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62 ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WELDING (IIW) 2009, SINGAPORE
62 ND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF WELDING (IIW)
2009, SINGAPORE
The 62 nd Annual Assembly of the International Institute
of Welding (IIW) was held from 12 th to 17 th July, 2009,
at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore.
And according to feedback received from all
quarters, this year’s edition has entered the annals as
perhaps one of the most well-organized and enjoyable
Assemblies in the IIW’s history. It is perhaps due to
the magic and warmth of friendly Singapore that the
IIW fraternity was able to enjoy such tremendous fellowship.
Some 408 delegates and experts representing 49 countries
were in attendance, along with 100 accompanying
persons who enjoyed the social events and the various
social tours. A total of 640 persons attended the Annual
Assembly and International Conference.
In keeping with the traditions of Singapore, these
three personalities were joined on stage by incoming
IIW Chief Executive Officer, Dr.-Eng. Cécile Mayer, to
perform the ceremonial “dotting of the lions’ eyes.” Of
Chinese origin, this tradition serves two purposes: to
open the proceedings and to generate good luck and
prosperity for the entire event.
Eyes duly dotted, the lions came fully to life to the
pulsating rhythm of the Chinese ceremonial drums. The
enraptured audience was then treated to a fine display
of leonine acrobatics, the whole segment performed by
the Li Quan Lion Dance Troupe.
1 OPENING CEREMONY
The week’s activities were offi cially launched at the
Opening Ceremony which was held in the Grand Ballroom
of the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel on Sunday
12 th July, 2009.
The audience was welcomed by the Chair of the Singapore
Organizing Committee, Mr. Chee-Pheng Ang,
following which the Mayor of Central Singapore District
and Member of Parliament for Bishan Toa Payoh GRC,
Mr. Zainuddin Nordin, addressed the gathering. The
62 nd Annual Assembly was then officially declared open
by IIW President, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Dilthey.
Mr. Zainuddin Nordin
Mr. Chee-Pheng Ang
Welding in the World, Vol. 53, n° 9/10, 2009
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Dilthey, President of the IIW

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In photo from left: Central Singapore District Mayor, Mr. Zainuddin Nordin, and Mr. Chee-Pheng Ang, Chair of
the Singapore Organizing Committee, “dot the lion’s eyes” while Mr. Leon Ang of Micah Astor looks on.
The 2009 IIW Awards Ceremony then followed, cohosted
by Dr.-Eng. Cécile Mayer and the event’s dynamic
Singaporean Master of Ceremonies, Mr. Bernard
Solosa.
Winners of the respective 2009 Awards were:
– Henry Granjon Prize
• Category A: Dr.-Ing. Sergio T. Amancio Filho (Germany)
• Category B: Ms. Elin Marianne Westin (Sweden)
• Category C: Dr.-Ing. Imke Weich (Germany)
– Heinz Sossenheimer Software Innovation Award:
Dr. Yu-Ping Yang (United States)
– Yoshiaki Arata Award:
Dr. John C. Lippold (United States)
– Walter Edström Medal:
Mr. Christopher Smallbone (Australia)
– Thomas Medal:
Dr. David Widgery (United Kingdom)
– Arthur Smith Award:
Prof. Bruno de Meester (Belgium)
– Evgeny Paton Prize:
Prof. Shang Yang Lin (P.R. of China)

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The 2009 Winners:
From left: Dr.-Ing. Sergio T. Amancio Filho, Dr. David Widgery, Prof. Shang Yang Lin, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich
Dilthey (IIW President), Mr. Christopher Smallbone,
Prof. Bruno de Meester, Ms. Elin Marianne Westin, Dr. John C. Lippold,
Dr. Yu-Ping Yang and Dr.-Ing. Imke Weich.
View of the audience at the Opening Ceremony
The Awards Ceremony was followed by a magnificent
presentation of traditional dance with a modern
flair, representing the three principal cultures which
are the foundations of Singapore society: Chinese,
Malay and the Indian. The ensemble was directed
and choreographed by Miss Farah Dawood, based
on ideas elaborated by producers/coordinators,
Micah Astor.
