The Professional Program will include presentations on topics of interest to welding practitioners and managers, researchers, and advanced students. Papers are sought in three categories:

-- Technical/Research Oriented, involving new science or engineering relevant to welding, joining, and allied processes.

-- Applied Technology, involving new or unique applications of known principles of joining science or engineering.

-- Welding Education, involving successful education and training methods at all levels that are relevant to the welding industry.

Papers may be process-oriented or materials-oriented, and may include modeling of welding processes. Preference will be given to papers with clearly communicated benefit to the welding industry.

Abstracts may be submitted using the form enclosed in the AWS Welding Journal or the online form located at www.aws.org/w/s/survey/standard.html?survey_start=abstractsubmittal.

For more information, contact Gladys Santana, AWS manager of conferences and seminars, at 800-443-9353 or 305-443-9353, ext. 223, or via email at gladys@aws.org.

The American Welding Society is the largest organization in the world dedicated to advancing the science, technology, and application of welding and allied processes, including joining, brazing, soldering, cutting, and thermal spraying. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, USA, AWS serves almost 50,000 members in the United States and around the world. For more information on AWS programs and publications, visit the Society's Web site, www.aws.org.