{"id":638,"date":"2026-03-06T20:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/?p=638"},"modified":"2026-03-16T20:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:37:37","slug":"recap-55th-annual-aws-student-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/2026\/03\/06\/recap-55th-annual-aws-student-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 55th Annual AWS Student Welding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"638\" class=\"elementor elementor-638\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a6b709 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a6b709\" 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-76791c5\" data-id=\"76791c5\" 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-3c27d39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c27d39\" 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> 03\/06\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Warren County Technical School, NJ<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 18 Student competitors, 9 instructors and 2 judges present<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>This year Warren County Technical School in NJ hosted the Lehigh Valley&#8217;s 55th Annual AWS Student Welding Competition. 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There were 18 student competitors from 9 CTE schools across PA and NJ who showed up to showcase their skills in the hopes of winning prizes at the banquet being held on April 15th, 2026 when President Dr. Burgess visits District #3.\u00a0<\/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-3c83767 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c83767\" 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<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/03\/IMG_2061-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-644\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/03\/IMG_2061-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/03\/IMG_2061-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Student competitors listening to Instructor Feilbach (center of picture) go over the blueprints and rules for the day.<\/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-e07095e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e07095e\" 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\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/03\/IMG_9013-2-scaled.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_9013 (2)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjY0OCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC9sZWhpZ2h2YWxsZXlcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8xMjFcLzIwMjZcLzAzXC9JTUdfOTAxMy0yLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/03\/IMG_9013-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-648\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/03\/IMG_9013-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/lehighvalley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/03\/IMG_9013-2-300x300.jpeg 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\">This years contest required the students to weld a stainless triangle using intermittent weld patterns, a OFC project, a Keystone cut out, D1.1 (uphill) layered out and a see-saw project.  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