Please join us Thursday 6/5/2014 at 6 PM for a tour of the Penn State Erie - The Behrend College Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory.
Opened in August 2006 in the Jack Burke Research and Economic Development Center, Penn State Behrend's plastics manufacturing laboratory is often hailed as the most advanced and well-equipped of its kind in the country. Nearly all major product manufacturing methods are represented in the lab, which was designed to provide practical, hands-on experience.
The 10,500-square-foot laboratory contains multiple pieces of processing equipment. Injection molding is featured, with ten microprocessor-controlled machines ranging from seventeen to 200 tons. Many of these machines are on rotating consignment and are replaced with the latest models every few years. They are supported with a complete selection of auxiliary equipment, data-acquisition systems, and a measurement and quality-control laboratory.
Location
Penn State Erie - The Behrend College
Jack Burke Research and Economic Development Center
School of Engineering
5101 Jordan Road
Erie, PA 16563
Date
June 5, 2014
Time
6:00 p.m.
RSVP
By June 2 to Ralph Sprang, ras61@psu.edu
Directions
Getting to campus - http://psbehrend.psu.edu/Academics/admissions-financial-aid/visit-behrend/copy_of_getting-here
Directions to Polices and Safety Services for a parking pass:
At the red light at the campus entrance, turn onto College Drive. Go straight into campus and just past the tennis courts on your left there will be a turn off for visitor parking - DO NOT turn left. Just beyond that is Erie Hall, number 12 on the campus map. There is a drive-up window on the front of the building. Pull up to the window, buzz them, and tell them that you need a visitor parking pass and that you have an appointment with whomever you are seeing at the Burke Center and they will issue you a complimentary parking pass for the day.
Directions to the visitor parking lot at Burke Center from Police and Safety Services:
After you follow the directions above for a parking pass, go back the way you came in and at the stop sign you will be at the Jordan Road intersection. Take a right and go up Jordan Road to the top of the hill (the Burke Center will be on your left all along the incline) and turn left at Technology Drive. There is a large visitors' parking area just to the left off Technology Drive. Just to clarify, you will see the loading dock and the parking is just off to the left. As you get out of your car you will notice a sidewalk southwest of the building (to your right: note you will see cars parked above this area on the roadway). Walk down the long sidewalk on that side of the building and take the left turn at the “L” and come up the walkway into the building.
Visitors with parking passes may also park in the parking ramp on Technology Drive. Go south of the Burke Center and the ramp is on the left side of the road. Find a parking space and walk down the stairs in the parking garage to the walkway into the back of the building.
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