The first graduating class of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s brewing and fermentation science major is fully employed and ready to share its talents with employers and beer lovers. The six graduates are among more than 800 students participating in Penn College’s commencement exercises May 17-18 at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport.
A manufacturing engineering technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology hit the right note with his senior project – literally. Jaron A. Williams, of Lopez, spent countless hours during the academic year combining his twin passions of manufacturing and music to create a functional bass guitar.
An amber glow awaits assessment. An attentive audience fills the brewing lab in the Hager Lifelong Education Center. Brewing instructor Yarrington (at right) listens to Ryan J. Hampton offer enlightenment on the history of pale ales. Hampton, of Williamsport, also holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.
Unfilled manufacturing jobs through 2028 may total 2.4 million, threatening the health of the industry and the U.S. economy. With help from the National Science Foundation, Pennsylvania College of Technology is addressing that dire skills gap estimated by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute.
A cacophony of sounds reverberates throughout the expansive lab. Sparks emanating from rows of booths color the facility. Motion is constant as students and teachers navigate to the next project while a parade of visitors watches the action unfold. Bustling activity, bright lights and loud noises usually are disconcerting for Destiny R. Barto.
The industrial design major at Pennsylvania College of Technology is intended to elicit students’ creative potential. For three students on the cusp of graduation, that goal has been met, as evidenced by their senior projects. Nicole Bamonte, of Williamsport; Nina M. Hadden, of Murrysville; and Abigail M.
Nursing students participated in a simulation in April that made them think about the choices they would make – and that many of their future patients will face – given the constraints of poverty.
Boettcher's camera documents the ATHS, a building perfectly suited for panoramic photography. A portrait of the artist as a near-grad, putting his prototype to work Alongside The Victorian House, another widely appreciated campus scene The photojournalist takes his invention to a hometown haunt: the Old Bridge Township Raceway in Middlesex County, N.J. Student photographer J.J.
Hostler explains the controls on a low-temperature parallel rack system. The students get an overview from Frisenda about the benefits of using adiabatic condensers in supermarket refrigeration. Reilly describes the store's multizone leak detector and its importance to grocery operations. Laylon illustrates how a glycol loop works on the medium-temperature rack.
Two Pennsylvania College of Technology plastics students embraced the challenge of taking additive manufacturing to the next level by vying for the 2019 Solvay AM Cup. Seth D. Hummel, of Lebanon, and Andrew W.
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