Engineering Technologies Articles

Twenty-one Pennsylvania College of Technology engineering design students recently added a real-world element to their classroom education by touring High Steel Structures LLC in Williamsport. The renowned company is one of the largest steel fabricators in North America.

Six Pennsylvania College of Technology information technology students and their instructor, Rick Crossen, attended the recent IBM TechXchange in Atlanta. The event is IBM’s annual technical learning conference and community platform for developers, engineers, data experts, infrastructure specialists and tech practitioners.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a $269,458 Perkins V grant to support the purchase of new instructional equipment for several associate degree programs.

Pennsylvania College of Technology building construction technology instructor Franklin H. Reber Jr. was presented the American Concrete Institute’s Clyde E. Kesler Education Award during the institute’s fall convention, held Oct. 11-14 in Atlanta.

A donation from Ainsworth Inc. is benefitting students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s heating, ventilation & air conditioning majors. The company recently donated a lightly used Daikin 60-ton chiller – valued at $55,000 – to provide students with hands-on experience with the commercial chilled-water systems and equipment that are commonly found in large institutional and commercial facilities.

Throughout the summer and fall, Pennsylvania College of Technology students under the direction of Seth J. Welshans, instructor of diesel equipment technology, have been moving tons of dirt at the college’s Heavy Construction Equipment Operations Training Site to prepare for Baja SAE Williamsport.

The philanthropic commitment of a Williamsport man has resulted in a $100,000 endowed scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of $1.05 million in funding to renovate and expand facilities related to its popular heavy equipment majors.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Ellyn A. Lester, assistant dean of construction and architectural technologies, received the 2026 Mark Hasso Educator of the Year Award from the Construction Management Association of America.

Penn College hosted more than 50 educators from Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas last week as part of an Energy Educator Retreat.