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Welding Journal | January 2014

D. Joshua Burgess Dist. 8 director AWS Headquarters Campus Lauded by the City of Doral lier, she worked as a research Shown at the Doral City Council meeting Nov. 13 are (from left) Adam Temple, Sandra Ruiz, Hidail Nuñez, Jim Lankford, Mayor Luigi Boria, Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, Ana Maria Rodriguez, and Vice Mayor Christi Fraga. 76 JANUARY 2014 Robert Richwine Dist. 14 director Robert Wilcox Dist. 11 director John Stoll Dist. 18 director Jerry Knapp Dist. 17 director served as Dist. 8 deputy director since 2009. Burgess holds a Master’s in welding metallurgy and expects to defend his PhD dissertation this year. An AWS certified Level III Expert welder, he competed in the VICA welding contests where he was a two-time Tennessee State Champion and ranked third in the nation at the SkillsUSA competition. Currently a consultant engineer for Materials Applications, Inc., he will begin work as a welding engineer at Alstom in Chattanooga, Tenn., in March. Robert Wilcox, an AWS member since 1974, was elected to a second term as Dist. 11 director. He has served in many Detroit Section officer positions, including chair. He has worked in the automobile industry as a cost estimator, buyer, and quality manager. Currently, he owns and operates Warriors of Faith Martial Arts Academy. Robert Richwine, an AWS Distinguished Member with the Indiana Section, was elected to a second term as Dist. 14 director. With Ivy Tech Community College since 1994, he serves as director of its new Welding Institute. He has received the District CWI of the Year, Meritorious, Private Sector Educator, and the District Educator and District Director Awards, the National Meritorious and the National Image of Welding Awards. Jerry Knapp, an AWS member for more than 35 years, was elected Dist. 17 director. Knapp has served as Tulsa Section chair for two years and is presently a board advisor. He has extensive experience as a salesman in the gas and welding supply industry. He has worked for Alloy Welding Supply, Arkansas Specialty Co., Jimmie Jones, National Welding Supply, Bell Helicopter, Adair Sheet Metal, Hobbs Trailers, and American Mfg. of Texas. John Stoll, an AWS Life Member, was elected Dist. 18 director to fill the last year of John Bray’s second term. Active with the Houston Section, he served as chair 2009–2010 and assisted with its CWI exams and welding contests. He currently serves on API technical committees. Recently, he joined The Bohler Welding Group North America as industry segment manager, Power and Petrochemical, Technical Services. Pierrette Gorman was elected Dist. 20 director. She has chaired the New Mexico Section twice and received the Section and District Meritorious Awards. She served ten years at Sandia National Laboratories as a lead process engineer involved with lean manufacturing and laser processing. Ear- Pierrette Gorman Dist. 20 director The American Welding Society’s World Headquarters campus was voted to receive the 2013 Keep Doral Beautiful Award during a meeting of the Doral City Council Nov. 13. The Society was nominated for the recognition by Adam Temple, interim director of code compliance. The citation noted the American Welding Society campus, which houses the offices of Sen. Marco Rubio and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, has undergone major construction, renovations, and a beautification facelift. Receiving the award from Mayor Luigi Boria were Jim Lankford, managing director, and Hidail Nuñez, director, of AWS Administrative Services. The Doral City Council members in attendance included Vice Mayor Christi Fraga and Councilwomen Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, Ana Maria Rodriguez, and Sandra Ruiz. and applications engineer at Optomec, Inc.; welding engineer at Wilson Greatbatch, Ltd.; and a research technician at EWI where she explored resistance welding of dissimilar materials. She holds two patents on forming structures from CAD solid models.


Welding Journal | January 2014
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