Amber Hodgkins grinds metal to smooth out a weld Monday morning at Central Maine Community College in Auburn.

Amber Hodgkins sits behind her welding helmet Monday morning at Central Maine Community College in Auburn.

Amber Hodgkins designed and fabricated adaptive bike pedals for her final Central Maine Community College welding class project in Auburn.

Amber Hodgkins sets up pieces of metal to weld Monday at Central Maine Community College in Auburn.

Welding materials cover a table at Central Maine Community College in Auburn.

Amber Hodgkins uses a tungsten inert gas welder Monday to fuse pieces of metal to make a soccer ball at Central Maine Community College in Auburn.

Amber Hodgkins designed and fabricated adaptive pedals to enable a disabled person to ride a trike.

Amber Hodgkins grinds metal to smooth out a weld Monday at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. She graduated Friday.

Welder Amber Hodgkins is working on a metal soccer ball that will look like this prototype when finished.

Amber Hodgkins grinds metal to smooth out a weld Monday morning at Central Maine Community College in Auburn.