Author: lcohn

Recap: Dinner and Award Banquet

Date of Event: 02/21/2026 Location: Tulsa Ok. Number of Attendees: 30 Event Summary: Tulsa Section Annual Dinner Banquet and Award Presentation We are proud of Ray Wilsdorf for receiving the CWI Lifetime Achievement Award at FabTech last year and honored him at our banquet. We are proud to award Josh Winterschied with the Section Educator Award. We…

Recap: Award Presentation

Date of Event: 02/12/2026 Location: Zeeco’s Global Technology Center Number of Attendees: 20 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Johnny Collins Tulsa Section Chairman presenting to Jeff Mettler CWEng. Event Summary: The Tulsa Section was proud to present the District Level Private Sector Educator Award to Jeff Mettler CWEng or Zeeco Inc.We were able to present the award amongst his coworkers and…

Recap: Section Educator Award Presentation

Date of Event: 12/08/2025 Location: Central Technology Center, Sapulpa OK Number of Attendees: 35 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Johnny Collins Tulsa Section Chairman (Presenter) Event Summary: On December 8th 2025 the Tulsa Section awarded Jeff Vandever a Section Educator Award.Jeff is the instructor at Central Technology Center’s Sapulpa, OK campus.Along side of Jeff is his long time friend and Welding…

Recap: Oklahoma ACTE Trandes and Industry Welding Meeting

Date of Event: 08/05/2025 Location: Green Country Technology Center 1100 OK-56 Loop, Okmulgee, OK Number of Attendees: 80 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): John Trotter- OKC Chairman – Terry BuildingJohnny Collins- Tulsa Chairman – Lampton Welding Supply Event Summary: Mr. Collins and Mr. Trotter presented to all of the welding instructors of Oklahoma Career Technology Centers for the 20025OKACTE Summit to…

Recap: Tulsa Section Annual Dinner Social / Tulsa Engineering Challenge

Date of Event: 03/02/2024 Location: TiAmos Resturant Tulsa OK / Tulsa Tech Riverside Campus Number of Attendees: 30+ Event Summary: The Tulsa Section enjoyed their annual Dinner Social for 2024 at TiAmo’s Restaurant this year. The Tulsa Section participated in the Tulsa Engineering Challenge with a demonstration table with welding supplies and welding test pieces. Lampton Welding…