Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology Articles

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.

A group of electronics and computer engineering technology students in a 300-level Control Theory class taught by Scott D. Neuhard, assistant professor of electronics, presented class projects at Penn College's Spring Open House, showing off their skills and ingenuity for prospective students and their families.

Penn College was the site recently of a Technology Leadership Workshop, presented free to educators through Siemens Industry Inc.'s Siemens Cooperates With Education program. The event attracted 15 educators from such local institutions as Bucknell University and Williamsport Area School District, as well as from colleges and universities in North Dakota, Michigan and Ohio.

Pennsylvania College of Technology presented an Alumni Achievement Award to Eli M. Hughes, of State College, during Spring Commencement ceremonies held Saturday at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. Hughes earned a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering technology from Penn College in May 2001.

A grant-funded student project at Pennsylvania College of Technology is bringing today's "green" sensitivity to a campus landmark that celebrates Williamsport's lumber prominence in the 1800s. An array of photovoltaic panels has been installed just southwest of the college's Victorian House, a student-designed-and-built guest facility that was dedicated in June 1997.