JOE+S.



Hi All!

I'm Joe and I grew up in Northeast, PA (between Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre). I moved to the Baltimore Area in the '80's and have been there ever since. It took me a couple of years, but I got used to the hustle and bustle of the big city and now I'm not ready to give it up.

In 2002 I took a job with //Penn College// in Central PA teaching in the Heavy Equipment and Diesel Programs. I spent my career in the heavy equipment business, first as a technician, then as an engineer, then on to production, marketing, and training.

I teach at the college freshman level. I teach hydraulics, basic electricity, and power-trains, all as they apply to construction equipment. One could easily say that it is simply practical applications of basic physics and mechanics--and it is, with real life trucks and equipment to experiment with and practice on.

My students are now of the "Net Generation", so I am looking forward to learning ways that I can motivate them to engage in the important content relative to "my" industry.

My favorite game? We'll I'm really dating myself here. When I get to re-unite with my brothers (about 4 times a year), we play games like Scrabble and Uno around the kitchen table. I am embarrassed to admit that I haven't played an electronic game since college, and that was the "Commadore 64" version of Space Invaders, called Galaga. Yikes! I really am an entrenched "boomer"