AWS conferences and the RWMA Resistance Welding School present innovations and insight you can use in your career and enterprise, while affording the opportunity to network and exhange information with your peers. All conferences include lunch, breaks, and Q&A time.

Welding Technology to the Rescue
Mon., Nov. 14 •  8:30-4:00
$345 members/$480 nonmembers

A number of major research efforts and technological wizardries are paying off in big ways throughout industry. The effects are numerous. Some are in huge improvements in productivity. Others are in quality. There are brand-new solutions to lingering problems. This trend in new developments is bound to introduce more science into the overall welding scene.

8th AWS Conference on Weld Cracking
Tues., Nov. 15 •  8:30-4:00
$345 members/$480 nonmembers

At AWS’s eighth conference on weld cracking, the different types of cracking, their respective causes, and their solutions will be thoroughly examined. No incident causes so much alarm as a weld crack. The different types of cracking, their causes, and their solutions will be discussed. This program will identify and analyze the types of cracks — and more importantly — what to do about them.

• Understanding Weld Cracking in Steels Joseph C. Bundy, Hobart Brothers Co.
• Crack Avoidance in Creep Strength-Enhanced Ferritic Steels William F. Newell, Jr, Euroweld Ltd.
• Hot Cracking in Austenitic Stainless Steels Damian J. Kotecki, Damian Kotecki Welding Consultants
• How to Prevent Cracking When Welding Aluminum Alloys Tony Anderson, ITW Technology Center
• Hydrogen Induced Cracking in Welding High Performance Steels Yoni Adonyi, LeTourneau University
• Investigation of Weld Metal Cracking in a Hydrotreater Vessel Robert W. Warke, LeTourneau University
• Preventing Cracking in Nickel-Base Alloys Donald J. Tillack, Tillack Metallurgical Consulting
• Phased Array Ultrasonics for Detecting and Sizing Cracks in Welds Michael Moles, Olympus NDT
• General Question and Answer Session

National Welding Education Conference
Tues., Nov. 15 • 9:00-4:00
$149 members/$149 nonmembers

Presented by the National Center for Welding Education and Training (Weld-Ed), this conference is designed to bring together educators for professional development and networking opportunities. Weld-Ed’s focus is on the preparation of welders, welding technicians, and welding engineers to meet the needs of industry. This conference will include presentations on topics such as Weld-Ed accomplishments in the last year, the partnership between Weld-Ed and AWS, welding industry workforce needs, recruitment tips and tools for educators, competency models, externship programs for educators, tips on partnering with other secondary and post-secondary schools, welding education trends, curriculum, materials science education and applications, distance learning updates, new technology applications, and presentations from welding educators who will share their best practices.


What’s New in Power Sources
Wed., Nov. 16 •  8:30-4:00
$345 members/$480 nonmembers

The latest welding machines are equipped with greatly improved capabilities, including multi-process operation. Meet the experts and understand the relative benefits of emerging power source technologies, for example, transformer-rectifiers and inverters. The experts will be on hand to compare these innovations.

• Modern Power Source Technology That Drives Process Improvement Todd McEllis, Miller Electric Mfg. Co. and ITW
• AC Pulse GMAW for Aluminum, Mild and Stainless Steels Phil Mosquera, Daihen
• Advances in Production Monitoring Bruce Chantry, Lincoln Electric Co.
• Advanced GMA Welding Wesley Doneth, Fronius USA
• High Performance GMAW - New Machines. New Techniques Will Provide a Boost in Performance Paul Blomquist, Applied Thermal Sciences
• WeldScore - Embedded Weld Data Quality Monitoring Joe Daniel, Lincoln Electric Co.
• Gold Track VI Robert Tollett, Liburdi Automation Inc.
• Controlled Short Circuit GMAW Process Competes Favorably with SMAW, GTAW Jim Cuhel, Miller Electric Mfg. Co.
• General Question and Answer Session 

Thermal Spray Technology: High-Performance Surfaces
Wed., Nov. 16 •  8:00-4:45
$345 members/$480 nonmembers
This joint conference of AWS and the International Thermal Spray Association (ITSA) will present the latest developments in thermal spray coating technologies and applications.


