Recap: November 2024 AWS Tidewater Section- History of Welding

Date of Event: 11/14/2024

Location: VPCC Workforce Development 600 Butler Farm Road, Hampton VA 23666

Number of Attendees: 52

Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Paul Hebert- Retired Weld Engineer of 38 yrs. with an MS in Welding Engineering “History of Welding” “The Enabling Technologies”.
Lynn Showalter- AWS Director at Large and Engineer of the Year.

Event Summary: A presentation by Paul Hebert titled “History of Welding- The Enabling Technologies”. Paul is a recent retiree of Newport News Shipbuilding where he spent 38 years as a weld engineer. For his last 20 years, Paul managed the Weld Engineering Department. Paul has an MS in Welding Engineering and will no doubt thrill us with this amazing presentation. 

AWS Tidewater Section Chairman- Kristie Miller and Presenter-Paul Hebert
Presenter- Paul Hebert and AWS Director at Large-Lynn Showalter
AWS Tidewater Section Vice Chairman- Pierrette Swan and her students from New Horizons
Guests that attended the AWS Tidewater Section presentation
Paul Hebert presenting on the "history of welding"
Paul Hebert presenting the "history of welding"