Andrew J. McGoldrick

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Welding Engineering, The Ohio State University (1987)

CERTIFICATIONS and AWARDS

• Certified Welding Inspector: American Welding Society (AWS)
• AWS: District CWI of the Year Award: 2003
• AWS: Distinguished Member Award
• AWS: District Meritorious Award
• Level II: Ultrasonic, Penetrant and Magnetic-Particle Testing, SNT-TC-1A

PROFESSIONAL   AFFILIATIONS

• Member of AWS for over 25 years
• American Welding Society-Columbus Section, Chairman: 1994-1995
• AWS Technical Representative:  1995-Present
• AWS Columbus Section Board of Directors: 1990-Present
• The American Society for Nondestructive Testing,   Chairman Central Ohio Section: 1993-1994
• Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, Committee Member “Specifications for Design and Use of Ladles”: 1995-Present
• Welding Engineering Alumni Society Chairman: 2007-Present
• Welding Engineering Alumni Board of Directors: 1997-Present

EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION and TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

• US Army Corps of Engineers; Instructor for "Welding Design" courses at Hobart Brothers Training Center.
• The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessels Inspectors; Instructor for Authorized Inspectors.
• US Department of Transportation “Pipeline Welding Inspection” Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• AWS – Columbus Section – “The Importance of Welding Engineers in the Welding Industry”
• ASNT – Columbus Section – “NDT in the Construction of High Rise Structures”
• Instrument Society of America – SW Michigan Section – “Modern Instruments in the Welding Industry”
• Association of Iron and Steel Engineers – 1998 Fall Convention; presented updated version of the AISE Technical Report No. 9 – “ Design of Ladles” – Pittsburgh, PA
• Association of Iron and Steel Engineers – 2002 Fall Convention; presented updated version of the AISE Technical Report No. 9 – “ Ladle Repair” – Nashville, TN 
• GE Aviation Seminar 2009; presented “Metallurgical Analysis of Welding and Inspection Techniques” - -Belterra Resort in Florence, Indiana.
• GE Specification P1TF1 Seminar 2011; presented “How to Qualify Welding Procedures and Welders” - -Belterra Resort in Florence, Indiana.

PUBLICATIONS

Welding Update for Infrastructure-”No Nonsense with NDT”-Practical Welding Today