa Mr. Robert Shaw Prof. Vencislav Grabulov

(Italy) (USA) (Serbia)
CEO

Prof. Pedro Almeida Matias Prof. Boyoung Lee

(Portugal) (Republic of Korea)

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 OUR
PEOPLE

Managing the Organisation

IIW Secretariats
IIW has benefited from a prestigious history of Secretariat services provided by Member Societies, from the early
parallel roles of The Welding Institute UK as Administrative Secretariat and Institut de Soudure France as Technical
Secretariat to 1995 when Institut de Soudure took on the combined Secretariat role. Since 2020 IIW has been
under the management of a General Secretariat hosted by Istituto Italiano della Saldatura in Genoa, Italy.

Also in 2020, the service agreement for the International Authorisation Board (IAB) management team was
renewed with the European Welding Federation (EWF) with the agreement updated to include services aligned
with the needs of IIW and IAB members for the next five years.

The IIW is grateful to the current and past Secretariats for their outstanding work performed over more than 70
years of growth of the organisation, coupling continuity with the past with renewed energy in all enterprises.
Personnel at the current Secretariats aim to deliver world class service to the IIW community and support the
organisation and its members as they face current and future challenges.

IIW SECRETARIAT IAB MANAGEMENT TEAM

DR LUCA COSTA DR ROSARIO RUSSO ENG. RUTE FERRAZ DR. EURICO ASSUNÇÃO
Chief Executive Officer Administrative and IAB Chief Executive IAB Deputy Chief Executive
Communication Specialist

DR ELISABETTA MR ANDREW DAVIS ENG. PEDRO CATARINO MS. MARIA FLORES

SCIACCALUGA Standards Officier IAB Technical Officer IAB Projects and
Technical Manager Administrative Assistant

MRS ERDMUTHE RAUFELDER DR FRANCESCO DE FINO ENG. ITALO FERNANDES ENG. TOBIAS ROSADO
Editorial Office Manager IT Assistant IAB System Manager Deputy IAB System Manager

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 IIW ACCOUNTS 2019

Treasure’s Report

The IIW ended 2019 with a financial result after taxes of € -67,671. The major factor for
this deficit is that four Member Societies were not able to pay their yearly membership
fees for a total bad debt inventory of € -51,187. During the 2019 General Assembly, the
memberships of two of these societies were terminated.

In follow-up to the decision of the 2019 General Assembly in Bratislava, the IIW began to the process of
transitioning the IIW Secretariat from France to Italy including moving the country of incorporation. During 2019
this involved extraordinary expenses of € 61,929. This was not included in the 2019 budget, which the General
Assembly approved in Bali in July 2018 long before this transition was being considered.

Even though these transition costs were not included in the 2019 budget, they were known at the time of the
decision to move the Secretariat to its new location. Once the decision to move the IIW Secretariat was made,
the IIW President gave instructions to review and, where possible, reduce other expenses.

Approximately € 35,000 of other expenses were eliminated so that the net operating result (before including bad
debts) was € 16,484.

Going forward, the IIW Board of Directors and CEO have started exploring new sources of revenue as the IIW
provides services of increased value to new and existing stakeholders.

Through the Marketing and Communications Plan, we also seek to strengthen the finances
of our Member Societies. The largest single expense of the IIW is the cost of its
Secretariat services. As a result of the move to Italy, this yearly cost will
decrease by about 5% while simultaneously providing more services to
IIW Member Societies and Working Units.
GARY B. MARQUIS
Treasurer

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 ITEM REALIZED 2019 REALISED Δ (%)
31/12/2018 BUDGET 31/12/2019 2018-19
INCOME
Membership fees 466.136 470.798 467.730 0,3
Fees from IIW events (A.A.+ Congress) 107.520 104.145 109.109 1,5
Other incomes 7.011 8.500 1.542 -78,0
Welding in the World 50.670 55.000 50.261 -0,8
Interest from bank accounts 1.565 2.000 1.164 -25,6
TOTAL 636.363 640.443 629.807 -1,0

EXPENDITURE
Secretariat 487.040 495.261 500.434 2,8
Travelling expenses 29.717 35.000 21.053 -29,2
Direct costs for meetings and prizes 2.564 2.000 2.733 6,6
Office supplies and computer maintenance 790 1.000 263 -66,8
Postage and telephone 816 1.500 55 -93,3
Promotion and communication 14.358 35.000 11.545 -19,6
IIW website (hosting & maintenance) 9.600 10.000 14.893 55,1
Audit fees and legal fees 33.067 30.000 23.503 -28,9
Bank charges 1.979 2.000 1.852 -6,4
Straight-line method of depreciation 4.310 4.272 4.321 0,3
Insurance 2.427 3.000 2.707 11,5
Business Tax 12.320 1.050 1.000 -91,9
Other charges 474 2 -99,6
Extraordinary costs: transfer Secretariat to Italy - 61.929 -
TOTAL 599.462 620.083 646.290 7,8

OPERATING RESULT 36.901 20.360 -16.484 -144,7

BAD DEBTS INVENTORY

Bad debts recovered 42.800 -100,0
Provision for doubful account -27.575 -41.380 50,1
Irrecoverable debt -51.846 -9.807 -81,1
TOTAL -36.621 -51.187 39,8

NET RESULT BEFORE TAX 280 -67.671

Tax result
RESULT AFTER TAX 280 -67.671

The amounts are in Euros.

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 SHARING
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IIW 2020 Online Annual Assembly

