Date of Event: 04/03/2025 Location: Structural Steel Fabricators (SMF), Palmerton PA Number of Attendees: 6 Event Summary: President Holdren and District Director Brad Brandmeir wrapped up the tour of District 3 by stopping at a local fabricator who outfits custom utility bodied vehicles for various states department of transportation. President Holdren standing infront of signage welcoming AWS…
Date of Event: 03/31/2025 Location: Northampton Community College, Bethlehem PA Number of Attendees: 64 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Standing AWS President, Richard Holdren Event Summary: The 55th Annual Student Awards Banquet for the Lehigh Valley Section. The 17 students along with their parents, administrators and guest enjoyed a fantastic meal. After the meal concluded, President Holdren gave his presentation on…
Date of Event: 03/07/2025 Location: Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, Schnecksville PA Number of Attendees: 16 Students, 5 Judges, 8 Instructors and 4 Admin Event Summary: 16 students from 8 Career & Tech Ed Institutes participated in the 54th Annual AWS Student Welding Competition. The students were tasked with making several different projects. One project was a…
Date of Event: 09/28/2024 Location: Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School in Bethlehem PA Number of Attendees: TBT Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Jason Becker of “Arc Junkies” Podcast and Kevin Johnson of “Welding Business Owners” Podcast Event Summary: Welding competition open to anyone throughout the nation to win prizes and test their fabrication skills in a well designed competition. Competition flyer
Date of Event: 03/26/2024 Location: Northampton Community College, Northampton PA Number of Attendees: 73 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): District Director Sean Moran and AWS President Michael Krupnicki Event Summary: The student competitiors came together to be recognized for their accomplishments in the welding competition that took place on March 8th, 2024. Instructors, administrators, parents, siblings, significant others, vendors, and…
Date of Event: 03/26/2024 Location: Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA Number of Attendees: 5 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Dr. John DuPont spoke to us about his metallurgical lab and equipment as well as some of his recent projects.Ian Hodgson, P.E., S.E. spoke and showed us around the ATLSS Industrical Testing Facility. Event Summary: The AWS President was invited to tour…
Date of Event: 03/08/2024 Location: Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, Schnecksville PA Number of Attendees: 40 Event Summary: The Lehigh Valley section held their 53rd annual student welding competition at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute. 20 students from 10 CTE schools worked from blueprints and WPS’s to complete four unique projects utilizing SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW and…
Date of Event: 03/01/2024 Location: Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Number of Attendees: 2 Event Summary: A student from one of the 9 sending districts was asked to fabricate a small roof to roof ladder for his sending school (home school). Gavin Dengler (Junior) with the help of his instructor completed the ladder and presented it to…
Date of Event: 01/03/2024 Location: Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Number of Attendees: 5 Event Summary: High school students at LCTI were asked to repair cracked welds and complete some hardfacing welds to prolong the life of one of the schools skid steer buckets used in the Heavy Equipment lab. Pictured are Jake Dean (Green coat) and…