NEWS RELEASE:
Date: August 12, 2002

Provided by: Phil Pratt, Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
                    Telephone: 937-332-5247
                    Email: phil.pratt@welding.org
 

Pictured: Front Row: Larry Heckendorn, (Ohio St. Univ.), Jesse Hunter (Mitsubishi Motor), Wanda Sue Goodwin (Florence-Darlington Tech. Coll.), Lou DeFreitas (ArcGas Training Inst.), Bob Vaughn (Penn. Coll. of Tech.), Committee Chairman Dennis Klingman (Lincoln Electric); Back Row: Glen Knight (Daimler Chrysler Corp.), Phil Pratt (Hobart Inst. of Welding Tech.), Andy Godley (Southern Co. Generation), Rich DePue (Indust. Training Consultant), Ed Norman (Southwest Area Career Ctr.) Chris Pollock (AWS Dir. of Education), Dave Hamilton (Sequoyah Tech. Ctr.), Rich Wancho (Ohio Dept. of Edu.), Jon Cox (Ferris State Univ.)

On August 9-10, 2002, the AWS Education Committee and its sub-committee, the Educators Committee, met at Edison Welding Institute in Columbus, Ohio.  Topics of discussion included the reorganization of the committee to better address important issues facing the welding industry.  Furthermore, extensive dialogue was had on the S.E.N.S.E.  documents, the free Education Program for the upcoming AWS Show in Detroit next April, progress report on the revision to B5.5 Document, Image of Welding progress, plus a lot more.  If you are interested in participating or expressing issues, please direct your comments to Chris Pollock at cpollock@aws.org.   During the meeting, the committee was given a tour of the EWI facilities and made aware of the tremendous research capabilities they offer along with the welding engineering department of Ohio State University.