2023 IIW Awards

2023 AWARDS FOR CAREERS ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF IIW

Evgeny Paton Award Sponsored by the Ukrainian E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute

Recognizes individual who has made a significant contribution to science and technology through his lifetime dedication to «applied research and development in the field of advanced technologies, materials and equipment for welding and allied processes

Murali Tumuluru Murali Tumuluru is a Senior Welding Consultant with Tumuluru Welding Consulting, LLC and has more than thirty years of experience in welding research. He spent over twenty years in the steel industry working on weldability of advanced high strength steels. He has done pioneering research to understand the weldability, fracture behavior, how to successfully weld the Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) and has helped with the implementation of Generations 1 and 3 AHSS steel grades in the automotive industry. He has published widely about the weldability of these steels and has given numerous invited presentations and educational seminars. He holds degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The Ohio State University in Materials and Welding engineering. Since leaving the steel industry, he has been consulting in the field. Tumuluru has been an active member of Commission III, and now serves as the Co-Chair of Commission IIIA. He is a Principal Reviewer for Welding in the World. He has received numerous awards for his research from the American Welding Society (AWS), some of which include the James F. Lincoln Gold Medal Award (2008 and 2011) and the AF Davis Silver Medal Award (2013). He also received the Elihu Thomson Resistance Welding Award (2012) for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Resistance Welding, the William Irrgang Medal Award (2019) for doing the most to Advance the Science and Technology of Welding, and the RD Thomas Memorial Award (2019) for a Substantial Contribution to the Activities of IIW. Tumuluru is a Fellow of both the AWS (2013) and the IIW (2021).

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