Welding Articles

The ESAB Welding and Cutting Solutions Tour Expo Truck visited Penn College's Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center parking lot on Thursday, allowing the campus community to see the latest in welding and cutting technology tools and solutions provided by ESAB, and to meet local ESAB employees.

Twenty Penn College students and 15 students from area secondary schools competed at a Feb. 22 welding contest in the college's Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center. The contest, conducted by the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Welding Society, was judged by Adam Steppe, of High Steel Industries, and Niles Oehrli, from Moody International.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has been named a project team member for a $4.9 million National Science Foundation program establishing a National Center of Excellence in Welding Education and Training.

Weeks of preparation and tireless teamwork will culminate in this weekend's 11th annual Susquehanna 500 Mini-Indy competition, in which Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty/staff and students and a group of visitors from Mexico will continue their historic participation on behalf of the American Red Cross.

Faculty members in the welding technology department at Pennsylvania College of Technology have established a scholarship fund to support their students. Donald O. Praster, interim dean of industrial and engineering technologies, said the Penn College Welding Faculty Scholarship will generate an annual award of $500.

A welding instructor from the Monroe Career & Technical Institute in Bartonsville was so impressed by a visit last year to Pennsylvania College of Technology that he spearheaded the effort to establish a scholarship fund to encourage his students to attend the college.

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.