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Tony Bramblett draws on nearly five decades of process technology experience to bring real-world insight to LSCO鈥檚 classrooms. Bramblett boasts 47 years of process technology experience, including 10 years as an operator and 37 years in management at a single facility.

He has supervised 12 different process units, started seven new units, and developed tests to qualify hundreds of operators in training school. Since retiring from industry, Tony has taught all available Process Technology courses at LSCO, preparing the next generation of industry professionals. 

Over his extensive background in the process operating field, Bramblett worked his way up from an operator to a third-level management role. He has accumulated a plethora of comprehensive experience through the various positions he鈥檚 held throughout his career. This abundance of knowledge now informs his teaching approach as he invests in students. 

鈥淓verything I鈥檓 teaching, I鈥檝e lived,鈥� Bramblett said. 鈥淓verything I鈥檓 teaching I went through... sometimes it鈥檚 just me explaining things that I鈥檝e done wrong so many times that I finally figured out the right way.鈥� 

Bramblett sees students as young adults with immense potential. He has a passion for pouring wisdom into the next generation of the workforce and equipping those he teaches to step into their careers with the tools necessary for success. Furthermore, Bramblett aims to help mold his students into hard workers and reliable leaders both in their jobs and personal lives. 

鈥淚 see [students] as sponges,鈥� said Bramblett. 鈥淚 see them as very sharp people, I鈥檇 like to be there to push them in the right direction.鈥� 

In the fall, Bramblett will begin teaching a new program at LSCO. The new 16-week operator academy cohort will aim to accelerate the Process Technology degree from a two-and-a-half-year program to a condensed 16-weeks. Students who join this program will attend classes for 39.5 hours per week, with one four-hour long class in the morning and one in the evening five days a week. The cohort is supported by the North American Process Technology Alliance (NAPTA), and is designed for adults, particularly those recently laid off, to provide a comprehensive education in a much shorter and more efficient timeframe. 

鈥淎bout four and a half months ago, it was explained to me that there has been some inquiry for people who have been laid off to look into the Process Technology degree program,鈥� Bramlett said. 鈥淎 lot of these people have a family and don鈥檛 necessarily have two and a half years to come to school. So, the question was how can we put this together in a quicker timeframe? Our department chair Mr. Ramsey and I looked into it and found LSCO has the only NAPTA certified P Tech program, and the 16-week program can be done.鈥� 

This new program is very unique, and Bramblett is enthusiastic that it will target a new group of students. He mentions, 鈥淭his program is for people that are set up financially to where they can go to school for 16 weeks, eight hours a day, five days a week. That in itself is a challenge. I鈥檓 hoping to get at least nine and I will take up to 30.鈥� 

Tony Bramblett is a dedicated professor who uses his passion for process technology to fuel his love for teaching students. He is a proud mentor to those he teaches and strives to apply his experience to his lessons. Bramblett is excited for this new 16-week program and hopes it will be of benefit to the surrounding community.