The Columbus Section held a scholarship recognition event on January 16th from 6-7:30pm at the Edison Joining Technology Center (EJTC), which is the welding engineering building on Ohio State campus. Columbus Section provided pizza, salad and soft drinks for the students and presenters.
The event started off with a presentation on AWS Scholarships and an individual recognition of all AWS scholarship winners from the Columbus section. Scholarship winners were presented with certificates, an AWS pin and sticker. The second portion of teh event included two speakers from local industry to present topics on the welding industry. The first speaker from Worthington industries, who was also previously with Airgas, presented on shielding gas selection for MIG welding. The second speaker was from DNV GL and spoke about current welding issues in the pipeline industry, including Hot Taps and X70 pipe failures.
The event concluded with resume review session for the students searching for for summer internships. The speakers and the AWS section officers worked with groups of 4-5 students to review their draft resumes, compare to examples provide by Ohio State career services, and provide interviewing tips.
Resume review with student (L) and Matt Boring (R)
Canyon Underhill (L) receiving AWS scholarship recognition certificate from Tom Eckardt (R)