Engineering Design Technology Articles

Two sections of the Technical Drawing-Related Disciplines class, consisting of 23 students, recently toured High Steel Structures LLC in Williamsport. The company is one of the largest steel fabricators in North America.

The Engineering & Industrial Design Department recently held its annual SolidWorks Pumpkin Carving Contest, a fall favorite in which first-year students "carve" virtual jack-o'-lanterns with computer software and unbridled imagination. Three winners were selected in each of two sections of Technical Drawing I taught by Katherine A. Walker and Craig A. Miller, assistant professors of engineering design technology.

About two dozen employers made themselves available to job-seeking students in the semester's penultimate Recruitment Day, arranged by Career Services and held Tuesday in the Carl Building Technologies Center. Occupying perpendicular hallways of the BTC, recruiters shared their industry needs with tomorrow makers enrolled in electrical technology, electronics & computer engineering technology; engineering & industrial design technology, and information technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students added a new chapter to their history of success at Baja SAE with a recent top-10 finish in the competition’s premier event. At Baja SAE Ohio, Penn College placed ninth in the four-hour endurance race, considered the toughest test at the international showcase. Schools are required to design, manufacture and build a single-seat, all-terrain, four-wheel-drive vehicle to survive various challenges.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students eyeing manufacturing-related careers will benefit from a machine entrustment valued at $625,000. The Bihler 4 Slide-NC is a high-tech metal stamping and forming center entrusted to the college for two years by Otto Bihler Maschinenfabrik and Bihler of America Inc.

As part of a PAsmart “Advancing K-12 Computer Science & STEM Education” grant received by Pennsylvania College of Technology from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 24 middle school educators recently convened on campus for a weeklong hands-on externship.

SEKISUI KYDEX and Atlantic Culinary Environments Inc. are different companies, based in different towns with different missions. But for Elijah B. Peltz, the two entities are intertwined. An internship at one helped lead to the start of his career at the other.

Maxine Zglinicki needed to complete a senior project. Dr. John H. Bailey wanted a surgical tool redesigned. The recent Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate and local orthopedic surgeon teamed up to meet both objectives. Zglinicki, of Norristown, devoted a chunk of her final semester at the college to redesigning a tensioning device used with a robot for knee replacement surgery.

Nearly 50 Pennsylvania College of Technology students earned valuable industry certifications related to engineering design in 2022-23, including five students who obtained multiple credentials. All the certifications are the result of passing exams focused on SolidWorks, a prominent computer-aided design and engineering program used in manufacturing industries worldwide.

A national foundation is aiding Pennsylvania College of Technology’s efforts to spark interest among high school girls in rewarding manufacturing careers.