Industry Partnerships Articles

Representatives of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, which established its first student chapter at Pennsylvania College of Technology in 2003, recently visited to enhance that campus connection.

A grant from EQT Foundation, the philanthropic extension of EQT Corporation, the nation’s largest producer of natural gas, will help Pennsylvania College of Technology address the national skills shortage and overcome the misconception of “dirty jobs” in technical fields.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and Anderson Equipment Co. have entered into an entrustment allowing for students in the heavy construction equipment technology program to hone their skills on a construction bulldozer.

Novatec Inc., the largest U.S.-based manufacturer of resin drying and conveying equipment for the plastics industry, has renewed its entrustment agreement with Pennsylvania College of Technology for equipment used in plastics and polymer-related instruction at the college.

Jason W. Killinger (left), assistant professor of HVAC technology, leads the group on a Carl Building Technologies Center lab tour. Appropriately pausing for photos outside the Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center, home to the college's welding labs, are (from left) Loni N.

CLOOS Robotic Welding Inc. is renewing an entrustment agreement with Pennsylvania College of Technology for robotic welding equipment used for instructional purposes. CLOOS, a Corporate Tomorrow Maker at Penn College, has partnered with the college for entrustments since 2014. The latest renewal runs for two more years. It features the company’s QRC 320 upright robot with a V9 controller.

High Steel Structures LLC has donated nearly $100,000 worth of welding scrap to Pennsylvania College of Technology for instructional use in the college’s welding and metal fabrication programs. High Steel Structures has fabrication facilities in both Lancaster and Williamsport.

Students in manufacturing-related majors and those competing in Baja SAE racing competitions at Pennsylvania College of Technology will benefit from a $15,000 grant award from the Gene Haas Foundation.

The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation of Harrisburg has made a $340,000 gift to Pennsylvania College of Technology, boosting the foundation’s total scholarship support to students to more than $3.6 million.

Laserline Inc. is continuing its commitment with Pennsylvania College of Technology to shape tomorrow’s workforce with a two-year extension of its laser welding equipment entrustment. The manufacturer of high-power industrial diode lasers for metal processing and other applications has entrusted a 2-kilowatt laser power source to the college since 2019.