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: 02/11/2026 Location: KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY MARIETTA CAMPUS Number of Attendees: 14 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ASHLEY SMITH ENGINEERING STUDENTDR.SAINAND JADHAV ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RICHARD KENNEDY DIRECTOR & FELLOW OF SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Event Summary: ON FEB.11TH , a meeting was held at KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY MAREITTA CAMPUS where ASHLEY SMITH, an engineering student…
Date of Event: 10/31/2025 Location: JBB METAL WORKS 1636-A OAKBROOK DR. GAINESVILLE GA. 30507 Number of Attendees: 45 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): JAY BROWN OWNER JBB METALWORKSROBERT TRUDELLE ATL. SECTION CHAIRMANENGINEERS from UGA AND KSU Event Summary: JBB METALWORKS specializes in mobile pipe welding in such industries as sanitary, natural gas, boiler systems and HDPE piping. JBB METALWORKS cover the…
Date of Event: 10/28/2025 Location: PIKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL in ZEBULON GA. Number of Attendees: 100 STUDENTS Presenter/Notable Guest(s): ROBERT TRUDELLE ATL. SECT. CHAIRMANBUFFORD METAL FABRICATION SPONSOR Dalton Shepperd and Spencer MuzikLINCOLN ELECTRIC JOSH Event Summary: PIKE COUNTY HS AG PROGRAM instructor SHANE MOORE hosted the career day. BUFFORD METAL FABRICATORS AND LINCOLN ELECTRIC REPS showcased what…