Ohio State WE undergrad students sweep 2021 AWS poster competition

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering congratulates all of the Buckeyes who participated in the 2021 AWS Professional Program at this year's FABTECH conference. Ohio State had the largest presence of student presenters at the event. Welding engineering researchers from Ohio State made 25 presentations during the virtual professional program out of nearly 130 total presentations. 

Welding engineering students clinching awards for their presentations during the 2021 AWS Poster Competition placed in the high school (WE student intern), undergraduate and graduate categories. 

2nd Place Graduate Track

"Mapping Imposed Mechanical Energy in a Weld to Correlate with Ductility-Dip Cracking"

1st Place Undergraduate Track

"Comparison of Shielding Gases for 316LSi Stainless Steel Additive Manufacturing"

2nd Place Undergraduate Track

"All-position Welding Research Station"

3rd Place Undergraduate Track

"Modeling the Effect of Sulfur on Solidification Cracking in Ni-based Alloys"

1st Place High School Track

"Microstructural Evolution of Nickel-based Alloys During Refusion Weld Trials to Induce DDC"