UPCOMING EVENTS

Profiled Individual:

Bernardo Loya Jr.
Apprentice Ironworker
Ironworkers Union Local 290
Dayton, OH

Apprentice Iron Worker

High School:	Francisco Villa High School Ascension, MX
College:

Profiled Individual:

Paul Edwards
Research Engineer
Boeing
Seattle, WA

My focus is friction-stir welding of titanium parts. Friction-stir welding is a solid-state joining process that softens rather than melts metals.

High School:	Entiat High School Entiat, WA
College:	University of Washington, Engineering

Profiled Individual:

Tiffany Dunlap
Pipe Welder
The Shaw Group
Aquasco, MD

It was my grandmother's idea. She read about the increased demand for welders. At first I dismissed the idea, but I was working in a clothing store then, and I knew I didn't want to do that forever. So I tried a welding class.

High School:	Hannah Pamplico High School Pamplico, SC
College:	Florence Darlington Technical College Darlington, SC