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Plastics & Polymer Technology

School of Industrial & Engineering Technologies
Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center, Rm. E134 · (570) 327-4520
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Plastics & Polymer Technology  Plastics the wave of the future

Plastics and Polymer Technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology is one of only five plastics programs in the nation that is recognized by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. This endorsement from the leading authority in technology education results from the department's extensive array of industrial-size plastics processing equipment, modern laboratory facilities, highly credentialed faculty with lots of real-world experience, and a comprehensive curriculum that balances classroom and hands-on time.

The department offers two degrees:

Graduates from these programs are in high demand to fill plastics industry career positions in manufacturing operations, process technology, supervision, research and development, product and machine design, and many more. Starting salaries range from approximately $40,000 to $50,000.

Graduates of the department are currently employed at companies across Pennsylvania and the country, including Honda, Toyota, General Electric, DuPont, Tyco, General Motors, Graham, Arkema, Truck-Lite, West Pharmaceutical Services, and Alcan. As opportunities like this continue with a bright future, consider a career in plastics.

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Plastics & Polymer Technology News

All-American Golfers Named Week's Student-Athletes

October 2008

Eric J. Schall Leonard C. Nicholas Eric J. Schall, a graduate of Jersey Shore Area High School, and Leonard C. Nicholas, a graduate of Abington High School, have been named Penn College's "co-Student-Athletes of the Week" for Oct. 5-12. Schall is a sophomore plastics and polymer engineering technology major and Nicholas a senior construction management major. They were instrumental in leading the college golf team to its sixth straight conference championship and, by virtue of their top five individual finishes (Schall was second and Nicholas third) they were awarded All-Penn State University Athletic Conference and All-American honors. They became the first two Penn College athletes, outside of archery, to claim All-American status. Penn College ended its season with an 18-1-1 record. Over the past six seasons, it is 166-1-1. Each Monday, coaches who are in season nominate a student-athlete from their team. Nominees then are evaluated by college athletic office personnel, who select the student-athlete of the week.

Plastics Student Earns Professional Society Scholarship

October 2008

Penn College student Bradley J. Stroup was recently named recipient of a $3,000 scholarship from the Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation. Stroup, a junior plastics and polymer engineering technology major from Mount Pleasant Mills, was awarded the foundation’s Injection Molding Division Scholarship for 2008-09. Applicants for this annual award must have experience in the injection molding industry.

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College Benefits From Engineering Grant, Corporate Donations

September 2008

Donations from six companies have allowed Penn College to purchase engineering-related instructional equipment through a grant program administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Engineering School Equipment Grant Program requires a 2-to-1 match from private sources, with funds distributed based on enrollments in ABET- (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited bachelor-degree and associate-degree majors. Penn College has five ABET-accredited majors: plastics and polymer engineering technology (bachelor's), plastics and polymer technology (associate), civil engineering technology (bachelor's and associate), and surveying technology (associate).

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Penn College Hosts 10th Annual Extrusion Seminar

May 2008

Forty participants from nine states, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines recently visited Penn College for the 10th Annual Extrusion Seminar and Hands-On Workshop with world-renowned extrusion consultant Chris Rauwendaal and college plastics professor Kirk M. Cantor.

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Student Creates Remote-Control Race to Promote Plastics

May 2008

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A Penn College student organized a competition for Pennsylvania high school students that involves plastics, science, math and remote-control racing. Benjamin J. Campana, a plastics and polymer engineering technology student from Salladasburg, took on the venture as part of his senior project. His goal is to use the college’s mobile plastics lab – which travels to high schools throughout Pennsylvania – in a new way to expose a different group of students to the plastics industry.

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