Automated Manufacturing & Machining Articles

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology students accepted Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships at a National Institute of Standards and Technology laboratory. Students David M. Blumenfeld, of Lincroft, N.J.; Matthew C.

Newswatch 16 reporter Jim Hamill interviewed Keith H. English, instructor of machine tool technology/automated manufacturing at Penn College, for a story that aired Thursday evening about students' restoration of the clock at Williamsport's historic Trinity Episcopal Church.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's "degrees that work." career-awareness television series received a Bronze Telly Award for a 2009 episode profiling the advanced manufacturing career field. The series, a co-production of Penn College and WVIA-TV, highlights careers identified by state and federal labor officials as important for future employment growth.

The chimes have returned at Trinity Episcopal Church in Williamsport where, in December, Jim Zerfing, the church clock's longtime caretaker, and students from Pennsylvania College of Technology climbed 100 feet up the clock tower's narrow stairs to replace parts that had fallen into disrepair. The students are enrolled in majors in the automated manufacturing and machining department.

Manufacturing engineering technology students David Blumenfeld and Matthew Cox presented the research they performed during a summer fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland. Cox, of Selinsgrove, presented his research into 3-D printing, and Blumenfeld, of Lincroft, N.J.,presented research into creation and measurement of a five-axis part.

A Bucks County company is reaffirming its long-standing relationship with Pennsylvania College of Technology through a revised scholarship agreement. Bracalente Manufacturing Co. Inc. will continue to provide an annual award of $1,000 to a Penn College student through the Bracalente Manufacturing Scholarship, which was established in 1996.

Bradley T. Robinson, a manufacturing engineering technology student from West Chester, volunteers his time each Friday to help instruct pupils on game rules during Sheridan Elementary School's primary and intermediate recess times.

When archery competition begins at the 2009 Summer World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport will have two faces in the crowd. Zachary Plannick, of Coraopolis, 20, who will be a junior in the fall, and Glen Thomas, of Mercer, 19, who will be a sophomore, are members of the United States archery squad.

Helping celebrate "Pony Day" at Penn College's Children's Learning Center on Monday wereRichard K.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hosted 22 area high school students on campus during its free Discover Engineering Technology Camp.