{"id":520,"date":"2025-01-15T23:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T23:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/?p=520"},"modified":"2025-01-15T23:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T23:29:53","slug":"recap-november-2024-aws-tidewater-section-history-of-welding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/2025\/01\/15\/recap-november-2024-aws-tidewater-section-history-of-welding\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: November 2024 AWS Tidewater Section- History of Welding"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"520\" class=\"elementor elementor-520\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e77210e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e77210e\" data-element_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-a4a72ab\" data-id=\"a4a72ab\" data-element_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-fb0f705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb0f705\" data-element_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> 11\/14\/2024<\/p><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>VPCC Workforce Development 600 Butler Farm Road, Hampton VA 23666<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 52<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Paul Hebert- Retired Weld Engineer of 38 yrs. with an MS in Welding Engineering &#8220;History of Welding&#8221; &#8220;The Enabling Technologies&#8221;. <br \/>Lynn Showalter- AWS Director at Large and Engineer of the Year. <\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>A presentation by Paul Hebert titled &#8220;History of Welding- The Enabling Technologies&#8221;. 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.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b344ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b344ea\" data-element_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-ee212d1\" data-id=\"ee212d1\" data-element_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-9a04d01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a04d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/01\/20241114_180535-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Guests that attended the AWS Tidewater Section presentation<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e74d82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e74d82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/01\/20241114_184227-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20241114_184227\" 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welding\"<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff5c8ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff5c8ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/01\/20241114_183700-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20241114_183700\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjU0NyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zZWN0aW9ucy5hd3Mub3JnXC90aWRld2F0ZXJcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC80M1wvMjAyNVwvMDFcLzIwMjQxMTE0XzE4MzcwMC1zY2FsZWQuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/01\/20241114_183700-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-547\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/01\/20241114_183700-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/01\/20241114_183700-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Paul Hebert presenting the \"history of welding\"<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Event: 11\/14\/2024 Location: VPCC Workforce Development 600 Butler Farm Road, Hampton VA 23666 Number of Attendees: 52 Presenter\/Notable 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