Automation Engineering Technology: Robotics & Automation

Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.)
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About this program

Robotics and automation push productivity to new levels. Will you push it even further? Will you solve tomorrow’s challenges with innovation and ease? The Automation Engineering Technology Robotics & Automation program is home to problem-solvers and independent thinkers. A community of creators with a drive to demand more from technology and from themselves. From electrical and electronics to mechatronics and robotics, students learn the ins and outs of complex automated systems used in the world of manufacturing. It doesn’t stop there. An understanding of vision systems, networking, and software applications rounds out the experience.

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You're on your way to becoming a tomorrow maker.

Cross Training in Mechatronics

Rapidly Growing Career Field

Extensive Hands-On Experience

Careers

  • Automation engineer
  • Project engineer
  • Controls engineer
Courses

At Penn College, we believe your educational experience should go beyond specialized skills. Real-world ready means taking a broader approach that builds communication skills, inspires collaboration, and encourages exploration of arts, history, and science.

​​Specialization requires in-depth knowledge and high-level proficiency. Students learn and apply major-specific concepts, skills, and methods.

  • Engineering, Technology & Society (EET124) or
  • Introduction to Digital Electronics (EET114)
  • Digital Circuits Applications (EET115)
  • Electronic Circuits & Devices I (EET116)
  • Introduction to Microprocessors (EET154)
  • Microprocessor Applications I (EET155)
  • Electronic Circuits & Devices II (EET156)
  • Software Tools for the Engineering Technologist (EET158)
  • Robotics & Fluid Power (EET246)
  • Network Installation & Maintenance (EET204)
  • Network Maintenance Laboratory (EET205)
  • Systems Troubleshooting Applications (EET209)
  • Introduction to Automation Control Concepts & Applications (EET248)
  • Advanced Automation Control Concepts & Applications (EET258)
  • Process Control Theory (EET254)
  • Process Control Applications (EET255)
  • Motion Control (EET256)
  • Mechanical Power Transmission Systems (MET220)
  • Equipment Installation & Commissioning (EET312)
  • Computer Solutions of Engineering Problems (EET311)
  • Measurement & Tests (EET320)
  • Measurement & Tests Lab (EET321)
  • Mechatronic System Maintenance (MET231)
  • Occupational Health & Safety (SAF110)
  • Automation Engineering Technology Internship (EET310)
  • Senior Project Design (EET494)
  • Automation Concepts & Applications (EET405)
  • Advanced Automation Software (EET445)
  • Senior Project Implementation (EET496)
  • Engineering Ethics & Legal Issues (MET321)
  • Robots & Vision Systems (EET444)

​Perspectives are points of view, offering a variety of ways of understanding, interacting, and influencing the world. Students identify, explain, and utilize the approaches used by academics and professionals to study, analyze, or understand problems, and offer solutions.

  • Science Elective (SCI)
  • Core Social Science Perspective (SSP)
  • Core Historical Perspective (HIP)
  • Science Elective with lab (SCL)
  • Core Global & Cultural Diversity Perspective (CDP)
  • Core Arts Perspective (ARP)

​​Foundations are the practical, intellectual, and social skills: communication, collaboration, critical and ethical thinking, quantitative thinking, and technological literacy that are crucial to every student at every stage of education and at every stage of life.

  • Engineering, Technology & Society (EET124) or
  • Information, Technology & Society (CSC124)
  • College Algebra & Trigonometry I (MTH181)
  • Introduction to Digital Electronics (EET114)
  • Digital Circuits Applications (EET115)
  • Electronic Circuits & Devices I (EET116)
  • English Composition I (ENL111)
  • College Algebra & Trigonometry II (MTH183)
  • Introduction to Microprocessors (EET154)
  • Microprocessor Applications I (EET155)
  • Electronic Circuits & Devices II (EET156)
  • Software Tools for the Engineering Technologist (EET158)
  • Robotics & Fluid Power (EET246)
  • Technical & Professional Communication (ENL201)
  • Network Installation & Maintenance (EET204)
  • Network Maintenance Laboratory (EET205)
  • Systems Troubleshooting Applications (EET209)
  • Introduction to Automation Control Concepts & Applications (EET248)
  • Advanced Automation Control Concepts & Applications (EET258)
  • Process Control Theory (EET254)
  • Process Control Applications (EET255)
  • Motion Control (EET256)
  • Fundamentals of Speech (SPC101)
  • Equipment Installation & Commissioning (EET312)
  • Computer Solutions of Engineering Problems (EET311)
  • Measurement & Tests (EET320)
  • Measurement & Tests Lab (EET321)
  • Automation Engineering Technology Internship (EET310)
  • Senior Project Design (EET494)
  • Automation Concepts & Applications (EET405)
  • Advanced Automation Software (EET445)
  • Senior Project Implementation (EET496)
  • Robots & Vision Systems (EET444)
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Passing the torch on 'Her Perfect Pathway'

Penn College alumnus Lauryn Stauffer strolled down memory lane and into the Tomorrow Makers podcast studio to share her full-circle moments in education in “Her Perfect Pathway.” Returning for the recent Wildcat Weekend with her Penn College pup Milo in tow, the 2023 robotics & automation graduate and “born teacher” shares how she’s passing the torch and lighting her students’ sparks at Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School, the same career and technical school where it all started for her.

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Friday, May 24, 2024

Spring flashback: Northern Ireland visitors are a highlight

Before diving into summer, Penn College News takes a look back at a spring semester highlight: the two-week visit by our new friends from Northern Ireland's North West Regional College. The contingent of 12 students and two faculty members visited Penn College early last month. Half of the group is studying cybersecurity at NWRC, with the others focused on engineering.

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Monday, April 29, 2024

Automation students produce unique senior projects

Pennsylvania College of Technology electronics and automation students are known for inventive senior projects. The arduous capstone requires students to develop, design, justify and build a tangible product to impress faculty and an industry advisory board. Among the commendable work for this year’s projects: a plastic modular prosthetic arm and an automated impact tester for polymer engineering.

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