2025 WINNERS & SUBMISSIONS
Winners in the seven categories were announced in August 2025.
STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL WELDING PROGRAMS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
STUDENTS IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE OR CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN B.S. TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE PROGRAMS
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN B.S. ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION AND TRACK INTEGRITY DURING WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH ARC OSCILLATION
Muhammad Ayaan Afzal, Mohammad Arjomandi, and Tuhin Mukherjee
CLADDING OF ALLOY 625 ON STEEL PLATE 1045
Cole Chastain, Samuel Berry and Saar Cotarelo
SIMULATIONS OF WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Kathryn Craig, Mia Abdulla, Carter Trautmann and Patricio F. Mendez
INVESTIGATION OF FLUX COMPOSITION IN SAW SS CLADDING OF PRESSURE VESSEL HSLA STEEL
Garret Anders, Sean McGinnis, and Alex Niro
RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING OPTIMIZATION IN PRESS HARDENED STEELS
Dominic Butto, Jacob Roof, and Ben Striecher
MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION IN MULTI-PASS COBOT ASSISTED WAAM
Yoosuf Anees, Mohammad Arjomandi and Tuhin Mukherjee
CHARACTERIZATION OF CORROSION SENSITIZATION FOR LASER-PROCESSED 304 STAINLESS STEEL
Cory Lange, Trenton McCann and Christina Rose
OSILLATION TECHNIQUES DURING COLLABORATIVE ROBOT-ASSISTED WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Jackson Motley, Mohammad Arjomandi and Tuhin Mukherjee
EFFECTS OF GRAVITY ON TRACK INTEGRITY DURING COLLABORATIVE ROBOT-ASSISTED WIRE ARC DEPOSITION
Quang Ngo, Mohammad Arjomandi and Tuhin Mukherjee
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Weldability Evaluation for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Materials for Olefin Furnaces
Giacomo Melaragno
Advancements in multi-pass handheld laser beam welding of thick plates
Jose Eduardo Alvarez-Rocha (UofA), Ivan O. Pigozzo (UofA), Nitheesh Kumar (UofA), Doug Hamre (Apollo-Clad), Felipe C. Cerda (USACH), Patricio F. Mendez (UofA)
MICROSTRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF IN718 BRAZE JOINTS USING A NEW MULTI-PRINCIPAL ELEMENT ALLOY FILLER
A. Adamson, B. Schneiderman, Z. Yu
Residual Stress Characterization via Neutron Diffraction in Friction Stir Welded Armor Steels
Jhoan Guzman (OSU), Kaue C. Riffel (OSU), Martin McDonnell (GVSC), Doug Kyle (ORNL), Andrew Payzant (ORNL), Jeffrey Bunn (ORNL), and Antonio J. Ramirez1 (OSU)
Fusion Zone Analysis for Dual-Laser Adjustable Mode Beam (DLAMB) Welding of SS 304
Dewan Wardy Hasan, Owen Hewitson, Yang Du
Build Strategy for Gas Metal Arc Directed Energy Deposition Processed Haynes 282
S. Hill and J. Klemm-Toole
Design and Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Materials for Olefin Furnaces
Seth Hixson
Modeling and Process Development of HLAW for Improved Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance
Luke Kumler, Mason Pacenta
Investigating The Effect of Multiple Reheats on The Impact Toughness of Fe-10Ni Weld Metal
Salman Matan and Dr. Boian Alexandrov
Designing a Wire Feedstock from Recycled Aluminum for Additive Manufacturing
J. McIntyre and J. Klemm-Toole
WELDING INTERRUPTIONS IN WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH ER70S-6
Mia Abdulla, J. Eduardo Alvarez Rochas, Carter Trautmann and Patricio F. Mendez
Predicting the In-situ Tempering Effect during Wire-Arc Directed Energy Deposition of Martensitic High Strength Steel
N. Max Vega Michalak
Mitigating deposition inconsistency using COBOT-assisted WAAM through in-situ monitoring, computational modeling and experimental analysis
Mohammad Arjomandi and Tuhin Mukherjee
Computational Design of Experiment Framework for Process Optimization in Welding and Additive Manufacturing
Mason Pacenta, Yuxiang Luo, Salman Matan, Nikolas Max Vega, and Anil Singh
EFFECT OF LOADING AND CHARGING CONDITIONA OFN HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT MECHANISMS OF PIPELINE STEEL WELDS
Fernando Romero Consuegra
AI DRIVEN METAL TRANSFER AND ARC LENGTH ANALYSIS IN GMWA
J. Eduardo Alvarez-Rocha, Lucas Taipe, and Patricio F. Mendez
Development of Procedure to Generate Dynamic Recrystallization in High-Chromium Nickel-Based Alloys
Anil Singh
Spatter Behavior and Melt Pool Stability Analysis For Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
Deepak Gadde, Md Sakibul Hasan Nahid, Alaa Elwany, Yang Du
DEVELOPMENT OF GLEEBLE™-BASED TEST FOR EVALUATION OF DDC SUSCEPTIBILITY IN AUSTENTITIC ALLOYS
John Welsh
PROFESSIONALS
HEAT AFFECTED ZONE CONTROL IN LASER WELDED MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL
Derek Shaffer, PH.D.
