2024 WINNERS & SUBMISSIONS
Winners in the five categories were announced in September 2024.
STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL WELDING PROGRAMS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
ADDRESSING SOLIDIFICATION CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF METALLIC ALLOYS USING FAST-ACTING MODELING
Benjamin Ziwa-Musoke, I. Marques, Igor Marques, Antonio Ramirez
LASER HOTWIRE WELDING OF THIN GAUGE 6000 SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOYS
Nikita Joshi, Paul Blackhurst, Boyd Panton
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF LASER POWER AND TRAVEL SPEED ON WELD GEOMETRY OF 304L STAINLESS STEEL
Koyuki Yagi, Richard Li, Boyd Panton
HIGH-SPEED VIDEOGRAPHY OF SYNCHRO-FEED AND RESISTANCE SPOT WELD PROCESSES
John Cicenas, Kaue Riffel, Antonio Ramirez
IMPLEMENTING SOFWARE-ASSISTED OFFLINE ROBOT PROGRAMMING FOR WIRE-ARC DED APPLICATIONS
Benjamin Ziwa-Musoke, Kaue Riffel, Antonio Ramirez
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERLAYER TECHNOLOGY TO JOIN ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
John Simpson
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF WFS/TS RATIOS ON GMAW BEAD SHAPE TO AID IN HEAT SOURCE CALIBRATION FOR ICME
Tim Webster
STUDENTS IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE OR CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
THE EFFECT OF PREHEAT ON THE HEAT AFFECTED ZONE'S HARDNESS OF HIGH STRENGTH LOW ALLOYS
Hunter Smith
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN B.S. ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
INFLUENCE OF LACK OF FUSION DEFECTS ON TENSILE PROPERTIES OF GAS METAL ARC DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION 316L AND 316LSI
Dominic Piccone, Luc Hagen, Stephen Tate, Jonah Klemm-Toole
SOLDERING AND BRAZING OF ALUMINUM TO STAINLESS STEEL FOR LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Connor Sims, Brian Wells, Jon Clark
STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF SOFTENING IN USIBOR 1500 WITH SPOT WELDS
Alexa Detwiler, Amber Le Tran, Andy Fiorella
EFFECT OF RECAST LAYER ON WELD QUALITY OF GTA WELDS PERFORMED ON INCONEL 718 AND HS1888
Richard Li, Tylah Forston, Rama Diop, Chris English, Kaushayla Putta
SUBMERGED ARC UNDERWATER WET WELDING
Ian Bertino, Joe Haug, Caleb Hofer, Kurtis Naumann, Joshua Rupert, Olivia Russell, Mary Sarofaliyeng
ON DEMAND WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Mia Abdulla, J. Eduardo Alvarez Rocha, Carter Trautmann, Patricio F. Mendez
OFFLINE ROBOT PROGRAMMING FOR WIRE-ARC DED APPLICATIONS
Justin Chan, Kaue C. Riffel, Rakhi Bawa, Benjamin Ziwa-Musoke, Antonio Ramirez
EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN WELDING BEHAVIOR PREDICTION
Lautaro Perez Luchetti, Augusto Ale, Patricio Mendez
WELDING OF HYPER DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL
Kaue Riffel, Henry Leon-Henao, Dillon Brown, Antonio Ramirez
MITIGATION OF HOT CRACKING IN INCONEL 625 USING SPRAY TRANSFER
Jeffrey Geise, Andrew Choe, Phillip Niewald, Boian Alexandrov
GRADUATE STUDENTS
ROLE OF AUSTENITE STABILITY IN CREEP PERFORMANCE OF GAS METAL ARC DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL
Olivia Denonno, J. Gonzales, S. Tate, R. Hamlin, J. Klemm-Toole
EFFECT OF REHEATED CGHAZ MICROSTRUCTURE ON HIC SUSCEPTIBILITY IN SA-508 STEEL
Fernando Romero, B. Alexandrov
GAS POROSITY DEFECT REDUCTION IN LASER POWDER BED FUSION USING MECHANISTIC MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS
Satyaki Sinha, Tuhin Mukherjee
DESIGN AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS FOR OLEFIN FURNACES
Giacomo Melaragno, B. Alexandrov
EFFECTS OF COMPOSITION AND COOLING RATE ON SOLIDIFICATION MODE AND MICROSTRUCTURE IN FE-NI ALLOYS
Richard Li
ESTIMATION OF BEAD SIZE AND CATCHMENT EFFICIENCY IN LASER CLADDING
N. Ramasamy, G. Wood, P. Mendez, Y. Lu
EFFECT OF GTAW WELDING PARAMETERS ON WORKPIECE HEAT INPUT
Rodrigo Villarreal, M. Ramirez-Argaez, P. Mendez
INVESTIGATION OF WIRE-ARC DED FOR REPLACEMENT OF CONVENTIONALLY MANUFACTURED HY STEELS
K. Judd
INVESTIGATION OF WIRE-ARC DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION (DED) FOR REPLACEMENT OF CONVENTIONALLY MANUFACTURED HY STEELS
J. Langevin
MULTI-MATERIAL BEAD SHAPE PREDICTIONS FOR WIRE ARC DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION
S. Price, K. Judd, K. Tsaknopoulos, D. Cote, R. Neamtu
PROCESS-MICROSTRUCTURE-PROPERTY LINKAGE OF DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL VIA LASER-DIRECT ENERGY DEPOSITION: BUILD ORIENTATION AND ALLOYING PERSPECTIVE
Prayag Burad, V. Mahey, G. Johnson, P. Collins, S. Roy
DEPOSITION RATE IN GAS METAL ARC WELDING OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS
R. Ramgopal, Z. Yan, S. Chen, P. Mendez
ROLE OF COMPOSITION ON FRACTURE MECHANISMS IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED 316L AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL
I. Wietecha-Reiman, T. Palmer
THERMOMECHANICAL MODELING OF FSW: INSIGHTS INTO HEAT TRANSFER AND PLASTIC FLOW
Sofia Salazar, D. Rojas, P. Mendez
