Engineering Technologies Articles

A generous benefactor to Pennsylvania College of Technology's automotive restoration program recently toured campus, hearing from many of the students it has helped through scholarships and other funding.

Instructor and students gather for an energetic outing ... ... on trampolines that add a new dimension to dodgeball. Members of the Automotive Living-Learning Community traveled to the Fly World Trampoline Park on Elmira Street on Sunday, having fun and getting a sufficient workout to help them rest soundly before end-of-semester exams! Joining Eric D.

PCN Tim Weston, associate professor of plastics and polymer technology, is scheduled to be one of the guests on "PMA Perspective” at 5:30 p.m. Sunday on PCN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network. “PMA Perspective” is produced by the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association and examines business, government and politics.

Visiting East Lycoming School District students hear from the college's Timothy E. Weston, associate professor of plastics & polymer technology and department head, The guests learn how a recreational mainstay is manufactured by injection molding.

Using a lab vehicle as a convenient visual aid ... ... Trooper Cory Beaver brings student up-to-date on prevailing motor carrier regulations. Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Cory Beaver, accompanied by Motor Carrier Enforcement Officer Will Latchet, made their annual visit to Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Thursday afternoon.

Daniel J. Clarke, among the Penn College alumni who frequently (and magnanimously) return to campus for current students' benefit PowerPoint slides depict a global explosion of information and the technology needed to manage it, creating a need for careers beyond imagination.

The Penn College seal and a nod to his major are included in Jared T. Burrey's winning design ... ... while Alisha A. Ortiz took a more seasonal tack. More than 50 first-year students in Penn College’s engineering design technology major employed their 3-D computer skills for virtual pumpkin-carving during a recent Halloween contest.

Penn College forest technology majors are among a select group of students nationwide employing a new data-collection application from Forest Metrix. The software, used in conjunction with an iPad, is featured in a video on the college's YouTube Channel. "It records all the data you need it to. It will record the diameter of the tree, how big it is and how tall it is," explains Alyssa A.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Woodsmen’s Team competed in the 20th annual John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet held recently at The Cradle of Forestry in North Carolina. Penn College fielded one of seven teams to compete during the Oct. 17 meet that was hosted by Haywood Community College at the U.S. Forest Service site in Pisgah National Forest.

A bountiful basket Halloween hangers-on Students craft decorative delights. Striking design includes the distinctive colors of the season. Students in a floral design class taught by Karen R.