Staff

Marty J. Dropik, lecturer in engineering

Marty Dropik brings nearly 21 years experience in the plastics industry to Penn State Erie, with a major share of his background in the toy industry at Fisher-Price, a leading manufacturer of children's products. He was formally employed with the Plastics Technology Deployment Center (PTDC) as a senior plastics engineer from 1997 to 2000. Dropik holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNYAB), where he has taken additional courses towards his Masters Degree in Engineering. He is currently enrolled in the Masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Penn State Erie. At Fisher-Price, Marty held a variety of plastics engineering positions, including Computer Aided Engineering, management, materials engineering, and processing. He most recently was a Senior CAE Staff Engineer in Product Development Engineering. Marty was also owner and president of Dropik Design Services, consultants geared towards providing flow analysis, product design, mold sourcing, and plastics engineering for companies in the automotive, medical, and consumer goods industries. Some of his computer experience includes Pro/ENGINEER, Moldflow, Ansys, Hypermesh and ADAMS software. He is currently a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) and the Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME).

E-mail: mjdropik@psu.edu