IIIW 2017 Booklet of Awards

THOMAS MEDAL Sponsored by the American Welding Society

Rewards an individual who has been involved in IIW/ISO international standards activities and can deliver a lecture on the incorporation of global studies into the standardisation for welding technology.

Mr Mathias Lundin (Sweden) is an International Welding Engineer and is Chief Executive Officer of the Swedish Welding Commission since 2007. He has also been Chair of the board of the publishing house Svetsen Förlags AB since 2015. His areas of interest include standardisation in the field of welding and allied processes, welding coordination, quality assurance, qualification of personnel, design of welded structures, health and safety, and education in the fields of welding, materials processing and design. Lundin has been active in IIW welding standardisation activities since the mid-1990s. He has served as Chair of the IIWWorking Group Standardisation since 2012 and as Vice-Chair of IIW Select Committee Quality Management in Welding and Allied Processes since 2010. For over 15 years, Lundin has been Swedish delegate to IIW C-VI Terminology . Previously, he served as Secretary to both ISO and CEN technical committees on welding and allied processes, ISO/TC 44/SC 3 and CEN/TC 121/WG 3 Welding Consumables .

IIW gives special thanks to Prof. Veli Kujanpää , Commission I Additive Manufacturing, Surfacing and Thermal Cut- ting (2008-2017), Prof. Dr-Ing. Michael Rethmeier , Select Committee Automotive and RoadTransport (2008-2017), and Prof. Norman Zhou , Select Committee Research Developments in Micro - and Nano-Joining Technologies (2011-2017). Through their leadership the Chairs of IIWWorking Units share their knowledge, experience and resources to make excellent contributions to the progress of IIW and the promotion of welding around the world. Conferred upon Working Unit Chairs in recognition of their distinguished voluntary service during their term of office. SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS

2017 AWARD WITH HONORARY LECTURE AND SERVICE RECOGNITION

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