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2014 IIW AWARDS The 2014 IIW Awards Ceremony then followed, with presentations made to the winners in attendance.

THE 2014 WINNERS From left: Prof. Dorin Dehelean, MSc. Eng. Aleksandra Weglowska, Dr. Beate Rickes, Mr Lars Johansson, Prof. Suck-Joo Na, Mr Ernest D. Levert, Mr Matthew R. McFadden, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Fricke.

THE HENRY GRANJON PRIZE The Henry Granjon prizes were presented by Dr. Sylvain de Lescazes, President of IS-Institut de Soudure (French Welding Institute).

From left: Dr. Sylvain de Lescazes and MSc. Eng. Aleksandra Węglowska

From left: Dr. Sylvain de Lescazes and Prof. John C. Lippold , who received the prize on the behalf of Dr. Xin Yue

Category A “Joining and Fabrication Technology”

Category B “Materials Behaviour and Weldability”

The prize was awarded to MSc. Eng. Aleksandra Węglowska (Poland) for her paper, “Research into linear vibration welding of glass fibre reinforced nylon 66”.

The prize was awarded to Dr Xin Yue (China) for his paper, “In- vestigation on heat affected zone hydrogen-induced cracking of high-strength naval steels using the Granjon implant test” . Unfortunately, Dr. Xin Yue was unable to attend the ceremony to receive his award; IIW nevertheless extended its congratula- tions to Dr. Xin Yue .