Past Winners



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2022 POSTER WINNERS

Category A

Sofia Escandonview

  • First Place
  • THREE FACTORS OF SMAW
    Sofia Escandon



Shawn Zhengview

  • Second Place
  • FRONTIERS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Shawn Zheng



Kaiden Boggsview

  • THIRD Place
  • TYPES OF WELDING DEFECTS AND CAUSES
    Kaiden Boggs



Category B

Shawn Zhengview

  • First Place
  • WELDING SAFETY
    Shawn Zheng


Category C

Aric Adamsonview

  • First Place
  • ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OF GEN3 CSP COMPONENTS
    Aric Adamson



Samuel Schwantesview

  • Second Place
  • LINCOLN ELECTRIC HYBRID LASER-HYPERFILL WELDING
    Samuel Schwantes



Gavin Alcornview

  • THIRD Place
  • NOVEL WIRE ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (WAAM) METAL 3D PRINTER
    Gavin Alcorn


Category D

Olivia DeNonnoview

  • First Place
  • SOLIDIFICATION PATHWAYS OF 316L PRINTED VIA LASER-WIRE DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION
    Olivia DeNonnon



Giacomo Melaragnoview

  • Second Place
  • TEMPERBEAD WELDING APPROACH FOR GROOVE WELDS IN REFINERY APPLICATIONS
    Giacomo Melaragno



Derek Shafferview

  • THIRD Place
  • ROLE OF COMPOSITION IN HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT-TREATMENT RESPONSE OF AM 17-4 PH
    Derek Shaffer



2021 POSTER WINNERS

Category A

Evan Butlerview

  • First Place
  • MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF NICKEL-BASED ALLOYS DURING REFUSION WELD TRIALS TO INDUCE DDC
    Evan Butler


Category C

Chris Hickmanview

  • First Place
  • COMPARISON OF SHIELDING GASES FOR 316LSi STAINLESS STEEL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Chris Hickman



Todd Andersonview

  • Second Place
  • ALL-POSITION WELDING RESEARCH STATION
    Todd Anderson



Jacque Berksonview

  • THIRD Place
  • MODELING THE EFFECT OF SULFUR ON SOLIDIFICATION CRACKING IN NI-BASED ALLOYS
    Jacque Berkson


Category D

B_Schneidermanview

  • First Place
  • A MULTI PRINCIPAL ELEMENT ALLOY AS FILLER FOR DUCTILE BRAZING OF NI-BASE SUPERALLOYS
    B_Schneiderman



Samuel Lutherview

  • Second Place
  • IMPOSED MECHANICAL ENERGY IN A WELD CORRELATE WITH DUCTILITY-DIP CRACKING
    Samuel Luther



Ethan Sullivanview

  • THIRD Place
  • REACTION SYNTHESIS FEEDSTOCKS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Ethan Sullivann



2020 POSTER WINNERS

Category A

Experimental Development for Thermal Measurements of Rapid AM Solidificationview

  • First Place
  • EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THERMAL MEASUREMENTS OF RAPID AM SOLIDIFICATION
    Ailsa Craigmile


Sigma Formation in 2707 Stainless Steelview

  • place2
  • SIGMA FORMATION IN 2707 STAINLESS STEEL
    Evan Freeland


Six Essentials of Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)view

  • Third Place
  • SIX ESSENTIALS OF SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING (SMAW)
    Luke Wilson


Category C

Computation of Pseudo-Binary Phase Diagrams for Dissimilar Metal Weldsview

  • First Place
  • COMPUTATION OF PSEUDO-BINARY PHASE DIAGRAMS FOR DISSIMILAR METAL WELDS
    Ryan Lannutti


High Speed Video Capture of Resistance Spot Weldingview

  • place2
  • HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAPTURE OF RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING
    Chris Dugan


Corrosion Resistant Weld Overlays for Pipelines, Oil and Gas, and Petrochemical Installationsview

  • Third Place
  • CORROSION RESISTANT WELD OVERLAYS FOR PIPELINES, OIL AND GAS, AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTALLATIONS
    Timothy Babyak


Category D

Correlation of Physical and Numerical Simulations of DDC in Multipass Weldsview

  • First Place
  • CORRELATION OF PHYSICAL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF DDC IN MULTIPASS WELDS
    Samuel Luther


Reaction Synthesis Feedstocks for Additive Manufacturingview

  • place2
  • REACTION SYNTHESIS FEEDSTOCKS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Ethan Sullivan


Simulated Heat Affected Zones Compared to Toughness and Microstructure in Carbon Steel Weldsview

  • Third Place
  • SIMULATED HEAT AFFECTED ZONES COMPARED TO TOUGHNESS AND MICROSTRUCTURE IN CARBON STEEL WELDS
    Kaleb Gabbert


