{"id":250,"date":"2024-06-12T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/?p=250"},"modified":"2025-03-18T20:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:33:26","slug":"recap-project-mfg-national-welding-league-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/2024\/06\/12\/recap-project-mfg-national-welding-league-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Project MFG National Welding League Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"250\" class=\"elementor elementor-250\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8138471 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8138471\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fc49fd\" data-id=\"1fc49fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2574b02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2574b02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 06\/12\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport PA<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 18 Competitors, Total of 30 Instructors, Vendors, Judges<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Pennsylvania College of Technology held the national competition for Project MFG National Welding League and Maritime competition. The competitions ran from Monday June 10th through Friday June 14th, 2024. Students from across the nation all gathered at Penn Tech to partake in the creative competition(s).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-130b363 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"130b363\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024\/06\/IMG_4921-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4921\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjI1NSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9jZW50cmFscGVublwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzEzNFwvMjAyNFwvMDZcL0lNR180OTIxLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024\/06\/IMG_4921-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-255\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024\/06\/IMG_4921-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024\/06\/IMG_4921-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Welding Students constructed Destroyer ships for the Maritime competition.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6130e34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6130e34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2024\/06\/IMG_4923-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Second picture of the Destroyer ships.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8311db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8311db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-297f6f7\" data-id=\"297f6f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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All students did a phenomenal job with their projects.  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The competitions ran from Monday June 10th through Friday June 14th, 2024. 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