A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's plastics and polymer technology department has authored a textbook that has been well-received by the plastics industry. Kirk M. Cantor, professor of plastics and polymer technology, wrote the book "Blown Film Extrusion: An Introduction," which was released in April. The book is published by Hanser Gardner Publications.
Frank Sorg, recently named director of the Pennsylvania Plastics Initiative, visited Penn College on June 29 to tour its plastics facilities and get an overview of opportunities offered through the college's Workforce Development & Continuing Education and Plastics Manufacturing Center, its academic plastics department, and the regional Industrial Modernization Center.
Students from area high schools came to campus May 12 for The Plastics Experience. During their visit, they attended workshops in the college's plastics and polymer technology laboratories, and took part in a balloon launch.
A plastics and polymer engineering technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was among the winners in the first Quad College & University Business Plan Challenge that culminated April 18 at the Community Theatre League in downtown Williamsport. William J. Davis, of Morris, whose Bill Davis Corp.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member who developed the plastics and polymer technology program at the college and became its first instructor in 1987 was named the 2006 recipient of the International Education Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers. Timothy E.
New associate-degree students majoring in plastics and polymer technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology are eligible to receive $2,500 per semester up to $10,000 total toward the cost of their education, courtesy of the Pennsylvania Plastics Initiative Scholarship Program.
Kirk M. Cantor, professor of plastics and polymer technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be honored for the second time in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers." Cantor's biography will appear in the 10th edition of the book, to be published later this year, and also appeared in the book's ninth edition, published in 2005.
Penn College student Matthew L. Gross, right, of Dover, a plastics and polymer engineering technology major, demonstrates for state Rep. Brett O. Feese, left, the thermoformer that makes up the college's mobile poly lab. Gross and fellow plastics and polymer engineering technology student Todd P.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's mobile poly lab will be featured during the opening ceremonies of the state's Career and Technical Education Week celebration, which is scheduled to begin at noon on Feb. 14 in the State Capitol East Wing Rotunda. During the opening ceremony, which Gov. Ed Rendell is expected to attend, Penn College students Matthew L. Gross, of Dover, and Todd P.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's mobile plastics lab is visiting the Schuylkill Technology Centers, Mar Lin, through Feb. 3, offering students a unique opportunity to experience the ever-growing plastics industry.
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