Horst Cerjak

Conference 3

Development of a Successful Repair Procedure for Embrittled High Strength Steel Penstock Welds

Prof. Horst Cerjak

Graduation in Metallurgy from Montan University Leoben, Austria. Doctorate from the University of Technology Hannover, Germany. Responsible for Materials and Welding for Primary Nuclear Components for all German built Nuclear Power Plants, in SIEMENS – KWU Erlangen, Germany. He also worked intensively on the Argentinian Nuclear Power Plants CNA 1 and CNA 2. Full Professor and Director of Institute for Material Science and Welding at Graz University of Technology, Austria. Main Research Focus: Connection of microstructural based science approaches of modelling and simulation to application in industry. Close cooperation with industry. Service in national and international research projects and international scientific organizations like IIW (International Institute of Welding). Independent Consultant Focus; Hydro Power Plant Industry. Author of 350 Publications and Author and Editor 14 books. Recipient of many high ranked national and international scientific awards.