There was no doubt that the IIW audience was completely
captivated by the stunning performances of the
dance troupe, with each of the three ethnicities of Singapore
distinctly represented by a dazzlingly colourful
range of traditional wear. The grand finale was marked
by the dramatic leaps, pirouettes and jumps by the
dancers as they exited the stage via the centre aisle of
the Ballroom, all the while showering the blessings of
peace, prosperity and love as they threw fresh flowers
above the heads of all present.
The Opening Ceremony was later followed by a Welcome
Reception.

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2 NEW MEMBER COUNTRY
During the General Assembly, held on Sunday 12th
July, 2009, the Kingdom of Morocco, represented
by Association Marocaine du Soudage et Appareils à
Pression (AMS-AP) was admitted as the 54 th Member
Country of the IIW:
5 IIW WORKING UNITS
As per usual, the Annual Assembly provided the opportunity
for the Working Units (including Commissions, Select
Committees, Study Groups and other Working Groups) to
meet separately or jointly over the 4-day period.
This year, 159 decisions were adopted by the various
Working Units of the IIW, including 118 recommendations
for publication (116 documents in the IIW Journal,
Welding in the World, and 2 documents as IIW Books).
6 ELECTION OF CHAIRS
OF IIW WORKING UNITS
Mr. Mohammed Benzaria of Morocco
3 RENEWAL OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
The term of offi ce of Prof. Luisa Coutinho Quintino
having expired, Prof. Baldev Raj (India) was elected
Vice-President.
The terms of office of Prof. Dr. Horst Cerjak (Austria),
Prof. Dr. Takashi Miyata (Japan) and Prof. Baldev Raj
(India) having expired, Prof. Dorin Dehelean (Romania),
Mr. Daniel Almeida (Brazil) and Prof. Kazutoshi Nishimoto
(Japan) were elected Directors.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Dilthey expressed his heartfelt
thanks to those leaving the Board of Directors for their
many years of yeoman service and extended a warm
welcome to all incoming Members.
4 APPOINTMENTS BY THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Dr.-Eng. Cecile Mayer (France) was appointed Chief
Executive Offi cer of the IIW Secretariat, taking over
from Mr. André Charbonnier (France), who has had to
undertake new professional responsibilities at the Institut
de Soudure (French Welding Society).
Mag. Sylke Kanits (Austria) was appointed Chair of
Working Group -Communications & Marketing, succeeding
Dr.-Eng. Cecile Mayer (France).
Prof. Madeleine du Toit (South Africa), Dr. Henri-Paul
Lieurade (France) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Suck-Joo Na (South
Korea) were appointed to the Technical Management
Board (TMB).
Elections were held in the following Working Units:
– Commission II Arc Welding and Filler Metals
Mr. Vincent van der Mee
(The Netherlands) was
re-elected for a third term.
– Commission VIII Health, Safety and Environment
Dr. Luca Costa (Italy) was
re-elected for a second term.
– Commission X Structural Performances of Welded
Joints – Fracture Avoidance
Dr. Mustafa Koçak (Turkey)
was re-elected for a third term.
– Commission XIII Fatigue of Welded Components
and Structures
Prof. Gary B. Marquis (Finland)
was re-elected for a second term.
– Commission XIV Education and Training
Mr. Victor Matthews
(United States) was elected
for a first term, succeeding
Mr. Ulrich Hadrian (Switzerland).
– Commission XV Design, Analysis and Fabrication
of Welded Structures
Mr. Robert Shaw (United States)
was re-elected for a second term.
– Commission XVI Polymer Joining and Adhesive
Technology
Prof. Volker Schöppner
(Germany) was elected
for a first term, succeeding
Dr. Chung-Yuan Wu
(United States)
– SC-AIR Permanent Joints in New Materials
and Coatings for Aircraft Engineering
Mr. Ian Harris
(United States) was elected
for a first term, succeeding
Mr. Thomas M. Mustaleski
(United States).
– SG-RES Study Group – Welding Research,
Strategy and Collaboration
Prof. Luisa Coutinho Quintino (Portugal)
was re-elected for a third term.

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7 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The IIW International Conference „Advances in Welding
and Allied Technologies“ was held from 16-17
July, 2009, at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel
in Singapore.
The Conference was opened by the Portevin Lecture,
“Development of Gas-Shielded Arc processes in Automatic
Welding” delivered by Dr.-Eng. Masao Ushio,
Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Japan.
