Engineering Technologies Articles

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.

Mitchell T. Black and Bryant M. Deller became friends after enrolling at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Today, the successful alumni are separated by companies and specialties. But their bond endures, thanks to a joint senior project that is powering a champion tractor in a professional pulling league.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology horticulture students were among national Top 10 finishers in their respective categories during the recent Professional Landscape Network’s Student Career Days competition in Fort Collins, Colo. Nicholas D. Foreman, of Rockwood, placed first in a field of 76 students in the Construction Cost Estimation contest, and Emily M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is scheduled to exhibit at the largest science festival in the United States. College students, faculty and staff will offer hands-on, interactive activities at the third USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo, April 25-27 in Washington, D.C. The festival, taking place at the Walter E.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is scheduled to exhibit at the largest science festival in the United States. College students, faculty and staff will offer hands-on, interactive activities at the third USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo, April 25-27 in Washington, D.C. The festival, taking place at the Walter E.

PPG Industries Inc., a generous supporter of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Collision Repair Program well before it moved into new instructional space in 2003, has renewed its decades-long commitment to students and faculty alike.