Polymer Engineering Articles

Dave Pinskey (center) and Mike Lomma prep for an interview with Brittany L. Delmo, a plastics and polymer engineering technology major from Milford, about why she chose Penn College. Before the camera rolls, producer Nell Abom conducts a pre-interview with plastics and polymer engineering technology student Cody J. Fisher, of Blandon. Christopher J.

Elizabeth A. Biddle has been appointed director of corporate relations at Pennsylvania College of Technology, effective Jan. 19. Biddle has been project manager for the Outreach for K-12 Office at Penn College since 2009. In her new role, she will develop and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with business and industry to benefit students at Penn College.

On hand for presentation of SPE's Carrie Fox Solin Memorial Scholarship awards are (from left) John R. Bartolomucci, assistant professor of plastics and polymer engineering technology at Penn College; scholarship recipients Bryan T. Robinson, of Penn College, and Samuel Moore, of Pittsburg (Kansas) State University; and Paul M.

Research conducted by plastics and polymer engineering technology majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been recognized by the Rotational Molding Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Larry Schneider, representing the board of directors of the SPE Rotational Molding Division, recently commemorated the students’ work by traveling to campus and presenting plaques to Julia I.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member conducted two presentations at a recent international plastics conference. Kirk M. Cantor, professor of plastics and polymer technology, presented “Materials & Extrusion for Roll-Fed Thermoforming” and “Essentials of Stable Sheet Extrusion” at the Society of Plastics Engineers 23rd Annual Thermoforming Conference in Schaumburg, Illinois. Kirk M.

With assistance from the Association of Rotational Molders, the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology attracted a record number of participants for its sixth annual Hands-On Rotational Molding Workshop.

The National Science Foundation is recognizing Pennsylvania College of Technology’s commitment to applied technology education with a $616,417 grant to benefit students.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology plastics and polymer engineering technology major has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year. Ryan N. Troiano, of Lake Ariel, received the scholarship from DME Co., a world leader in plastic molding technologies.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology senior has been awarded one of two annual scholarships from the Society of Plastics Engineers Pittsburgh Section. Tamara R. Rader, of Knox, enrolled in the college’s plastics and polymer engineering technology bachelor-degree major, received the Pittsburgh Section Annual Scholarship.

The Society of Plastics Engineers has awarded a Pennsylvania College of Technology plastics student a second scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year. Bryan T. Robinson, Gilbertsville, a junior enrolled in the college’s plastics and polymer engineering technology bachelor-degree major, recently received a $3,000 Plastics Pioneers Association Scholarship from the SPE Foundation.