A total of 93 papers was presented during the Conference
during seventeen sessions, with 41 posters on
exhibition.
The Portevin plaque was presented by Mr. Michel
Rousseau, member of the French Delegation.
– 10 Attendance Recognition Certificates were presented
for 10 IIW Annual Assemblies;
– 2 Attendance Recognition Certificates were presented
for 20 IIW Annual Assemblies; and
– 2 Attendance Recognition Certificates were presented
for 30 IIW Annual Assemblies.
9 FUTURE ANNUAL ASSEMBLIES
During the Gala Banquet, held on Wednesday 15 th
July, 2009, in the Grand Ballroom of the Orchard Hotel,
Singapore, Mr. Chee-Pheng Ang, Chair of the Singaporean
Organizing Committee, handed over the IIW flag
to Prof. Konstantin Yushchenko, Chair of the Ukrainian
Organizing Committee of the 63 rd IIW Annual Assembly.
From left: Prof. Konstantin Yushchenko
and Mr. Chee-Pheng Ang
From left: Dr.-Eng. Masao Ushio
and Mr. Michel Rousseau
8 ATTENDANCE RECOGNITION
CERTIFICATES
In keeping with the tradition established in 2006, Attendance
Recognition Certificates, in addition to a commemorative
lapel pin, were presented during the different
meetings of the 2009 Annual Assembly, to honour
those who have contributed significantly to the IIW by
having attended 10, 20 or 30 IIW Annual Assemblies:
Future Annual Assemblies will be held as follows:
– 2010: in the Ukraine (Kiev), 11-18 July
– 2011: in India (Chennai), 17-22 July
– 2012: in the United States (Denver, Colorado),
8-14July
– 2013: in Germany (Essen), 12-17 September
– 2014: in South Korea (Jeju Island), 13-18 July
– 2015: in Turkey (Istanbul), July
10 FUTURE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES
Future IIW International Congresses will be held as follows:
2009 Stará Lesnã, High Tatras, Slovakia 14-16 October
2009 Tehran, Iran 30 November - 3 December
2010 Israel 25-26 January
2010 Bangkok, Thailand 25-27 February
2010 Hammamet, Tunisia 26-28 May
2010 Sofia, Bulgaria 21-23 October
2010 Vietnam+ November/December
2011 Istanbul,Turkey 11-13 October
2011 Bali, Indonesia+ November
2012 Helsinki, Finland+ August
2012 Caïrns, Australia+ September-October
+ To be confirmed.

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HENRY GRANJON PRIZE
The Henry Granjon prizes were presented by Mr. Abdel
Chehaibou on behalf of the Institut de Soudure (French
Welding Institute).
– Category A “Joining and Fabrication Technology”
The prize was awarded to Dr.-Ing. Sergio T. Amancio
Filho (Germany) for his paper, “Friction riveting: Development
and analysis of a new joining technique for
polymer-metal multi-material structures.”
Dr.-Ing. Amancio Filho was awarded his B.Eng.
Degree in Materials Engineering in 2000 by the Federal
University of Sao Carlos (Brazil), after which he obtained
an M.Sc. Honours Degree in Metallurgy through
a joint program between the GKSS Research Centre,
Germany, and the Federal University of Sao Carlos in
2002.
His MSc thesis entitled, “Friction Stir Welding of Dissimilar
2024-T351 and 6056-T6/T4 Aluminium Alloys”,
was the first postgraduate academic thesis on friction
stir welding to be published in South America.
In June 2007, the Technical University of Hamburg-
Harburg (Germany) awarded him a Doctorate in Joining
Technology, the thesis for which he also won the Nordmetall
Prize, sponsored by Nordmetall e.V. (Northern
German Association of Metal and Electronic Industries)
for the best Ph.D. thesis of 2007.
Since 2001, Dr.-Ing. Sergio T. Amancio Filho has been
working at the GKSS Research Centre on joining technology
of lightweight materials, as well as developing
and investigating processes for metalpolymer joining.
In this regard, he has so far been granted one patent
and is awaiting decisions on nine (9) other patent applications
for new joining processes for metal-polymer
structures. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in
Materials Mechanics at the GKSS Institute of Materials
Research.
Brazilian-born Dr.-Ing. Sergio T. Amancio Filho is also
a reviewer for various scientific journals including IIW’s
Welding in the World.
