IIW 2018 Awards booklet

YOSHIAKI ARATA AWARD Sponsored by the Japanese Delegation

To an individual whose extraordinary achievements in fundamental research in welding-related science and technology have been recognised as significant contributions to the progress of welding engineering.

Professor Yoshinori Hirata (Japan) graduated from the Welding Department in the School of Engineering, Osaka University in 1974. After completion of the Master’s programme, he worked as a welding engineer for pressure vessel production at the Hitachi Zosen Corporation. He then returned to Osaka University where he engaged in education and research on the physics of materials processing until 2016. Hirata has dedicated himself to the understanding of welding phenomena associated with gas shielded arc welding processes in order to realise reliable welding quality with high productivity. He has conducted outstanding research on arc plasma, metal transfer and weld pool phenomena, which have significantly impacted the evolution of practical arc welding processes. Hirata has contributed greatly to IIW activities as the 2006-2011 Chair of Study Group 212 Physics of Welding, as an IIW Technical Management Board member 2008-2011 and IIW Board Director 2013-2015, and as the Chair of IIW Commission XII Arc Welding Processes and Production Systems from 2011 to 2017.

For significant contributions to science and technology through a lifetime dedication to applied research and development in advanced technologies, materials and equipment for welding and allied processes. EVGENY PATON PRIZE Sponsored by the Ukrainian E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute

University Professor Dr-Ing. Uwe Reisgen (Germany) studied Mechanical Engineering at Aachen University (RWTH), Germany, becoming a European Welding Engineer in 1990. He received a doctorate at the ISF Welding and Joining Institute of RWTH in 1995. Since 2008 he has been the Head of the RWTH ISF Welding and Joining Institute, and Managing Director of the Centre of Excellence in Joining and the Research Centre Jülich. He has published nearly 250 research articles and currently supervises projects on preci- sion melt engineering, welding of steel and cooling time in steel arc welds. Areas of his expertise include materials characterisation and processing, friction stir and laser wel- ding, and the innovative joining of advanced materials including light metals, titanium alloys, composite steels and ceramics. Reisgen has been a member of the Directorate of the DVS (German Welding Society) Committee for Technical Guidelines since 2013 and the DVS Presidium since 2016. He is the German Delegate to IIW Commission C-II Arc Welding Processes and Production Systems and has contributed significantly to its work since 2008.

2018 AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

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