The current issue of a prominent plastics-industry trade journal features the work of a recent Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate. Thermoforming Quarterly, a journal of the thermoforming division of the Society of Plastics Engineers, devotes six pages to the senior project of Bryan T. Robinson, of Gilbertsville, a 2015 plastics & polymer engineering technology graduate. Bryan T.
In honor of National Manufacturing Day, Penn College invited innovative companies Gilson Boards and Pneu-Dart to campus to interact with students, faculty and staff on Friday. The companies fit right in at the college, which features a number of manufacturing-related degrees and a new innovation leadership minor ...
“Headloading” fresh water requires several trips a day and can cause physical ailments. Photo courtesy of Wello A woman demonstrates WaterWheel 2.5, a rolling water tank that eases the daily burden of fetching water in rural India. Photo courtesy of Wello Jason C.
Two plastics students at Pennsylvania College of Technology partnered with a global company to use a new technology for a major industry competition. Plastics and polymer engineering technology majors Madison T. Powell, of Linden, and Jacob W.
Anne K. Soucy, assistant professor of plastics technology, and Gary E. McQuay, engineering manager for the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center, show visitors the afternoon project for students in the Blow Molding course. Dave Cotner, dean of industrial, computing & engineering technologies, talks about the college’s automated manufacturing and machining majors. Front row: Shannon M.
Matthew K. Peterman Plastics News has included a second Penn College graduate among its "Rising Stars" in the industry: Matthew K. Peterman, who earned a bachelor’s degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology in May. Peterman, an award-winning Resident Assistant during his Penn College years, is a manufacturing development engineer/operations rotation engineer with TE Connectivity Ltd.
Ryan N. Troiano Ryan N. Troiano, who earned a bachelor's degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology from Penn College in May, was recently featured as an industry "Rising Star" in a trade publication. Plastics News profiled Troiano, originally from Lake Ariel, employed as a title development and project engineer with Greiner Packaging Corp. in Pittston.
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s internationally renowned Plastics Innovation & Resource Center attracted a fitting global audience when it hosted its 17th Annual Extrusion Seminar & Hands-On Workshop, drawing attendees from the United States, Canada and Turkey.
Summer is anything but vacation time for the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The PIRC recently hosted 34 industry professionals from 10 states and Canada for its Sixth Annual National Hands-On Thin-Gauge/Roll-Fed Thermoforming Workshop.
Plastics employees from five states were schooled by industry experts and campus professionals when the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology held its sixth annual Heavy-Gauge/Cut-Sheet Thermoforming workshop in May.
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