SECTION NEWS March 29 Location: The Meadows, Hellertown, Pa. Presenter: AWS President David McQuaid Topic: Weld defects repaired while in service Summary: Sixty-six people attended the president’s report on field repairs while in service. After, the student awards were given to Nick Baer (Lehigh Career and Technical Institute), first place; Brandon Bergen (Lehigh Career and Technical Institute) second place; and Jack Daniels (Bethlehem Area Vocational and Technical School) oxyfuel cutting contest winner. District 4 Stewart A. Harris, director (919) 824-0520 stewart.harris@altec.com CAROLINA April 14 Summary: The Section held a joint meeting with the Carolina ASME Section for networking purposes, and to discuss welder training. Staff from three local community colleges were present: Forsyth Tech (FTCC, Winston-Salem), Guilford Tech (GTCC, Greensboro), and Surry Community College (SCC). Mark Jeffries, Rick Ward, and their colleagues from Arc3 Gases, as well as Kevin Shaffer and Lincoln Electric helped coordinate the meeting. Joel D. Welch, VP FTCC, J. Woods, welding technology department chair, and L. Kiser, dean, engineering technologies division also helped. 80 WELDING JOURNAL / JULY 2016 SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA — (From left) Bob Campbell, Banker Steel; Ron Stahura, ESAB; Mark Newman, CVCC welding instructor; Jewel Newman, CVCC welding instructor; Jay Coubrough, ESAB; E. Roger Cobb, CVCC welding instructor; David Owens, Altec Industries/ Section chairman; and Bob Fitch, Arc3/Section programming chairman. CAROLINA — Section Chair Sergey Kobelev (right) awarded a Section Meritorious Award to Samuel Glass (Isometrics, Inc.). CAROLINA — Section Chair Sergey Kobelev (right) handed out a Section Meritorious Award for many years of work in the society to Donald Ellington (GTCC). CAROLINA — The Section held a joint meeting with the local ASME chapter that involved students, faculty, engineers, and industry consultants. LEHIGH VALLEY — President McQuaid (center) stood with participants of the Section’s Student Welding Competition.
Welding Journal | July 2016
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