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School of Transportation Technology
Lumley Aviation Center, Montoursville, PA · (570) 320-8037

Aviation Maintenance Technology B.S. Degree

Students working on aircraft

This Penn College major is structured to prepare a graduate for employment in repairing and maintaining modern aircraft. The major builds on the first two years of aircraft maintenance (Airframe and Powerplant emphasis) or on the experience of a practicing aircraft technician (A&P) with another 16 credits of general education. The third and fourth years concentrate on developing skills in electronics, computers, business and general education, with particular emphasis in avionics systems and troubleshooting. The coursework is designed to provide a broad base of technical knowledge in order to repair the integrated mechanical and electronic systems found on aircraft of today and tomorrow.

Career Opportunities:

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With experience, a graduate may advance to positions such as

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Aviation News

Avionics Professor Assumes Leadership Post, Receives Certification

April 2008

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Thomas D. Inman
An associate professor of avionics at Penn College’s Lumley Aviation Center continues his long-standing service to renowned organizations in the field, accepting an offer to serve as executive director of the Association for Avionics Education. In addition, Thomas D. Inman recently was among the first in the country to pass a new national certification test on radio-communications standards for technicians.

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Latest 'AvEd Day' Attracts Warren County Students

March 2008

An 'AvEd Day' visitor completes a module Gary S. Giacobbi, associate professor of aviation, with a Warren County visitor High school students gather around William F. Stepp, associate professor of aviation In the pilot's seat High school students from Warren County Career Center recently made the three-and-a-half-hour trip to Penn College to participate in the latest Aviation Education Day, the School of Transportation Technology's initiative to rekindle vocational interest in the aviation field. Faculty members at the Lumley Aviation Center at Williamsport Regional Airport in Montoursville, developed three hands-on, aviation-related educational modules linked to Pennsylvania System of School Assessment educational objectives for math and science. Fourteen electronics and pre-engineering students completed modules on weight and balance, electricity, and precision measurement. The career center students met instructor Tim Sampson, a Penn College alumnus, at 6 a.m. to make the trek from Warren. After the modules were completed, the professors gave their visitors a quick tour.
( Photos by Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of avionics)

Penn College Aviation Student Awarded Industry Scholarship

March 2008

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Gregory B. Gilliland
A Penn College senior is one of only five students worldwide selected to receive this year's Bill Sanderson Aviation Maintenance Technician Scholarship from Helicopter Association International’s Technical Committee. Gregory B. Gilliland, of Franklin, a student in the college's School of Transportation Technology, received the first-place scholarship and was awarded a tuition waiver (worth $3,200) for a Eurocopter factory school and a $1,600 stipend toward expenses – along with a one-year HAI membership and registration waiver – for the 2008 Heli-Expo held Feb. 24-26 in Houston.

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Penn College Aviation Students, Faculty Obtain Industry Certification

February 2008

Twenty-three Penn College aviation students and three faculty members were certified in January by the PAMA/SAE Institute, which quantifies technicians’ knowledge throughout the aviation maintenance industry. The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association, through its affiliation with the SAE Institute, created the Aviation Maintenance Specialist and Aviation Maintenance Engineer certifications, which are based on an industry-driven consensus.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Scholarship to Assist Aviation Students

February 2008

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Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has established a scholarship fund at Penn College to support students in the college’s aviation maintenance technology bachelor-degree major. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Scholarship Fund will make annual awards of $2,500 each to two students. The recipients will be chosen from among applicants who are enrolled as full-time students in the third year of the aviation maintenance technology degree with a minimum grade-point average of 2.5.

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