Welding & Metal Fabrication Articles

Three Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been awarded national scholarships for 2007-08 from the American Welding Society. Martin D. Denault, of Clarks Summit, was awarded the Matsuo Bridge Co., Ltd., of Japan Scholarship.

American Welding Society President Gerald D. Uttrachi visited Penn College on Wednesday. During the stay, he toured the schools of Industrial and Engineering Technologies, Transportation Technology, and Natural Resources Management. He was scheduled to speak at a dinner to honor winners from the local AWS high-school and post-secondary welding competition, held on the college's campus Feb. 28.

Engineers in the United States including those who receive their education at Pennsylvania College of Technology are celebrating National Engineers Week (Feb. 18-24), highlighting the impact engineers make on society by improving the products and processes we use every day. Jennifer R.

On Dec. 12, Jim Clark, manager, training, of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, paid a visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology's welding department to share with faculty and students some information about the shipyard, its products and procedures, and some opportunities for welding employment with the shipyard.

A freshman in Pennsylvania College of Technology's welding and fabrication engineering technology major recently advanced to a new level of competition that will culminate at the U.S. Open Weld Trials at the SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City, Mo., in June. Westley A. Smith, Mifflinburg, plans to become an engineer after earning a bachelor's degree from Penn College.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology freshman is one of six students nationwide selected to compete in the American Welding Society's Weld-Off, to be held at the AWS Welding Show and Exposition in Atlanta from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. Westley A. Smith, Mifflinburg, is pursuing a bachelor's degree in welding and fabrication engineering technology.

A group of students enrolled in the Welding Design course at Pennsylvania College of Technology volunteered to help with a project that saved a Williamsport woman the thousands of dollars she would have had to pay for a new wheelchair lift. When Donna Persing bought a new wheelchair, it did not fit on her van's lift. She contacted Donald O.

A West Chester firm that designs and builds mobile drilling rigs has established a scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Schramm, Inc. Scholarship Fund will generate awards for students beginning with the Fall 2006 semester. The fund will provide six awards of $2,500 each, split between the fall and spring semesters.

Damian J. Kotecki, president of the American Welding Society, toured the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies and the School of Transportation Technology at Penn College on April 5. He is scheduled to take part in an awards dinner for winners of the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Welding Society's welding contest for secondary and postsecondary students.

On March 24, the PAWE (Pennsylvania Association ofWelding Educators) held its first biannual meeting of 2006 inPennsylvania College of Technology'sThompson Professional Development Center. The meeting was attended by 30 secondary educators from across the state.