Thoughts shared by Dr Stephan Egerland
Chairman of the IIW Technical Management Board
“The world can only be grasped by action, not contemplation”
Jacob Bronowski
Using this quote from the IIW History Book ‘Linking People, Joining Nations – The impact of the International
Institute of Welding since 1990’; I feel delighted to share some humble personal thoughts with you, my friends,
colleagues, and fellow members of the International Institute of Welding.
Just a few months ago, driven by severe exceptional circumstances, we had to accept a bitter truth. As so many of
us had already scheduled, we could not meet face-to-face to attend the IIW 2020 Annual Assembly in beautiful
Singapore. The decision to postpone this event but therefore instead to head onwards to an Online Annual Assembly,
proved unprecedented since IIW was founded in 1948. Having been part of the preceding discussions held on the
IIW Board of Directors; I can freely admit: The Board has taken this fundamental decision by no means easily.
I myself however, seem to recall one statement made those days, saying, “Who, if not we, the IIW, could make an
online event of such size and quality happen?” Hence, today, looking back with all the experiences made; intuitively
following the quote initially used above, and deciding in favour of being active but not contemplative, the decision
taken those days by the IIW Directors could not have been better.
Wholeheartedly representing the Scientific and Technical side of IIW, I must confess; I also was quite excited, once it
was clear where the journey should take us. However, I never had a single doubt that the IIW Technical Working Units
(WU) and their remarkable Chairs and Members collectively would be able to achieve something really outstanding.
All challenges arising upfront, and to be perfectly honest with you, there were quite a number, were tackled with the same
profound professionalism and passion as always, if not even more. Recalling that just some couple of months were available
from the initial ‘Go!’ to crossing the finish line, I am still speechless and left with overwhelming memories and gratefulness
for humble participating in organisation and execution of this very premiere – the 2020 IIW Online Annual Assembly.
Beyond any doubt; it cannot be overestimated. The passionate enthusiasm of IIW WU Chairs paired with merely
perfect assistance provided by the IIW Secretariat, their common availability, regardless of which global time zone
affected, have made this first Online Annual Assembly an unsurpassed success. The number of attendees, happily
also many IIW ‘Newcomers’, speaks for itself. It is deeply impressive, even for an ‘old hand’ like myself, to learn that
some Technical Commissions could count almost 170 (!) participants per online session held. I dare suggesting that
this can be safely put on the long list of IIW success stories.
In addition. The experiences gathered along with this first IIW Online Annual Assembly, especially the feedback
from the WU Chairs to IIW Secretariat and organisers may certainly prove invaluable. Particularly the technical aspects
related to holding the WU sessions; e.g. virtual session environment, transmission quality, possibilities of participation
in the discussions subsequently to technical presentations, as a row of further technical details, competently reported
by WU Chairs, will help the association to cope with future challenges possibly already in sight.
To finish, and I do greatly hope you may find these information as useful as I myself. Two IIW Task Groups (TG) were
established to deal with subjects of great importance to the IIW. TG ‘Best Practice Documents’ and TG ‘IIW Working
Unit Operation’. Both will work under the oversight of the IIW Technical Management Board (TMB) and will be in
charge of deriving applicable recommendations, enabling the IIW to systematically use the vast amount of technical
information produced by IIW WU’s. In brief, the technical documents collected shall be categorised and made available
especially to the industry by so-called “Best Practice” or “Recommended Practice” papers. The intention: To help
industrial users to partake in the unique values generated within IIW. TG ‘IIW Working Unit Operation’, again,
competently chaired by Dr Maria Asuncion Valiente Bermejo, will be taking care of profoundly reviewing and, in case
of need, revising the structure against IIW Technical Working Units do operate; finally, to make them ‘fit’ for the future’
and the challenges related to both our new IIW Strategy and Operational Plan. Like I say; two TG’s of high impact and
importance and certainly more exciting news sooner rather than later to expect from their remarkable members.
I do feel proud to be part of this outstanding community of Technical Commission Chairs and Members, and our great
IIW family as a whole. I do sincerely congratulate all the WU Chairs for having done so extraordinary well in dynamically
and professionally overcoming all the smaller and greater unexpected challenges. I am grateful for their friendliness
and confidence consistently shared and for allowing me to assist them to the best of my abilities. For me, as chairing
the Technical Management Board of the IIW, it is especially they who made this IIW 2020 Online Assembly the scientific
and technical success it finally proved to be. And … it is they and all of you which I deeply wish to meet and welcome
very soon again – be it either in person (note that this would definitely be my primary choice) or virtually.
DR STEPHAN EGERLAND
Austria

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Spotlight on new Chairs

Through their leadership the chairs of IIW

Working Units voluntarily share their knowledge,
experience and resources to make excellent
contributions to the vibrancy and productivity Mr Jérôme Dietsch (France)
of the Working Units, the progress of IIW and C-VI / TERMINOLOGY
the promotion of welding around the world.
Mr. Jerome Dietsch started his
career in 2005 as an Information
Manager for Institut de Soudure
Groupe – the French Welding Institute.
While his academic background did
not destine him specifically for the field of
welding, his curiosity and commitment in his
work allowed him to acquire by ex-perience
a very large and consistent overview of most
aspects of welding technologies. An active
member of IIW Commission VI Terminology
since 2008, from 2013 Dietsch became
more and more involved in standardisation
activities. He has been the French Delegate
not only to the IIW Working Group on
Standardisation but also to a number of
Prof. Guisheng Zou
CEN and ISO Technical Committees,
C-VII / MICROJOINING
Subcommittees and Working Groups,
AND NANOJOINING
including those dealing with welding
consumables, health and safety, quality
Prof. Guisheng Zou is currently a full-time
management and personnel qualification.
tenured professor in the Department of
His main area of interest remains in
Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University,
welding terminology, which has led him
Beijing, P.R. China. He received his bachelor
to become the new Chair of ISO/ TC 44/SC
and master degrees from Xian Jiaotong University,
7 Representation and Terms in the beginning
Xian, Shanxi province, China, in 1988 and 1991,
of 2018.
respectively, and PhD from Tsinghua University,
Beijing, China, in 2000. He worked as a visiting As winner of the 2018 IIW Thomas Medal
professor in the Center for Advanced Materials Dr Dietsch will present the Thomas Lecture.
Joining, University of Waterloo, Canada, during
2009-2010. He is currently a Standing Committee
Member of China Welding Society (CWS), and also
serves as Senior Editor for the Journal of Laser
Application.
His research interests include micro- and nano-
joining and electronic packaging application, synthesis/
preparation of nano-particle materials by chemical and
laser methods and application, precision processing at
micro/nano-scale by ultra-short laser and application, joining/
welding of advanced materials and special materials.
He has published seven books/book chapters
and over 350 papers/abstracts including over
135 peer- reviewed SCI-indexed papers, and
contributed to over 80 presentations in
national and international conferences.

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IIW Working Units

C-I / ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, SURFACING, AND THERMAL CUTTING

Mr Ing. Doug Kautz

The C-I meeting was held during the Online Annual Assembly on July 24 and 25, 2020. We covered
many administrative items, including the Terms of Reference and held a chair election. We had six
technical papers that were all well received and different materials, equipment and technologies
were discussed. There are plans for joint meetings next March/April with C-IV, C-XII and SG 212.

C-II / ARC WELDING AND FILLER METALS

Dr Gerhard Posch

Commission II is working on an ISO Technical Report on Guidance on specification and

measurement of ferrite in stainless steel weld metal, on the metallurgy of additive manufactured
parts and on cracking phenomena in creep resistant and austenitic weld metals. A further focus
is the development of creep resistant filler metals and fillers for high-entropy alloys.

C-III / RESISTANCE WELDING, SOLID STATE WELDING AND ALLIED JOINING PROCESS
Dr Ing. Jorge dos Santos

Commission III conducted two very successful meetings in 2020: a face-to-face Intermediate
Meeting in Songdo, Republic of Korea and the OnlineAnnual Assembly. 39 documents were
presented in 2020 and 18 documents have been recommended for publication in Welding in the
World. The WG-B1 Revision of the ISO 25239 Friction Stir Welding – Aluminium, successfully
concluded its activities in 2020. The revised standard was published July 2020.

C-IV / POWER BEAM PROCESSES

Dr Herbert Staufer

The Commission is especially active in the study of the application of power beam processes
to novel and otherwise difficult to weld materials like high-strength steels, stainless steels,
light alloys, dissimilar materials and coated products.