RWMA Resistance Welding School
Wed., Nov. 16 (7:45-5:30) —Thurs., Nov. 17 (8:00-3:45)
$475 members/$695 nonmembers

This intensive two-day course covers the basics of resistance welding. The school is designed to give operators, production supervisors, engineers, and others the opportunity to study, better understand, and further their knowledge in the theory, applications, and equipment used in the resistance welding process.



Pick and choose between concurrent sessions on the latest in welding research and commercial developments. Pay by the day or register for the entire four-day program.

SESSION 1: International Trends in Welding Research
Chair: Stephen Liu, Colorado School of Mines

• State of the Welding Related Industries and Trends of Welding Research & Development in Singapore by Ang Chee Pheng, President of the Singapore Welding Society
• International Topics in Welding Research  

 
SESSION 2: NSF I / UCRC Sponsored
Chair: Stephen Liu, Colorado School of Mines

• Separating the Good Welds from the Bad Welds by John P. H. Steele, Colorado School of Mines
• Development of a High-Chromium Nickel-base Filler Metal with Improved Weldability for Nuclear Power Plant Construction and Repair Applications by Adam T. Hope, Eric Fusner and John C. Lippold, The Ohio State University, and Steve L. McCracken   
• Weldability of A356+0.5Cu and Its Nanocomposites by Dake Wang, Hongseok Choi, Xiaochun Li and Sindo Kou, University of Wisconsin    
• Welding of Stainless Steel-Effect of Sulfur on Weld Pool Phenomena by Sindo Kou, University of Wisconsin, C. Limmaneevichitr, King Mongkut’s University of Technology-Thonburi, and P.S. Wei   
• Newly Developed Low Transformation Temperature (LTT) Welding by Tariq Alghamdi and Stephen Liu, Colorado School of Mines   
• Weld Solidification Behavior of Ni-base Superalloys for Use in Advanced Supercritical Coal-fired Power Plants by David Tung and John C. Lippold, The Ohio State University  

 
SESSION 3: Solid-State Processing
Chair: Yoni Adonyi, LeTourneau University

• Friction Stir Welding of ISO 3183 X80M Steel by Antonio J. Ramirez, Tahiana F. C. Hermenegildo and Tiago F. A. Santos, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, and Conrado R. M. Afonso and Ricardo R. Marinho, Cenpes-Petrobras   
• Adaptation of Al-to-Steel FRW-I to Thick Sections by Wendell L. Johnson and Jerry E. Gould, Edison Welding Institute   
• Solid-State Welding of High Performance Steels by Nathan Dix, Josh Hammond and Yoni Adonyi, LeTourneau University   
• Friction Stir Welding of Lean Duplex Stainless Steel by Tiago F. A. Santos, Marina Magnani and Antonio J. Ramirez, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory  
• Susceptibility of Carbon Steel Welds to Hydrogen Embrittlement by Wei Zhang, Zhili Feng, John Wang and Larry Anovitz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory    
• Mechanical and Microstructural Evaluation of Friction Stir Processed Diffusion Bonded Magnesium and Magnesium Metal Matrix Composites by Scott Gordon and Stephen Liu, Colorado School of Mines  

SESSION 4: Shipbuilding
Chair: Maria Posada, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division

