Engineering Technologies Articles

Jake C. Beatty volunteered for the class project because it sounded “cool.” Turns out, he was right. The result was an invaluable experience for the manufacturing student at Pennsylvania College of Technology and will benefit those who follow his path.

The 12-member Penn College contingent enjoys its scenic trip to the popular attraction. A driveway leads to the entrance of Fallingwater, named for the waterfall that flows beneath the house. Ritter (left) and Oberlin stand outside Fallingwater, inhabiting the cantilevered structure's coalescence of art and nature.

Students of Barney A. Kahn IV, a building construction technology faculty member, visit the Clean Energy Center for a lesson on blower doors that included classroom instruction ... ... and hands-on lessons from instructor Franklin D. Gillis in one of the renowned facility's real-world labs. Barney A.

The Penn College Construction Association partnered with Pennsylvania State Police this semester, creating two sets of custom cornhole boards and four awards for Lycoming County Police Camp Cadet’s second annual tournament next summer. Cpl.

Minarich went with a Penn College theme, earning an honorable mention for his caricature of President Michael J. Reed. Continuing a campus custom that dates to 2014, first-year students in the School of Engineering Technologies this week created virtual jack-o'-lanterns using SolidWorks computer-aided drafting and design software.

Halloween Time brings everything but "eye of newt and toe of frog" to the witches' brew of seasonal activities at Penn College, as students – in a traditional commingling of the gruesome and the gleeful – enjoyed several days (and nights) of frightful fun.

A national foundation devoted to manufacturing’s future has honored Pennsylvania College of Technology’s efforts that inspire the next generation to consider the sector’s rewarding careers.

Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus Dylan C. Godinez is on the fast track for career success – literally. Just a few months after his May graduation, Godinez, of Reading, designed front and rear suspension brackets for a Ford Roadster that topped 200 mph in a sanctioned land speed race.

Uhrich demonstrates John Deere diagnostic tools for students. An alumnus returns, bringing along a respected industry name. Plasterer Equipment Co. Inc., a longtime John Deere dealer in the Lehigh Valley, recently provided a 310SL backhoe for short-term educational use at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center.

A foundation dedicated to supporting packaging and processing education throughout North America has awarded a $5,000 scholarship to a Pennsylvania College of Technology plastics student. Morgan T. Bartholomew, of Etters, is one of six students to receive the PACK EXPO scholarship from the PMMI Foundation of the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.