C-V / NDT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF WELDED PRODUCTS

Dr Marc Kreutzbruck

All five Sub-Commissions were active in the improvement and development of new
nondestructive testing methods and their transfer into real test scenarios of welded
components. In C-V-C we have almost finalised new TFM/FMC ISO Standards 23864 and 23865
detailing how to use new ultrasonic imaging methods, and passed a resolution on the new
FDIS stage. The newly founded Working Group on the Handbook on testing anisotropic
materials, under the leadership of Channa Nageswaran, was able to gain the cooperation of a
number of new international experts. The Working Group for the development of a new
revision of the ISO standard of the MMM method, headed by Uwe Zscherpel, was closed after
successful submission.The new Working Group Eddy Current Arrays, led by Casper Wassink,
is also enjoying great interest. Numerous experts from all over the world have expressed their
cooperation here and have already drawn up a working agenda for 2021.

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C-VI / TERMINOLOGY
Mr Jérôme Dietsch

Commission VI is continuing close collaboration with ISO Technical Committees on welding

and allied process and on plastics joining for the development of international standards
covering the vocabularies for these fields. The main subjects currently discussed are laser
welding, plastics joining and thermal cutting. The maintenance of the IIW Thesaurus in
Subcommission VI-A remains also a matter of interest, with new members joining the group.

C-VII / MICROJOINING AND NANOJOINING

Prof. Guisheng Zou

This commission aims at micro-/nano-joining and other related materials processing technologies
at micro-/nano scales. Our group achieved extensive success at the Online Annual Assembly in 2020,
with nine presentations made in the one-day session. An intermediated meeting of the Commission
will be held at the International Conference on Nanojoining and Microjoining 2021 in Germany.

C-VIII / HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

Eur. Ing. Geoff Melton

Welding fume continues to dominate the activities of this Commission. Occupational exposure
limits for the constituents of welding fume are being reduced so the welding industry needs
to understand the mechanisms and improved ways of controlling exposure. In 2018 the
International Agency for Research on Cancer published Monograph 118, classifying fume
and UV radiation from welding as a Group 1 carcinogens. IIW has prepared a statement on
this which will be published soon. As well as welding fume, other topics in 2020 included
elect, electrical safety and requirements for the eco-design of welding equipment.

C-IX / BEHAVIOUR OF METALS SUBJECTED TO WELDING

Dr Hee Jin Kim

Even with the online format, Commission IX held its usual three-day meetings and made 14
presentaitons were made successfully. The comprehensive Q&A session was exteded via email
after the meeting time expired. A total of nine papers were recommended for publication in
Welding in the World. Prof. J.P. Bergmann was elected as a new Chair for Sub-Commission IX-NF.

C-X / STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCES OF WELDED JOINTS - FRACTURE AVOIDANCE

Prof. Dr Eng. Fumiyoshi Minami

Over the past three years Commission X has focused on the development of Fitness-For-
Service (FFS) guidelines for weld components, to operate as a supplement to the existing
Standards/guidelines. Specific topics include a constraint correction for welds, pre-
strain/dynamic loading effects, fracture toughness testing of welds and strain-based failure
assessment diagrams BS 7910, ISO 15653 and WES 2808 have been revised, covering FFS
items with the significant contribution of distinguished members of the Commission, and will
soon be adopted. The WG-A will publish a final report.

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C-XI / PRESSURE VESSELS, BOILERS AND PIPELINES

Dr Stephan Egerland (ad Interim)

In a normal year, Sub-Commission XI-E: Transmission Pipelines, being an industry commission,

would meet for an intermediate meeting at a relevant location, rather than at the Annual
Assembly. As 2020 was by no means a normal year however, XI-E held a webinar in the framework
of the Online Annual Assembly instead. The event was well-attended by some 60-70 people who
would not normally join XI-E events and thus served as an excellent introduction to the
Commission for potential new members. In addition to technical presentations on measurement
of mechanical properties of pipe, laser hybrid girth welding, NDE using the metal magnetic metal
memory technique and welding procedure optimisation to allow elimination of PWHT for in-
service pipeline welds, there was plenty of time to discuss the workings and future of XI-E.

C-XII / ARC WELDING PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Prof. Satoru Asai

Commission XII covers the application of arc welding processes to various fabrication fields
and production systems for low cost production with high quality. Discussions focused on
research and development of digital manufacturing based on big data and/or physical model
which have resulted in Internet of Things and Additive Manufacturing. In particular the joint
meetings of C-I, C-IV, C-XII and SG212 on the latest information of Additive Manufacturing
have been held since Shanghai 2017 and will continue in the future.

C-XIII / FATIGUE OF WELDED COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURES

Prof. Kenneth MacDonald

The activities of Commission XIII were heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with
the Spring 2020 intermediate meetings of the working groups scheduled for Osaka in
March were cancelled, and ambitions for the Online Annual Assembly characterised by
simplicity to ensure a successful gathering under difficult circumstances. Nine papers were
nonetheless recommended for Welding in the World and work continues to complete final
editorial review and publication of the document on Retrofitting Engineering for Fatigue
Damaged Steel Structures.

C-XIV / EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Mr Carl Peters

The Commission continued to follow its vision with an emphasis on Certification and Qualification
programmes, digital learning, distance learning, Industry 4.0 and the image of welding. Delegates
have requested more emphasis on under-represented groups and research in education which
will be incorporated into future programmes. The online session during the Annual Assembly
focused on best practices around the world in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

C-XV / DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND FABRICATION OF WELDED STRUCTURES

Dr Eng. Stefano Botta

During the meetings of the Commission relevant technical documents were presented, of which
three have been proposed for publication and are currently under revision. During the meeting
the jury for the IIW Ugo Guerrera Prize was set up for the award to be delivered in 2022.

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C-XVI / POLYMER JOINING AND ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGY

Prof. David Grewell

The annual meeting of Commission XVI took place from July 20 to July 25, 2020 online. The
meeting was attended by 19 members, so that XVI still remains one of the smaller groups of
IIW. The delegates were from USA (David Grewell), Germany (Volker Schnoppner, Dimitri
Krassmann), Australia (David Lake) and Canada (Phil Bates, Vice-Chair), the experts/observers
were from Germany, UK, Australia, Italy, China and USA. It is anticipated that 12-15 papers
on polymers and adhesives technology will be presented at the 2021 Annual Assembly. The
2020 agenda and 2019 meeting minutes were approved with unanimously votes.

C-XVII / BRAZING, SOLDERING AND DIFFUSION BONDING

Dr Huaping Xiong

Commission XVII held three daily sessions during the Online Annual Assembly with 23
presentations and attendees numbering 73, 47 and 41 respectively. The sessions were full of
wonderful presentations and hot discussions as well as many exciting moments. Nine papers
from the 23 technical presentations were recommended for peer-review and publication in
Welding in the World. During the online meeting period C-XVII and C-XVIII reached agreement
that they would cooperate with each other on the standard work titled ‘Soldering quality
requirements for soldering of metallic materials’.

C-XVIII / QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES

Mr Robert Shaw

Commission XVIII, formerly SC-QUAL, maintains the goal to identify, create, develop, and
transfer global best practices in the field of quality management for welding and allied
processes. It focuses on quality management systems and the requirements for personnel and
companies involved in welding and allied processes. Commission XVIII acts as an interdisciplinary
body for the IIW, working with other Commissions to develop industry documents and standards
for use by technical experts, quality managers and production personnel.