• Fracture Toughness of Welded NUCu-140 by Brett Leister, John DuPont and Jeffrey Farren, Lehigh University   
• Microsampling of Friction Stir Welded Ti Alloys by Sal Nimer and Marc Zupan, UMBC-University of Maryland, and Jennifer Wolk, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division   
• Automated Welding Technology for VCS Submarines by Nancy C. Porter and Steve Massey, Edison Welding Institute, and Ned Kaminski, General Dynamics Electric Boat  
• Ultrasonic Impact Treatment of Aluminum 5456 Plate and Welds by Kim N. Tran and Caroline Scheck, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, University of Maryland – College Park, and Marc Zupan, University of Maryland   
• Understanding the Effect of Tool Design in Friction Stir Welding of HSLA-65 Steels by David Lammlein and Maria Posada, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock Division   
• Fusion Welding Repair of 5xxx Series Aluminum Friction Stir Welds by Maria Posada, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock Division    
• Underwater Friction Stir Welding of HY80 Steel by Terry R. McNelley, Sarath K. Menon, Garth W. Young and William C. Stewart, Naval Postgraduate School, and Murray W. Mahoney, Consultant   
• Nondestructive Testing False Positives on Friction Stir Weld Applications by Bruce H. Halverson, Marinette Marine Corporation   

SESSION 5: Arc Welding Processes
Chair: Daniel Hartman, Manufacturing Behavioral Science

• Double Electrode GMAW with One Welding Power Supply by Jinsong Chen, Adaptive Intelligent Systems, and Yi Lu and YuMing Zhang, University of Kentucky 
• Submerged Arc Welding of High Strength Steel by Cold Wire Feed by Biswajyoti, Basu, Naval Materials Research Laboratory, India, R. Rahul and E. Jeevarasan, National Institute of Technology, India, and S. Jerome and Arun Kumar Shah, Panipat Institute of Engineering Technology   
• Welding Arc Interruptions in Tandem Pulsed GMAW by Ruham Pablo Reis, Federal University of Rio Grande  
• Study of Silicate Islands in GMAW by Richard Derrien, Stephen Liu, and Erik Lord, Colorado School of Mines   
• Full Penetration Welding Using Laser Enhanced GMAW by Yi Huang and YuMing Zhang, University of Kentucky   
• Submerged Arc Welding Line Pipe with Three Electrodes by Stephen Kenny, University of Alberta   
• Residual Stress Analysis in Machining of Duplex Welds by Carolina Payares-Asprino and Patricia Muñoz-Escalona, Universidad Simón Bolívar, and Anamelis Sanchez, Fundación Instituto de Ingeniería   
• Selection of Welding Consumables for Metal Arc Welding Under Oil (MAW-UO) by Hamad H. Almostaneer, Stephen Liu, and David L. Olson, Colorado School of Mines   
• Droplet Heat Content in Nickel Sheathed WC-Cored GMAW Wires by Kevin Scott and Patricio Mendez, University of Alberta   

SESSION 6: NSF I / UCRC Sponsored
Chair: John DuPont, Lehigh University

• Corrosion Behavior of Nickel Based Alloy Coatings by Andrew W. Stockdale and John DuPont, Lehigh University   
• Thermal Stir Welding of Steel by Feng Pan and Sindo Kou, University of Wisconsin, and R.J. Ding, Marshall Space Flight Center   
• Preventing Dissimilar Metal Weld Failures by Gregory J. Brentrup, John DuPont, Brett M. Leister, Brett S. Snowden, and Joachim L. Grenestedt, Lehigh University   
• Hot Bending of Armor Alloys by Nicholas A Kullman and Boian T. Alexandrov, The Ohio State University   
• Stress Rupture Evaluation of Steel Welding Consumables by Chai Xiao and Sindo Kou, University of Wisconsin   
• Laser Impact Welding by Huimin Wang, The Ohio State University   

SESSION 7: Weld Modeling
Chair: Zhili Feng, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Surface and Interface Phenomena in Thermoelectric Element Welding by Ithamar Glumac, Ben Sokolove, and Yoni Adonyi, LeTourneau University   
A Computational Modeling Tool for Welding Repair of Irradiated Materials by Zhili Feng, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Eric Willis and Ken Wolfe, Electric Power Research Institute   
3D Weld Pool Surface Characterization by XueWu Wang, YuMing Zhang and WeiJie Zhang, University of Kentucky   
Modeling and Microstructure Evolution Analysis of Friction Stir Processing of Magnesium Alloy by Zhenzhen Yu, Wei Zhang and Zhili Feng, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Hahn Choo, University of Tennessee  
Examination of Cross Tension Test for DP Steels by Murali Tumuluru and David J. Radakovic, U.S. Steel   
Modeling and Control of Droplet Development in Laser Enhanced GMAW by Yan Shao and YuMing Zhang, University of Kentucky   

