{"id":410,"date":"2026-02-26T19:26:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/morgancity\/?p=410"},"modified":"2026-03-16T20:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:02:50","slug":"recap-february-section-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/morgancity\/2026\/02\/26\/recap-february-section-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: February Section Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Date of Event:<\/strong> 02\/26\/2026<\/p> Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Partek Laboratories, Inc., 225 S. Hollywood Rd, Houma, Louisiana<\/p> Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 16<\/p> Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Denis Talbot, AWS Morgan City Section Chairman and Partek Laboratories’ General Manager Denis provided a presentation on Materials and Weld Properties and Destructive Testing Past Section Chairman, Jeremy Verrett attended.<\/p> Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The section meeting included a social gathering with a meal that included interactive discussions prior to the presentation and demonstration.<\/p> Denis Talbot provided a presentation on Material and Weld Properties followed by demonstrations of destructive testing methods. After a tour of the Partek Welder Testing Division was provided and led by Richie Griffin, Partek Laboratories’ Manager-Welder Testing Division.<\/p> Attendees included 3 students from Fletcher Technical Community College and their instructor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Jason Parks, Partek Laboratories’ Laboratory and Operations Manager<\/p>
Jason provided the demonstration of destructive testing in the lab.<\/p>
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