Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies News Articles

The Society of Plastics Engineers has awarded a Pennsylvania College of Technology plastics student a second scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year. Bryan T. Robinson, Gilbertsville, a junior enrolled in the college’s plastics and polymer engineering technology bachelor-degree major, recently received a $3,000 Plastics Pioneers Association Scholarship from the SPE Foundation.

Members of the second graduating class of data-processing students practice on the college’s first computer, an IBM 1620 (mainly hidden in the background), in the college’s first computer lab, in Unit 6, in 1967. From the Winter 2013 One College Avenue magazine: Fifty years ago, with the challenge laid before him by Williamsport Technical Institute Director Kenneth E.

U.S. Army Capt. Scott M. Frederick, who earned a bachelor’s degree in welding and fabrication engineering technology from Pennsylvania College of Technology in 2004, was presented with an Alumni Achievement Award at the college’s December commencement ceremony.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has expanded the size and technical capacity of its building automation lab, thanks in part to the support of Honeywell and Ecosave Automation Inc. Both companies donated equipment and supportive software for the lab, which provides invaluable hands-on training for students enrolled in the college’s building automation technology bachelor-degree major.

Schneider Electric has established an endowed scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology as part of the Penn College Scholarship Campaign. Hunter S. Forney, of Shippensburg, is the first recipient of an award from the Schneider Electric Scholarship.

Meeting a middle school goal – and proving a guidance counselor wrong – Benjamin M. Schappel, a CAD student, peer mentor/tutor and the college’s first commuter assistant, developed Smorgas Board Co. Schappell soars above the Lifland Skatepark, between Williamsport’s Elm Park and Original Little League Field.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology plastics student is the lone nationwide recipient of a scholarship from the Blow Molding Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Bryan T.

Jim Cunningham, ’73, the college’s retired chief information officer and now special assistant to the president, provides an overview of his career, which encompasses a wealth of the college’s computing history. Alumni, faculty and retirees gather for a group photo at an afternoon reception. At center is George P.

Presented with a plaque at the close of his lecture, Ryan P. Good is joined on stage by student nominators David J. Munn (left) and Jarad J. Askren.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology welding instructor hopes to spark conversation and reflection when he takes the stage as the featured presenter for a popular campus lecture series. Ryan P. Good will be the speaker for the annual David London My Last Words Lecture Series.