Date of Event: 03/21/2026 Location: New Industries, Inc., 6032 Railroad Ave, Morgan City, LA 70380 Number of Attendees: 53 students in competition with 100+ attendees including multiple co-sponsors Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Dr. Joshua Burgess, AWS President – Presented Scholarship on behalf of District 9 and spoke to attendees.Anthony Blakeney – AWS District 9 Director- Presented District 9 ScholarshipDenis…
Date of Event: 03/19/2026 Location: Gulf Island Fabrication, 567 Thompson Rd Houma, LA 70363 Number of Attendees: 14 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Presenter – Dean Dupre, Gulf Island, LLC’s Offshore Dept. Manager (AWS – SCWI & CRI) – Shared the presentation on Gulf Island’s production capabilities and services that are provided. Past Section Vice Chair and AWS Lifetime…
Date of Event: 02/26/2026 Location: Partek Laboratories, Inc., 225 S. Hollywood Rd, Houma, Louisiana Number of Attendees: 16 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Denis Talbot, AWS Morgan City Section Chairman and Partek Laboratories’ General ManagerJason Parks, Partek Laboratories’ Laboratory and Operations Manager Denis provided a presentation on Materials and Weld Properties and Destructive TestingJason provided the demonstration of destructive testing…
Date of Event: 12/11/2025 Location: Courtyard by Marriott, Houma 142 Library Drive, Houma, LA 70360 Number of Attendees: 17 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): George Fairbanks – Baton Rouge Section Chairman presented on Sugar Mill Press Structural Repair – 4” thick cast steel repair Event Summary: Held Awards Dinner and presented 2024-2025 Section Awards to the following individuals:Ronald Bergeron with DNV…
Date of Event: 10/23/2025 Location: Plantation Inn, 1381 W Tunnel Blvd, Houma, Louisiana Number of Attendees: 11 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): District 9 Director – Anthony BlakeneyPresenter – Dr. Thomas Shelton – President of Metallurgical & Materials Technologies based on Baton Rouge, LA and officer of the AWS Baton Rouge Section. Presented on Post-weld Heat Treatment Preheat and Interpass…
Date of Event: 07/17/2025 Location: Fletcher Technical Community College, 1425 Tiger Dr, Thibodaux, LA Number of Attendees: 18 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Nancy Clement, Dean of Energy & Advanced TechnologiesJosie Clark, Associate Dean of Energy & Advanced TechnologiesTony Callais, Master Instructor of WeldingAbove persons presented information on Fletcher Technical Community College’s programs, including the fitting and welding programs and…
Date of Event: 05/01/2025 Location:District 9 Director, Anthony BlakeneyPast Morgan City Section leadership member, William “Bill” New, CEO/President of New Industries, LLC Number of Attendees: 24 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Meeting included discussing section leadership nominations for the 2025-2026 term and available AWS scholarships. Attendees included 4 students and their instructor from Fletcher Technical Community College along…
Date of Event: 03/22/2025 Location: New Industries, LLC; 6032 Railroad Avenue; Morgan City, Louisiana Number of Attendees: 70 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Anthony Blakeney – District 9 Director, awarded a $1,000 Scholarship to the competition winner. Event Summary: The AWS Morgan City Section was a co-sponsor of the 2nd annual St. Mary Parish Welding Competition for area high schools. There…
Date of Event: 01/30/2025 Location: Plantation Inn, Houma, Louisiana Number of Attendees: 19 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Anthony Blakeney – District 9 DirectorGeorge Fairbanks – District 9 Asst. DirectorDenis Talbot – Morgan City Section ChairJoey Rentrop – Morgan City Section Vice Chair, Secretary & TreasurerFletcher Technical Community College Sr. Welding Instructor, Tony Callais Jon-Ray Falgout with Barracuda Specialty Services,…