IIIW 2017 Booklet of Awards

The International Institute of Welding is honoured to introduce the 2017 IIW Awards’ Winners, acknowledged for their significant contributions in welding and joining technology.

With around 20 different awards, IIW reco- gnises a wide range of achievements: specific, outstanding or technical accomplishments, illustrious careers or long and meritorious service to the IIW. Trophies, medals and certificates are presented each year to the winners during the Opening Ceremony of the IIW’s Annual Assembly, this year hosted by the Chinese Welding Society in Shanghai, P.R. China. IIW is proud to promote and recognise excellence through eponymous prizes that pay tribute to eminent individuals, who played a substantial part in IIW’s his- tory, whether as founding fathers, champions, or pillars of the Technical Commissions. They each contributed to the IIW’s aims and objectives or to the development of revolutionary scientific and technical advances in welding and allied processes. It is the dedication and vision of these famous IIW per- sonalities which set the stage for the organisation to be recognised today as the largest and most prestigious worldwide network for knowledge exchange of joining technologies. Our congratulations to the 2017 winners who have also left their trace on the IIW’s history through their professionalism and personality.

Prof. Dr Guan Qiao

Prof. Suck-Joo Na

Prof.Veli Kujanpää

Mr Parimal Biswas

Prof. Sindo Kou

Ms Teresa Melfi

Dr Tyler Borchers

Prof.Yoshinori Hirata

Dr Dominique Thierry

Mr Mathias Lundin

Dr Eeva Mikkola

More information about IIW’s recognition of people is found at www.iiwelding.org

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