Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies News Articles

David R. Cotner has been appointed dean of the School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology, succeeding William E. Mack, who is stepping down for health reasons. Cotner had served as assistant dean of the school since January. Stacey C. Hampton has been named to succeed him in that role.

Research conducted by a Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus for his senior project was incorporated into a paper presented at a recent regional conference by a retired faculty member. The paper was presented by Asesh K. Das, who retired in August 2012 as a professor of computer science, and was written by him and Michael K.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student honed his high-tech skills on an extracurricular project that raised $250 for one of his favorite causes: Whitetails Unlimited. Nicholas J.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s electronics and computer engineering technology major recently entered projects in the IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Conference, bringing home a second-place finish. Anthony R. Cherone, of Dover, and Daniel R. Sullivan, of Winfield, teamed to build a robot that finished second in the conference’s Micromouse Competition.

The latest addition to Penn College's YouTube channel spotlights encouragement of young women to enter the lucrative STEM career sector with the SMART Girls program (Science & Math Applications in Real-World Technologies). Through diverse, hands-on workshops, the initiative introduces high-school girls to exciting technical careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Bookended by two aircraft from the college's instructional fleet – a Grumman A-6 Intruder and a Boeing 727 – aviation instructor Michael R. Robison (back to camera) conducts a tour. Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of aviation, demonstrates a student-built autopilot simulator. Campus guests seize the moment in the cockpit of the 727. Plastics technology professor Kirk M.

Cameron Manufacturing & Design, of Horseheads, N.Y., has established a new scholarship fund for students at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved emeritus status for Donald O. Praster, who served the college as an administrator and faculty member for more than three decades. Praster retired in June 2012 as dean of industrial and engineering technologies at Penn College. He began his employment with the college 36 years earlier as a welding faculty member.

The family of the late Ryan and Karen English recently delivered a check to Pennsylvania College of Technology to be added to a scholarship fund started in 2011 by Ryan in support of students in the electronics and computer engineering technology majors. The Ryan and Karen English Marcellus Measurement Scholarship will provide perpetual annual awards.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Plastics Innovation & Resource Center hosted its annual Extrusion Seminar & Hands-On Workshop in June, attracting 45 participants from 29 companies in the United States and Canada. The workshop, led by extrusion experts Chris Rauwendaal and Penn College plastics technology professor Kirk M.