Date of Event: 08/14/2026 Location: PIKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Number of Attendees: 10 STUDENTS Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ROBERT TRUDELLE ATL. SECT. CHAIRMAN Event Summary: ROBERT talk to both morning and evening classes about the industry status, signed up new student as members, welcomed them to the SCTC student chapter & ATLANTA SECTION. Robert went over industry job data, career…
Date of Event: 08/13/2026 Location: BARROW CTY CAMPUS WINDER GA. Number of Attendees: Presenter/Notable Guest(s): RENE ENGERON ATL. SECT SECRETARYRACHEL HENRY 1ST VICE CHAIR /TREASURE Event Summary: RENE and RACHEL went over the benefits of membership and scholarships. WE demonstrated where to go to AWS website to find the information needed.4 students signed up for membership that…
Date of Event: 06/13/2026 Location: Puerto Rico Number of Attendees: 16 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Daryl Peterson (District director) Eduardo Duran (AWS) Event Summary: AWS District 5 Annual Meeting Brings Sections Together in Puerto Rico All attendees from the different sections With Wigberto De La Cruz our PR member, our face in PR Jason Becker Orlando section , Frank Vargas,…
Date of Event: 06/05/2026 Location: TULSA WELDING INSTITUTE IN ATLANTA GA Number of Attendees: 50 STUDENTS Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ANGELA CARWELL DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES Event Summary: TULSA welding school is a new private welding school with 100 welding booths and looking to expand with the growing demand for welders. PARKER COPELAND and ANGELA CARWELL invited ROBERT & RENE…
Date of Event: 06/03/2026 Location: GA. WORLD CONGRESS CENTER IN ATLANTA GA. Number of Attendees: 500+ Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ROBERT TRUDELLE ATL. SECTION CHAIRMAN Event Summary: The national welding skills competition was held in ATLANTA GA. The competitors were from high schools and technical colleges. The competitors competed in individual, 3 man fab team and sculpture. ROBERT took this…
Date of Event: 04/17/2026 Location: EAS/GAS & SUPPLY CUMMING GA. Number of Attendees: 30 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): GREG ENGERON PRES. EAS/ GAS & SUPPLY of GA.CN SEAMLESS CO. Event Summary: ON APRIL 17th EAS/GAS & SUPPLY in CUMMING GA. hosted our section meeting for NATIONAL WELDING MONTH. They demonstrated filling CO2 CYLINDERS, LASER WELDING & CLEANING, demonstrated an automated…
Date of Event: 03/25/2026 Location: Applied Technical Services in Marietta Ga. Number of Attendees: 8 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ASHLEY SMITH ENGINEERING STUDENT AND LEADER OF STUDENT CHAPTERTOM FLYNN, RACHEL HENRY AND RENE’ ENGERON ATL. SECTION BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE SUPPORTING THE STUDENT CHAPTER Event Summary: KSU students from the Marietta GA. campus student chapter held a meeting and tour…
Date of Event: 03/20/2026 Location: UGA CAMPUS IN ATHENS GA. Number of Attendees: 15 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): DR. MICHAEL PAGAN UGA PROFESSORROBERT TRUDELLE , TOM FLYNN, RENE ENGERON ATL. SECTION BOARD MEMBERS Event Summary: DR. MICHAEL PAGAN requested a tour of their welding lab& meeting for us to speak with their engineering students about how UGA could…
Date of Event: 03/18/2026 Location: THOMASTON CAMPUS Number of Attendees: 25 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ROBERT TRUDELLE ATL. SECT. CHIARMANCHRIS PATTERSON WELDING DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTOR Event Summary: Southern Cresent Technical College Student chapter meeting was held on 3/18/26 . 2 meetings were held that day for morning & evening classes. Robert Trudelle spoke to students about the value of AWS studentmembershipsand…
Date of Event: 03/05/2026 Location: GA. TRADE SCHOOL ACWORTH GA. Number of Attendees: 40 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): SCOT MCNEELY GA.TRADEATL. SECT. CHAIR ROBERT TRUDELLERACHEL HENRY ATL. SECT, TREASURE /1ST VICE CHAIRASHLEY SMITH KSU ENGINEERING STUDENT Event Summary: ON MARCH 5th AWS ATLANTA section was invited to attend the GA, TRADE SCHOOL career fair in ACWORTH GA. ROBERT and crew…