SG-212 / THE PHYSICS OF WELDING

Prof. Manabu Tanaka

In 2020 Study Group 212 focused on precise understandings of the welding arc, metal transfer
and weld pool through ‘visualisations’ of the phenomena. The SG-212 meeting enjoyed a
total of seven papers and 116 attendees from 17 countries. The online meeting was very well
organised and thus we had fruitful discussions among presenters and attendees. Prof. Sven-
F. Goecke who is the Vice-Chairman of SG-212 conducted the first half sessions and he
supported me as Chairman very well. Finally, four documents from the meeting were
recommended for publication in the IIW journal Welding in the World.

WG-STAND
Prof. Mathias Lundin

WG STAND worked on the publication of major standards related to welding processes (Friction
Stir welding on STAND aluminum), NDT (metal magnetic memory), quality management of
Brazing processes and Welding consumables. The unit worked also on the incoming publication
of the standards related to NDT n-destructive testing - Ultrasonic testing - full matrix capture /
total focusing technique (FMC/TFM) and on the revision of standards on fatigue (weld quality in
relationship to fatigue strength and design of hollow sections) and welding consumables.

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INTERNATIONAL AUTHORISATION BOARD

The Message of the IAB Chair and CEO

In a fast moving and evolving industry, the IIW International Authorisation Board
(IAB) continued to make progress towards an effective system to support the welding
industry in education and training of its workforce. The goal is to deliver the necessary
knowledge and skills for personnel and companies. The IAB accomplishes this goal
by identifying, developing, and implementing the IIW Education, Training, PROF. BOYOUNG LEE
Qualification and Certification Systems worldwide. IIW-IAB Chair
(Republic of Corea)
In 2020 the IAB network met to further the technical work being developed in IAB
Groups A and B, Education, Training and Qualification and Implementation,
Authorization and Certification, respectively. Strategic actions were also discussed
in the Members Meeting and at IAB Board level. These meetings were held in
Genoa in January during the IIW winter meetings and in July during the IIW Online
Annual Assembly.

Several guidelines and rules documents were reviewed and updated. The IIW
Certification System for Welding Personnel is in its final stage of development.
IAB Strategy continued to be implemented and followed up, with positive outputs
related to optimised organization of IAB meetings and a stronger cooperation with
IIW Commissions. MRS RUTE FERRAZ
IIW-IAB CEO
A new IAB chairman was elected from the Asian region, Mr. Boyoung Lee, (Portugal)
complying with the regional rotation rule for IAB Chairs.

In 2020, despite all the restrictions imposed on international activity, the IAB maintained all planned actions
including surveillance audits for the IAB organisations network, ensuring compliance of these organisations with
the IIW Education, Training, Qualification and Certification System rules.

A new 5-year IIW European Welding Federation (EWF) Service Agreement on IIW for the management, by EWF,
of IAB activities, was signed by both EWF and IIW Presidents.

In 2019, 8,914 Diplomas, 543 Personnel Certificates and 491 Company Certificates were issued.
Cumulative, until the end of 2019, 163,000 Diplomas, 2,030 new Personnel Certificates and 2,550 new Company
Certificates have been issued.

For the near future, the challenge is focused on leveraging the implementation of the IIW Education, Training,
Qualification and Certification System worldwide through its promotion in the welding industry on a global basis.
The promotion actions will need to reinforce IAB contributions to a competitive industry by offering a harmonised, up to
date education, training, qualification and
certification system for personnel and
companieswhich meets industry
needs.

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Roles and Responsibilities: Who is Doing What
Group A ‘Education, Training and Qualification’ is responsible to:
• Develop and revise the Qualification Guidelines, Alternative Route rules and requirements and deal with
Blended Learning Programmes;
• Develop and manage the harmonised examinations.
Technical approval of the IAB Guidelines is the responsibility of Group A.
Group B ‘Implementation, Authorisation and Certification’ is responsible to:
• Develop, maintain and revise the Rules and Operational Procedures for implementing the Qualification
Guidelines and the Certification Systems;
• Grant and confirm authorisations of Authorised Nominated Bodies (ANBs) and Authorised Nominated Bodies
for Company Certification (ANBCCs);
• Approve Access Conditions, Transition Arrangements and Blended Learning Programmes;
• Appoint Assessors.
Technical approval of the IAB Rules and Operating procedures is the responsibility of Group B.
IAB Peer, Blended and Lead Assessors are Experts of the IIW-IAB qualification and certification systems and are
responsible for assessing ANBs and ANBCCs against the IIW-IAB Rules.

2020 Highlights from Group A

Scope: Education, Training and Qualification
During 2020 the key activities of the IAB Group A were:
• New chairman elected;
• Development of exams for International Welding Inspector for Basic, Standard
and Comprehensive levels;
• Revision of Practical examinations for International Welding Inspector;
• Review and development of questions used on the harmonised examinations for
the levels IWE/IWT/IWS/IWP.
Documents Revised and Developed under IIW-IAB Group A
Guidelines:
• IAB-340r6-20 - ANBCC Assessment of Manufacturers;
• IAB-195r4-20 - Blended Learning-Guideline; MR HORIA DASCAU
• IAB-360r0-20 Welding Inspection Certification-IIW-PCS-INSPECTOR; IIW-IAB Group A Chair
• Harmonised examinations new and revised questions. (Romania)

2020 Highlights from Group B

Scope: Implementation, Authorisation and Certification
During 2020 the key activities of the IAB Group B were:
• Development of the Certification System for Welding Inspectors;
• Analysis for the implementation of digital diplomas/certificates;
• Analysis for the implementation of a centralised database of personnel diplomas/
certificates.
Documents Revised and Developed under IIW-IAB Group B
Rules:
• IAB-001r11-20 – Rules for the implementation of the IIW Qualification System;
• IAB-341r5-2 -Rules Implementation IIW Personnel Certification System.
Several Operational Procedures. Specific rules due to the pandemic allowing the use DR STEFANO MORRA
of remote auditing of ANBs, ANBCCs, ATBs and Companies under IIW Manufacturers IIW-IAB Group B Chair
Certification System. (Italy)

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IIW AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS

IIW International Congress Associated Events

13 -15 October 2020

IIW INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON
CUTTING-EDGE WELDING ENGINEERING
MODERNITY OF THE FUTURE
Sosnowiec, Poland

25 November 2020
3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VEHICLE
AND AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING (VAE2020)
Miskolc, Hungary

WG-RA IIW Events

and Associated Events
Upcoming IIW-Associated Events
Future IIW Annual Assemblies 9-10 March 2021 - Aachen, Germany
7-21 July 2021 6th INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON BEAM
ONLINE WELDING (IEBW) CONFERENCE

17-22 July 2022 ̦ița, Romania

TOKYO, JAPAN
Future IIW International Congresses
27-29 May 2021 - Sevilla, Spain
4th IIW INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
ON WELDING & JOINING TECHNOLOGIES
13 -16 June 2022 - Mets, France
3rd IIW INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON
WELDING, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
(ICWAM) AND ASSOCIATED
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHODS
22-23 April 2021 - Res
THE ASR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“WELDING 2021”
25-28 May 2021 - Kiev, Ukraine
6th YOUNG PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL &
10TH WELDING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS CONFERENCES
13-17 September 2021 - Essen, Germany
INTERNATIONAL WELDING COMPETITION
6-9 December 2021 - Beijing, China
18th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
TUBULAR STRUCTURES (ISTS18)

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IIW Journal Welding in the World

In 2020, Volume 64 of Welding in the World published WELDING IN THE WORLD

179 papers and over 2,100 pages of fundamental and EDITORS
applied research associated with materials joining
and allied technologies. The distribution of papers
published in 2020, arranged by Technology
Area, is shown in the accompanying figure. This PROF. JOHN C. LIPPOLD
includes papers from a special edition on Additive (USA)
Manufacturing that was published in August.

