The deadline for nominating candidates for the following awards is December 31 prior to the year of the awards presentations. Contact WELDING JOURNAL 85 Candidates Sought for Welding-Related Awards William Irrgang Memorial Award This award is given to the individual who has done the most over the past five years to enhance the Society’s goal of advancing the science and technology of welding. It includes a $2500 honorarium and a certificate. Honorary Membership Award This award acknowledges eminence in the welding profession, or one who is credited with exceptional accomplishments in the development of the welding art. Honorary Members have full rights of membership. Nat. Meritorious Certificate Award This award recognizes the recipient’s counsel, loyalty, and dedication to AWS affairs, assistance in promoting cordial relations with industry and other organizations, and for contributions of time and effort on behalf of the Society. George E. Willis Award This award is given to an individual who promoted the advancement of welding internationally by fostering cooperative participation in technology transfer, standards rationalization, and promotion of industrial goodwill. It includes a $2500 honorarium. International Meritorious Certificate Award This honor recognizes recipients’ significant contributions to the welding industry for service to the international welding community in the broadest terms. The award consists of a certificate and a one-year AWS membership. Wendy Sue Reeve, wreeve@aws.org; (800/305) 443-9353, ext. 293. AWS Offers Online Service for Job Seekers and Employers Jobfind, an AWS free service for job seekers, is the right place to start looking for a job, a better position, or hiring that needed employee. Here is the meeting place for welders, CWIs, engineers, technicians, welding managers, supervisors, and consultants. Companies can post, edit, and manage job listings easily, have access to a résumé database of qualified people, look for candidates who match employments needs for full- or part-time work, and use either 30-day or unlimited monthly postings at reasonable cost. All job seekers enjoy free access to job listings specific to the materials joining industry. They can post a public or confidential résumé in a searchable database, and apply directly online for positions with prospective employers. They also can edit a résumé at any time and upload additional résumés without cost. Check out Jobfind online at www.aws.org/jobfind. AWS Member Counts Jan. 1, 2014 Sustaining ......................................605 Supporting.....................................342 Educational ...................................668 Affiliate..........................................546 Welding Distributor........................47 Total Corporate ...........................2,208 Individual .................................59,422 Student + Transitional ...............10,185 Total Members.........................69,607 The U.S. TAG (Technical Advisory Group) that serves as the United States National Committee to ISO/TC 44/SC 10, Unification of Requirements in the Field of Metal Welding, seeks United States experts to serve on a newly created subgroup dealing with micro melting diffusion bonding. The group is curently working on a new ISO standard concerning micro joining of second-generation high-temperature superconductors. For complete information, contact Andrew Davis, managing director, technical services, adavis@aws.org. U.S. Experts Sought to Develop ISO Standard on Micro Melting Diffusion Bonding November 1, 2014, is the deadline for submitting nominations for the 2014 Prof. Koichi Masubuchi Award. This award includes a $5000 honorarium. It is presented each year to one person, 40 years old or younger, who has made significant contributions to the advancement of materials joining through research and development. Nominations should include a description of the candidate’s experience, list of publications, honors, and awards, and at least three letters of recommendation from fellow researchers. The award is sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dept. of Ocean Engineering. E-mail your nomination package to Todd A. Palmer, assistant professor, The Pennsylvania State University, tap103@psu.edu. Nominate Your Candidate for the Masubuchi Award
Welding Journal | February 2014
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