Engineering Technologies Articles

A donation from PPL Corp. will go toward purchase of equipment for Pennsylvania College of Technology’s electrical technology majors. Teri MacBride, PPL’s regional community relations director, recently delivered a $3,000 check to the college’s Institutional Advancement Office to buy 20 new oscilloscopes for the School of Construction and Design Technologies.

Thirteen students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Natural Resources Management will receive financial assistance from the Caterpillar Foundation for the 2012-13 academic year. “The impact of Caterpillar Inc. on our students is far-reaching,” said Mary A. Sullivan, dean of natural resources management.

McClarin Plastics Inc., a company that has partnered with Pennsylvania College of Technology through its plastics and polymer technology majors and the college’s Plastics Innovation & Resource Center, was honored with a Mentorship Award at Saturday’s Summer Commencement ceremony.

William E. Mack has been named dean of industrial and engineering technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Mack, who had served as assistant dean of the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies since February 2009, began his new duties on July 1.

Penn College's record of serving employers' needs – from credit offerings in long-established fields to workforce development in the emerging natural gas industry – is featured in the August issue of Business Magazine, a publication of Manufacturer & Business Association.  "To escape a crippling recession and jump-start the engines of industry, the United States must educate and inspire the work f

Justin H. Bentz and Travis M. Breininger, alumni of Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management, are profiled in the July/August issue of Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery magazine. The magazine has been featuring a yearlong series of the green industry’s most promising leaders under the age of 40, and Bentz and Breininger earned the top spot for the summer issue.

An instructor in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s heavy construction equipment technology program has been honored by the college and Caterpillar Inc. with the annual Pathfinder to Excellence award. Ryan W.

A scholarship to assist students in automotive and collision repair programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been established by William and Lorraine Manos. The scholarship was established through the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation, of which William Manos has been a longtime member. Manos has served on the Foundation Board since 1993 and was its chairman from 1997-2007.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Plastics Innovation & Resource Center offered three national seminars and hands-on workshops in June. The PIRC, formerly the Plastics Manufacturing Center, provided seminars in rotational molding, thermoforming and extrusion, all led by world-class instructors. Christopher J.

A May alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s collision repair technology major is one of only four students nationally to receive a scholarship in a fifth annual industry competition. Aaron C.