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Plastics professionals from throughout the country sharpened their skills and enhanced their knowledge at a recent workshop hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology and its acclaimed Plastics Innovation & Resource Center. The Rotational Molding & Advanced Materials Workshop offered a mix of lecture and hands-on instruction for 30 individuals representing 11 states and numerous companies.

Pennsylvania College of Technology bestowed two Distinguished Teaching Awards on faculty during an event held on main campus. Mark E. Sones, instructor of diesel equipment technology, was presented with the Veronica M. Muzic Master Teacher Award, the highest honor accorded to a faculty member at the college. Bridget E. Motel, instructor of dental hygiene, received an Excellence in Teaching Award.

Philly Shipyard Inc. recently donated welding consumables to Pennsylvania College of Technology for instructional use in the college’s welding program. The donation includes nine pallets of Lincoln Electric brand welding consumables; Lincoln Electric paid for the freight costs associated with the donation. Philly Shipyard, a leading U.S.

For Thomas L. Snyder, his graduation at Pennsylvania College of Technology on May 16 will mark more than the end of a rigorous academic pursuit. It will close his family’s chapter at the college, which dates to the Kennedy Administration.

Aided by its knowledgeable team of General Services horticulturists and foresters, along with academic programs in both of those disciplines, Pennsylvania College of Technology has been chosen as a national “Tree Campus” for the sixth consecutive year.

If you can use scissors and a knife, you're all set to experience Penn College's popular Art of Floral Design course, newly added to the "Your Class in 60 Seconds" series. A favorite among students across the curriculum, and taught by the award-winning Karen R. Ruhl, the elective (HRT260) allows imaginations to run free and masterpieces to organically materialize.

X’s experiments at its headquarters in Mountain View, California, include robots sorting waste into bins dedicated to landfill, recycling and compost. The goal of the Everyday Robot Project is to produce machines that possess the humanlike capacity to learn and adapt. Fletcher Ewing, ’98, is senior mechanical engineer for the project.

Matlack meticulously immerses herself in the task at hand. This year's "cardboard chair" entries silently summon passersby. Heckman (right) talks with Wozniak about design features of his students' work. Two teams of third-year students in Rob A. Wozniak's Architectural Design Studio V class recently took part in an annual favorite: fashioning cardboard into functional furniture.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology electronics student used a game synonymous with skill to showcase his automation and robotics acumen. For his senior project, Aaron T. McGinley, of Williamsport, created a virtual version of chess that allows a robot to mimic the game.

An image from O'Loughlin's cellphone, readily dropped into his class portfolio, affirms the ease of documentation. Excerpts from a student's portfolio accompany a faculty-written article in the May issue of Avionics News, published internationally by the Aircraft Electronics Association. The work of Corey S.