Over 450 papers were submitted to the journal

in 2020. The acceptance rate for these papers
was 42% and average time to first decision was
~50 days. As shown in the accompanying
PROF. DR ING.
chart, the journal impact continues to
THOMAS BÖLLINGHAUS
increase based on both Impact Factor (IF)
(Germany)
and CiteScore, with an anticipated IF of
2.0 expected for 2020. The number of
paper downloads increased dramatically
in 2020 to over 140,000, up 26% from 2019.
Also, the time from paper submission to
online publication was reduced to ~210 days.
Further improvements are anticipated in
2021 with a goal of reducing time to online PROF. AMÉRICO SCOTTI
publication to 150 days. (Sweden/Brazil)

Starting in 2020, Welding in the World

increased to 12 issues per year to accom-
modate the large number of papers that
are being submitted and to allow more special
issues and topical collections to be published.

Despite the challenges created by the cancellation

of the Annual Assembly in Singapore and the
reliance on virtual Working Unit meetings, paper
submission to the journal remained strong
even with the drop in recommended
papers.

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TECHNOLOGY AREAS

Design and Fitness-for-Service 20%

Metallurgy and Materiales 19%
Solid-State Processes 12%
Brazing and Soldering 11%
Arc Welding Processes 10%
Additive Manufacting 10%
High Energy Density Processes 7%
Polymer Joining 3%
Other 8%

Also in 2020, a simplified keyword system was introduced that is now more
closely linked to the profiles of reviewers in the Editorial Manager system.
This change has facilitated the assignment of papers to the most appropriate
reviewers and has greatly streamlined the peer review system.

In July 2020, Prof. Américo Scotti (Brazil/Sweden) replaced Prof. John Norrish from
Australia who served as Interim Editor
from July 2019. Professor Scotti’s expertise is
in the areas of welding processes and process modelling.

The Editorial Board currently consists of 39 members

and assists the Editors with the pre-screening of open
submission papers and the overall execution of the peer
review process. There are now approximately 140 Principal
Reviewers for Welding in the World.

The Editors wish to thank all who contribute to the

continued success of the journal including authors, Working
Unit chairs and co-chairs, principal reviewers and members
of the review panel, the Editorial Board, the IIW managing
editor and staff, and the support staff at Springer.

Over the last 5 years, the two-fold increase in the number

of papers published annually has required a tremendous
effort by both the peer review panel and production staff.

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WELDING IN THE WORLD - PERFORMANCE DATA

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Papers recommended 130 131 115 130 126 135 156 80
by IIW Working Units
Open submission papers - 49 172 278 256 305 380 ~400
submitted
Papers published 82 84 90 114 120 120 160 179
Pages published 945 923 932 1296 1296 1350 1902 2168
Total Cites 114 205 327 521 807 829 939 >1300
Cite Score 0.61 0.89 0.93 1.26 1.52 1.62 2.60 ~3.40
Downloads 29,815 37,657 43,250 59,093 73,820 83,649 111,022 >140.000
Science Citation Index (SCI) 0.424 0.746 0.861 0.948 1.206 1.278 1.589 ~2.0
Impact Factor

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 RECOGNITION

2020 Annual Assembly and Awards

The 73rd IIW Annual Assembly officially closed on 28 July. Despite the 2020 pandemic the IIW succeeded in
managing it’s technical and scientific activities through a virtual working environment which allowed all the groups
to meet, discuss, recommend and develop deliverables as usual.

Here are some figures to

highlight the success:

More than 650 participants

39 Countries Represented

50 sessions of different units

150 hours of meetings

The number of participants

in Working Unit meeting sessions ranged from 20 to over 150.

More data will be soon made available, as all the recommendations and decision
will be processed in accordance with the applicable IIW rules and Procedures.

WELDED ART
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION
THE ARTISTIC SOUL OF WELDING
DIGITAL COLLECTION

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2020 IIW Awards

At the Online Opening Ceremony of its
73rd Annual Assembly the International
Institute of Welding (IIW) honoured the
winners of the year’s prestigious IIW Awards
and acknowledging their significant contributions
to welding and joining around the world.
IIW Awards recognise a wide range of achievements
such as outstanding technical accomplishments and
contributions to IIW Working Units, illustrious careers in the
industry or academia, contributions to global advancement
and meritorious service to the IIW. They not only
acknowledge people with outstanding accomplishments
but also encourage promising young professionals who are
our future industry and Institute
leaders.
IIW is proud to promote and recognise distinction through its
numerous prizes and awards, often sponsored by Member
Societies. Many are named to pay tribute to eminent individuals
who were founding fathers of IIW or champions of its global role, or
made significant contributions to the development and implementation
of scientific and technical advances in welding and allied processes.
It was the dedication and vision of these famous IIW personalities which set
the stage for the organisation to be recognised today as the largest and most
prestigious worldwide network for the exchange of knowledge and cooperation in a
wide range of joining and related technologies.
Our heartiest congratulations go to the 2020 IIW Annual Award who have each made their own mark on IIW’s
history through their achievements, professionalism and enthusiastic participation in global welding cooperation.

2020 AWARDS FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO IIW

WALTER EDSTRÖM MEDAL

Sponsored by the Swedish Delegation
Lauds an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and contributions
to the advancement of the IIW as an organisation

Mr Ernest Levert
The development of young professionals is a personal passion for Ernest Levert. As founding
Chairman of the Young Leaders Task Group (TG-YL), Mr. Levert has been successful in developing,
leading, coordinating and promoting the effort to increase the attendance and participation of
young professionals at IIW Annual Assemblies. To help bridge the gap between the young
professionals (YPs) and IIW leadership, the Sunday afternoon Icebreakers help build relationships
between YPs and Commission Chairs, IIW Board and IAB Board members, and each other. The YP’s Tuesday
evening social event encourages participation and the forming of strong, global friendships within the IIW.
The passport programme has encouraged attendance at Working Unit (WU) meetings and getting to know the
WU chairs.

