Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies News Articles

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's new renewable energy technologies major soon will benefit from a highly visible instructional tool: a 10-kilowatt wind turbine to be erected this fall near the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center south of Williamsport. A $96,425 grant from the U.S.

With a number of campus events scheduled amid the early-summer swelter and the pending replacement of rooftop units affecting air-conditioning delivery to the Thompson Professional Development Center a cross-college contingency was employed to help keep visitors cool.

A grant-funded student project at Pennsylvania College of Technology is bringing today's "green" sensitivity to a campus landmark that celebrates Williamsport's lumber prominence in the 1800s. An array of photovoltaic panels has been installed just southwest of the college's Victorian House, a student-designed-and-built guest facility that was dedicated in June 1997.

A new Pennsylvania College of Technology associate degree, the latest industry-aware major at an institution that grows "greener" by the day, will prepare students for careers in the renewable energy field. Beginning with the Fall 2010 semester, the college's School of Construction and Design Technologies will offer a two-year degree in renewable energy technologies.

A new scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology memorializes an instructor at the college who passed away last October. Joseph M. Younes lost his battle with cancer on Oct. 23 at the age of 54. Younes was an instructor of electrical technology/occupations at Penn College for 16 years, and he was an alumnus of the college's electrical technology major. The Joseph M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in the computer aided product design major wrapped up their fall semester with a high-flying hands-on project. The students, all enrolled in the Design and Production Drawings course, spent the last four classes in the fall semester designing and building catapults, trebuchets and similar medieval-style throwing devices.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's SkillsUSA student organization will host six District 6 skills competitions at the college on Jan. 29. SkillsUSA is a national student organization that, in an effort to alleviate skills shortages in the workforce, develops employability, participatory and leadership skills.

Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty members recently attended Autodesk University in Las Vegas, where one of the group J.D. Mather, assistant professor of drafting and computer aided design was among the presenters.

Katherine A. Walker, assistant professor of drafting and computer aided design at Pennsylvania College of Technology, spoke at the Oct. 8 graduation ceremony at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy. Walker is a longtime member of the institution's academic advisory committee.

On an appropriately sunny Thursday afternoon, students from Penn College's School of Construction and Design Technologies set the poles that will anchor an array of solar panels southwest of the Victorian House.