– Category B: “Materials Behaviour and Weldability”
The prize was awarded to Ms. Elin Marianne Westin
(Sweden) for her paper, “Pitting corrosion resistance of
GTAwelded lean duplex stainless steel.”
Ms. Elin Marianne Westin is the holder of an M.Sc.
degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a major in
Materials and Welding, from Luleå University of Technology,
Sweden. She carried out her diploma work on
A-TIG welding of titanium at the Singapore Institute
of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) and received
her International Welding Engineer certificate from the
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden,
in 2002.
Since then, she has been working as a Research Engineer
for Outokumpu Stainless at Avesta Research Centre
(Sweden), where she is responsible for weldability
research on duplex stainless steels, while also an external
Ph.D. candidate at KTH.
Ms. Westin began participating in IIW Commission
work in 2004 and is currently active within Commissions
IX-H, II-C and IV. She has so far concentrated her
research on weld oxides, weld metal microstructures
and their effect on corrosion properties.
She was awarded this year’s Henry Granjon Prize –
Category B based on her licentiate thesis published
in 2008.
From left: Dr.-Ing. Sergio T. Amancio Filho
and Mr. Abdel Chehaibou
From left: Ms. Elin Marianne Westin
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– Category C: “Design and Structural Integrity”
The prize was awarded to Dr.-Ing. Imke Weich (Germany)
for her paper, “Edge layer condition and fatigue
strength of welds improved by mechanical post weld
treatment.”
After completing her undergraduate Civil Engineering
studies at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany,
in 2002, Dr.-Ing. Imke Weich was awarded a
Master’s Degree in the same discipline by the University
of Rhode Island, USA.
Her major field of research has been the fatigue
strength of welded structures and she has specialized
in the influence of edge layer conditions due to surface
treatment on the fatigue strength of structures. In this
domain, she gained much expertise in the field of residual
stress measurement techniques.
As a Researcher and Project Leader, she was responsible
for a European project “REFRESH-Extension of
lifetime of existing and new welded structures”.
Since 2004, Dr.-Ing. Imke Weich has been an active
member of IIW Commissions XIII and XV and in 2009,
she obtained her Dr.-Ing. Degree with distinction in Civil
Engineering from her alma mater, the Technische Universität
Braunschweig in Germany.
the welding and joining process, the prediction and mitigation
of residual stress and distortion and analysis of
the fatigue life of welded structures. Formerly Research
Scientist, later Principal Research Scientist, at Battelle
Memorial Institute, Dr.Yang was heavily involved in the
development of VFT weld modelling software.
Currently Senior Engineer at the Edison Welding Institute
(EWI) in Columbus, Ohio (USA), Dr. Yang is involved
in the development of E-Weld Predictor, an online
simulation tool for predicting temperature, microstructure,
hardness, residual stress and distortion. In addition,
he works as a team member with the US shipyard
in implementing the transient thermal tension technique
(TTT) to control welding-induced buckling distortion in
thin ship-panel fabrication.
A member of the American Welding Society (AWS), Dr.
Yang has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed
journals and conference proceedings.
From left: Dr. Yu-Ping Yang
and Dr.-Ing. Klaus Middeldorf
YOSHIAKI ARATA AWARD
From left: Dr.-Ing. Imke Weich
and Mr. Abdel Chehaibou
HEINZ SOSSENHEIMER SOFTWARE
INNOVATION AWARD
The Heinz Sossenheimer Software Innovation Award,
sponsored by the German Delegation, was presented
by Dr.-Ing. Klaus Middeldorf, Head of the German Delegation
and General Manager of the German Welding
Society (DVS), to Dr. Yu-Ping Yang (United States).
Dr. Yang was awarded his Ph.D. Degree in Welding
Engineering by the Harbin Institute of Technology, (P.R.
of China) in 1995 and conducted his post-doctoral
research at the Missouri University of Science and
Technology (USA).
His research interests include the development of computational
procedures and software tools to simulate
The Yoshiaki Arata Award, sponsored by the Japanese
Delegation, was presented by Prof. Dr. Kazutoshi Nishimoto,
in the absence of Prof. Yoshiaki Arata, to Dr.
John C. Lippold (United States).
