Recap: AWS/ASM Joint Technical Meeting – November 2025

By Category: Post Event Report

Date of Event: 11/13/2025

Location: CCAC West Hills Center – Oakdale, PA

Number of Attendees: 26

Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Ed Patrick; Owner, Manager of E.P. Patrick & Associates; PE, FASM

Event Summary: Members from the AWS Pittsburgh Section, along with members from the ASM Pittsburgh Chapter and students from Parkway West Career & Technology Center gathered to take a tour of CCAC’s Skilled Trades program facilities which includes complex machines, robots and computer systems. After the tour, Ed Patrick from E.P. Patrick & Associates gave a presentation on “How Misinterpretation of Metallographic Data Led an Industry Down a Rabbit Hole” which dealt with vacuum brazing of heat exchanger plates. Ed is an AWS Life Member, ASM Fellow and has authored numerous patents and technical papers.

Members from the Pittsburgh Section AWS and ASM, along with Students from Parkway West Career & Tech Center posed for a group photo.
Jennifer Cowans, the Executive Director of CCAC West Hills Center, provides a tour of their facilities to the meeting attendees.
Ed Patrick; Owner, Manager of E.P. Patrick & Associates gives a presentation on “How Misinterpretation of Metallographic Data Led an Industry Down a Rabbit Hole”
Huck Hughes - Chairman, Pittsburgh AWS presents Ed Patrick with a token of appreciation for giving a presentation for the Joint Technical Meeting.