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The 5th International Young Professionals Conference in Welding was held in 2019, enabling participants to
advance their knowledge and understanding of welding and form professional networks. Mr Levert is
investigating the feasibility of IIW student chapters at the college/university level, engaging these students in
career path dialogues for future industrial and academic materials-joining careers, and allowing corporate
partners access to these students. He mentors YPs by providing exposure to career opportunities within the IIW
network, and encourages them as future IIW and industry leaders.
Mr Levert’s mentorship includes introducing youth to welding as a skill and career choice. He was a key member
of the AWS Task Group that collaborated with Boy Scouts of America to develop the Welding Merit Badge.
Over 70,000 scouts have earned this badge, many later becoming welding professionals. On a global level,
45,000 scouts from around the world were introduced to welding by Mr Levert and his welding team members
at the 2019 World Scouting Jamboree. In addition to his leadership of TG-YL, Mr. Levert has served IIW for 20
years as a USA Delegate, as Chairman of Commission IV, as a member of the Technical Management Board, as
a member of the Working Group Regional Activities (WG-RA), and as a Director on the IIW Board of the Directors.
As Chairman of C-IV-B Electron Beam Welding, he was instrumental in establishing the biennial International
Electron Beam Welding Conference, a partnership between AWS, DVS and IIW. This conference successfully
fulfills its mission to revitalise the IIW electron beam welding community.
He led a major initiative to assist and persuade more countries to become IIW members, particularly using the
IIW WG-RA projects, including highlighting the success stories he has witnessed. He has many years of industry
experience and organisational leadership that has assisted in the growth of IIW, especially in the recruitment of
new industry professionals.

FELLOW OF THE IIW AWARD

Sponsored by the IIW
Recognises individuals with a minimum of 10 years’ active participation in IIW who have made
distinguished contributions to welding science and technology and promoted and sustained
the professional stature of the field

Prof. Yoshinori Hirata

Professor Yoshinori Hirata graduated from the Department of Welding Engineering at School
of Engineering, Osaka University in 1974. After completing the master’s programme in 1976,
he was employed by Hitachi Zosen Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and worked as a
welding engineer for pressure vessel production. He then returned to Osaka University and was
promoted to professorship in the laboratory of materials processing physics in 2004. Since his
retirement in 2016, he has been engaging in the development of the education curriculum as a specially
appointed professor of Osaka University. He has also been actively contributing as the welding and joining
coordinator to the government project of Research and Development on Innovative Structural Materials carried
out by many industries and universities in Japan.

Dr Eric M. Sjerve
Dr Eric Sjerve received a PhD in Applied Laser
Physics from the University of Toronto (1996),
and he joined the NDT industry over 20 years
ago.
He serves as Chief Technology Officer for
IRISNDT, an international non-destructive testing, engineering,
heat treating and mechanical services company. Dr Sjerve
has been a leader in the global commercialisation of NDT
innovations, and also in combining NDT, engineering,
robotics and information technology. He has been at the
forefront of many pioneering innovations, including
commercialising robotics for pressure vessel
inspection, applying data analytics to inspection
data, designing a phased array calibration
block and publishing IIW Handbooks.

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Prof. Adolf F. Hobbacher

Professor Hobbacher graduated in 1961 in mechanical engineering at the Technical University
in Stuttgart, Germany. He started his professional career in 1962 in a company for chemical
plant equipment, heavy machinery and pressure vessels as a project and design engineer and
became later head of the design office.
His academic career started 1967 establishing the new institution which became later the Jade
University of Applied Sciences. He finalised his doctorate thesis at the Aachen Institute of Technology in
aerospace engineering on the application of fracture mechanics to fatigue of structures. In 1980 he became full
professor lecturing in welding technology, structural steelwork, pressure vessels and pipes as well as design
methodology. As the head of the welding laboratory, he instigated and established in 1998 the new Institute for
Materials and Production Technology, of which he became the first director.
His scientific work was always closely related to welded structures. From 1978 to 2020 he was chairman of the
German Welding Society (DVS) working group on design and analysis. In 1974 he was elected as a chairman of
IIW Joint Working Group XIII-XV, where he still presides. This group was established to develop applicable fatigue
design recommendations in an international agreement. Prof. Hobbacher was elected in 1996 as Chair of IIW
commission XV (Fabrication, Design and Analysis of Welded Structures) and was re-elected for the following 10
years.
His scientific efforts resulted into numerous publications and documents in particular the IIW Recommendations
for Fatigue Design and Analysis of Welded Components, which have been published in English, French, German
and Japanese. These recommendations gained worldwide recognition and served many code-making bodies as
a basis for their regulations. He is continuously working on updating and considering recent developments.
Prof. Hobbacher is now retired, but still active in IIW, in scientific projects and consulting.

ARTHUR SMITH AWARD

Sponsored by the United Kingdom Delegation
Conferred upon an individual who, over numerous years, has given dedicated service
to the objectives of IIW, particularly in the work of the Commissions

Dr Glenn Ziegenfuss
Dr. Ziegenfuss received a bachelor degree in Physics and a PhD in Solid State Science from the
Pennsylvania State University in 1966 and 1973, respectively. He became a Certified Association
Executive through the American Society of Association Executives in 1990 and received
certification in Standards Management and Standards Application from the Standards
Engineering Society in 1996. Before becoming involved with association management, Dr
Ziegenfuss was a manager at the Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, from 1973 to 1984.
He was responsible for automatic welding operations for most of the United States
Navy’s nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers.
After leaving Westinghouse, Dr. Ziegenfuss was affiliated with the American
Welding Society in Miami, Florida, from 1984 to 1997, first as Technical
Director and then as Associate Executive Director, Technical. After
leaving AWS, he was appointed Executive Director of the Standards
Engineering Society from 1997 to 2010.
He also joined the staff of IIW as Standards Officer from 1999 to
2010. Dr. Ziegenfuss received the George E. Willis Award
sponsored by the Lincoln Electric Company for promoting the
advancement of welding internationally, and the George S.
Wham Leadership Medal sponsored by the American
National Standards Institute for outstanding contribution
as a visionary in providing direction and long-range
planning to the ANSI standards federation.

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CHRIS SMALLBONE AWARD

Sponsored by IIW Member Societies from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia
Conferred on an outstanding individual who has made a significant contribution to improving
the global quality of life through optimum use and innovation of welding and joining technologies
in their region or internationally

Mr Jim Guild
Mr Jim Guild was born in the UK in1948. He obtained a BSc Honours degree in Metallurgy from
the University of Surrey in 1970 and became a Member of the Institute of Materials and a
Chartered Engineer. He emigrated from the UK to South Africa in 1972 where he lives today.
He had a long career as the Manager of Materials Engineering with AECI a major company in
the explosives and chemical industry. He wrote and published several technical papers in wide
ranging subjects related to those industries and was well known internationally for his knowledge of stress
corrosion cracking of ammonia storage facilities.
He joined the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) in 2000 and was the Executive Director of SAIW
from 2000 until he retired in 2015. He is an Honorary Life Member of SAIW and an Honorary Life
Member of the South African Institute of Steel Construction. Mr Guild became active in IIW in 2001.
For seven years he was Chair of the IIW International Authorisation Board (IAB) Group B and
subsequently he was Chair of IAB from 2014 to 2017. He has actively promoted IIW and the
IIW system for education, training and certification in welding throughout Africa.

