{"id":452,"date":"2026-05-09T22:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/sanfrancisco\/?p=452"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:31:04","slug":"recap-aws-san-francisco-section-2026-regional-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/sanfrancisco\/2026\/05\/09\/recap-aws-san-francisco-section-2026-regional-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: AWS San Francisco Section 2026 Regional Welding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"452\" class=\"elementor elementor-452\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0138169 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0138169\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71ff14c\" data-id=\"71ff14c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26c6475 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26c6475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 05\/09\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Laney College 900 Fallon St, Oakland CA 94607<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 120<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>AWS District 22 Director Randy Emery was in attendance to award two $1000 Scholarships<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The American Welding Society San Francisco Section and Faculty from Chabot and Laney Colleges were proud to collaborate in presenting our annual Welding Competition. Ninety students from from six local schools contended in three categories for prizes donated by Dean McWilliams of Airgas San Leandro and AWS Scholarships from AWS District 22 Director Randy Emery. The Chabot College Welding team took 8 out of 14 available awards and two of three first place awards along with a $1,000 scholarship for each. While judges scored the weld samples, University of California Nuclear Engineering Professor Peter Hosemann gave a presentation on metallurgy and the AWS San Francisco Section provided a catered lunch. The event was a great success and we look forward to building upon our collaboration next year. 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