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APPENDIX 6
WU Title / History
Chairs
Dates
SC- QUAL 2001: Quality Management in
Welding and Allied Processes
H. Köstermann (Germany)2001-2004
R. Zwätz (Germany)
2004-2010
K. Middeldorf (Germany) 2010-2013
R. Shaw (USA)
2013-Present
SC-
STAND
Standardisation
2007: Became WG-STAND
M. Evrard (France)
1986-1998
D. Shackleton (UK)
1998-2012
M. Lundin (Sweden)
2012-Present
SC-STS
Surfacing and Thermal Spraying
1999: Combined with C-I
M. Malik (Germany)
1986-1999
SC-UW Underwater Welding
2005: Combined with C-XII
H. Hoffmeister
(W. Germany)
1984-1999
I. Richardson
(The Netherlands)
1999-2005
SC-SHIP Shipbuilding
R. Boekholt (Spain)
1990-2010
H. Sadler (USA)
2011-Present
Study Groups
WU Title / History
Chairs
Dates
SG-STI
Scientific and Technical Information
1995: became SG-STE: Technical
and Economic Information
R. Bryant (UK)
1982-1992
N. Fauriol (France)
1992-1995
SG-STE 1995: Technical and Economic
Information
1999: Amalgamated with C-VI
N. Fauriol (France)
1995-1998
P. Adams (UK)
1998-1999
SG-RES Welding Research Strategy and
Collaboration
R. Dolby (UK)
1989-2003
L. Quintino (Portugal)
2003-2012
A. Scotti (Brazil)
2012-Present
SG-212 Physics of welding
J.F. Lancaster (UK)
1965-1992
G. den Ouden
(The Netherlands)
1992-2002
E. Halmoy (Norway)
2002-2005
Y. Hirata (Japan)
2005-2012
M. Tanaka (Japan)
2012-Present