SPE Foundation 2016 Scholarship Award Recipients Announced

BETHEL, CT., U.S.A., October 3, 2016:  The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has announced the winners of the 2016 scholarship program administered by SPE Foundation, including 42 scholarships totaling over $110,000.

The awards, made to students who have demonstrated or expressed an interest in the plastics industry, are listed below, with the recipients.

Detroit Section-Robert G. Dailey Scholarship - $3,000 Andrew Puck, a senior studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

Ted Neward Scholarship - $3,000 Blake Heller, a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University in Waco, TX.

 

Thermoforming Division Memorial Scholarship - $2,500 Austin Howard, a sophomore at Kettering University in Flint, MI.

 

Art Haas Scholarship - $3,000 Jason Sutter, a junior at Kettering University who is working toward getting his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

 

Thermoforming Division—Bill Benjamin Scholarship - $1,500 Logan Tate, a sophomore studying Plastics and Polymers Engineering Technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

 

Ted & Ruth Neward Scholarship - $3,000 Casey Baran, a senior at Penn State Behrend studying Plastics Engineering Technology.

 

Gail Bristol Scholarship - $3,000 & Ruth Neward Scholarship - $3,000 Kathleen Nicosia, a senior undergraduate student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

 

Western Plastics Pioneers Scholarship - $2,000 Alec Jobbins, a freshman in UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering with a major in Mechanical Engineering.

 

K. K. Wang Scholarship - $2,000 Cody Langlois , who graduated with a B.S. in Plastics Engineering from UMass Lowell in 2016 as a Commonwealth Honors Scholar.

 

Gulf Coast Hurricane Scholarship - $6,000 Thermoplastic Elastomers Special Interest Group - $1,000 Emma Adams, a senior at Auburn University pursuing a dual degree in Chemical Engineering and Polymer & Fiber Engineering.

 

Blow Molding Division-Carrie Fox Solin Scholarship -$3,000 Seth Cook, a senior in the Plastics & Polymers Engineering Technology major at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

 

Automotive and Composites Conference and Exhibition Scholarship - $2,000 Lu Wang, a Ph.D. candidate at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center in the University of Maine.

 

Fleming/Blaszcak Scholarship - $2,000 Miguel Sifuentes, a junior at the University of the Incarnate Word.

 

Detroit Section-Thomas E. Powers Scholarship - $3,000 / Product Design and Development Division/Mid-Michigan Section-Robert E. Cramer Scholarship - $1,000 Christina Sheng, a fifth year honors student studying Materials Science & Engineering at Rutgers University.

 

Extrusion Division-Lew Erwin Scholarship - $5,000 Barbara Calderon, a second year Ph.D. student in Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts- Lowell.

 

Extrusion-Russell Gould Scholarship - $2,500 Alison Davidson, a Junior studying at Pittsburg State University, seeking to obtain a B.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology.

 

Jade Molds Scholarship - $1,000 Nicholas Moore, a sophomore at Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport PA, majoring in Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology.

 

Polymer Modifiers and Additives Division Scholarship - $2,000 Glenn Spiering, a junior majoring in Plastics Engineering Technology at Penn State Behrend.

 

Polymer Modifiers and Additives Division Scholarship - $2,000 Stephanie Ternullo, a senior majoring in Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell.

 

Carl Haas Scholarship - $3,000 / Polymer Modifiers and Additives Division Scholarship - $2,000 / Thermoplastic Materials & Foams Division Scholarship - $2,500 / Thermoset Division Scholarship - $2,500 Josey Hrbek, a senior studying chemical engineering at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.

 

Ted Neward Scholarship - $3,000 / Polymer Modifiers and Additives Division Scholarship - $2,000 Patrick Facendola, who graduated from the Honors College of UMass Lowell with a B.S. in Plastics Engineering.

 

Extrusion Division Scholarship -Ed Steward-$2,500 Thermoplastic Elastomers Special Interest Group - $1,000 Troy Metz, a sophomore at Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio.

 

Automotive & Composites Divisions-Jackie Rehkopf Memorial Scholarship-$5,000 Robert Hart, a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Engineering at The University of Iowa.

 

Automotive and Composites Conference & Exhibition Scholarship - $2,000 Mariana Desireé Reale Batista, a Ph.D. student in Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan State University.

 

Thermoforming Division Scholarship-$2,500 Thermoplastic Elastomers Special Interest Group - $1,000 Vincent Chee, a senior at Rutgers University, scheduled to graduate in December 2016 with a B.S in Packaging Engineering.

 

Polymer Modifiers and Additives Division Scholarship-$2,000 / Detroit Section-Kakarala Scholarship - $3,000 William Miller, a senior in the Plastics Engineering Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

 

Automotive & Composites Divisions-Jackie Rehkopf Memorial Scholarship-$5,000  / Injection Molding Division Scholarship - $3,000 Sebastian Goris, a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

Composites Division Scholarship-Harold Giles - $2,500 Emily Anne Vargas, an Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Senior at Florida State University.

 

Composites Division Scholarship-Harold Giles - $2,500 Siddhartha Brahma, who is pursuing a PhD in Material Science and Engineering from the University of Alabama.

 

Automotive and Composites Conference & Exhibition Scholarship - $2,000 / Thermoset Division Scholarship - $2,500 Srikanth Raviprasad, a graduate student of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

Thermoplastic Elastomers Special Interest Group - $1,000 Macy Johns is a senior studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Louisville.

 

Thermoplastic Elastomers Special Interest Group - $1,000 Prasad Raut is a graduate student in the Department of Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron.

 

Thermoplastic Elastomers Special Interest Group - $1,000 Vahab Solouki Bonab is PhD candidate working in Prof. Ica Manas-Zloczower’s group at Macromolecular Science and Engineering department of Case Western Reserve University.

 

The SPE Foundation supports the development of plastics professionals by funding and supporting quality educational programs, scholarships, and student experiences. Scholarship applicants must be majoring in or taking courses that would be beneficial to a career in the plastics industry. All applicants must be in good standing with their colleges. The 2017 Scholarship Application process opens December 1, 2016. For more information on SPE scholarship opportunities please go to www.4spe.org/scholarships.

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