THOMAS MEDAL
Sponsored by the American Welding Society
Rewards an individual who has been involved in IIW/ISO international
standards activities and can deliver a lecture on the incorporation
of global studies into the standardisation for welding technologies

Dr Vincent Van Der Mee

Dr Vincent van der Mee is Director Consumables
Research, and Development & Industrialization for
Lincoln Electric Europe. He graduated in Analytical
Chemistry and has been active in the welding
industry for almost 45 years, focused on
development and application of welding consumables and holds
several patents related to welding consumables.
He has been a continuous participant for over 20 years in IIW C-
II Arc Welding and Filler Metals, C-IX Behavior of Metals
Subjected to Welding and C-VIII Health, Safety and
Environment.
From 2003-2012 he served as Chair of IIW C-II, focused on the
development of international standards. He is a corresponding
advisor of AWS A5C and A5T and Dutch delegate for ISO-TC44-
SC3 and CEN-TC121-WG3.
He is actively involved in the European Welding Association
(EWA) Technical Commission Consumables and acts as liaison
between EWA-TCC and IIW C-VIII.
He participates in European research projects, and strives to align
European welding consumable manufacturers within the EWA for a
uniform view towards European guidelines, standards and industry.

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2020 AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING

TECHNICAL ACHIEVE

YOSHIAKI ARATA AWARD

Sponsored by the Japanese Delegation
To an individual whose outstanding achievements in fundamental research
in welding-related science and technology have been recognised as
significant contributions to the progress of welding engineering

Dr Stephen Liu
Dr. Stephen Liu is currently a Research Professor and holds Professor
Emeritus title at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM). He was also
the inaugural American Bureau of Shipping Endowed Chair
Professor at the school, where he rose through the ranks of
Assistant, Associate and Full Professor since the 1980s.
He holds Bachelor’s and Master degrees in Metallurgy from the Universidade Federal
de Minas Gerais (Brazil) and a PhD degree in Metallurgical Engineering from CSM.
Prior to CSM, Dr Liu worked as a steel research metallurgist at Acesita (ArcelorMittal)
and was an Assistant Professor in Manufacturing Engineering at the Pennsylvania State
University.
Dr. Liu has received many prestigious honors: Adams Lecture Award, Savage Award, Spraragen
Award, McKay-Helm Award, Peaslee Award, Jennings Award, IIW Jaeger Lecture Award, IIW Gedik
Award, amongst others. He was made a Fellow of IIW in 2018. He was also elected Fellow by AWS (1996),
ASME (2000), and ASM (2001). Dr. Liu is also a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals (2018), and
a Chartered Professional Engineer (1995) in the U.K. He was given the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Oil and Gas
Engineering Award (2015).
Dr. Liu has served as U.S. Delegate to the IIW Commission XVII (Brazing, Soldering and Diffusion Bonding) and
participated in several other IIW commissions. He has an associate membership with the National Shipbuilding
Research Program and served as a delegate to the International Ship Structures Committee.

HALIL KAYA GEDIK AWARD CATEGORY C

Sponsored by the Turkish Delegationn
Recognises a scientist or engineer’s significant contributions to the advancement
welding science and technology

Prof. Zuheir Barsoum

Professor Zuheir Barsoum received his PhD in Lightweight Structures in 2008 from KTH Royal
Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He is currently full Professor of Lightweight
Structures at KTH, Department of Engineering Mechanics. In 2013- 2016, he held a visiting
Professor position in Aerospace Engineering at KUSTAR Abu Dhabi, UAE. His research interest
is within; computational weld mechanics, fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and
structures, structural integrity and joining of lightweight metals.
Professor Barsoum has been active in IIW since 2003 and is currently Vice-Chair of Commission XIII and a member
of the Technical Management Board. He is also on the Editorial Board of Welding in the World. He has authored
and co-authored more than 150 articles in international journals and conferences. In 2010 he received the
Granjon Prize award for his research achievements in structural integrity.
He has been involved in developing the IIW International Welded Structures Designers (IWSD) programme within the
Nordic countries and he has been successfully teaching the program since 2013. His current research activities focus
on design and fabrication of welded structures in high strength steels endowed by SSAB (Swedish Steel Company).

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WELDING IN THE WORLD BEST 2019 PAPER AWARD

Sponsored by the IIW
In recognition of his outstanding research paper ‘A analysis of fluid flows and solidification
mechanisms during GTA welding by means of in situ observations’

Dr Alexis Chiocca
During his last year at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques
engineering school Dr Alexis Chiocca completed an internship at Ecole Polytechnique de
Montréal. It was there that he first encountered welding. This experience encouraged him to
continue in welding by completing a PhD at Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil in
Montpellier focused on solidification and fluid flows during GTA welding. He then had the
opportunity to spend two years performing welding research in the Yutz R&D platform of the French Institut de
Soudure. He is currently a welding research engineer at ArcelorMittal Maizières Research Center in Metz, France.

HENRY GRANJON PRIZE

CATEGORY B – Materials Behaviour and Weldability
Sponsored by the French Delegation
In recognition of his outstanding research paper ‘Effect of thermoplastic morphology
on mechanical properties in laser-assisted joining of polyamide 6 with aluminum’

Dr Klaus Schricker
Dr Klaus Schricker studied mechanical engineering at the Technische Universität Ilmenau,
graduated in 2012 with the Master of Science degree and joined the Production Technology
Group. Since 2016 he has been head of the laser material processing group and a lecturer. His
focus is on laser beam welding and thermal joining of polymer-metal hybrid joints, addressing
the interaction between process and materials.
He completed his PhD thesis ‘Characterization of the joining zone in laser-based joining of semi-crystalline
polymer-metal composites’ in 2018. He is author of 13 peer reviewed publications and a further 14 conference
contributions in the field of laser materials processing and joining technology. He has been active for several
years in the Technical Committee 6 (Beam Processes) of the German Welding Society (DVS) and in the IIW
Commission C-XVI Polymer Joining and Adhesive Technology.

HENRY GRANJON PRIZE

CATEGORY C – Design and Structural Integrity
Sponsored by the France Delegation
In recognition of his outstanding research paper ‘Heterogeneous creep deformation
behavior of functionally graded transition Joints‘

Dr Mohan Subramanian
Dr Mohan Subramanian received his Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering degree from PSG
college of Technology, Coimbatore, India, and PhD in Engineering Science from the University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
His primary research interests include welding and phase transformations in steel, weld joint
design and process control, and in-situ localised deformation measurement studies.
His PhD research work was focused on improving the design life of Dissimilar Metal Welds used in power plant
applications.
His PhD project was funded by the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) of United States Department of
Energy (DoE), and was carried out both at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of
Tennessee research facilities. He is currently working as a Research engineer at AK Steel’s research and innovation
center in Middletown, Ohio, USA.
He is a member of American Metal Society (ASM International), and American Welding Society (AWS).

