Staff and students at the Nashville TN College of Applied Technology welcomed the Nashville Section to their facility for a night of welding education and fellowship. Clarkson University Metallurgy Professor and AWS Fellow Daryush Aidun educated in-person and virtual attendees with a technical discussion titled, “Can Two Different Metals/Alloys be Successfully Welded Together?”. Daryush explained…
February 17, 2022 – Tennessee College of Applied Technology; Pulaski, TN Prior to the meeting, the Pulaski Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) facility supplied a great dinner of pizza and cookies. Once everyone was fed and comfortable, the Nashville Section Student night meeting got underway. The meeting began with drawings for door prizes, including…
January 20, 2021 – Hybrid: In-Person at World Testing Mt. Juliet, TN / Virtual through District 8 Zoom The Nashville Section is grateful to Walter Sperko, for sharing his time and knowledge with in-person and online attendees of the January AWS Nashville Section Meeting. Walter is President of Sperko Engineering, and one of the most…
November 18, 2021 – Tennessee College for Applied Technology at the Cookeville Higher Education Campus; Cookeville, TN Thanks to Brandon Dubroc for joining us as guest speaker for the AWS Nashville Section, Tennessee College for Applied Technology Student Night. Brandon is a 2021 AWS Leadership Symposium Participant, 2020 AWS Central Louisiana Section CWI of the…
October 21, 2021 – Tennessee Central Railway Museum; Nashville, TN Thanks to Stephen Hook and John Hayes for a review of their experience obtaining and working with the materials of construction used during the ongoing Steam Locomotive 576 preservation project, and joining methods used. Joining methods discussed included not only welding but riveting also. This…
September 23, 2021 – Tennessee Center for Applied Technology (TCAT); Red Boiling Springs, TN The Section held a successful Student Night at the Red boiling Springs TCAT. Thanks to the administration for allowing us to meet, and the Culinary Arts Department for supplying the delicious deserts. Students and instructors from the Red Boiling Springs, Livingston,…
August 26, 2021 – Hirebotics; Nashville, TN Thanks to Matt Bush and the folks at Hirebotics, attendees were very well-fed and given a thorough education around the Hirebotics cloud connected robots.Matt Bush presented an overview of the Hirebotics products. Hirebotics was founded by Rob Goldiez and Matt Bush in 2015, as one of the first…
Shane Meador – Nashville Steam Preservation Society Born and raised in Nashville, TN and graduated from Nashville Christian School as a member of the National Honor Society, Shane began his railroad carrier as a summer steam locomotive fireman at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) in 1994 and qualified as a locomotive engineer in 1996…