Engineering Technologies Articles

A Pennsylvania College of Technology Corporate Tomorrow Maker recently conducted a manufacturing and education event on campus for students and industry partners. Representatives from TRAK Machine Tools Inc., a subsidiary of Southwestern Industries Inc. and an industry leader in innovative products for machinist productivity, enjoyed a full day on campus.

Work at a Habitat for Humanity home being built largely by students on Fifth Avenue, just north of campus, continues to progress. The college and Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity staff hosted a cookout and open house at the site on Thursday, inviting those who worked on the home over the past three semesters to see the current progress.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s “Accelerated Learning” is at it again, and this time, the Diesel Performance Club’s 12,000-pound 1959 B-61 Mack truck advanced to the seventh-round finals of the Maple Grove Dragway’s 2025 Keystone Truckin’ Nationals. Narrowly missing the top prize by a margin of only .079 seconds, the crew has now celebrated two back-to-back years of success for a project 25 years in the making.

A black-tie gala with industry leaders and a tour of a popular toolmaker’s headquarters were among highlights for students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Construction Management Association when they were invited guests at a series of activities hosted by Associated Builders and Contractors in the Washington, D.C., area.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student is one of two nationwide to receive the $1,000 Michael Busch Memorial Scholarship, presented by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence Education Foundation.

Nine Penn College information technology students and their instructor, Rick R. Crossen, recently experienced NAViGATE 2025 in Pittsburgh. The annual three-day conference is organized by COMMON, the world’s largest users association for IBM power systems.

With a $300,000 gift from alumnus Larry A. Ward, Pennsylvania College of Technology is creating an innovative lab on its main campus to bridge the gap between the design and manufacturability of products.

The Penn College Baja SAE team hopes to end its 2025 season on a high note this week at Baja SAE Carolina (Oct. 2-5).

UPMC and Pennsylvania College of Technology are deepening their longstanding partnership with a shared vision: to make northcentral Pennsylvania a destination for world-class education, cutting-edge health care and a thriving workforce. As part of this commitment, UPMC is contributing $500,000 to support the renovation of the Carl Building Technologies Center on Penn College’s main campus. In recognition of this investment, the new entrance to the facility will be named the UPMC Annex.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students will continue to have access to a high-tech manufacturing system, thanks to an entrustment renewal. Otto Bihler Maschinenfabrik and Bihler of America Inc. have renewed for two years their entrustment of a Bihler 4 Slide-NC metal stamping and forming center.