2019 POSTER WINNERS

Category A

1st Place Poster - Mallory Hallwirthview

  • First Place
  • EFFECTS OF WIRE FEED SPEED ON WELDS
    Mallory Hallwirth


2nd Place Poster - Emerson T. Severtview

  • place2
  • HISTORY OF WELDING
    Emerson T. Severt


3rd Place Poster - Hunter Beckettview

  • Third Place
  • EFFECTS OF GAS MIXTURES (GTAW)
    Hunter Beckett


Category B

1st Place Poster - Ryan Turleyview

  • First Place
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER USE OF RESPIRATION AND VENTILATION IN WELDING
    Ryan Turley


Category C

1st Place Poster - Griffin Goldenbagenview

  • First Place
  • EVALUATION OF F22 HAZ HARDNESS AND TEMPERING RESPONSE
    Griffin Goldenbagen


2nd Place Poster - Corey Coxview

  • place2
  • EVALUATION OF DISSIMILAR STAINLESS STEEL WELDS FOR FUEL PUMP APPLICATIONS
    Corey Cox


3rd Place Poster - Luke Walkerview

  • Third Place
  • MICRO-RESISTANCE WELDING FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
    Luke Walker


Category D

1st Place Poster - Allison Fraserview

  • First Place
  • WELDABILITY OPTIMIZATION OF NICKEL BASE ALLOYS VIA MODELING AND ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION
    Allison Fraser


2nd Place Poster - Benjamin Schneidermanview

  • place2
  • SOLIDIFICATION BEHAVIOR OF HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOY FILLER DURING BRAZING OF NI-BASE SUPERALLOY
    Benjamin Schneiderman


3rd Place Poster - Erin Barrackview

  • Third Place
  • MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTY EVALUATION OF A NOVEL 10 wt% Ni STELL WELDING CONSUMABLE
    Erin Barrick


Category E

1st Place Poster - Xin Wuview

  • First Place
  • CONTROL OF WELD RESIDUAL STRESS THROUGH LOW TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURE WELDING CONSUMABLES
    Xin Wu


2018 POSTER WINNERS

Category A

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  • First Place
  • WELDING – STICK, TIG & MIG
    Cameron Wenclewicz


2018 2nd Place Poster Winner - Kyle Kinder - High Schoolview

  • place2
  • EFFECTS OF POLARITY ON PENETRATION AND CLEANING
    Kyle Kinder


2018 3rd Place - Poster - Dylan Vanderpoolview

  • Third Place
  • GAS METAL ARC WELDING (GMAW)
    Dylan Vanderpool


Category C

2018 - 1st Place Poster - Alvin Kirkseyview

  • First Place
  • WELDABILITY OF DISSIMILAR STAINLESS STEELS FOR FUEL PUMP APPLICATIONS
    Alvin Kirksey


2018 - 2nd Place Poster - Michael Stottsview

  • place2
  • LIQUID METAL EMBRITTLEMENT IN RESISTANCE SPOT WELDS OF ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS: MICROSTRUCTURE AND FRACTURE CHARACTERISTIC
    Michael Stotts


3rd Place Poster - Michelle Kentview

  • Third Place
  • MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF DISSIMILAR METAL WELDS INVOLVING GRADE 91 STEEL
    Michelle Kent


Category D

1st Place Poster - Erin Barrickview

  • First Place
  • A SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY STUDY OF THE HEAT-AFFECTED ZONE IN 10 wt% Ni STEEL WELDS
    Erin Barrick


2nd Place Poster - Cheryl Hawkview

  • place2
  • DYNAMIC LASER WELDING BEHAVIOR OF WROUGHT AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING STAINLESS STEELS
    Cheryl Hawk


3rd Place Poster - Allison Fraserview

  • Third Place
  • EFFECT OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS ON THE WELDABILITY OF NICKEL BASE ALLOYS
    Allison Fraser


Category E

1st Place Poster - Michael Kuperview

  • First Place
  • FORMATION OF DELTA FERRITE IN THE HAZ OF GRADE 91 DISSIMILAR METAL WELDS
    Mike Kuper


2nd Place Poster - In-sung Hwangview

  • Second Place
  • QUALITY PREDICTION OF RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHM
    In-sung Hwang


3rd place Poster - Ezequiel Caires Pereira Pessoaview

  • Third Place
  • DEVELOPMENT OF CONSUMABLES AND WET WELDING PROCEDURES AIMING CLASS A STRUCTURAL REPAIRS IN SHALLOW WATERS FLOATING PRODUCTION UNITS
    Ezequiel Caires Pereira Pessoa



2017 POSTER WINNERS

Category B

Effect of Polarity on GTAW of Aluminumview

  • First Place
  • EFFECT OF POLARITY ON GTAW OF ALUMINUM
    Erin Anderson


THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND THE IMPACT OF OSHA IN THE WORKPLACEview

