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Tel: 02 9748 4443 Fax: 02 9748 2858 E-mail: info@wtia.com.au http://www.wtia.com.au PO Box 6165 Silverwater NSW 1811 Unit 50, 8 Avenue of the Americas, Newington, NSW 2127

Chris Smallbone Executive Director President International Institute of Welding Chris Smallbone is a qualified mechanical and International Welding Engineer and a Professional Chartered Engineer in both Australia and the UK. From 1978, as Executive Director, he built from scratch, to a staff of 48, the successful South African Institute of Welding (SAIW) and S.A. Skills Foundation. He emigrated to Australia in 1995. He is currently Executive Director of the Welding Technology Institute of Australia (WTIA) and a Director of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Welded Structures. A key objective of his 35-year career has been the improvement of the global quality of life through the optimum use of welding and joining technology. He has been involved since 1978 with the 48-member country International Institute of Welding (IIW) as a Board member, Vice President and Director. The IIW, headquartered in Paris, was founded in 1948 and is the global body in the science and industrial application of joining technology. Chris Smallbone was recently inducted as the 20th President of the IIW for the period July 2005 to September 2008. This appointment is only the second time that a representative from a Southern Hemisphere member country has been appointed to this prestigious position in the 56-year history of the IIW. It is a significant achievement for Australia and Australian industry. Chris has given 30 years service to IIW and the welding industry world-wide. In 1992 he chaired the working group that established the new IIW Education, Training and Qualification programmes for welding personnel on an international basis, now adopted in 32 countries. Since 1993, he was the IIW Director with the responsibility for developing and implementing the very successful IIW key strategy on Regional Activities and Liaison with Developing Countries, as well as the Chairman of the Board of Directors’ Task Force on Certification. Since 1978 he has received twelve major awards for his work, from the American Welding Society (AWS), SAIW and the WTIA. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (Aust), Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK), The Welding Institute (UK), the SAIW and WTIA, as well as a Professional Chartered Engineer in Australia and the UK. From April 1995 he has led the very successful team effort building up the WTIA to its present level of national and international credibility. At the WTIA, he has been involved in a series of national projects on Technology Diffusion and Innovation supported by the Australian, State and Territory Governments and industry throughout the country. Through the IIW he has undertaken a number of similar initiatives in South Eastern Europe and Southern Africa and is introducing a global cooperative project to approach the challenge of skills shortages and the improvement of the image of welding throughout the world. Bushan Salunke Qualification and Certification Bushan has 14 years experience in welding fabrication, with a particular interest in robotics, IT, welding production lines and Quality Assurance. He has a Master of Mechanical Engineering Degree and an MBA. He was born in India and has lived in Australia since 1995. He worked for 3 years at The Lincoln Electric Co. in Padstow, Sydney. Sasanka Sinha Hotline Engineer Sasanka holds the degrees of Master in Materials Welding & Joining from the University of Wollongong as well as a Master in Production Engineering and a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering, the latter two in India. He has extensive experience in fabrication and welding, particularly in the field of shipbuilding, railway wagons, steel plant equipment, boilers, pressure vessels, construction and mining equipment. He has 23 years welding experience working with world leaders such as Babcock & Wilcox, Marion Dresser, Komatsu and Ti-Fab (USA) in India and Indonesia prior to his arrival in Australia. Anne Rorke Technology Transfer Coordinator Anne has worked in the information industry for a number of years since achieving a BA Hons at Adelaide University and Graduate Diploma in Library Studies from WA Institute of Technology. She has wide-ranging experience in technical data transfer and communication activities including publishing and Internet site design and plays a central role in the Institute's OzWeld Technology Support Centres Network. Ben Gross Research and Technology Manager Ben was previously Manager Technical Panels with the Institute, leaving 5 years ago to work on major pipeline projects in Canada and the US. He is a qualified Metallurgist and Welding Engineer from the UK, with experience in pipeline welding, NDT, ECA, corrosion prevention, asset management and pipeline construction. In his role as Research and Technology Manager, Ben works with the NDNP team to ensure industry’s best possible access to appropriate technologies and forming the vital link between industry, technology and research. This is accomplished through liaison with State Technology Managers, SMART Groups, WTIA research “Centres of Excellence” network organisations such as CSIRO and the CRC for Welded Structures, as well as members of the the OzWeld Technology Support Centres Network.

Alan Bishop State Technology Manager Victoria and Tasmania Coordinator Pressure Equipment Industry Sectoral project Tel: 03 9214 5052 Fax: 08 9214 5050 E-mail: ABishop@swin.edu.au C/- Industrial Research Institute Swinburne PO Box 218 Hawthorn VIC 3122

Alan graduated in Metallurgy in 1973 from Wolverhampton, England and became a full Member of the Institution of Metallurgists in 1974 and Chartered Engineer in 1979. He has been involved with welding and brazing since 1969, with both fusion and the solid state processes and has 30 years experience employed as a welding consultant to fabrication, manufacturing, project management and user companies. Alan also has many years experience as a hands-on welding engineer in the fabrication environment, including 5 years with L & C Steinmuller, one of the world's largest boiler manufacturers. He is experienced in metallurgical failure investigations, conducted on behalf of consulting companies and own company. Alan has been Involved with the petro-chemical and power generation Industries since 1978 in South Africa and New Zealand, working for subcontractors, project management companies and refineries themselves. Involvement was in welding engineering, corrosion engineering, quality assurance and inspection.



