Engineering Technologies Articles

Trooper Beaver talks with diesel technology majors and students in the Commercial Driver's License preparatory course. Whether operators hauling heavy equipment or technicians inspecting the trucks and trailers ... ... a firsthand look at regulatory enforcement is key.

Larry Allison Jr., a member of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation Board of Directors and president of Allison Crane & Rigging, has created a scholarship fund at the college in honor of his father, Larry Allison Sr., who died earlier this year, as well as his grandfather and great-grandfather.

Colby M. Tuff joins his former Penn College Honda PACT instructors, Joseph A. Tavani (left) and Charles F. Probst, who assisted corporate representatives with judging at the Acura Top Tech competition. Colby M. Tuff, a 2011 graduate of Penn College's Honda PACT program, was among the top regional finalists in last weekend's Acura Top Tech competition.

Research conducted by plastics and polymer engineering technology majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been recognized by the Rotational Molding Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Larry Schneider, representing the board of directors of the SPE Rotational Molding Division, recently commemorated the students’ work by traveling to campus and presenting plaques to Julia I.

Williamsport Technical Institute students examine a gas mask, circa 1941. An aviation mechanic student works on an airplane engine. The student was later placed as an Army Air Corps aviation mechanic.

Williamsport Technical Institute students examine a gas mask, circa 1941. An aviation mechanic student works on an airplane engine. The student was later placed as an Army Air Corps aviation mechanic.

As part of its Centennial anniversary, Pennsylvania College of Technology welcomed 78 new “students” this fall, many of which just might be around for the institution’s bicentennial. Some of these “freshmen” could sustain a broken body part, and others might corrode.

As the latest Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member chosen to deliver the David London My Last Words Lecture, Jacob R. Miller shared a simple barometer of student success: "I would like to think that, at the end of every day, no matter what they have done that day, they can face themselves in the mirror." Drawing from life lessons, Jacob R.

Digging up hostas at Way's Garden are (from left) Daniel F. Clark, of Royersford; Emily M. Schmidt, of Muncy; and Kyle M. Richardson, of Hopewell, New Jersey. Clark and Richardson are enrolled in landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis; Schmidt is in the major's plant production emphasis.

Penn State President Eric J. Barron traveled to Pennsylvania College of Technology on Tuesday, his first visit since assuming the presidency in May.