Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies News Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology's computer aided drafting technology major recently was recertified by the American Design Drafting Association. ADDA, an organization for designers, drafters, architects, illustrators and technical artists, provides certification to recognize schools whose design/drafting curriculum meets established and approved standards.

Rising ninth- and 10th-grade students attending this week's SMART Girls residential activities at Penn College visited the Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood on Wednesday, learning about ornamental horticulture majors in the morning and spending the afternoon at the heavy construction equipment training site.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hosted 22 area high school students on campus during its free Discover Engineering Technology Camp.

At the Williamsport Autodesk User Group meeting on April 27, a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member will make a presentation on new functionality for plastics part design in AutoCAD Inventor 2010 software. Topics to be covered by J.D.

Three of Pennsylvania College of Technology's academic schools were represented recently at the Central Pennsylvania Construction Career Day in York. Steven K. McCoy, coordinator of matriculation and retention for the School of Construction and Design Technologies; Melissa M. Stocum, coordinator of matriculation and retention for the School of Natural Resources Management; and Stacey C.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member recently presented two papers at the Autodesk University conference held in Las Vegas. Jeffrey D. Mather, assistant professor of drafting and computer aided design, presented "Working With Neutral Format Surface and Solid Models in Autodesk Inventor," one of 11 Autodesk Inventor "PowerTrack" sessions that were offered during the conference.

The School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies held a camp for 20 ninth- and 10th-grade students June 11-13. Campers were introduced to a variety of engineering technology careers by providing: information on engineering technology careers, hands-on workshops, tours of engineering facilities and an opportunity to network with current Penn College students and faculty.

A regional distributor of Automated Logic's Building Automation Controls equipment recently spearheaded a gift of $82,000 in instructional equipment to benefit students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's increasingly popular building automation technology major.

The Spring 2008 winner of the PCToday photo contest, which challengingly sought campus depictions of triangles, is "Rock 'n' Puddle," David P. Fabrizio Jr.'s orange-filtered look at a sidewalk after a downpour. An electrical occupations student from Coatesville, he wins $25 gift certificates from the College Store and Food Services.

The School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies will host afree summer camp from Wednesday, June 11-Friday, June 13. This three-day camp will introduce students entering ninth and 10th grades to a variety of engineering technology careers.