Engineering Technologies Articles

A Pennsylvania College of Technology senior has been awarded one of two annual scholarships from the Society of Plastics Engineers Pittsburgh Section. Tamara R. Rader, of Knox, enrolled in the college’s plastics and polymer engineering technology bachelor-degree major, received the Pittsburgh Section Annual Scholarship.

A western Pennsylvania mining company has established a $1 million scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology to honor an alumnus employee who died July 31 while working in his beloved field of equipment repair. Amerikohl Mining Inc. and its owner and president, John Stilley, endowed the fund in memory of Steelyn G.

A western Pennsylvania mining company has established a $1 million scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology to honor an alumnus employee who died July 31 while working in his beloved field of equipment repair. Amerikohl Mining Inc. and its owner and president, John Stilley, endowed the fund in memory of Steelyn G.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students again are volunteering their time to help qualified individuals as they prepare their 2013 income tax returns.

Mopar Muscle Penn College's acquisition of a 1967 Dodge Dart for the School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies has been detailed in the April 2014 issue of Mopar Muscle, now on newsstand shelves and online. The article was written by Randy Bolig, the magazine's editor, in cooperation with assistant automotive professor Chris Holley, who led him on a campus tour  in July.

A scholarship has been established by Volkswagen of America Inc. and the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation/Automotive Youth Educational System in memory of a Pennsylvania College of Technology automotive technology alumnus. Zachary C. Teter, who graduated in August 2011 with an associate degree, was killed in a March 19 vehicle accident in Schuylkill County.

Pennsylvania College of Technology student Scott D. Hubler won’t be in class this week ... but he has a good excuse. Hubler, of Coplay, is in Florida preparing for his first ARCA Racing Series event at the famed Daytona International Speedway. Hubler is scheduled to drive the No. 7 car in the Lucas Oil 200 on Saturday.

The college hosts skills contests in plumbing ... ... commercial baking ... ... precision machining ... ... and even nail care. Penn College was the site for more than 30 skills competitions Friday as faculty joined representatives from business and industry to help facilitate and judge the SkillsUSA District 6 competitions.

The start of the year brings a first for Pennsylvania College of Technology: the selection of twin brothers as Students of the Month. Chosen for the Student Government Association honor are Cody E. Buterbaugh, a building automation technology major, and Zachary J. Buterbaugh, an accounting student. Originally from Conestoga, both are scheduled to graduate in May. Zachary J. (left) and Cody E.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett made a Tuesday visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood, where – surrounded by the workforce of tomorrow, embodied by diesel technology and on-site power generation majors – he presented a 73-page resource guide designed to attract business and industry investors to the energy-rich commonwealth.