Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology has been awarded a $570,422 federal grant for 2012-13 in support of a variety of academic programs. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Perkins Local Plan Grant seeks to help develop the skills of secondary and postsecondary education students enrolled in career and technical-education programs.

The Information Technology Living-Learning Community returned to the Center for Business & Workforce Development on Thursday afternoon, for another informative session hosted by Jeff B. Weaver, associate professor of electronics and computer engineering technology.

The Information Technology Living-Learning Community had the opportunity to learn about optical fiber terminations in a recent session hosted by Jeff B. Weaver, associate professor of electronics and computer engineering technology.

A faculty member in the electronics and computer engineering technology department at Pennsylvania College of Technology is included in the 2011-12 edition of Montclair Publishing's "Who's Who in Collegiate Faculty." Scott D. Neuhard, assistant professor of electronics, will have a biography published in the book's seventh edition.

Ninth- and 10th-grade students explored "Electronics and the Future!" during a recent four-day, three-night camp at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The campers seven girls and 16 boys took part in a variety of hands-on workshops in the college's electronics and computer engineering technology labs, as well as in advanced manufacturing majors that play a role in electronics production.

The positive experience of working with faculty and students at Pennsylvania College of Technology has inspired a Williamsport man to start an endowed scholarship fund at the college. Ryan A. English has presented a check to Penn College to establish the Marcellus Measurement Scholarship Fund.

Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge North Central Pennsylvania Regional Qualifier, a robotics competition for students in grades 7-12, on its campus Feb. 5.

Daniel J. Clarke, who graduated from Penn College with four information technology degrees in May and December 2007, is featured in an Impact in Pennsylvania newsletter from the Cisco Networking Academy. Clarke, a systems engineer, works with the Cisco Public Sector team in meeting the technology needs of education and government.

Groups of high schoolers from six states convened in Penn College's College Avenue Labs on Feb. 5 for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge North Central Pennsylvania Regional Qualifier, which tested the students' engineering know-how in a robot-against-robot competition stadium.

A $10,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's Workforce Leadership Program will support a residential summer camp for 24 high school students enrolled in Pennsylvania College of Technology's dual-enrollment electronics program. Organized by Elizabeth A. Biddle, project manager for the college's Outreach for K-12 Office, and Stacey C.