Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies News Articles

The first graduates of the gaming and simulation major, begun in the Fall 2011 semester, celebrate with faculty. After a long and wintry semester, IT students soak up the outdoor ambience on the CC Patio.

Penn College manufacturing engineering technology students Brian J. Pernot and Bryce L. Kuszmaul have spent the past year constructing, impressively from scratch, an intricate battery pack intended for lithium batteries and an electric car. The project – featured in a video added to the college's YouTube Channel – was exciting and challenging, and serves as a real-world template for the pair.

European visitors’ recent first impression of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Plastics Innovation & Resource Center will lead to a second look when they promote the facility to a continental conference next year.

Christopher J. Gagliano, PIRC program and technical service manager, showcases the thermoforming lab. C. Hank White, director of the PIRC, answers a question in the extrusion lab. Julia I. Gilchrist, a plastics and polymer engineering technology major and a research assistant for the PIRC, holds court in the rotational molding lab. Gary E. McQuay (left), PIRC engineering manager, and Jared W.

Eight first-place winners from Pennsylvania College of Technology have advanced to the 51st annual National SkillsUSA Conference, to be held from June 22-26 in Kentucky. Five other students from the college finished in the top four places in a variety of categories during the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Leadership and Skills Conference held April 8-10 in Hershey.

A recent donation of computer-aided manufacturing software is enhancing the education of Pennsylvania College of Technology students. SolidCAM has provided a one-year, 75-seat license for the college’s manufacturing majors. The software is an add-on to SolidWorks, a prominent 3-D design and analysis program used for the development of parts and assemblies for manufacturing products.

Penn College's Plastics Innovation & Resource Center is included in a five-minute video being shown this week at NPE: The International Plastics Showcase in Orlando, Florida. Portions of the video, presented by the state Department of Community & Economic Development and focused on the commonwealth's plastics industry, were shot Feb. 10 on main campus.

An industry-leading original equipment manufacturer is supporting the quest of Pennsylvania College of Technology manufacturing students to succeed at an international competition. Acero Precision recently donated $2,000 to sponsor the college’s student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and its entry in this spring’s Baja SAE.

William C. Blessing talks about the malicious methods employed to compromise computer security. Zachary L. Lundberg addresses the benefits (and more than occasional pitfalls) of geolocation, which pinpoints and shares one's physical whereabouts. Several "cloud"-based systems for information backup are assessed by Adam T. Check. David M. Mossop (left) and Jeremy W.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology professor served as a judge for the regional Governor’s PA STEM Competition held recently on the college’s main campus in Williamsport. David S. Richards, professor of physics, was one of four judges for the high school competition coordinated regionally by BLaST Intermediate Unit 17.