Engineering Technologies Articles

The American Welding Society Student Chapter at Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted its first Welding Merit Badge program from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in the college's Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center. Fourteen Boy Scouts (ages 13-16) attended, representing six troops from central Pennsylvania – a couple of which drove more than an hour to participate.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors on Thursday approved the college administration’s recommendations for an investment manager and an auditing firm.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors on Thursday approved the college administration’s recommendations for an investment manager and an auditing firm.

Contributions to Penn College – some monetary, others in-kind ... and all of them crucial to students obtaining "degrees that work" – were celebrated at Wednesday’s 10th annual Donor Wall Recognition Reception in the Student and Administrative Services Center.

Penn College alum Ryan E. Campbell and his co-worker Harry Wilson are congratulated in their employer's newsletter. Ryan E. Campbell, a May 2013 graduate of Penn College's automotive technology: Honda PACT emphasis major, was a recent third-place winner in the Zone 5 Honda Professionals 2014 Technician Online Challenge.

Students prepare to lay pavers in the Hardscape Installation contest. A Floral Design competitor Graduates Julie D. Kehrer-Vogel and Matthew D. Lowe act as the homeowners in the Sales Presentation competition. A student carefully ponders the type of plant she has been challenged to identify.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member presented at a recent national conference devoted to computer instructors. Lisa R. Bock, assistant professor of computer information technology, led a session during the 19th annual Course Technology Computing Conference in Nashville, Tenn. Her presentation focused on packet analysis, the process of analyzing traffic over a digital network.

Golfer-turned-head-coach Matthew Haile helped his team stay undefeated and capture conference championships. In 2003, he was the conference individual champion – the first since 1982. During Adam Waigand’s tenure, the Wildcats soccer team achieved a 55-14-1 record and a 2004 conference championship. An All-State selection, he helped the defense record 15 shutouts in his last two years.

Already observing its milestone status as home to one of the nation's oldest continuous automotive programs, Pennsylvania College of Technology has another reason to celebrate this year: a new partnership that will prepare students as entry-level service technicians for the far-reaching Chrysler family of dealerships.

Ingenuity among students, faculty and staff across various majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology is resulting in a cost-effective initiative that will benefit the institution and its academic programs for years to come. The college is in the final stages of manufacturing a press brake, a machine that efficiently bends sheet metal.