SECTION NEWS KANSAS April 14 Location: Crider’s Institute of Welding Technology, (CIWT) Grain Valley, Mo. Presenters: Stan Crider, CIWT, and Tim Cronin, national sales manager, Ace Industrial Products Summary: The Section met at CIWT for a tour of the facility and a presentation about air filtration systems from Cronin. 110 WELDING JOURNAL / JUNE 2016 District 17 Jerry Knapp, director (918) 813-0541 jgknapp@cox.net EAST TEXAS March 16 Location: Papacitas Restaurant, Longview, Tex. Presenter: John Laurence Busch, historian and author Topic: Steam Coffin — Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah break the barrier Summary: Busch described why the Savannah is the first example of globalized high technology in history. April 14 Location: Papacitas Restaurant, Longview, Tex. Speakers: Jerry Knapp, District 17 director, and J. Jones, Section treasurer Summary: Jones shared that April was Welding Month, and reviewed the Image of Welding awards and scholarship opportunities for members. Knapp presented President McQuaid’s message to members, and told of his journey with welding over the last 50 years. Cody Edwards was awarded the Section Howard Adkins Memorial Instructor Award. TULSA March 4 Location: Tulsa Technology Center (TTC), Riverside Campus, Tulsa, Okla. Topic: Tulsa Engineering Foundation’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) competition Summary: The Tulsa Engineering Challenge is an event for students grades four through twelve who are interested in STEM. More than 1100 students from schools across the Tulsa region attended. More than 80 volunteers helped with judging the 14 competitions. March 22 Location: Oklahoma Technical College (OTC), Tulsa, Okla. Presenter: Rodney Riggs, Section secretary and OTC instructor Topic: Fundamentals of GTAW Summary: Section board members and OTC instructors put on a technical presentation and assisted with hands- EAST TEXAS — Historian and author John Laurence Busch described why the steamship Savannah is the first example of globalized high technology in history. TULSA — District 17 Director Jerry Knapp (from left) and AWS Board Advisors Jay Rufner, Barry Lawrence, and Ray Wilsdorf stand with three students from local schools at the Tulsa Engineering Challenge. EAST TEXAS — Treasurer J. Jones (left), District 17 Director Jerry Knapp (second from right), and Chairman Bryan Baker (right) presented Cody Edwards with the Section Howard Adkins Memorial Instructor Award. TULSA — The group gathers after “TIG Night” at Oklahoma Technical College. EAST TEXAS — Treasurer J. Jones (left) and Chairman Bryan Baker (right) thank historian John Laurence Busch for his talk about steamship Savannah.
Welding Journal | June 2016
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