Students in instructor Drew R. Potts' Strength of Materials class turned manila folders and craft glue into 19-inch bridge spans that were tested to failure in College Avenue Labs on Thursday. "The students have to write a report demonstrating the use of statics and strengths of material," said Potts, a member of Penn College's civil engineering faculty.
Three Pennsylvania College of Technology students received scholarships for 2011-12 from the Pennsylvania Land Surveyors' Foundation. The foundation presented 10 scholarships totaling $17,000. Melissa D. Thorp, a Penn College surveying technology student from Curwensville, was ranked in first place among the recipients, garnering a $3,000 scholarship award.
A student in Pennsylvania College of Technology's surveying technology major performed prior to Saturday's U.S. Championship game at the Little League Baseball World Series. "It was an honor to sing for my country. I could not believe the crowd's applause," said Dylan T. Lackey, of Mountville, serving in the Army National Guard.
A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently returned from a collegiate engineering challenge the Baja SAE with a strong finish among some of the top engineering universities in North and South America and a "Best Prepared Award" from the contest judges.
"Concrete's Role in Sustainable Development,"detailing how concrete plays an integralpart in green building design and construction, will be presented at 3:30 p.m. April 6 in the Klump Academic CenterAuditorium. The guest speaker for the event, which is organized byDrew R. Potts, instructor of civil engineering technology at Penn College, will be Philip W.
The co-founder of a local engineering and surveying firm, whose resume includes a 2002 "degree that works" a bachelor's in civil engineering technology from Pennsylvania College of Technology will join his business partner and two juniors from Maranatha Christian School, Watsontown, in a project aimed at safer roads.
Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hosted 22 area high school students on campus during its free Discover Engineering Technology Camp.
For the second year in a row, a student in the Athens Area School District who will attend Pennsylvania College of Technology after graduation has been selected as the recipient of the Peggy Madigan Memorial Leadership Scholarship. A selection committee has chosen Matthew J. Delp, RR2 Ulster, as the 2009 recipient of the scholarship award, named in honor of the late wife of former state Sen.
Heavy construction equipment: operator emphasis majors from Budd L. Greevy's Heavy Equipment Operations class recently put on a demonstration for civil engineering technology students in Robert P. Gresko's site-preparation course.
A Camp Hill firm has established an endowed scholarship fund targeting students in the heavy construction equipment technology, surveying technology and civil engineering technology majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Liberty Excavators Inc. recently presented a check for $25,000 to fully endow the Liberty Excavators Inc. Fund at Penn College.
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