Engineering Technologies Articles

With support from the National Science Foundation, the number of Tech Scholars at Pennsylvania College of Technology continues to grow. Eight new students in STEM majors have been awarded scholarships of up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of four years.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently launched a program in innovation leadership that is designed to teach systematic steps to stimulate – then implement – effective new ideas, enabling graduates to lead change within their industries, careers, communities and personal lives.

State Sens. Gene Yaw (R-Loyalsock Township) and Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) share a laugh in the 727 cockpit with aviation maintenance technology seniors Sean J. Cornwell (center), of Collegeville, and James S. Alger, of Campbelltown. Against fall-colored foothills behind the runway, Brett A.

The new president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia traveled with his team to Pennsylvania College of Technology for a special-invitation Community Development Briefing on Oct. 14. Patrick T.

The current issue of a prominent plastics-industry trade journal features the work of a recent Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate. Thermoforming Quarterly, a journal of the thermoforming division of the Society of Plastics Engineers, devotes six pages to the senior project of Bryan T. Robinson, of Gilbertsville, a 2015 plastics & polymer engineering technology graduate. Bryan T.

Mike Spinelli's "/Drive" channel visits main campus in a newly produced video that showcases Penn College's automotive restoration technology major. The 10-minute piece features interviews with students Andrew B. Switch, Joseph M. Kretz and Sean M. Hunter, as well as instructor Roy H. Klinger, who discuss the research involved in restoring a vintage vehicle.

Forest technology students (from left) are Paul R. South, Williamsport; Alyssa A. Peters, Lock Haven; Aaron M. Weston, Winfield; Harris D. Nowotarski, Womelsdorf; Brett A. Forney, Millersburg; and Harley R. Heichel, Wellsboro. Six forest technology students attended the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association's recent annual reception and dinner at the Toftrees Golf Resort in State College.

Members of the student organization install plants at the VFW post. Beautifying Post 844 are (front row, from left) Bower; Seth W. Strickland, Telford; Matthew D. Schaeffer, Oley; Justin M. Rinehimer, Mountain Top; Tiffany E. Griffie, Newville; Todd A. Grace, Alburtis; and Ryan Rousseau, Pipersville; and (back row, from left) Zachary M. Meling, Hawley; Robert A. Burger, Millersburg; Edward T.

The unique opportunities at Penn College – one of the nation's oldest continuous automotive programs, one of the largest educational labs for collision repair and one of the few vintage restoration degree programs on the East Coast – are promoted in a video invitation to the Antique Automobile Club of America's 2016 Grand National Meet to be hosted on main campus next spring.

Chris J. Holley (left) and Tony Schumacher An eye-catching Army display draws interest from the race-day crowd. An automotive faculty member represented Penn College as a guest of the Army and Don Schumacher Racing during Saturday's "Army Day at the Races" during the Keystone Nationals held at Maple Grove Raceway just outside Reading. Assistant professor Chris J.