IIW 2019 Booklet of Awards

FELLOW OF IIW

Professor Leif Karlsson (Sweden) gained his PhD in material science in 1986. He held several research positions at ESAB AB from 1986 to 2013 and is currently Professor in Welding Technology at University West, Trollhättan. His research, aiming at fundamen- tal understanding of the relationships between weld metal composition, welding pro- cedure and weld metal microstructure and properties, has resulted in more than 250 scientific and technical papers in the areas of high strength steel weld metals, weld me- tals specially designed to improve fatigue resistance, duplex and superduplex stainless steel, supermartensitic, austenitic stainless weld metals and Ni-base weld metals. Karlsson’s research has contributed significantly to the building of knowledge that has been used to successively move towards development of more advanced products. He has been a major contributor to Commission IX Behaviour of Metals Subjected to Wel- ding throughout his working career, was chair of Sub-Commission IX-H for eight years and a member of the IIW Technical Management Board 2010-2013.

Professor Américo Scotti (Sweden) began his 38-year career in welding with an MSc in 1981 from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, followed by a PhD awarded in 1991 by Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK. He started teaching welding technology in 1982 and to date has published 132 papers in scientific journals, registered five patents and co-authored two books and two book chap- ters about welding. Scotti dedicated himself to establishing welding studies and research at the Federal Uni- versity of Uberlandia and founded the Center for Research and Development of Welding Processes, one of the largest welding facilities in Brazil, heading the group from 1992 to his early retirement in 2012. He is currently Professor of Welding Processes at University West, Sweden. He has been a member of the IIW Board of Directors, Technical Management Board and Editorial Board, Brazilian delegate to the International Authorisation Board and has chaired the Study Group Welding Research Strategy and Collaboration for two terms.

2019 AWARDS FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO IIW

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