Join In-Person or Online on 1/12 as Walter Sperko presents Basic Welding Metallurgy + Opportunities for Personal and Professional Development and Local Impact

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Members of the AWS West Tennessee Section:

Please see the announcement below from fellow AWS District 8 Section, the AWS Western Carolina Section, which is inviting you to join them for a meeting they are hosting on Thursday, January 12th. You are welcome to join in person or online!

We look forward to seeing you there!

*Please also note that the AWS West Tennessee Section is looking for volunteers to help lead the Section in 2023. 

There are opportunities for anyone who is interested in becoming more involved to make an impact regardless of experience or free time. This is your Section, and we want it to deliver as much value for you as possible. The only way we can do that is by gaining your input.

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  • Have a location that could host a Section meeting/event?
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  • Does your company have items to donate that the Section could raffle off?

Let us know how you would like to contribute to the development of the AWS West Tennessee Section, and we will gladly try to find the most appropriate way to engage you.

Email [email protected] to express your interest and learn more. 

January 2023 Technical Meeting

Walter Sperko

Discussing

Basic Steel Welding Metallurgy

 

Thursday, January 12th – 6:00 PM EST

Student Success Center @ Greenville Technical College – Greenville, SC

The ASME Greenville Section and the Western Carolina Section of the American Welding Society join forces for this special program featuring Walter Sperko discussing Basic Steel Welding Metallurgy.

Date & Time

Thursday, January 12th
6:00 – 9:00 PM

Location

 Student Success Center – Greenville Technical College
506 South Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC 29607 

This meeting will be shared on Zoom for the AWS members
that cannot attend in person.

Please sign up on Eventbrite in order to obtain the Zoom link.

Register Now!

Cost: $25 adult AWS or ASME members
$30 adult non AWS or ASME members
PDH Credits will be awarded.

Meal: A delicious meal will be catered by Caesar’s Mediterranean Grill
We request that reservations are made in advance through Eventbrite so that we can have an accurate count for catering.

Sign up on AWS Western Carolina Section’s Eventbrite page

 

Presentation:

The AWS Western Carolina Section will host a joint meeting with the ASME Greenville Section. We are privileged to have Walter Sperko, P.E., President of Sperko Engineering in Greensboro NC, speaking on “Basic Steel Welding Metallurgy”.

Mr. Sperko’s presentation will focus on the following questions and issues:

  • What is steel
  • Why is it so versatile
  • Phase changes and hardenability
  • What happens during welding
  • Controlling properties – heat treatment
  • Austenitic Stainless Steels

Walter J. Sperko, P.E., has extensive experience in welding engineering, metallurgical engineering, design, failure analysis, and quality assurance. His industrial experience is primarily with piping, pressure vessels, storage tanks and structural steel. He has a BA and a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He is a professional Engineer registered in North Carolina and other states.

He is a long-time member and past-chairman of ASME Boiler Code Standards Committee IX, Welding, Brazing and Fusing Qualifications and a member of several of its subgroups, a member of Section III Standards Committee, a member of the B31 Standards committee and past-chairman of AWS TAC.

Mr. Sperko teaches publicly offered courses worldwide in piping design, analysis and fabrication and has taught a 3-day class on how to use ASME Section IX regularly since 1981. He has published articles in the Welding Journal, Welding, and The Fabricator. He is a Fellow of the ASME and a Counselor of the AWS. He holds Five US patents.

For additional information contact [email protected]