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HIWT NAMES TWO
NEW INSTRUCTORS
Russ ShurtZ
Russ is teaching courses in the
Technical Training Department at Hobart Institute.
Originally from
Mohave Valley,
Arizona, Russ is a graduate of
Arizona State University
and the Hobart Institute of
Welding Technology. He has five years of experience in
welding and inspection of cryogenic tanks and boiler
pressure vessels and tubes. Russ has worked in the
chemical, pharmaceutical, and utility industries and has
much to offer to the participants in the technical training
classes.
Russ also served in the
U.S. Army as a Specialist
and recently relocated to
Troy with his wife, Melinda and their five-year-old
daughter and seven-month-old son.
Richard Smith
Military
welding experience aboard the USS Thomas S. Gates – CG51 as
a hull maintenance technician and 2nd Class Petty
Officer in the U.S. Navy
along with completing the
Combination Structural and Pipe Welding Program at
Hobart Institute provided Richard Smith the background to
become a welding instructor.
Originally
from Chillicothe,
Ohio, Richard relocated to
Troy with his wife,
Alaina, and their three-year-old daughter, to accept a
welding instructor position with the Hobart Institute in
January. He will be providing skill welding training to
students.
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