Amelia Wear

Prof. Amelia Wear joined Capitol Technology University in 2025 and currently serves as a Full-Time Faculty in Mechatronics Engineering. With a strong background in industry, their teaching focuses on bridging theoretical concepts with practical skills in robotics, automation, and systems integration. They are committed to application-based learning, student-community engagement, and contributing to the continuous improvement of academic programs and student success initiatives. They earned their Master’s in Software Engineering from Penn State University.

Areas of Expertise

• Application Programming Languages
• Systems Design
• Prototyping and Value Stream Development

Education

• MS in Software Engineering, Penn State University, 2025
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2022

Professional Achievements

• Graduation from the LEAD program: 6-month rotations as a Production Engineer, Application Engineer, Systems Engineer, and Embedded Software Engineer
• Discovered and addressed the root cause to a software-driven reliability concern. Led efforts across Engineering, Production, Software, Management, and applied the correction with the customer in-person.
• Developed and published a custom educational video game currently in use at a nationwide organization.

Professional Affiliations and Certifications

• Order of the Engineer Member
• Fundamentals of Engineering Certification

Industry and Consulting Experience

• Former Lead Systems Engineer at Wabtec Corporation
• LEAD Program Engineer at Wabtec Corporation

Awards and Honors

• VEX Robotics Volunteer of the Year, 2023
• Girl Scout Gold Award, Girl Scouts of America, 2016