Recap: AWS President visit 2025 at LeTourneau University

By Category: Post Event Report

Date of Event: 11/10/2025

Location: LeTourneau University 2100 S. Mobberly ave. Longview, TX 75602

Number of Attendees: 8-15

Presenter/Notable Guest(s): AWS President Richard Holdren 

Event Summary: AWS President Richard Holdren visited LeTourneau University and spoke with students as well as took a Welding Engineering lab and shop tour.

Left to right pictured is Dr. Matthew Green(WE/MJ Dept. Chair), Richard Holdren(AWS President), Dr. Tao Dai(LETU Professor), Charles Jeffress(AWS Section #150 treasurer, secretary and LETU WE/MJ staff) Henry Elgie(LETU freshman WE/MJ student) Pose for a picture after a shop tour.
Holdren and Jeffress talk about the importance of a AWS Section Library which is located for East Texas Section #150 at LeTourneau University in the Kielhorn Welding Engineering Lab.
Holdren, Jeffress, Elgie discuss the impact that LeTourneau Universities robotic training center is having on its students as well as local and national companies and the welding industry. LeTourneau University is now enrolling industry professionals for a Yaskawa certified training course in Basic robotic programing with arc welding.
Elgie describes his AWS Poster idea to Holdren for FABTECH 2026
Holdren and Dr. Dai discuss the WE/MJ senior design that is focused on Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
Jeffress and Holdren discuss labs involving the Universities Cobot and industrial robot that every engineering and aviation student takes while enrolled at LeTourneau University.