degrees that work: Welding

www.degreesthatwork.tv This episode focuses on welding, highlighting the variety of careers available from the viewpoints of artistic welder Mike Patterson, an alumnus of Williamsport Area Community College (a Penn College forerunner), adjunct faculty member and entrepreneur; 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 for a Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen show and follows Brinkley-Cruz on the floor at the Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing plant in Georgetown, KY, where she oversees 40 robotic welding cells. In addition, the episode illustrates the basics of welding with David Cotner, instructor of welding, and Martin Denault, a welding & fabrication engineering technology major, and features interviews with industry representatives at the Fabtech International and American Welding Society Welding Show in Chicago.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

17 Jun 2011 : DCNS named Gowind Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) L'Adroit at a ceremony that gathered more than 500 potential customers, partners, co-suppliers and employees. The L'Adroit programme spearheads DCNS's ambitious efforts to win a larger share of the growing markets for small- and medium-displacement surface ships. Gowind OPV L'Adroit was designed and built by DCNS for Maritime Safety & Security (MSS) missions. The ship was officially named on Thursday 17 June at a ceremony attended by Admiral Pierre-François Forissier, French Navy's Chief of Staff, and Bernard Huet, Executive Vice President & Deputy Managing Director of DCNS. The L'Adroit programme introduces innovations across the board by calling into question long-established methods in engineering, production and promotion. First, the product itself is highly innovative. This powerhouse of technology is designed for MSS missions ranging from counter piracy and terrorism to the policing and interdiction of all forms of trafficking. OPV L'Adroit, the first member of the Gowind family, combines advanced technologies including Unmanned Aerial and Surface Vehicles (UAVs and USVs), commando boat launch ramps and a single enclosed mast which, with a panoramic bridge, ensures 360° visibility for crew and sensors alike. The second area of innovation is in production methods. From the outset, the L'Adroit programme was built around tightly integrated design, production and work organisation teams -- all dedicated to ...
Video Rating: 5 / 5