Two EWI Engineers Receive Research Awards

Granjon Prize and W.H. Hobart Award presented to EWI Engineers

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 28 -- EWI announced today that two of its engineers received prestigious industry awards. Wei Zhang, Applications Engineer at EWI, is the co-recipient of the Henry Granjon Prize and Jose Ramirez, Senior Engineer at EWI, is co-recipient of the W.H. Hobart Award.

The Granjon Prize, sponsored by the International Institute of Welding (IIW), is an annual international competition among authors of papers devoted to research into welding technology or a related subject. The research is categorized into one of four areas of joining, surfacing, or cutting technology. Dr. Zhang's paper "Probing heat transfer, fluid flow and microstructural evolution during fusion welding of alloys" was selected in the joining and fabrication category of the Granjon Prize competition. Dr. Zhang will present his research findings and accept the Granjon Prize during the opening ceremonies of the IIW Annual assembly in Quebec, Canada on August 27, 2006.

The W.H. Hobart Award, sponsored by The Hobart Brothers Company to honor William H. Hobart, Sr., is given to authors of a paper published in AWS' Welding Journal during the previous calendar year that represents the best contribution to pipe welding, the structural use of pipe or similar applications, excluding the manufacture of pipe. In 2005, the Welding Journal published Dr. Ramirez' paper "Properties and Sulfide Stress Cracking Resistance of Coarse-Grained Heat-Affected Zones in V-Microalloyed X60 Steel Pipe." Dr. Ramirez will receive his award at the Annual AWS Welding Show in Atlanta, Georgia, in October.

About EWI

Based in Columbus, Ohio, EWI is North America's leading engineering and technology organization dedicated to welding and materials joining. EWI's staff provides materials joining assistance, contract research, consulting services and training to over 3,300 member company locations representing world-class leaders in the aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, government, heavy manufacturing, medical and electronics industries. For more information, please visit www.ewi.org.