Editors

Editors-in-Chief
Majid Farajian (Chair), Gesellschaft fuer Schweisstechnik International GSI SLV, Duisburg Germany
Americo Scotti, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia – MG, Brazil
Thomas Kannengiesser, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, BAM, Berlin, Germany
Norbert Enzinger, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

Editorial Board
Shaju Albert, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
Jörg Baumgartner, Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF, Darmstadt, Germany
Jean Pierre Bergmann, Technical University of Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
Amitava De, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Thomas Dupuy, ArcelorMittal Global R&D, Maizières-les-Metz, France
Stephan Egerland, FRONIUS International GmbH, Wels, Austria
Carolin Fink, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
David Grewell, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
Jonas Hensel, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
Yoshinori Hirata, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Pat Hochanadel, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Erika Hodúlová, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Simon Jahn, IFW Guenter-Koehler-Institute, Jena, Germany
Doug Kautz, Leidos Inc., White Rock, NM, USA
Hee Jin Kim, KISWEL LTD, Seoul, Korea
Menachem Kimchi, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Martin Leitner, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Hong Li, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
Wenya Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Peter Mayr, TUM Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
Giovanni Meneghetti, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Tony Murphy, CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research, Lindfield, NSW, Australia
John Norrish, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, Australia
Matthias Pelkner, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
Carl Peters, The Electric Company, Fulton, MD, USA
Gerhard Posch, voestalpine Böhler Welding, Linz, Austria
Heikki Remes, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
Michael Rethmeier, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
Michael Rhode, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
Klemens Rother, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany
Volker Schoeppner, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Aude Simar, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Jeff Sowards, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL, USA
Manabu Tanaka, Osaka University, Ibaraki Osaka, Japan
Murali Tumuluru, Tumuluru Welding Consulting LLC, Wexford PA, USA
Asun Valiente, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
Vincent Van der Mee, European Welding Association, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Elin Westin, voestalpine Böhler Welding, Linz, Austria
Peer Woizeschke, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
ChuanSong Wu, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Huaping Xiong, Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials, Beijing, China
YuMing Zhang, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, USA
Zhuyao Zhang, Lincoln Electric Europe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Guisheng Zou, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Managing Editor
Erdmuthe Raufelder, International Institute of Welding, Genoa, Italy