Penn State Behrend
    School of Engineering
    5101 Jordan Road
    Erie, PA  16563-1701

    Office: REDC 213H
    Phone: (814) 898-6217
    Fax: (814) 898-6125
    Email: pkoch@psu.edu

Paul E. Koch
Biography

Dr. Paul Koch is an associate professor of engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He received the B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1972 from the University of Detroit and the Ph.D. in Plastics Engineering in 1996 from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell.  Dr. Koch received the Special Achievement Award from the Northwest Pennsylvania Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers in recognition of the establishment of a student section for the organization in 1988. He was named the Man of the Year for the Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter of Society of Plastics Engineers in December 1991. He was granted the first SPE Certification for Writing Certification Exam in 1998.  Dr. Koch is a member of the Pyrotechnic Guild International, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Society of Plastics Engineers.

Dr. Koch came to Penn State Behrend after working for Standard Oil Company’s Research Center and the Energy Conversion Devices Department. He also worked at Associated Enterprises/3M and Avery International’s Fasson Division. Dr. Koch presently serves as the director of the Plastics Service Network, a consulting company which he founded in additional to his teaching responsibilities.