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The Henry Granjon Prize

The Prize honours the memory of the late Henry Granjon, one of the founding fathers of the International Institute of Welding (IIW). A metallurgist by profession, he was always profoundly interested in and dedicated to education and training throughout his long career at the Institut de Soudure (French Welding Institute). This interest was channelled through his courses at ESSA (French Graduate School of Welding Engineering) where he constantly conveyed his passion for welding metallurgy to his students.
Henry Granjon was the first Vice-Chair of Commission XIV ("Welding Instruction," now entitled "Education and Training") in 1951 and also served as the first Scientific and Technical Secretary of the IIW from 1974 up until his retirement in 1986.

Purpose

The Henry Granjon Prize, launched in 1992, is an annual international competition amongst authors of papers devoted to research into welding technology or a related subject. The main aim of the competition is to stimulate young people's interest in welding and allied processes.

Judging

The nomination period is April-November the year preceding the remittance of the prize.
Four panels of judges are convened, one per category, comprising the Chairman of the Technical Management Board and the Chairmen of the Working Units associated with each category field.
The judges' decision is later validated by the IIW Board of Directors.
The winners of each sub-category of the GRANJON Prize are each awarded a plaque by the French Delegation, presented at the Opening Ceremony of the IIW Annual Assembly. Prizewinners' registration fees are waived for the corresponding Annual Assembly.

Rules and nomination forms

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Granjon Prize winners

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Eligibility

The Prize, sponsored by the French Delegation, is awarded for papers (theses, research reports, state-iof-the-art surveys)authored by one person only and based on recent work carried out at a University or an equivalent educational institution, or in industry. This work must either form part of a Master's or a Doctoral degree project, or of an industrial project at an equivalent technical level.
The nominated work may fall within one of four main categories of technology related to joining, surfacing or cutting:
- Category A: Joining and Fabrication Technology
- Category B: Materials Behaviour and Weldability
- Category C: Design and Structural Integrity
- Category D: Human Related Subjects