Paul Grace State Technology Manager NSW and ACT Coordinator Water Industry Sectoral Project Coordinator SMART Pipelines Industry Group Tel: 02 9748 4443 Fax: 02 9748 2858 E-mail: p.grace@wtia.com.au C/- WTIA PO Box 6165 Silverwater NSW 1811

Paul commenced his career as an apprentice boilermaker and progressed on to become a tradesman boilermaker, qualified welder and welding supervisor in the off-shore construction, petro-chemical, general fabrication and the mining industries. He was one of the early graduates from the Masters degree at the University of Wollongong. His background, and his experience teaching in TAFE make him well suited to the task of promoting "technology receptors" in our industries. As Coordinator of our SMART Pipelines Program he calls on his 10 years experience as welding engineer for AGL and his involvement with Australian Standards sub-committees, AGA, WTIA/APIA Technical Panel 7 - Pipelines and CRC Project Management Committee for pipelines research.



Glen Allan State Technology Manager Regional NSW Coordinator Building and Construction Industry Sectoral Project Coordinator SMART Inspection and Testing Group Coordinator Industry Specific Group for NSW Coal Industry Service Providers Tel: 02 4935 5445 Fax: 02 4935 4816 E-mail: AllanG@OneSteel.com C/- OneSteel Market Mills Pty Ltd PO Box 245C Newcastle NSW 2300
From 1975 to 1980 Glen was employed by Tubemakers as a trainee where he completed a Metallurgy Certificate and Non-Destructive Testing Post Certificate. While working as a non-destructive testing technician with CW Pope and Associates in the early '80's, Glen developed an interest in the science of welding and in 1984 completed a Welding Technology Certificate at Tighes Hill TAFE. At the same time he completed a "Pressure Welding Ticket" (AS1796 Certificate 3E) and a Welding Supervisors Ticket (AS1796 Certificate 10). Glen furthered his qualifications in welding when the Master of Engineering Practice in Materials Welding and Joining was offered at the University of Wollongong in 1994. Glen graduated with a Master of Engineering Practice in Materials Welding and Joining in1998 after completing the course in 1997.



Leonora Wehrmann Northern Territory Technology Manager Tel: (08) 89810058 Fax: (08) 89810058 E-mail: nt@wtia.com.au C/- TEATAC NT PO Box 866 DARWIN NT 0800

Mrs Leonora Wehrmann, is an International Welding Engineer with experience in welding applications, inspection and certification in a range of industry sectors. She has expert knowledge, skills and abilities and extensive academic and professional work experience in planning, welding and management of significant structural, process and mechanical engineering projects. She studied for her Mechanical Engineering Degree (Dipl.-Ing. Maschienenbau) at University of Technology in Dresden, Germany where the focus of her studies was machines for road and rail construction and bulk material handling. Leonora's work background includes technical inspections as a Welding Specialist at TÜV Rheinland (Inspection and Certification of Manufacturing, Personnel, Welding Procedures, Quality Control and Quality Management Audits for Welding of Pressure Vessels, Steam boiler, Pipeline) and TUV CERT Lead Auditor for Quality Management System ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems in Welding EN 729 and Steel Material Production).



Leon Rosenbrock Queensland State Technology Manager Coordinator Rail Industry Sectoral Project Coordinator SMART Power Generation Industry Group Tel: 07 3364 0770 Fax: 07 3364 0781 E-mail: l.rosenbrock@wtia.com.au C/- Queensland Manufacturing Institute PO Box 4012 Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113

Having worked for the past thirteen years as Chief Welding Consultant for Eskom in South Africa, one of the largest power utilities in the world with fossil, nuclear and hydro power plant, Leon has a great deal of experience to offer the power generation industries in Australia through the WTIA SMART Program. He has extensive experience in welding and repair of creep resisting materials, life extension and welding of creep aged materials and was involved with metallurgical failure investigations of welded components, fabrication and repair. His experience with a wide range of industries, materials and processes makes him a valuable asset to all types of industry in Queensland. He is both a qualified welding technologist and mining technologist.

Alan McLeod Central Queensland Technology Manager Tel: (070 4971 2311 Fax: (07) 4971 2333 Email: a.mcleod@wtia.com.au Postal address: C/-Dept of State Development, Trade and Innovation Old Post Office, 33 Goondoon Street, Gladstone QLD 4680

In 1979 Alan joined Australian Welding Research Association as Research Metallurgist with administrative responsibilities for three research panels: Weld Metal, Hardfacing and Welding of Plastics (mainly pipes). He also edited the AWRA Technical Notes on Fracture Mechanics and Health and Safety in Welding. Another duty was to work on Standards Australia committees on welding consumables. In 1982 he moved to Brisbane to the position of Senior Metallurgist with ETRS, later becoming Principal Consultant in the area of welding procedures and metallurgical failures. In 2005 he moved to Gladstone with ETRS to bring more local focus to his company's failure analysis services in that area. Alan has been a member of WTIA since 1979. He has also been a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, and the Institution of Engineers Australia. He has been on the Queensland Council of Materials Australia since 1975.



Greg Terrell SA State Technology Manager Coordinator Road Transport Industry Sectoral Project Tel: 08 8341 2319 Fax: 08 8341 1588 E-mail: gterrell@esc.net.au PO Box 472 Port Adelaide, SA 5015

The shipbuilding industry has been a life-long love for Greg, though moving into teaching, technical advice and consulting at various times in his career. Winner of the Ken Trevena Award in 1996, he is a devoted South Australian, and is contributing significantly to the industry in his State, as well as supporting the roads industry in an Australia-wide SMART Program. Greg has also worked on the design and construction of over 87 different types of vessels, and consulting in specialised welding for a number of years.

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