A member of the Welding Engineering Program of The
Ohio State University (USA), Dr. John C. Lippold received
his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Engineering
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, having
studied under Dr. Warren F. Savage.
Over the past 30 years, he has been involved in research
programs designed to gain a better understanding
of welding metallurgy and properties of engineering
materials. Dr. Lippold’s research has focused on both
fundamental and applied topics with a high degree of
industrial relevance. He has also been actively involved
in the evaluation of weldability test techniques and the
development of testing approaches.
Based on his research, Dr. Lippold has published over
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has made over 300 technical presentations. He has
gained international recognition in the field of stainless
steel and high alloy welding metallurgy and weldability
testing.
A Fellow of both ASM International and the American
Welding Society (AWS), Dr. Lippold has won numerous
awards from technical societies, including the AWS,
the International Metallographic Society and the IIW.
He is a past recipient of the AWS’ Comfort A. Adam’s
Memorial Lecture Award (1997) and the IIW’s Jaeger
Lecture Award (2008).
Dr. Lippold is also one of the three editors of the IIW’s
journal, Welding in the World.
Mr. Smallbone championed the expansion and uptake
of the IIW Qualification and Certification Programmes
which are foundations for personal and economic development,
technology transfer and the improved image
of welding worldwide. As Chair of Working Group 13
of Commission XIV (1992-1999) and Chair of the Task
Force for Certification (2002-2005), he generated significant
advances in this field.
After twice serving as IIW Vice-President (1993-1996
and 2002-2005), he later became IIW President (2005-
2008), introducing many initiatives including a White
Paper, expansion of the IIW Business Plan and introduction
of IIW Recognition Awards.
Mr. Smallbone is known to epitomize his philosophy Nil
Satis Nisi Optimum – only the best is good enough –
and for his unfailing enthusiasm and persistence which
have generated outstanding outcomes for the IIW, individuals
and the global welding industry.
From left: Dr. John C. Lippold
and Prof. Dr. Kazutoshi Nishimoto
WALTER EDSTRÖM MEDAL
The Walter Edström Medal, sponsored by the Swedish
Delegation, was presented by the Head of the Swedish
Delegation and Deputy Chief Executive of the Swedish
Welding Commission, Mr. Lars Johansson to Mr. Christopher
Smallbone.
Executive Director of the Welding Technology Institute
of Australia (WTIA), Mr. Christopher Smallbone is the
recipient of the 2009 Walter Edström Medal for his
“remarkable and distinguished contributions to the IIW
and the international community.”
Since 1974, he has held numerous key IIW positions.
As Chair of the IIW Board of Directors’ Working Group
for Regional Activities and Liaison with Developing
Countries (WG-RA) from 1993, and through outstanding
personal commitment, he has assisted over 40
countries to promote welding technology for the benefit
of their people.
He initiated the IIW Project “To Improve the Global
Quality of Life Through the Optimum Use of Welding
Technology,“ as well as the highly successful IIW Weld-
Care Programme, based upon Technology and Educational
Support Centres networking which he developed
in South Africa and Australia.
From left: Mr. Christopher Smallbone
and Mr. Lars Johansson
THOMAS MEDAL
The Thomas Medal, sponsored by the American Delegation,
was presented by Mr. Victor Matthews, President
of the American Welding Society, to Dr. David
Widgery (United Kingdom).
Dr. David Widgery began his career at the British Welding
Research Association (now The Welding Institute-
TWI), after graduating in Metallurgy from Cambridge
University, England, in 1964. Following his work on
weld metal toughness and a range of metallurgical
problems, he was later awarded a Ph.D. Degree by
Cambridge University (1975) and was the 1976 recipient
of the AWS Lincoln Gold Medal.
Formerly Group Special Projects Manager at ESAB
Group (UK) Ltd., Dr. Widgery worked, among other
things, on creep-resisting steels and pipeline welding.
During his career, he also managed the development of
tubular wires, all-positional flux-cored wires, submerged
arc fluxes and a generation of cellulosic electrodes with
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well as modern power sources to replace older rotating
generators.
