Author: lcohn

Recap: April Section Meeting- AWS President’s visit and presentation for National Welding Month

Date of Event: 04/22/2025 Location: Virginia Peninsula Community College 600 Butler Farm Rd Hampton, Virginia Number of Attendees: 70 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): AWS President, Mr. Richard “Dick” Holdren- Presentation on “Welding as a career path”Director At Large, Mr. Lynn Showalter- Introduction and host for our AWS President’s visit and presentation. Event Summary: For National Welding Month, we had the…

Recap: February 2025 Section Meeting on Hyperfill Welding

Date of Event: 02/13/2025 Location: Virginia Peninsula Community College 600 Butler Farm Rd Hampton, Virginia Number of Attendees: 35 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Nick Horton and Paul Gros with Lincoln Electric- Presentation on Hyperfill Welding Process  Event Summary: Nick Horton and Paul Gros with Lincoln Electric did a presentation on the Hyperfill Welding Process and the attendees were able to…

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…