SESSION 8: Laser Materials Processing
Chair: Tom Lienert, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Characterization of a Materials Processing Laser by T.J. Lienert, J.O. Sutton, M.S. Piltch and P. Burgardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory   
• Issues with Laser Welding Through a Fused Silica Window by T.J. Lienert, J.O. Sutton, M.S. Piltch, R.T. Forsyth and P.A. Papin, Los Alamos National Laboratory   
• Reducing Alloying Element Vaporization from Stainless Steel Weld Pools Produced by Pulsed Laser Welding by T. DebRoy, Penn State University, and T.J. Lienert, Los Alamos National Laboratory  
• Properties Variation in Stainless Steel Laser Welds by Charles V. Robino, Brad L. Boyce and Corbett C.Battaile, Sandia National Laboratories Modeling of Laser Spot Micro-Welding of Silicon by Ashwin Raghavan, Penn State University   
• Scaling Thermocapillary Weld Pool Shape by Peng S. Wei, C.L. Lin and H.J. Liu, National Sun Yat-Sen University, and T. DebRoy, Penn State Unversity  
• Comparing Laser and Resistance Interconnection Welds by Gerald A Knorovsky, Danny O. MacCallum and Louis A. Malizia Jr., Sandia National Laboratories   

SESSION 9: Filler Metals, Overlays and Repair
Chair: Patricio Mendez, University of Alberta

• Welding Fume Study for Certain SMAW Electrodes Used in the Mining Industry by Kin-Ling Sham and Stephen Liu, Colorado School of Mines   
• Analysis of Molten Surface End Face of Al-Mg Filler Metal Alloy and Process-Integrated Quality Assurance in Pulse GMAW by Rajasekaran Shanmugam and Umarani Rajasekaran, El-Shaddai Welding and Cutting Consultants   
• New Self-Shielded Flux Cored Electrode by Wesley Wang and Stanley Ferree, ESAB   
• Reduction of Cr(VI) in Stainless Steel Welding Fume by Tetsunao Ikeda, Hiroshi Sugahara and Hirohisa Watanabe, Kobe Steel, Ltd / Kobelco Welding of America   
• Depositing Ni-WC Wear Resistant Coatings with Hot-Wire Assisted GTAW by Stuart Guest, Adrian Gerlich and Patricio Mendez, Canadian Center for Welding and Joining, University of Alberta   
• Wear Performance of Welded Hardbanding Materials by Dan Danks, Abbe Doering and Joe Scott, Wear & Friction Resources   
• Structure and Properties of FBW Rail Repairs by David Workman and Jerry E. Gould, Edison Welding Institute   
• Combating Corrosion by Weld Overlay - A Unique Experience by J. V. D. Murty, Qatargas Operating Company Limited   

SESSION 10: Sensing and Control
Chair: YuMing Zhang, University of Kentucky

• Computation of GMAW Pool Surface from Laser Reflection by Xiaoji Ma and YuMing Zhang, University of Kentucky   
• Near-Infrared Vision System for Arc-Welding Monitoring by Carolina Pimenta Mota, Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro Machado, Louriel Oliveria Vilarinho, and Roberto Mendes Finzi Neto, Federal University of Uberlândia 
• Analytical Computation of GTAW Weld Pool Surface by Zhenzhou Wang, University of Kentucky   
• Temperature Measurement of Low-Carbon Steel TIG Welding Heat Affected Zone Using Fiber Bragg Grating by Yulong Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Zhichao Jiang, Yanfeng and Hua Zhang, Nanchang University 
• Machine-Human Cooperative Control of Welding Process by Weijie Zhang and YuMing Zhang, University of Kentucky   
• Wireless Embedded System for Signal Monitoring by Marcus Vinícius ­­Ribeiro Machado, Carolina Pimenta Mota, Louriel Oliveria Vilarinho and Roberto Mendes Finzi Neto, Federal University of Uberlândia   
• Adaptive Fill Algorithm in Varying Weld Groove by Yong-Baek Kim,  Jeom-Goo Kim, Hyeong-Soon Moon and Ji-On Kim, Hyundai Heavy Industries   

