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LINKING PEOPLE, JOINING NATIONS
WU Title / History
Chairs
Dates
C-XIV Welding Instruction
1994: Education and Training
M. Jacobi (W. Germany) 1981-1996
R. Long (USA)
1996-2002
W. Strippelmann
(Germany)
2002-2003
R. Bonneau (Canada)
2003-2005
U. Hadrian (Switzerland) 2005-2009
V.Y. Matthews (USA)
2009-2011
C. Smallbone (Australia) 2011-Present
C-XV Fundamentals of Design and
Fabrication for Welding
2001: Design, Analysis and
Fabrication of Welded Structures
G. Costa (Italy)
1986-1996
A. Hobbacher (Germany) 1996-2006
R. Shaw (USA)
2006-2015
S. Botta (Italy)
2015-Present
C-XVI
Welding of Plastics
1996: Polymer Joining and
Adhesive Technology
H. Potente (W. Germany) 1979-1997
A. Benatar (USA)
1997-2003
C.Y. Wu (USA)
2003-2009
V. Schöppner (Germany) 2009-Present
C-XVII
2008: Brazing, Soldering and
Diffusion Bonding
W. Miglietti (USA)
2008-Present
Select Committees
WU Title / History
Chairs
Dates
SC-AIR 1993: Aircraft Engineering
1995: Aircraft Materials Joining
2004: Permanent Joints in New
Materials and Coatings for
Aircraft Engineering
K. Yushchenko (Ukraine) 1993-2002
T. Mustaleski (USA)
2002-2009
I.D. Harris (USA)
2009-2013
S. Gong (P.R. China)
2013-Present
SC-AL Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys M. Bramat (France)
1985-1995
C. Boucher (France)
1995-1999
SC- AUTO 2002
:
Automotive and Road
Transport
J. K. Larsson (Sweden) 2002-2008
M. Rethmeier (Germany) 2008-Present
SC-ENV 1999: Environment
2007:
C
ombined with C-VIII
B. Pekkari (Sweden)
1999-2000
M. Scasso (Italy)
2000-2007
SC-
MICRO
Microjoining
2011: Research Developments
in Micro- and Nano-Joining
Technologies
K. Johnson (UK)
1984-1991
N. Zhou (Canada)
2011-Present