This is AWS

American Welding Society

a visit with the worlds premier
organization dedicated to
welding and allied joining
processes
Beginning at the Beginning
Welding gives outstanding performance in
readying WWI war and transport ships for U.S.
Emergency Fleet Corp.
Post war sees merging of Emergency Fleet
Corp. and Natl Welding Council into new society
Its research arm evolves into todays Welding
Research Council
A Rose by Any Other Name
Societys publication is titled
the Welding Journal in 1940
Welding Journal offers peer
review, feature articles, late-
breaking news, book and
product reviews, and
advertising on cutting edge
products
Its 60+ awards include the
Editorial Excellence Award
from Folio magazine
Strength Through Sections
First Section was Philadelphia, chartered
in May 27, 1920
Today, there are 22 Districts housing over
170 Sections including 19 overseas:
Manama, Bahrain; Regensburg, Germany;
Kingston, Jamaica; Manchester, England;
Panama City, Panama; Lima, Peru;
Helsingor, Denmark; Taipei, Taiwan; Port
of Spain, Trinidad; Caracas, Venezuela;
TelAviv, Israel; and Chennai, India
The AWS Welding attracts
thousands of professionals
from all over the world , along
with the Whos Who of sister
associations staging their
special events from this annual
AWS gathering which has
assumed truly global status
The AWS Welding Show is
the only annual Vertical Market
Welding Exposition in the
United States
Bulletin No. 1
From inception, AWS was organized into
committees for writing standards
Its first standard, Standard Tests for
Welds was Bulletin No. 1 (1921)
Today, AWS has more than 170 ANSI-
approved documents at some point in their
standards cycle, requiring the know-how &
work of 1,500 volunteers
Consensus Building
AWS unique value to industry is
that it is an unbiased forum
for the exchange, consideration and
discussion of ideas
and proposals
D1.1 has had a 74-yr
evolution, keeping
pace with the design,
inspection and
workmanship
requirements for safe,
modern structures
D1.1:2002 Now
Available
Fabricators Discover D1
A comparison between 1986 users of D1.1
Structural Welding CodeSteel and 1996
users, showed a 25% increase in use by
fabricators a growing trend among the
QA/QC minded
Sister standard, D1.2-97 Structural Welding
Code Aluminum has been revised
All AWS standards are integrating SI and
U.S. Customary measurements


If Youre Good Enough Part 1
AWS certification program launched in 1976
with Certified Welding Inspector
36,000 professionals worldwide have been
certified to AWS QC1 Standard for AWS
Certification of Welding Inspectors
Reciprocity exists between U.S. and select
programs of other countries
Certified members receive Inspection Trends
magazine
Youre Good Enough Part 2
AWS Welding Engineer
Senior CWI
Customized welder certification
The Soul of the Profession
Welding for Communities
- AWS national public
service campaign launched
5 years ago
Wins recognition from
American Society of Assn
Executives in 1997
April 6-12, 2003
To Recognize Excellence
AWS Extraordinary Welding
Awards
Historical Welded Structures
Outstanding Development in
Welded Fabrication
To Recognize Excellence
Recent Historical Welded
Structures and Outstanding
Development in Welded
Fabrication Award
Recipients include
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
USS Cavalla
The Pentagon
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
USS Wisconsin
Rock &
Roll
Hall of
Fame
AWS Online
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monthly on
http://www.aws.org
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Welding Journal
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transactions
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Sustaining Members
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service
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The Intangible
Membership means Im professional
Im one of the nearly 50,000 engineers,
educators, researchers, welders, inspectors,
execs, and sales associates from all over
the world whove joined AWS
My society is the largest organization in
the world dedicated to the science and
technology of welding
Dont miss the best & largest
fabrication show in the world April 8-
10, 2003, in Detroit, Michigan
Cobo Hall
800 exhibitors from over 60
countries
Technical talks from basics to R&D
Make the right contacts
Apply your networking skills
The mission of the American Welding
Society is to provide quality products and
services to our members and the
industry, which will advance the science,
technology and application of materials-
joining throughout the world.

Thank you