"The work we do is essential, and the equipment in my wheelhouse is critical in a time like this [COVID-19 pandemic]," said Mike Shtur, field service engineer with GE Healthcare. In this photo, Shtur tends to medical equipment at Allegheny Health Network's Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pa. Shtur earned a biomedical engineering technology and electrical engineering technology associate degrees from Penn State New Kensington.
Cory Norton, 2017 Penn State alumnus from the New Kensington campus, sits near hospital equipment at Indiana Regional Medical Center in Indiana, PA. Norton is one of three biomedical engineering technologists working through the COVID-19 pandemic at the hospital.
A student examines a patient monitor in a biomedical engineering technology (BET) class at Penn State New Kensington. Students in the specialized, two-year associate degree program learn how to repair and maintain hospital equipment. The ABET-accredited program is the only one in the Penn State system and one of only several in the nation.
Alumni of Penn State Kew Kensington’s biomedical engineering technology program are helping keep vital healthcare equipment working and hospitals running across Pennsylvania and the nation during a critical time. "“Hospitals would not be able to function without us, and it is rewarding work,” said one program alum.
Tau Alpha Pi, the national honor society of engineering, presents the award, which includes a $500 scholarship, to students showing leadership and contributions to engineering education.
Dalynn Park, pictured left, works on a piece of hospital equipment in the biomedical engineering technology (BET) lab at Penn State New Kensignton with Trey Peters. Park, who is finishing her last year in the BET program, was named the 2020 recipient of the Frederick J. Berger Award from Tau Alpha Pi, the national honor society for engineering technology.
Jack DelloStritto, Penn State New Kensington biomedical engineering technology alumnus, works on hospital equipment during his program internship at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Brad Klauss, second from right, was one of seven students in the U.S. chosen to receive a 2018 Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Foundation scholarship. Klauss, who is anticipated to graduate in August from Penn State New Kensington's biomedical engineering technology (BET) program, is currently completing his required full-time internship. Klauss is joined by his fellow classmates in the 2018 BET cohort and program coordinator Joie Marhefka, far left.
Brad Klauss, a student in the biomedical engineering technology degree program at Penn State New Kensington, has been named one of seven recipients of a national scholarship from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Foundation.
Penn State New Kensington engineering faculty members participated in the campus' first "Faculty Matters" panel and stream on Feb. 19. The news series, organized by the Academic and Career Success Center, focuses on highlighting faculty members, academic majors, career pathways and more. The event was held in the campus Conference Center and streamed on the campus' Facebook page at facebook.com/pennstatenewkensington. The event stream can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/pennstatenewkensington/videos/1648722175208349/ Pictured (from left to right): Ruth Herstek, assistant coordinator for academic and student success; Nick Petrucci, lecturer in electro-mechanical engineering technology; Dr. Joseph Cuiffi, program coordinator and assistant teaching professor of electro-mechanical engineering technology; Dr. Haifeng Wang, assistant professor of electro-mechanical engineering technology; Joan Kowalski, assistant teaching professor of engineering; and Dr. Joie Marhefka, program coordinator and assistant teaching professor of biomedical engineering technology.
