Engineering Technologies Articles

Groundwork for next spring's Baja SAE Williamsport competition – to be hosted by Penn College at its Heavy Construction Equipment Operations Site in Brady Township – is continuing, inside and out. With most of the student body home on semester break, Baja team members stayed behind to work on their vehicle. And even though classes are on hiatus until next year, there's still much to do at the competition site itself.

Pace-O-Matic, a developer of legally compliant games of skill and innovative software technology, is exploring additional ways to support students in information technology programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Founded in 2000, the Duluth, Georgia-based company is interested in establishing an internship program for the college’s IT students.

A funeral Mass will be Saturday for Richard J. Weilminster, the 1986 recipient of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Master Teacher Award, who died Monday, Dec. 4, at age 79. Weilminster, who retired as lead horticulture professor in 2006 after 34 years at Penn College and Williamsport Area Community College, held emeritus status among the institution's faculty.

Through expansion of a state program announced on Nov. 20, Pennsylvania College of Technology will receive more than $1.4 million from Coterra Energy for renovation and expansion of labs and instructional spaces in its electrical and architecture & sustainable design programs. The funding will also generate scholarships for veterans and first responders from Camp Freedom.

Work has begun at Pennsylvania College of Technology's heavy construction equipment operations training site in readiness for the estimated 1,000 competitors expected for the international Baja SAE competition next spring. The college will host about 100 teams – each with single-seat, all-terrain vehicles that they've designed and manufactured – that will converge there from May 16-19 for Baja SAE Williamsport.

A student-led video tour of Penn College's machining labs has been posted to YouTube by Practical Machinist, the largest metalworking community on the web. Chethan C. Meda, a manufacturing engineering technology student from Corning, New York, treats viewers to a six-minute summary of the college's cutting-edge facilities and hands-on learning experiences.

A $1 million grant from the Gene Haas Foundation, plus matching funds from Pennsylvania College of Technology, sparked extensive renovations to the college's automated manufacturing lab. In this video, you’ll get a glimpse of the Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing, see the results of the floor-to-ceiling transformation, hear reactions to the overhaul and learn what students are looking forward to most.

IBM and Penn College partnered to sponsor a half-day Attack Surface Management Summit on campus Wednesday, assembling a top-notch lineup of cybersecurity speakers who shared their expertise on a number of relevant topics. Among the highlights was a discussion of ASM – the continuous process of identifying, monitoring and managing internet-connected devices for potential attacks and exposure – that involved a Penn College administrator and a graduate.

A $1 million grant from the Gene Haas Foundation sparked extensive renovations to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s automated manufacturing lab while expanding scholarship offerings and enabling the college to promote manufacturing careers more broadly to K-12 students. The Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing was formally dedicated on Nov. 6.

The Penn College Motorsports Association's annual Trunk or Treat, postponed by rain a week earlier, showed that the Halloween spirit didn't diminish with November's arrival. "It was a great event and we are looking forward to doing it again next year," said PCMA President Alex Riddle, of Kingston, an automotive restoration student (and May graduate in automotive technology).