Engineering Technologies Articles

Four degrees at Pennsylvania College of Technology have received the stamp of approval from the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university STEM academic programs.

As part of a partnership that dates to the excavation of Lamade Stadium in 1959, the Little League Baseball World Series yields hands-on learning activities for Penn College students. In just the series' first four days, photographers captured the activities of paramedic, baking & culinary, and welding students.

WBRE-TV’s Sydney Kostus arrived on campus before sunrise Tuesday morning to do live interviews with Penn College faculty and staff who played key roles with the globe project for Little League International.

An article in Avionics News – written by retired Penn College aviation faculty member Thomas D. Inman (who continues to teach part-time) – highlights a new aviation-industry student competition at which Penn College students captured several top prizes.

Watch the journey of a new sculpture installed recently at the Little League International Complex in South Williamsport. The sculpture was devised by Little League staff, who envisioned a huge globe that could serve as a photo prop for the tens of thousands of visitors who will make their way to the complex during the upcoming Little League Baseball World Series. To make it happen, they turned to the experts at Penn College.

Representatives from University of Kansas visited Penn College recently to learn more about its heating, ventilation & air conditioning degrees. The university is the lead institution in a new National Science Foundation Gen-4 Engineering Research Center named the Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub. For almost two years, Penn College has been part of a consortium of technical schools involved in the NSF proposal to develop a new Engineering Research Center based on HVAC innovation.

A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently completed the U.S. Department of Energy’s BuildingsNEXT challenge – and simultaneously provided the City of Williamsport a picture of what a net-zero energy youth facility in the city could look like. The BuildingsNEXT Student Design Competition – formerly the Solar Decathlon – encourages college students to design high-performance buildings that improve quality of life through great affordability, resiliency and energy efficiency.

Pennsylvania College of Technology welding students are the spark behind an eye-catching addition to the Little League Baseball World Series complex in South Williamsport: a roughly 7-foot-tall stainless steel globe structure featuring metal cutouts shaped to represent the continents. “This is probably one of the most unique projects we’ve done," said Michael R. Allen, instructor and co-department head of welding.

Penn College’s concrete science technology major is hitting the world stage, thanks to recent posts by World of Concrete, an international trade show that attracts more than 50,000 visitors each year. World of Concrete recently posted a video of Penn College students' experience at the trade show – one of the world's largest – on its website and social media channels.

Pennsylvania College of Technology competitors earned gold medals in three competitions at the 2025 SkillsUSA Championships, held June 25-26 in Atlanta. More than 6,800 students – all champions at the state level – competed in 114 categories. The college brought home gold in TeamWorks, Technical Drafting and Welding Fabrication.