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ITSC WRAP-UP
Jens Jerzembeck of the DVS German Weld-
ing Society gives opening remarks at the
Tuesday plenary and awards ceremony.
Lech Pawlowski, TSS Hall of Fame Inductee, who could not be there, provided a video of
his acceptance speech. Professor at the University of Limoges in France, Pawlowski was
cited for sustained and innovative thermal spray research and development and significant
contributions to the fundamental and technical advancement of thermal spraying.
Robert Vassen, professor of mechanical
engineering at the Ruhr-University Bo-
chum, Germany, gave the ITSC plenary
talk on May 12.
Christian Moreau (right), announces Mitchell Dorfman, Metco Fellow at Oerlikon Metco,
as the 2015 recipient of the TSS President’s Award. The award will be presented to Dorf-
man in person later this year.
ITSC Best Paper winner, Jocelyn Veilleux,
is congratulated by Julio Villafuerte, chair
of the ITSC Best Paper competition, for his
paper “Lithium Iron Phosphate Coatings
Deposited by Means of Inductively-Cou-
pled Thermal Plasma.”
Attendees enjoyed a festive dinner and networking event
aboard the historic Queen Mary.