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LeTourneau University Gets Patent for Microwave Welding Device

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published October 21, 2016 at 9:01 AM CDT
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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.

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Chuck Smith
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.
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