SECTION NEWS February 17 Location: Pueblo, Colo. Presenters: Chris Rizzi, ASNT Level III and Vestas NDT program coordinator, and Brian Wood ASNT Level II and consultant for Vestas Towers America. Summary: The Colorado Sections of ASNT and AWS held a joint meeting. Presentations were made on the inspection of DSA welds on critical components of wind towers using manual phased array ultrasonic testing. Members also toured the Vestas Towers America facility. 112 WELDING JOURNAL / JUNE 2016 March 11 Location: Ramada Plaza Denver Central, Denver, Colo. Event: 7th Annual Welding the Rockies Symposium — New Technology in Welding Summary: The Section organized and hosted its 7th annual Welding the Rockies Symposium, an all-day conference that focused on new technologiy in welding. Eight topics were covered over the day, ranging from developments in additive manufacturing to 3D weld viewing, from virtual-reality-controlled mobile welding to robotic control in GMAW. Colorado School of Mines Student Chapter April 7 Location: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. Speaker: Dr. Stan David, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Topic: Science base for the joining technologies of the future Summary: Major progress has been made in understanding physical processes, microstructural evolution, and the correlation between microstructure, properties, intelligent control, and automation of welding processes. As a result, welding is an interdisciplinary ac- COLORADO — Section Chairman Steve Unrein (left) presented High Plains Gas & Welding Supply welding helmets to COLORADO — Welding Symposium attendees listened to keynote speaker Dr. Jerry Jones. winning attendees at the symposium. COLORADO — Members of ASNT and AWS Colorado Sections enjoyed a joint meeting at Vestas Towers America. Colorado School of Mines Student Chapter — Student Chapter members stand with Dr. Stan David from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory after his talk about a science base for the joining technologies of the future. (From left are) Prof. Michael Andreassen (Denmark), Zhifen Wang, Nathan Switzner, Rashed Alhajri, Juan Wei, Minrui Gao, Dr. Stan David, Stephen Liu, Zhenzhen Yu, Drew White, Prof. Ruidong Fu (China), Jon Watson, and Prof. Namhyun Kang (Korea).
Welding Journal | June 2016
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