Date of Event: 11/14/2024 Location: CARTERSVILLE GA. Number of Attendees: 14 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): TAYLOR GIDDENS ENGINEERHENRIQUE LIZE PRESENTERJOEY STRICKLAND GUIDE / LEAD FINISHING DEPT.JONNY THORNTON Event Summary: GERDAU STEEL MILL hosted a meeting in their plant. TAYLOR & HENRIQUE discussed the process of making steel billets and cutting them into flat bar. They discussed sorting the scrap metal,…
Date of Event: 10/15/2024 Location: MOULTRIE GA. Number of Attendees: 100 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): BRAD SIMMONS WELDING INSTRUCTOR AT SOUTHERN REGIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE Event Summary: BRAD SIMMONS and his students helped man the AWS welding trailer. 2 students participated in a welding competition for $1000 scholarships. DAYTON WILKES and CONNER MULLIN each won a $1000 scholarship. DAYTON WILKES won…
Date of Event: 11/18/2024 Location: CEDERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL Number of Attendees: 20 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ATL. SECTION CHAIRMAN ROBERT TRUDELLEATL. SECTION SECRETARY RENE’ ENGERON Event Summary: ROBERT TRUDELLE PRESENTED MATT HAYDEN WITH HIS MEMBERSHIP SILVER AWARD FOR 25 YRS OF BEING A MEMBER. MATT IS INSTRAMENTAL IN SKILLS USA AND SUPPORTS OUR ATL. SECTION WHEN NEEDED. …
Date of Event: 11/18/2024 Location: Southeastern Regional Technical College Tifton GA. Number of Attendees: 20 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): DISTRICT DIRECTOR DARYL PETERSON Event Summary: Southeastern Regional Technical College hosted our annual welder training scholarship welding competition in Tifton GA. 11 competitors form 4 different campuses. SRTC Tifton and Thomasville campuses, Wiregrass Technical college, Albany Technical College. The…
Date of Event: 12/18/2024 Location: TOWNS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Number of Attendees: 30 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): BRYAN THOMSATON PRINCIPLESABRINA GARRETT INSTRUCTORBROOKE WHITT CAREER TECH. AGRICULTURE EDUCATION DIRECTORAWS SECT. CHAIRMAN ROBERT TRUDELLEAWS SECT. SECRETARYAWS EDUCATION CHAIRMAN CARL MATRICARDI Event Summary: ATL. SECT. donated a check to purchase welding supplies for the agriculture dept welding program. Gas& Supply Cumming ga. donated…
Date of Event: 12/09/2024 Location: SAVANNAHA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SAVANNAHA GA. Number of Attendees: 30 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ATL. SECTION CHAIMAN ROBERT TRUDELLEATL.SECTION SECRETARY RENE’ ENGERONJAY CLEMMONS UA72 CWI INSPECTOR Event Summary: Savannaha Tech. hosted our welding competition between our 2 student chapters and 1 local high school with dual enrollment students. Savannaha technical college, Southern Cresent Technical College,…
Date of Event: 09/18/2024 Location: NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAINING CENTER in MCDONOUGH GA. Number of Attendees: 18 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): JOHN B. DEATON (CWI) WELDING MANAGER for NORFOLK SOUTHERN Event Summary: NORFOLK SOUTHERN hosted a technical meeting and facility tour for our ATLANTA section members. John DEATON (cwi) and welding manager discussed the procedures of obtaining certifications. John discussed the…
Date of Event: 09/13/2024 Location: MOUNTAINVIEW HIGH SCHOOL IN LAWRENCEVILLE GA. Number of Attendees: 10 students Presenter/Notable Guest(s): RENE’ ENGERON AWS SECTION SECRETARY VERONICA CROSS WELDING INSTRUCTOR Event Summary: RENE’ did a follow up with our local Miller LIGHT A SPARK recipient from last year. VERONICA CROSS welding instructor was demonstrating grinding and mig welding process to new…
Date of Event: 06/28/2024 Location: GA. WORLD CONGRESS CENTER IN ATLANTA GA. Number of Attendees: 1000 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ROBERT TRUDELLE ATL. SECTION CHAIRMANRACHEL LEE ATL. SECT. TRES/ 1ST VICE CHAIRMANJOE WALDRUP ATL. SECT. EDUCATION CHAIR/ ASSIST. SECRETARYCHASE SWEADA ATL. SECT. ASSIST. TREASURER Event Summary: The AWS national skills welding competition was held in Atlanta Ga. from June…
Date of Event: 05/29/2024 Location: LINCOLN TECHNICAL COLLEGE 1200 CENTRE PRKY. EAST POINT GA. Number of Attendees: 100 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): STATE SENATOR DIST. 39 SONYA HALPERN Event Summary: Lincoln Tech. held an open house to showcase their new welding lab . RACHEL LEE is an instructor who demonstrated their MILLER virtual welding machines . Student learn the techniques…