Christopher Passante is the Robotics and Automated Technology Instructor. Mr. Passante is a graduate of Pennridge High School/Upper Bucks County Technical High School and comes to EASTERN from Upper Bucks County Technical High School where he served as the Mechatronics Engineering Technology Instructor since 2016. Previous to Upper Bucks, he taught for 10 years at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute.

Mr. Passante has years of trade and teaching experience in the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology and Automation field. He has assisted several career and technical high schools develop similar programs in both Pennsylvania and New York.

Mr. Passante holds many industry certifications, such as Siemens Level 1 instructor in their “Systems Approach” philosophy to intelligent machine troubleshooting; Manufacturing Safety Skills Council (MSSC) in the areas of Manufacturing Awareness, Production Technician, and Production Technician Safety; and National Institute of Manufacturing (NIMS) in the area of Maintenance Operations.