From 1979-2007, he served on various BSI Committees,
including WEE/39, Welding Consumables (Chair
2001-7) and EE/-/-, the Engineering Council. He also
sat on the CEN Welding Committee, CEN TC121, and
was a founding member of the committee on welding
consumables, CEN/TC121/SC3 (1988), later joining
the equivalent ISO Committee, ISO TC44/SC3. During
this period, the entire matrix of European welding consumable
standards was written.
Since the mid-1990s, Dr. Widgery has attended IIW
meetings and was appointed Chair of SC II-E in 2001.
This Committee was concerned primarily with uniting
CEN and ISO standards by developing the so-called
“cohabitation” drafts. Many of these have now been
adopted by CEN and ISO and published as national
standards. He has also presented several technical
papers at conferences and in other IIW sub-commissions
and is widely published.
Since his retirement in 2007, Dr. Widgery has been working
as a Consultant to the ESAB Group.
Author and co-author of numerous publications, Prof.
de Meester has been invited to deliver lectures throughout
the world and received the Walter Soete Award
from the Belgian Institute of Welding in 2003.
Currently IIW Vice-President, he has been active in
the IIW since 1978. A past Chair of Commission IX:
Behaviour of Metals subjected to Welding (1995-2005),
he has been an active Member of the IIW Technical
Management Board since 2001, serving as its Chair
from 2005 to 2008.
In 2007, Prof. de Meester implemented the peer review
process for research papers recommended for publication
in the IIW journal, Welding in the World. Since
the journal’s March 2009 edition, he has served as one
of the three Editors of the Peer-reviewed Section, in
keeping with the IIW’s ambition of having the journal
recognized in the prestigious Science Citation Index.
From left: Prof. Bruno de Meester
and Eur Ing N.I. Cooper
From left: Dr. David Widgery
and Mr. Victor Matthews
ARTHUR SMITH AWARD
The Arthur Smith Award, sponsored by the United
Kingdom Delegation, was presented by the Head of
the United Kingdom Delegation and Chair of the UK
Section of the IIW, Eur Ing N.I. Cooper, to Prof. Bruno
de Meester (Belgium).
Prof. Bruno de Meester graduated in Mechanical
Engineering from the Université Catholique de Louvain
(Belgium) in 1970 and was later awarded a Ph.D. in
Metallurgical Engineering by the University of Kentucky
(USA) in 1972. Most of his career has been spent at
his Belgian alma mater where he first served as Invited
Lecturer from 1975, then Associate Professor in
1980 and finally Professor since 1989. His teaching and
research activities have centred on materials science,
manufacturing processes and welding metallurgy.
EVGENY PATON PRIZE
The Paton Prize, sponsored by the National Welding
Committee of the Ukraine and the E.O. Paton Electric
Welding Institute, was presented by Prof. Konstantin
Yushchenko to Prof. Shang Yang Lin (P.R. of China).
For almost half a century, Prof. Shang Yang Lin has
devoted himself to Applied Research and Development
and has managed to contribute various technological
innovations to the world of welding.
His many pioneering inventions include four welding
wires (08Mn2Mo, 10Mn2Mo, 08Mn2MoV and
10Mn2MoV) used for submerged arc welding and electroslag
welding for 400-600MPa low alloy, high-strength
steels (1960s); a locally-drying, CO2 gas-shielded,
semi-automatic, underwater welding torch (1970s); the
TANGSA (Tandem wires narrow gap submerged arc)
welding system in the 1980s; and in the 1990s, Prof.
Lin and his team developed and integrated the largest
arc welding robot station (6+3 axes) for welding bulldozer
frames in China and other tailor-made welding
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From left: Prof. Shang Yang Lin and Prof.
Konstantin Yushchenko
A Professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology (P.R.
of China), over the past decade, he has concentrated
on the development of laser welding and laser–GMA
hybrid welding technology.
Prof. Lin has been a Member of the Chinese Academy
of Engineering since 1995 and is a former Secretary-
General of the Chinese Welding Society (CWS) and
Chair of the Chinese Committee for IIW. He also served
as Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 47th IIW
Annual Assembly held in Beijing (1994) and has been
active in Commission XII.
Over the course of his career, Prof. Lin has received
several awards and accolades, including 11 Chinese
National Technical Invention and National Technical
Progress Prizes, as well as the Chniese Machinery
Ministry’s Technical Innovation Prize. He was also recognized
for his “Lifetime Achievement in Welding” by
the Chinese Welding Society.