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2005 AWS Fellows and Counselors Honored at the Dallas Exhibition

During the Welding Show 2005 in Dallas, Tex., the American Welding Society conferred Fellow or Counselor status on individuals for their continuous and lasting contributions to science and technology in welding.

The honorary title of AWS Fellow was established in 1990 to recognize members who have made distinguished contributions and promoted and sustained professionalism in the field of welding science and technology.

In 1999, the honorary title of AWS Counselor was created to recognize individual members for outstanding organizational leadership that has helped enhance the image and impact of the welding industry.

2005 AWS Class of Fellows

This year, six individuals were named to the 2005 Class of Fellows.

Harvey R. Castner — For his extensive experience in welding research and development, manufacturing, and engineering management. And for his research which resulted in the development and commercialization of fluxes for the gas tungsten arc welding process and for providing an analytical approach to determining crack-resistant weld compositions.

William H. King — For developing the first phenomenological model for diffusion welding that became the foundation for work in the welding and brazing field to present day. And for leading the development of many critical materials-joining technologies for the aerospace industry, such as the diffusion bonding of highly alloyed nickel-based superalloys, transient liquid phase bonding of superalloy turbine blades, welding of hardenable nickel-based alloys without hot cracking and strain age cracking, and the linear friction welding of hollow fan blades.

Dr. Ravi Menon — For his significant contributions to the development and application of flux cored wires for hardfacing and high-alloy joining. Specifically, alloys and hardfacing application for steel mills and power plants and the first truly all-position nickel based flux cored wires in the industry.

Dr. Suck-Joo Na — For his significant and sustained contributions in fusion welding; for clarifying the complex phenomena occurring in gas metal arc processes and for the development of an original monitoring and control system.

Dr. Raymond George Thompson — For his research in the theory of weld heat-affected zone microstructure evolution, microfissuring and grain boundary migration and the development of computational modeling techniques to predict the theoretical and experimental behavior.

Dr. Thomas Zacharia – For significant and sustained contribution to welding science, specifically in developing a fundamental understanding of the heat and fluid flow phenomena in the weld pool through computational modeling; having played a key role in developing and implementing neutral-net based models to enhance the quality of resistance spot welds in the automotive manufacturing industry.

2005 Class of Counselors

Six individuals were named to the 2005 Class of Counselors.

Warren G. Alexander – For his untiring efforts and as a champion for quality standards in bridge structures, and for his counsel on fabrication, welding, metallurgy, and nondestructive testing issues. For his lifelong dedication to the welding industry to educate design engineers and fabricators in understanding the importance of their respective roles in “fracture avoidance” and through his efforts, AASHTO and AWS agreed to coauthor and publish the AASHTO/AWS D1.5-88 Bridge Welding Code.

Lee G. Kvidahl – For his more than thirty years of experience in welding engineering, he has distinguished himself in the shipbuilding industry by providing leadership for two major shipyards, serving on shipbuilding committees, and by his participation in NAVSEA working groups.

Ernest D. Levert – For his vision and outstanding leadership and perseverance in advancing the science and application of welding, supporting the welding industries, by mentoring and preparing the next generation of welding professionals, and for important contributions to major welding programs such as the Atlas and Centaur space boosters, Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF-22), and various missile weapon systems.

Glenn M. Nally – For his fifty years of professional work experience and volunteer service, contributing to the welding community as a specialist in communications, advertising, literature, public relations, trade show, and product styling through his effective counseling and mentoring.

Nancy C. Porter – By providing support through her work at Edison Welding Institute and through leadership of the Ohio State University’s WE Alumni Society, her multifaceted involvement has helped welding engineering students, faculty, alumni, and employers through fund raising, student recruitment, communication, and job placement assistance enhancing the image of welding engineering as a profession.

Amos O. Winsand – For his numerous achievement, both in design and development of systems, demonstrated his leadership ability when he contributed many innovative ideas to improve the performance of multi-spot resistance welding transformers which became key components in the automotive industry’s quest to automate the resistance welding of car bodies.

Nominating Information

For information on nominating individuals for AWS Fellow or AWS Counselor Awards, contact AWS, 550 NW LeJeune Rd., Miami, FL 33126, (800) 443-9353 ext. 293 or, outside the U.S., (305) 443-9353 ext. 293, e-mail: wreeve@aws.org.

To View Past AWS Fellows and Counselors, please click the links below:

Past AWS Class of Fellows

Past AWS Class of Counselors

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