IIW History 1990-2015

WU Title / History

Chairs

Dates

C-XIV Welding Instruction

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 1986-1996 A. Hobbacher (Germany) 1996-2006 R. Shaw (USA) 2006-2015 S. Botta (Italy) 2015-Present H. Potente (W. Germany) 1979-1997 A. Benatar (USA) 1997-2003 C.Y. Wu (USA) 2003-2009 V. Schöppner (Germany) 2009-Present G. Costa (Italy)

1994: Education and Training

C-XV Fundamentals of Design and Fabrication for Welding 2001: Design, Analysis and

Fabrication of Welded Structures

C-XVI

Welding of Plastics 1996: Polymer Joining and Adhesive Technology

C-XVII

W. Miglietti (USA)

2008-Present

2008: Brazing, Soldering and Diffusion Bonding

Select Committees WU Title / History

Chairs

Dates

SC-AIR 1993: 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

1995: Aircraft Materials Joining 2004: Permanent Joints in New Materials and Coatings for Aircraft Engineering

SC-AL Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys M. Bramat (France)

1985-1995 1995-1999

C. Boucher (France)

SC- AUTO 2002 : Automotive and Road Transport

J. K. Larsson (Sweden) 2002-2008 M. Rethmeier (Germany) 2008-Present

SC-ENV 1999: Environment

B. Pekkari (Sweden) M. Scasso (Italy) K. Johnson (UK) N. Zhou (Canada)

1999-2000 2000-2007 1984-1991

2007: C ombined with C-VIII

SC- MICRO

Microjoining 2011: Research Developments in Micro- and Nano-Joining Technologies

2011-Present

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