Sgt. Jack DelloStiritto, right, is a second-year BET student and a member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. DelloStritto told Rothfus that he chose the BET program because he always worked with his hands and that troubleshooting health care equipment was a natural progression for a career outside the Army.
Veteran Joseph Molinaro, center (blue shirt) explains to Rep. Rothfus why he chose the BET program at Penn State New Kensington as a career change after leaving the military. The campus’ program is one of only four programs in the nation to be accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
Congressman Rothfus talks with BET program coordinator Joie Marhefka and her second-year class of future biomedical engineering technicians. The classroom is a part of the recently renovated BET lab, which houses patient monitoring equipment, the same equipment that is used by health care professionals. Health care providers, including hospitals and clinics, rely on BET technicians to operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair medical equipment.
EMET students, left to right, Lynsie Headley and Matt Rzewnicki, demonstrate a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for Rep. Rothfus. The automated controller is used for industrial purposes, such as controlling steel mills and power plants.
Robert “Doc” Mueller, right, associate professor of engineering technology, gives Rep. Rothfus an overview of the EMET lab at Penn State New Kensington. The EMET bachelor’s degree program emphasizes all fields of engineering technology related to typical, highly-automated manufacturing, production, or assembly plant processes. EMET graduates acquire the skills necessary to apply current methods and technology to the development, design, operation, and management of electro-mechanical systems.
Old Main's bell — its chimes long replaced by modern technology — was removed and restored as a gift of Penn State’s class of 2009, and is now displayed outdoors at ground level near Old Main’s southwest corner.
Penn State New Kensington student Cody Shoemaker tees off on the second hole of the new campus disc golf course during the Grand Opening Tournament on Sept. 2
