{"id":973,"date":"2025-11-13T20:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/pittsburgh\/?p=973"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:38:23","slug":"recap-aws-asm-joint-technical-meeting-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/pittsburgh\/2025\/11\/13\/recap-aws-asm-joint-technical-meeting-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS\/ASM Joint Technical Meeting – November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Date of Event:<\/strong> 11\/13\/2025<\/p> Location:\u00a0<\/strong>CCAC West Hills Center – Oakdale, PA<\/p> Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 26<\/p> Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Ed Patrick; Owner, Manager of E.P. Patrick & Associates; PE, FASM<\/p> Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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