Faculty Highlight: Tony Bramblett
May 6, 2025
Process Technology professor Tony Bramblett brings real-world insight to LSCO's classrooms with nearly five decades of field experience. Bramblett has 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, Bramblett 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 operator to third-level management. He served in various positions throughout his career, accumulating years of comprehensive experience. This knowledge now informs his teaching approach.
"Everything I'm teaching, I've lived," Bramblett said. "Everything I'm teaching I went through... sometimes it's just me explaining things that I've done wrong so many times that I finally figured out the right way."
Bramblett sees students as young adults with immense potential. He has a passion for sharing wisdom with the next generation of the workforce and equipping those he teaches with tools necessary for success. Bramblett aims to help mold his students into hard workers and reliable leaders both in their jobs and personal lives.
"I see [students] as sponges," Bramblett said. "I see them as very sharp people. I'd like to be there to push them in the right direction."
In the fall, Bramblett will begin teaching a new program at LSCO. The new 16-week operator academy cohort will accelerate the Process Technology degree from a two-and-a-half-year program to 16 weeks. Students will attend classes for 39.5 hours per week, with one four-hour class in the morning and one in the evening five days a week. The North American Process Technology Alliance supports the cohort, designed for adults, particularly those recently laid off, to provide comprehensive education in a shorter timeframe.
"About 4½ 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," Bramblett said. "A lot of these people have a family and don't necessarily have 2½ 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."
This new program is demanding, and Bramblett acknowledges, "This program isn't for everyone. This 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'm hoping to get at least nine and I will take up to 30."
Tony Bramblett is a dedicated professor who uses his passion for process technology to fuel his love for teaching. He is a mentor to those he teaches and applies his experience to his lessons. Bramblett is excited for this new 16-week program and hopes it will benefit the surrounding community.