Engineering Technologies Articles

Funding to support enhancements to the forestry program’s facility at Penn College’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center is included in the federal government’s 2026 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) announced Friday.

A creative collaboration between Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty and staff has resulted in an ergonomically friendly addition to the institution’s automation and robotics lab: customized frames for Siemens human machine interfaces.

Thirteen students, joined by three faculty members, an assistant dean and two alumni, just wrapped up an impactful four days at World of Concrete, an international trade show that encompasses 700,000 square feet inside and outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Among highlights, faculty members Franklin H. Reber, instructor of building construction technology, and Joe F. DiBucci, instructor of building construction technology: concrete and masonry, were interviewed on the Coatings Coffee Shop sound stage.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been awarded scholarships totaling $10,000 from the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation.

Thanks to the generosity of two companies, Pennsylvania College of Technology has a new crane system in its 55,000-plus-square-foot welding facility.

An honor society for the computing and information disciplines has recognized a Pennsylvania College of Technology student with a scholarship. Upsilon Pi Epsilon has awarded Andrew J. Graham, of Nicholson, a $500 scholarship.

As part of Penn College’s “Your Class in 60 Seconds” video series, engineering design technology student Blaze M. King, of Howard, takes viewers inside the Design for Manufacturability class, where tomorrow makers explore real-world manufacturing methods like CNC machining, forging, casting, injection molding and additive manufacturing to learn how virtual designs become physical parts.

Follow along in a Penn College-produced video as students Skyler R. Childs, of Horsham, and Grace A. Sheehan, of Loretto, manufacture a mill stop for their Milling & Lathe Applications course.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will again showcase its hands-on applied technology education for the thousands who attend the Pennsylvania Farm Show. The 2026 show, themed “Growing a Nation,” is slated Jan. 10-17 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg.

The Penn College Workforce Development polymers team recently attended the Da Vinci Science Center’s Manufacturing Career Connection Day in Allentown. More than 500 students attended from Lehigh Valley schools.