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IIW Member Societies

COUNTRY ANB ANBCC Member(S) ANB / ANBCC
AUSTRALIA ✓ ✓ • Weld Australia • Weld Australia
AUSTRIA ✓ • Schweisstechnische Zentralanstalt (SZA) • Schweisstechnische Zentralanstalt (SZA)
• Österreichische Gesellschaft
Für Schweisstechnik (ÖGS)
BELGIUM ✓ • Institut Belge de la Soudure – Belgisch Association Belge du Soudage ASBL –
• Instituut voor Lastechniek (IBS/BIL) Belgische Vereniging voor Lastechniek VZW
BULGARIA ✓ • Bulgarian Welding Society • Bulgarian welding society
CAMEROON • Cameroon Welding Association
CANADA ✓ ✓ • Canadian Council of the IIW • Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB)
• Canadian Welding Bureau
CROATIA ✓ • Croatian Welding Society (CWS) • Hrvatsko Drustvo Za Tehniku Zavarivanja
CYPRUS • Cyprus Welding Institute
CZECH REPUBLIC ✓ ✓ • Czech Welding Society ANB (CWS-ANB) • Czech Welding Society ANB (CWS-ANB)
DENMARK ✓ • Danish Welding Society • Force Technology
FINLAND ✓ • Suomen Hitsausteknillinen Yhdistys (SHY) • Suomen Hitsausteknillinen Yhdistys (SHY)
FRANCE ✓ ✓ • Institut de Soudure (IS) • Association Française du Soudage
• Société Française des Ingénieurs
et Techniciens en Soudage (SIS)
GERMANY ✓ • Deutscher Verband für Schweissen • DVS PersZert
und verwandte Verfahren (DVS)
GREECE ✓ ✓ • Welding Greek Institute (WGI) • Welding Greek Institute (WGI)
HUNGARY ✓ ✓ • Magyar Hegesztési Egyesület (MAHEG) • Magyar Hegesztéstechnikai ès
• Ungarian Welding Association (HWA) Anyagvizsgálati Egyesülés (MAHEG)
INDIA ✓ ✓ • The Indian Institute of Welding - IIW (India) • The Indian Institute of Welding - IIW (India)
INDONESIA ✓ • Indonesian Welding Society (IWS) • IWS - Indonesian Welding Society
ANB Committee
ISRAEL • The Israeli National Welding
Committee (INWC)
ITALY ✓ ✓ • Istituto Italiano della Saldatura (IIS) • IIS CERT Srl
JAPAN ✓ • Japan Institute of Welding (JIW) • JWES - Japan Welding Engineering Society
• The Japan Welding Engineering
Society (JWES)
LITHUANIA • Lithuanian Welders Association
MALAYSIA ✓ • WIM - Welding Institute of Malaysia Bhd • WIM - Welding Institute of Malaysia Bhd
MOROCCO • Association Marocaine du Soudage
et des Appareils à Pression (AMS-AP)
NEW ZEALAND ✓ ✓ • Heavy Engineering Research Association • Heavy Engineering Research Association
(HERA) (HERA)
NIGERIA ✓ • Nigerian Institute of Welding (NIW) • Nigerian Institute of Welding (NIW)
NORWAY ✓ • Norsk Sveiseteknisk Forbund (NSF) • Norwegian Welding Association
PAKISTAN • The Pakistan Welding Institute
PEOPLES RÉPUBLIC ✓ ✓ • Chinese Welding Society • CWTQC - Chinese Welding Training
OF CHINA & Qualification Committee
POLAND ✓ ✓ • Siec Badawcza Łukasiewicz • Instytut Spawalnictwa
• Instytut Spawalnictwa

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IIW Member Societies

COUNTRY ANB ANBCC Member(S) ANB / ANBCC
PORTUGAL ✓ • Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ) • Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ)
REPUBLIC OF ✓ ✓ • Karaganda State Technical University • Kazakhstan Welding Association
KAZAKHSTAN (KSTU) (KAZWELD)
REPUBLIC OF KOREA ✓ • The Korean Welding and Joining • The Korean Welding and Joining
Society (KWJS) Society (KWJS)
ROMANIA ✓ ✓ • National Research Development Institute • ASR CertPers
for Welding and Material Testing (ISIM) • ISIM Cert
• Romanian Welding Association (ASR)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION ✓ ✓ • Russian Welding Society • Research-training center “Testing and
• Self-Regulating Organization diagnostics” / Prometey-Cert CJSC
Non-commercial Partnership National
Agency of Welding Control
(SRO NP NAKS)
SERBIA ✓ ✓ • Zavod Za Zavarivanje A.D. • DUZS-CertPers
• Zavod Za Zavarivanje A.D. – Zavod Cert
SINGAPORE ✓ • Singapore Welding Society (SWS) • Singapore Welding Society (SWS)
SLOVAK REPUBLIC ✓ ✓ • Výskumný Ustav Zváracský - Welding • Výskumný ústav zváracský (VUZ)
Research Institute (VÚZ) • Certiweld VUZ-PI SR
• Slovenská zváracská spolocnost -
Slovak Welding Society
SLOVENIA ✓ ✓ • Slovensko Drustvo Za Varilno • Slovensko Drustvo Za Varilno
Tehniko (SVDT) Tehniko (SVDT)
SOUTH AFRICA ✓ ✓ • Southern African Institute • Southern African Institute
of Welding (SAIW) of Welding (SAIW)
SPAIN ✓ ✓ • Asociación Española de Soldadura • Asociación Española de Soldadura
y Tecnologías de Unión (CESOL) y Tecnologías de Unión (CESOL)
SWEDEN ✓ • Svetskommissionen - Swedish Welding • Svetskommissionen
Commission (SWC)
• Swedish Welding Society
SWITZERLAND ✓ • Schweizerischer Verein für • Schweizerischer Verein für
Schweisstechnik (SVS/ASS) Schweisstechnik (SVS/ASS)
• Association Suisse pour la Technique • Association Suisse pour la Technique
du Soudage du Soudage
THAILAND ✓ • Welding Institute of Thailand (WIT) • Welding Institute of Thailand (WIT)
THE NETHERLANDS ✓ ✓ • Nederlands Institut Voor Lastechniek (NIL) • Nederlands Institut Voor Lastechniek (NIL)
• Netherlands Institute of Welding
TURKEY ✓ • Gedik Education and Social Benefits • Gedik Education and Social Benefits
Foundation (GEV) Foundation (GIV)
• Istanbul Gedik University Middle East • Turkish Welding Technologies Academy
Technical University (GEV/TKTA)
• Middle East Technical University
UKRAINE ✓ ✓ • E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute The Paton Welding Institute Training and
Qualification Centre
• International Scientific-technical Centre of
Quality Assurance and Certification
´PATONCERT´
UNITED KINGDOM ✓ ✓ • UK Section of the IIW • TWI Certification Ltd.
UNITED STATES ✓ • American Welding Society (AWS) • United States of America Authorised
OF AMERICA • Edison Welding Institute (EWI) National Body for Company Certification
USA ANBCC
VIETNAM ✓ • Vietnam-German Technology Transfer • Vietnam-German Technology Transfer
and Training Center (HWC) and Training Center (HWC)

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To advance welding and joining
through a worldwide network.

Vision
The leading global community linking industry,
research and education to the advancement
of welding and joining for a safer and sustainable world.

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