  • place2
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND THE IMPACT OF OSHA IN THE WORKPLACE
    Ezra Huey


THE CARE OF LOW HYDROGEN ELECTRODES AND ITS IMPACT ON WELD QUALITYview

  • place2
  • THE CARE OF LOW HYDROGEN ELECTRODES AND ITS IMPACT ON WELD QUALITY
    Michael J. Herkert




Category C

SUPER DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL: EFFECTS OF MULTI-PASS WELDING PARAMETERS ON MICROSTRUCTURAL STABILITYview

  • First Place
  • SUPER DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL: EFFECTS OF MULTI-PASS WELDING PARAMETERS ON MICROSTRUCTURAL STABILITY
    Timothy Pickle and Peter Morriss


INVESTIGATION OF THE HARDENING RESPONSE OF PRECIPITATION HARDENED STAINLESS STEEL 17-4 DURING MULTI-PASS WELDINGview

  • place2
  • INVESTIGATION OF THE HARDENING RESPONSE OF PRECIPITATION HARDENED STAINLESS STEEL 17-4 DURING MULTI-PASS WELDING
    Allison Fraser and Robert Hamlin


MANIPULATING MANUFACTURING VARIABLES WHEN SPOT WELDING HIGH STRENGTH STEEL STACK-UPSview

  • Third Place
  • MANIPULATING MANUFACTURING VARIABLES WHEN SPOT WELDING HIGH STRENGTH STEEL STACK-UPS
    Nick Colvin, Ethan Flathers and Alex Griffith


Category D

STRESS RELIEF CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY IN HIGH TEMPERATURE ALLOYSview

  • First Place
  • STRESS RELIEF CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY IN HIGH TEMPERATURE ALLOYS
    Rishi Kant


EFFECT OF POWDER CONTAMINATION ON SELECTIVE LASER MELTED 17-4 PH STAINLESS STEELview

  • place2
  • EFFECT OF POWDER CONTAMINATION ON SELECTIVE LASER MELTED 17-4 PH STAINLESS STEEL
    Devon Gonzales


PRINTABILITY OF ALLOYS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGview

  • Third Place
  • PRINTABILITY OF ALLOYS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Tuhin Mukherjee


Category E

CHARACTERIZATION OF GRADED TRANSITION JOINTS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONSview

  • First Place
  • CHARACTERIZATION OF GRADED TRANSITION JOINTS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS
    J. Galler


CHARACTERIZATION OF HOOK FORMATION IN FRICTION STIR WELDING AI/Fe DISSIMILAR METAL LAP JOINTview

  • Second Place
  • CHARACTERIZATION OF HOOK FORMATION IN FRICTION STIR WELDING AI/Fe DISSIMILAR METAL LAP JOINT
    San Hoon Kang


HOT CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF Ni-Cr-Fe ALLOYS UTILIZING THE TRANS-VARESTRAINT TESTview

  • Third Place
  • HOT CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF Ni-Cr-Fe ALLOYS UTILIZING THE TRANS-VARESTRAINT TEST
    Sangwoo Nam



2015 POSTER WINNERS

Category A

SPRAY TRANSFER VERSUS ADVANCED GMAW-Pview

  • place1
  • SPRAY TRANSFER VERSUS ADVANCED GMAW-P
    Shane Markham



Category B

DISTORTION MODELING OF WHEEL LOADER ARTICULATION JOINTview

  • First Place
  • DISTORTION MODELING OF WHEEL LOADER ARTICULATION JOINT
    Michael Orr and Jansen Lenzo


TOWARD FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF PECULIAR MAGNESIUM SEGREGATION DURING WELDING OF ADVANCED HIGH-STRENGTH ALUMINUMview

  • place2
  • TOWARD FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF PECULIAR MAGNESIUM SEGREGATION DURING WELDING OF ADVANCED HIGH-STRENGTH ALUMINUM
    Andrea Peer


REFILL FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING MATERIAL STACK-UP ANALYSISview

  • Third Place
  • REFILL FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING MATERIAL STACK-UP ANALYSIS
    Andrea J. Peer, Jacob J. Rindler and Mike Spodar


WAVEFORM COMPARISON BETWEEN STT, CV AND POWER MODE GMAW PROCESSESView

  • WAVEFORM COMPARISON BETWEEN STT, CV AND POWER MODE GMAW PROCESSES
    Ryan Akers, Preston Anderson and Mike Barret


ULTRASONIC PLASTIC WELDING: JOINT COMPARISON FOR VALOX 325view

  • ULTRASONIC PLASTIC WELDING: JOINT COMPARISON FOR VALOX 325
    Justin Wenning, John Parsons, Avraham Benatar and Miranda Marcus



Category C

MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION AND CREEP-RUPTURE BEHAVIOR OF A-USC ALLOY FUSION WELDSview

