Engineering & Industrial Design Technology Articles

The empowering combination of applied technology education and financial support was celebrated Sunday afternoon, as Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted its second annual Scholarship Luncheon in the campus Field House. "I am overwhelmed by the collective energies in this room to transform tomorrow," President Davie Jane Gilmour said, addressing students, families and donors alike.

Precision-designed parts, meeting the rigorous standards of industry, bear the company’s mark of quality. E-Tech’s team approach to business begins with the couple that built it: John, '74, and Nanette Estep. Anthony R. Bastion, a 2018 manufacturing engineering alumnus and former intern, is among the Penn College-educated talent to find a work home in his Bradford County backyard.

Autodesk recognized the contributions of a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member to its support network during the recent Expert Elite Global Summit in Las Vegas. The multinational software corporation honored J.D.

Autodesk recognized the contributions of a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member to its support network during the recent Expert Elite Global Summit in Las Vegas. The multinational software corporation honored J.D.

The theater of battle fills with participants and spectators. Action heats up in the competition cage. A steady hand on the controller ... and in capturing the contest on cellphone video. The makings of a winner? Penn College hosted battles of ingenuity during SWORD Fall Fights 2018 in the Field House.

Some people spend a lifetime searching for that elusive “dream job.” Thomas Proske spent a summer experiencing his, thanks to an internship at a prominent toy maker. The Pennsylvania College of Technology industrial design student worked on the design team at K’NEX in Hatfield.

About 45 students in Penn College’s School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies employed their skills to “spooky” effect during the fifth annual Virtual Pumpkin Carving Contest. The competition required the engineering design students to use software to create virtual jack-o’-lanterns.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will feature battles of ingenuity later this month when it hosts SWORD Fall Fights 2018. Approximately 50 combat robots will “fight” in the double-elimination tournament that is open to the public. Trophies and gift certificates will be awarded to the top three finishers in the 1- and 3-pound weight classes.

Tomassacci accompanies students on a recent visit to High Steel Structures Inc. Walker (second from right) and engineering design students benefit from the college's proximity to one of the nation's biggest steel fabricators.

A second gift of $500,000 from the Tamaqua-based John E. Morgan Foundation has boosted an endowed scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology to more than $1 million. The John E.