{"id":10840,"date":"2025-12-19T21:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=10840"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:45:36","slug":"chris-wilson-2","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/speaker\/chris-wilson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chris Wilson is a graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2013) and Ohio State University with a Master of Science in Welding Engineering (2024). He began his career in the welding industry in 2013 as a Mechanical Engineer in the Mechanical Development Group at DuPont\u2019s Washington Works site in Parkersburg, WV. In this position, he\u00a0was responsible for\u00a0inspections of in-service equipment, specification of code-compliant weld repairs, and qualification of procedures and welders for the on-site pipe fabrication shop.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He joined The Lincoln Electric Company in 2017 and currently holds a position as a Welding Engineer in their Application Engineering Department.\u00a0In this position, he represents The Lincoln Electric Company as \u2018The Welding\u00a0Experts\u2019\u00a0by contributing technical knowledge to customers in the welding industry and\u00a0assists\u00a0customers in performing efficient qualifications to ASME Codes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chris is a member of the American Welding Society (AWS) and a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI # 14050013). He is also a member of the following ASME Code committees:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ASME B31.3 \u2013 Process Piping<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;o&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Subgroup on Fabrication, Examination, and Testing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ASME BPVC Section IX \u2013 Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Qualifications<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;o&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Subgroup on Welding Qualifications<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10841,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-10840","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/10840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcaaevents.org\/ncpwb-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}