AFS TC Chapter travels to UW Stout campus in Menomonie, Wisconsin for a pour demonstration in the foundry lab of Fryklund Hall, home of the Robert F. Cervenka School of Engineering, and industry-aligned engineering labs and learning spaces at UW Stout..

Wednesday, November 11th, 2026

$35.00/person

Fryklund Hall
807 3rd St. E.
Menomonie, WI 54751
Rooms 114 & 114A

5:00 Stout Student & Professor Presentation
5:30 Dinner by Stout Catering
6:30 Fryklund Hall Tour (Small group)
6:30 Open Pour/Lab Demonstration
7:15 Closing Remarks/Announcements

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The following slate of officers and directors were elected at the annual Business Meeting:

2025 – 2026 Executive Officers
Chairman:	Shawn Conners – Pier Foundry
Vice Chair:	Joe Kranz – Carpenter Brothers
Assistant Vice Chair:
Secretary/Treasurer:	Don Scheele – Grede St. Cloud
Past Chair:	Neil Kniseley – Badger Mining

 

2027 Directors

Pat Badzinski – FBE

Therese Benkowski – Stantec

Taylor Miller – Rice Industries

 

2028 Directors

David Hartigan – St. Paul Foundry

Chris Nelson – United Surface Prep

Greg Kramer – Badger Mining

 

2029 Directors

Brian Bell – Dorsey & Whitney

Roy Undersander – Coldspring

Steven Volkman – Maclean Power Systems

Josh Mesun – Carley Foundry, Inc.

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