Video introduces Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing

A $1 million grant from the Gene Haas Foundation, plus matching funds from Pennsylvania College of Technology, sparked extensive renovations to the college's automated manufacturing lab.

In this video, you’ll get a glimpse of the Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing, see the results of the floor-to-ceiling transformation, hear reactions to the overhaul and learn what students are looking forward to most.

"So having Haas machines at school, I'm using all the same machines I'm going to use at work," says Jeff L. Martin Jr., a manufacturing engineering technology student from Pittsburgh, who spoke at the lab's Nov. 6 dedication. "So I don't have to be trained at work. And it makes me more marketable because I can use Haas machines at school."