{"id":1165,"date":"2026-03-20T05:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/columbus\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:18:10","slug":"event-report-for-february-12-2026-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/columbus\/2026\/03\/20\/event-report-for-february-12-2026-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Report for February 12, 2026, Section Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1165\" class=\"elementor elementor-1165\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9e84e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9e84e7\" 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-05f7548\" data-id=\"05f7548\" 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-19e9c1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19e9c1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Event Report for February 12, 2026, Section Meeting<\/h2>\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-20349a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20349a2\" 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-e58ff85\" data-id=\"e58ff85\" 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-f9fc452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9fc452\" 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 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Twenty-three attended the social, dinner, and presentation in Room 111 of the OSU Welding Engineering facility on west campus.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Section chair Jerry Van Meter opened the evening by presenting a surprise meritorious section award to past chair Jason Keys.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">James Przybylski, account manager from Luvata, reviewed how resistance welding electrodes and power sources are matched to successfully join different alloys, including when and how weld tempering is used to optimize joint properties. 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