Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies News Articles

Summer is anything but vacation time for the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The PIRC recently hosted 34 industry professionals from 10 states and Canada for its Sixth Annual National Hands-On Thin-Gauge/Roll-Fed Thermoforming Workshop.

A participant checks progress on a 3-D printed elephant toy. A member of the business Sirens of Sound explains to mentors a smartphone speaker developed by her company during the Wildcat Den Showcase. Cellphone kickstands and charms were among team Copy, Paste, Print’s products. A participant shows her team’s solution to a broken camera tripod.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students representing seven different majors recently proved their mastery of computer aided drafting and design software programs by passing certification exams. Fifty-two students successfully completed the Certified SolidWorks Associate exam and one student earned Autodesk Inventor Professional certification.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty members shared their expertise with an international audience by presenting at the recent COMMON Annual Meeting and Exposition in Anaheim, California. Both Lisa R. Bock and Anita R.

Matthew A. Bamonte (right) who graduated last month with a bachelor's degree in information technology sciences-gaming and simulation, assists a young camper with his question. Young campers learn how to program simulation on a Lego robot. Apps are where it's at! A group of campers learns how to develop mobile applications under the tutelage of Spyke M.

A family-owned business spanning three generations is making a financial commitment to the next generation of Pennsylvania College of Technology students. Benton Foundry Inc. recently endowed a scholarship, mainly for students in the School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies. From left, Elizabeth A.

A $3,000 donation from PPL Corp. will benefit students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s various electrical majors. Teri MacBride, PPL’s regional affairs director, recently presented the check to the college’s Institutional Advancement Office for use in the School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies’ Electrical Technology Program.

Myers, Matson-Warner and Mullner (from left) attach the ramp's trigger mechanism Thursday morning. Surveying with pride their know-how and craftsmanship, the students are joined by faculty member Troup (second from right). Matson-Warner demonstrates the starting ramp's ease of use, sending two cars on a brief parking-lot jaunt. (The maiden run was coincidentally witnessed by school dean David R.

Plastics employees from five states were schooled by industry experts and campus professionals when the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology held its sixth annual Heavy-Gauge/Cut-Sheet Thermoforming workshop in May.

They didn’t bring home a trophy, but a contingent of talented Pennsylvania College of Technology manufacturing students returned from an international competition with a winning experience. Five months of the students’ intensive outside-of-class work culminated at the recent Baja SAE in Mechanicsville, Maryland.