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[EVENT SUMMARY] March –\u00a0 April 2017 Meetings<\/b><\/p>
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AWS Carolina Section meetings and events: March-April 2017<\/h3>


Director of AWS District #4, Mr. Stuart Harris (Altec) (left) handed District Award for Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) of the year to Mr. Sergey Kobelev (Welko-Tech) (right).<\/em><\/p>


AWS Section Award of the Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) of the Year – to Mr. Donald Ellington (right) – Department Chair, Assistant Professor Welding Technology at Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC).<\/em><\/p>

Michael G. Dixon (right) – Lead Welding Instructor, Surry Community College<\/p>


AWS Howard Adkins Memorial Instructor Award – David Wall (right), Instructor, Surry Community College<\/em><\/p>


Jin Caudill, welding instructor GTCC
Zebidiah Downey, welding instructor GTCC
Stuart Harris (Altec), AWS District #4 Director
Jared Roundy, Surry County Community College
Mason Welborn, Surry County Community College
Donald Ellington – Department Chair, GTCC
Michael G. Dixon – Lead Instructor, Surry Community College
Walter Sperko PE (Sperko Engineering)
Sergey Kobelev (Welko-Tech)
David Wall, Instructor, Surry Community College<\/em><\/p>


Carolina Section Meritorious award to David Scheafer (Miller) (on right)<\/em><\/p>

Two very interesting presentations:
1. Application of video camera for monitoring quality of manual arc welding (SMAW) by Donald Ellington – Department Chair, Assistant Professor Welding Technology at Guilford Technical Community College. Great tool for teaching, training and evaluation of the quality of the welder\u2019s work
2. Comparison of different systems of Standardisation in Welding Industry : US vs EU vs South Asia. Informal and brilliant presentation by Vice-Chair of our section Walter Sperko PE (Sperko Engineering), who shared his knowledge of functioning and interaction of National standards and ISO.<\/p>

We appreciate attendance at our meeting of Director of AWS District #4, Mr. Stuart Harris. He shared information about upcoming regional conference and AWS plans. AWS Carolina (#87) Section awards were handed out to our most active members:<\/p>

Date posted: April 27, 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

April 2017 Meeting Announcement<\/b><\/p>
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Greetings AWS Carolina Section Members and Friends,<\/p>

The next meeting of AWS Carolina Section (#87) will take place on April 13, Thursday at 5:00pm at GTCC. The meeting location is the GTCC Medlin Campus Center, room number TBD. Click\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/b>\u00a0to view the campus map.<\/p>

AGENDA (5:00 – 6:30 pm)<\/strong><\/h3>

1. Educational portion:<\/p>

1.1. State of the Welding Industry in South Asia (Japan, S.Korea).
Brief, informal notes and impressions from vice-Chair of our section Walter Sperko, who just came back from business trip to S.Asia.<\/p>

1.2. Application of video camera for monitoring quality of manual arc welding (SMAW) by Donald Ellington – Department Chair, Assistant Professor Welding Technology at Guilford Technical Community College.<\/p>

2. Awards for outstanding achievement to several members of our Section:<\/p>

3. AWS Carolina Section: Discussion of the Section business and planning of the future work, discussion, networking.;<\/p>

4. Miscellaneous.<\/p>

Please RSVP before 3pm Wednesday April 12 2017. Pizza and beverages will be served.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

Regards,<\/p>

Sergey Kobelev
Chair
AWS Carolina Section<\/p>

Date posted: April 4, 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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