Welding Technology Engineering
Campus Address:

Welding Department
915 Campus Drive
SWN 107
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Mich. 49307


Contact:

Jeff Carney
Associate Professor - Department Chair
Phone (231) 591-2952 Email:carneyj@ferris.edu

Sandy Morningstar
Dept. Secretary
Phone (231) 591-2511
Fax (231) 591-2407


   Program History

1955 Welding Started as a Related Subject
1956 One Year Welding Certificate Added
1958 Metallurgy Added
1965 Submerged Arc Welding Added
1965 Destructive Testing Added
1974 Plasma Welding and Cutting Added
1976 American Welding Society Student Section Chartered
1984 B.S. Welding Engineering Technology Program Started
1986 Computer Aided Design Added
1986 Internships Required In B.S. Degree
1986 1st B.S. Welding Engineering Technology Class
1990 Resistance Welding Added
1990 5th B.S. Welding Engineering Technology Class
1991 Laser Welding, Cutting and Processing Added
1993 100th Anniversary of Campus World Structure Added
1995 10th B.S. Welding Engineering Technology Class
1996 Pulsed Gas Metal Arc Welding Added
1997 Industrial Organizational Psychology Added
1998 High School Welding Articulation Program Initiated
2000 15th B.S. Welding Engineering Technology Class
2000 200th B.S. Welding Engineering Technology Graduate
2000 Welding Engineer Tech. Department Established
2002 250th B.S. Welding Engineering Technology Graduate
2003 State Secondary Welding Contest Initiated
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