Professor Stephen Collins

Telephone: 207-326-2406

e-mail: scoll@mma.edu

Office Location: Room 107A, Payson Hall ( on the ground floor facing the Waterfront, in the Welding Laboratory)

Courses: EG 243 Welding, EG 442 Advanced Welding.

Office hours and Lab hours are published in the EG243 Schedule each semester.

Prof. Collins is a Certified Welding Inspector, and has previously been qualified as Level II inspector in Dye Penetrant and Magnetic Particle Inspection. He has held welding qualifications to ABS, AWS, ASME IX, and NAVSHIPS 250-1500. During his ten years as Welding Engineer at Bath Iron Works, he researched, developed, and put into production semiautomatic and mechanized Pulse Gas Metal Arc Welding for aluminum and steel hull structure. He has recently completed a Master's in Adult Education and Distance Learning. Current projects at MMA include developing courses for delivery over the Internet, and revising the AWS D3A Guide to Aluminum Hull Welding.