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Carissa Love
2009 Professional WeldersCompetition First Place W
Texas State Technical College
Waco, TX

Carissa made history by becoming the first woman to win the American Welding Society's Professional Welders Competition in November, 2009. Carissa plans to use her $2500 first place prize towards her education. She has one semester remaining and will complete her associate in applied science degree. Carissa is involved in campus activities, serving as the secretary of the AWS Student Chapter.

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College:	Texas State Technical College Waco, TX

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Mike Rowe Speaks to Congress about Dirty Jobs	*Category: Technology*


Welding Rap	*Category: Fun Stuff*
Fun way to learn about the 70 to 80% waste of MIG shielding gas the average MIG welder experiences. The biggest reason is the "Blast of Gas" at each weld start that also pulls air into the shielding stream and creates excess spatter and internal weld porosity! These three animated welders will show the reasons and simple, inexpensive and patented solutions. Play Video >>

TV Star, South Florida welding students help Haitians	*Category: Fun Stuff*
Patricia Arquette and students in Southwest Miami team up to help homeless Haitians. Play Video >>

North Dakota State College of Science welding students help prepare a runner for the Fargo Marathon	*Category: Fun Stuff*
You won't want to miss this fantastic project designed and built by our welding students in Fargo for the Fargo Marathon this weekend. Meet the runner and the rider in this video. Play Video >>

Weld-Ed Training Video	*Category: Training*
Welding and Materials Joining - Beyond Arcs and Sparks Play Video >>

Iron Man 2 Trailer	*Category: Fun Stuff*
Iron Man 2 comes to theaters on May 7, 2010 Play Video >>

Welding Engineering	*Category: Fun Stuff*
The Ohio State University's Welding Engineering Program Play Video >>

What Not To Do	*Category: Training*
Pipeline worker using cutting torch without following proper safety procedures. Play Video >>

Degrees That Work: Welding	*Category: Career Exploration*
A broadcast production of Penn College of Technology, this video focuses on welding, highlighting the variety of careers available from the viewpoints of artistic welder Mike Patterson; and Jennifer Brinkley-Cruz, a 2005 Penn College alumna and manufacturing specialist for Toyota. The episode chronicles Patterson crafting a life-sized Great Blue Heron weather vane and follows Brinkley-Cruz on the floor at the Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing plant in Georgetown, K.Y., where she oversees 40 robotic welding cells. In addition, the episode illustrates the basics of welding with David... Play Video >>

Welding Technology at Texas State Technical College	*Category: Fun Stuff*
Hear about the welding technology program at Texas State Technical College in Waco, Texas. Play Video >>

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