Keynote speakers
Dr. Boian T. Alexandrov is a Research Professor in the department of Materials Science and Engineering and director of the Center for ldability Evaluation at The Ohio State University. His research interests are in the physical metallurgy of welding, focusing on better understanding of weld phenomena through physical and computational simulations and advanced characterization, and on evaluation of weldability, additive printability, and service performance of welds and additively manufactured structures in advanced alloys. Fellow of ASM International and of the American Welding Society. He has advised and supervised numerous graduate, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, published more than 140 journal and conference papers, and made more than 280 conference presentations.
Dr. Joel Andersson is a leading material science expert specializing in welding technology, additive manufacturing, and high-temperature materials. He is the Director of Production Technology and a Professor at University West, Sweden, with adjunct professor roles in India and Canada. Holding a PhD from Chalmers University, Dr. Andersson has an extensive background in both academia and industry, notably at GKN Aerospace. His research, securing over €18 million, has advanced weldability testing and additive manufacturing, particularly in aerospace applications. Dr. Andersson is internationally recognized for his contributions to improving manufacturing processes and mentoring future engineers.
Dr. Kota Kadoi is an Associate Professor at the Joining and Welding Research Institute at Osaka University in Japan. His main research interests are metallurgical phenomena, especially hot cracking behavior and microstructural development during manufacturing processes such as welding, additive manufacturing, and casting. He has developed a high-precision evaluation method for hot cracking susceptibility that has a major impact on the field. His works focus on the relationship between corrosion and mechanical properties of weldments and microstructure. He serves the scientific community as vice chair of C-IX at the International Institute of Welding.
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Kannengiesser, born in 1971, studied mechanical engineering with a specialization in materials engineering at the University of Magdeburg and was a doctoral student at the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin. He completed his doctorate at the University of Magdeburg. Since 2000, he has led numerous research and development projects in the safety of welded components and supervised numerous PhD students. His areas of expertise include weldability, welding metallurgy and crack analyses for welded joints. He has been a university professor at the University of Magdeburg.
Dr. Peter Mayr is head of the Materials Engineering Department and Professor of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In 2011, he was promoted to full professor of Welding Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology, and in 2019 he founded the Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing at TUM. Prof. Mayr’s research focuses on the development of novel feedstock for metal additive manufacturing and the development of structure-process-property relationships for various material systems and additive and welding processes. He serves the scientific community as chair of the C-IX-AM at the International Institute of Welding.