2009 PROFESSIONAL WELDERS COMPETITION RESULTS
November 15 - 18, 2009
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She's a female.
A 19-year old college student has taken the welding world by storm after winning first place in the American Welding Society’s 2009 Professional Welders Competition. The surprising fact about this welder? She’s female. Carissa Love beat out over 138 other professional welders to win the coveted spot at the competition. The AWS Indiana Chapter put together this year's contest which took place at the FABTECH International and AWS Welding Show in Chicago, IL on November 15-18.
Love received $2,500 for her first place finish. Second place winner Keith Cusey received $1,000 and third place winner James Tucker received $500.
Rounding out the top 12 were:
- Scott Miner
- Jason Fry
- Shane Stetter
- Petter Larou
- Todd Gilbert
- David Melton
- Andrew Miller
- Gregory Larson
- George Rolla
The welding procedure
Contestants received the pre-tacked joint and booth designation when the time clock began. Electrodes were ready on each table as well as the chipping hammer and brush. Upon final completion, including cleaning of specimen, the contestant alerted the judge who stopped the clock. If contestant used all of the time allocated, the machine automatically turned off after 5 minutes. The contestant then stepped out of the booth.
The judges
A team of AWS Certified Welding Inspectors judged the competition using the criteria for size and appearance of the weld as stated in AWS D1.1/D1.1M, Structural Welding Code—Steel. The judges' results were verified using automated inspection equipment. Speed was also taken into consideration upon final judging.
Results were announced at the Awards Ceremony at 11:00 am after final judging on Wednesday, November 18.
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