  • First Place
  • MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION AND CREEP-RUPTURE BEHAVIOR OF A-USC ALLOY FUSION WELDS
    Daniel Bechetti, John DuPont, John Shingledecker and John Siefert


PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FUSION WELDS IN 10 wt% NICKEL STEELview

  • place2
  • PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FUSION WELDS IN 10 wt% NICKEL STEEL
    Erin Barrack and John DuPont


MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SIMULATED HEAT AFFECTED ZONES IN CAST PRECIPITATION HARDENED STAINLESS STEELS 17-4 AND 13-8+MOview

  • Third Place
  • MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SIMULATED HEAT AFFECTED ZONES IN CAST PRECIPITATION HARDENED STAINLESS STEELS 17-4 AND 13-8+MO
    Robert Hamlin and John DuPont


IN-SITU STRAIN MEASUREMENT DURING ARC WELDING PROCESS USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONView

  • Third Place
  • IN-SITU STRAIN MEASUREMENT DURING ARC WELDING PROCESS USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION
    Zongyao Chen, Jian Chen, Huabin Chen


FRICTION AND FUSION DISSIMILAR WELDING OF STAINLESS STEEL TO 1018 STEELview

  • FRICTION AND FUSION DISSIMILAR WELDING OF STAINLESS STEEL TO 1018 STEEL
    Nathan Switzner, Zhenzhen Yu, Michael Eff, Arthur Fonseca and Stephen Liu



Category D

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY OF FRICTION STIR WELDED JOINTS OF HIGH NITROGEN AUSTENITIC STEELSview

  • First Place
  • CORRELATIONS BETWEEN MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY OF FRICTION STIR WELDED JOINTS OF HIGH NITROGEN AUSTENITIC STEELS
    Ruidong Fu, Dongxu Du, Yijun Li, Zhenzhen Yu



Category E

TURNING WELDING INTO MUSICview

  • First Place
  • TURNING WELDING INTO MUSIC
    Max Der Boghossian, Cory McIntosh and Patricio F. Mendez



TOUCH SENSING FOR ROBOTIC WELDINGview

  • Second Place
  • TOUCH SENSING FOR ROBOTIC WELDING
    Amanda Dubrule and Gentry Wood



2013 POSTER WINNERS


Category A

Cuesta Collegeview

  • place1
  • CARBON MIGRATION IN DISSIMILAR WELDS
    Simon Rowe


orangecoastview

  • place2
  • BALLISTICS TESTING OF FSW 2050-T8 ALUMINUM-LITHIUM ALLOY
    Michael Lannom, Jim Farrington and Brent Helmick



Category B

Ohio State Collegeview

  • First Place
  • GRAIN REFINEMENT IN 52M FILLER METAL THROUGH ULTRA-SLOW CURRENT PULSING
    Erik Birkinbine, Vernon Kreuter, and Nathan McVicker


ohiostate3view

  • place2
  • GMAW TRANSFER MODE MONITOR
    Joseph Russell, William Bunker, Stephanie Nystrom, Derek Hoyt and Nathan Berthiaume


Ohio State Collegeview

  • Third Place
  • EVALUATION OF AN ENHANCED FLUX CORED CONSUMABLE
    Eric Przybylowicz, Derek Jones and Bryan Riggs



Ohio State Collegeview

  • Third Place
  • EFFECT WELDING VARIABLES ON POROSITY IN 2.5CR-1MO GMAW WIRES
    Mary Bechie, Goran Lokas, Patrick Long and Timothy McGoughan


Ohio State CollegeView

  • DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHLY RELIABLE HOT ISOSTATIC PRESS CAN WELD
    Cory O’Brien, Andrew Irwin and Jared Proegler


mississippiview

  • DESIGN OF PORTABLE FRICTION STIR WELDING SYSTEM AND THE
    DEVELOPMENT OFACTIVE FEEDBACK CONTROLS
    Bryan Patton, Sylvester Stafford and Clay Varner



Category D

Allometview

  • First Place
  • INVESTIGATION OF TCHP SURFACE COATINGS FOR EXTENDED LIFE
    Anita Hancox, John Keane and Dave Evans


 


2012 POSTER WINNERS

Category A


Orange Coast Collegeview

  • First Place
  • Steven Zeal, Jason Rhoton and Lam T. Lam

Category B


ohiostate1view

  • First Place
  • T.E. Borchers, M.E. Hahn, B.A. Lowiec and D.J. Tung


ohiostate2view

  • Second Place
  • Jared Martin, Christopher Barnhill and Michael Presley


ohiostate3view

  • Third Place
  • Timothy Bucher, Margaret Kittila and Joseph Steiner

Category C


coloradoview

  • First Place
  • Stephen Tate and Dr. Stephen Liu


Category D


kitech1view

  • First Place
  • Cheolhee Kim and Young-Nam Ahn



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