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LeTourneau University Gets Patent for Microwave Welding Device

Courtesy: letu.edu

LONGVIEW, TEXAS - A patent was recently granted to LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas for a microwave device that can weld ceramics to metals. This new technique holds a lot of potential in numerous applications in defense, electronics, and aerospace industries.  Dr. Yoni Adonyi, one of two engineering professors at LeTourneau and a co-inventor of the device explains how this process works and future applications.

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.