Date of Event: 10/29/2025 Location: North Carolina State University Number of Attendees: 18 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Ben Labiner – Graduate Research Assistant Event Summary: Ben Labiner with NC State University gave an awesome presentation on additive manufacturing and how it correlates with the welding industry and materials engineering. After the presentation, we were given a shop tour of NC…
Date of Event: 01/16/2025 Location: Vance-Granville Community College – Louisburg, NC Campus Number of Attendees: 14 Event Summary: This section meeting took place at Vance-Granville Community College in Louisburg, NC. Welding Program Director, Luke Gravel, spoke to the group about their welding program, recent changes, upcoming expansion, and plans for the future. Several former VGCC welding program…
Date of Event: 12/09/2024 Location: Central Carolina Community College – Sanford, NC Number of Attendees: 25 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Notable guests included Anver Classens (AWS District 4 Director) & Bill Newel (AWS Director-at-Large). Event Summary: Central Carolina Community College in Sanford, NC hosted their 5th annual robotic welding competition. The winning team were students Jake Johnson, Raine Notter, &…