SESSION 11: Joining Metallurgy
Chair: Suresh Babu, The Ohio State University,

• Ultrasonic Soldering for Dissimilar Material Joining by Shankar Srinivasan, Edison Welding Institute    
• Au-Al Intermetallic Formation in a Resistance Weld by Donald F. Susan, Gerald A. Knorovsky and Paul T. Vianco, Sandia National Laboratories   
• Constitution Diagram for Dissimilar Metal Welds by Elijah K Gould, BP America, and John C. Lippold and Boian T. Alexandrov, The Ohio State University   
• Weld Behavior of Ultra-High Strength Eglin Steel by Daniel H Bechetti Jr. and John N. DuPont, Lehigh University   
• Advanced Brazing Technologies for Nuclear Fuel Cladding by Edward D. Herderick, Kirk Cooper and Nate Ames, Edison Welding Institute   
• Microstructure of Alloy 625 Weld Overlay by Cleiton Carvalho Silva, Conrado R. M. Afonso, Hélio Cordeiro de Miranda and Jesualdo Pereira Farias, Federal University of Ceará, and Antonio J. Ramirez, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory 
  
• Effect of Ti on Toughness of 700 MPa Weld Metal by Hee Jin Kim and Jun Seok Seo, Chonan, and Changhee Lee, Hanyang University   

  SESSION 12: Materials Weldability 
Chair: Boian Alexandrov, The Ohio State University

• Application of Cold Cracking Tests for Determining the Preheating Temperature in High Strength Steels by Mónica Zalazar, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, and Eduardo Asta, ESAB Argentina   
• Hydrogen Assisted Cracking in Dissimilar Metal Welds by Boian T. Alexandrov, Jeffrey M. Rodelas and John C. Lippold, The Ohio State University, and Shu Shi, Shell International Exploration and Production 
• Impermeable Low Hydrogen Covered Electrodes by Alexandre Queiroz Bracarense, Claudio Turani, Ezequiel Caires Pereira Pessoa, and Ivanilza Felizardo, Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Characterization of Grade 91 Steels to Tempering by Daniel Saltzmann, Boian T. Alexandrov and John C. Lippold, The Ohio State University  
• Development of Welding Technology for Bicycle Frame by Mok-Young Lee and Woong-Seong Chang, RIST, and Norman Zhou, University of Waterloo   
• Effect of Oxide/Ferrite Phase on the Toughness of SDSS by Kim Dae Joo, Bae Sang Deock and Choi Jun Tae, Hyundai Heavy Industries   

SESSION 13: Industrial Technology
Chair: Joe Scott, Devasco International

• Automated Narrow Gap GTAW by Barbara K. Henon, Arc Machines, and Jonathan T. Salkin, Arc Applications   
• Green Stud Welding Technologies Save Energy and Labor by Chris Hsu, Nelson Stud Welding   
• Welding 4130 Steels for Oil Field Equipment by Joe Scott, Devasco International, and David R. Berridge, CRA Technologies   
• Arc Welding Ultra HSLA Steels by Joe Scott and Tomas Brashear, Devasco International   
• Increase Joint Success with an Internal Groove by Larry Zirker, Marve Harker and Kyle Kofford, Idaho National Laboratory    
• Product and Process Comparisons of Welding Fumes by Stanley E. Ferree and Frank Lake, ESAB   
• Mechanization of Short Welds in Heavy Fabrications by Steve Massey and Nancy Porter, Edison Welding Institute   
• Wrapped Textile Cord Process for Welding Wire Finish by Kai Boockmann, Michaela Boockmann and Gerhard Boockmann, Boockmann GmbH   

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