(L to R) Joe Ranone and Christian President

Members of two technologies join forces in Saint Maarten

Christian President, a recent graduate from the EET Technology Bachelor's program, and a native of Saint Maarten, was hired as an electronics technician by the Princess Juliana International Airport Corporation in Saint Maarten. He is responsible for the installation, maintenance and upkeep of the newly installed radar and automation system manufactured by Raytheon Corporation.
Joe Ranone, an Associate Department Chair from the IT Department, who for the past 10 years has worked as a consulting engineer for Raytheon, met Chris for the first time when he recently traveled to Saint Maarten to help train a group of air traffic controllers in the operation of the Raytheon equipment. Joe has an extensive background in aviation and air traffic control, but says the project was a real challenge because the training took place on "live air traffic," something the Raytheon trainers had never before attempted. According to Joe, "Thanks to Chris, the equipment worked well and we were able to train eight controllers in a short period of time."
He said that even though he and Chris had never met while Chris was a student at NEIT, they had a good time discussing the events that led them to join forces many miles away. Together they were instrumental in increasing the level of safety and service to hundreds of flights and thousands of visitors to the beautiful tropical paradise of Saint Maarten.

Governor Carcieri visits NEIT

New England Institute of Technology's television studios recently played host to a taping of ChamberWorks TV, hosted by Attorney Joseph McGair and featuring special guest, the Honorable Governor Donald L. Carcieri. Students from the video production department, under the direction of instructor Mark Foley, produced the April presentation.

Newly revised Electronics Engineering Technology AS program announced

Frank Sisto, Co-Department Chair of the associate degree program in Electronics Engineering Technology (ASEET), formerly known as Electronics Technology, has announced that the program has been restructured to stress a more comprehensive flow of material from the Associate to the Bachelor Degree program, and now emphasizes a broad range of skills that meet the job requirements of a variety of electronic employers.
The newly structured ASEET program was created as a result of a study of area employment trends, recommendations from industry advisors on present technologies and skills being utilized in the electronic industry, and a survey of student interest. The result is a program that along with the backbone core electronic courses, will expedite student interest by focusing on hands-on experience; computer circuit simulation and analysis; optional electives in computer repair, CAD, programming, or marine electronics; fabricating actual functional projects; and the offering of new exciting courses to include: Telecommunications, Fiber Optics, Surface Mount Devices (SMD), Industrial Controls, Printed Circuit Board Design, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Data Acquisition and Control, and Robotics.

The Electrical Technology Department has received a donation of twelve Allen-Bradley Micrologix 1200 Controllers from Rockwell Automation. This equipment will be used in the curriculum's new PLC courses. Using the Allen-Bradley Micrologix 1200 and RS Logix 500 software, students will learn basic instruction and programming techniques.