Engineering Technologies Articles

With the support of a National Science Foundation grant, Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering a pathway for high school students to earn 32 college credits and a certificate in polymer processing at no cost.

In the latest episode of Penn College’s “Tomorrow Makers” podcast, instructor Kendra N. Tomassacci enlightens listeners on the college’s engineering design technology and engineering CAD technology degrees.

Three members of Penn College’s Pennsylvania Xi Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society organized a drive to collect first aid items for a medical clinic in Kenya. The students worked diligently to collect thousands of dollars’ worth of items, including thermometers, syringes, gloves, suturing and catheter kits, surgical supplies, stethoscopes and more.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student is one of a dozen nationwide to receive a scholarship awarded by ESAB Corp. and the American Welding Society Foundation. Clayton J. Fegley, of McClure, earned the $5,000 scholarship through ESAB’s Future Fabricators Program.

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.