SPE Foundation 2021 Scholarship Award Recipients
| image Winner | Amount | Scholarship | University | Degree Program | Class Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aparna Agrawal |
$2,500 | SPE Foundation Detroit Section Irv Poston Scholarship | University of Akron | Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Nicholas Azpeitia |
$2,000 | Western Plastics Pioneers Scholarship | University of California San Diego | Mechanical Engineering | Freshman |
 Morgan Bartholomew |
$1,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Polymers and Plastics Engineering | Freshman |
 Steacy Coombs |
$6,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship, Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship | Queens University | Masters of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Juliana Covarrubias |
$7,500 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers Scholarship, PPA Ruth Neward Scholarship | Western Washington University | Plastics and Composites Engineering | Senior |
 Huong Dau |
$2,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | University of Houston | Ph.D. in Chemistry | Graduate Student |
 William Dayton |
$2,000 | Western Plastics Pioneers Scholarship | University of California Davis | Chemical Engineering | Junior |
 Elizabeth DeFazio |
$5,500 | SPE Foundation Detroit Section Norm Kakarala Scholarship, PPA Goldsberry Scholarship | Rutgers University | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Hao Ding |
$2,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | University of Connecticut | Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Haley Dobbyn |
$1,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Sophomore |
 Hannah Duncan |
$6,000 | SPE Foundation Gail Bristol Scholarship, PPA General Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Brendan Edgington |
$3,000 | Blow Molding Division Blow Molding Future Professionals Internship Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology | Junior |
 Olivia Ferki |
$3,000 | Thermoforming Division Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Masters of Science in Plastics Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Andrew Folk |
$1,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Plastics and Polymer Engineering | Sophomore |
 Isabella Gayoso |
$7,000 | Thermoforming Division Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA Willi Muller USA, Inc. Scholarship, Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship | Pennsylvania State University | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Junior |
 Michaela Gibson |
$8,000 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship, Detroit Section Robert Dailey Scholarship, PPA Royce Scholarship | Clemson University | Packaging Science | Senior |
 Jared Hegenauer |
$2,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology | Junior |
 Clifton Herring |
$6,000 | Harold Giles Composites Division Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship | University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
 Taylor Hollcraft |
$5,000 | Western Plastics Pioneers Scholarship, PPA General Scholarship | Western Washington University | Plastics and Composites Engineering | Junior |
 Ferry Irawan |
$3,000 | SPE Foundation Neward Family Scholarship | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Plastics Engineering | Senior |
 Zach Josephson |
$5,500 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA General Scholarship | North Dakota State University | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
 Michael Knoblauch |
$4,750 | Injection Molding Division Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Case Western Reserve University | Masters in Macromolecular Science & Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Apoorva Kulkarni |
$5,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship | Michigan State University | Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Brooke Lenhardt |
$5,500 | SPE Foundation Detroit Section Tom Powers Scholarship, PPA Richard & Christine Hoeske Family Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Trent Longenberger |
$3,000 | Blow Molding Carrie Fox Solin Scholarship | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Max Lu |
$2,000 | Pittsburgh Section Scholarship | Pennsylvania State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Junior |
 Wyatt McGraw |
$6,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, PPA General Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Junior |
 Devin McGrail |
$2,000 | Pittsburgh Section Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Zach Newman |
$2,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Materials Science and Engineering | Junior |
 Rebecca Olanrewaju |
$2,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Brooklyn Peterson |
$3,100 | Crain Communications Bill Bregar Memorial Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Communications | Junior |
 Sai Aditya Pradeep |
$2,000 | Salvatore J. Monte Thermoplastics Materials & Foams Division Scholarship | Clemson University | Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Deborah Reisner |
$2,500 | SPE Foundation Art Haas Scholarship | University of Michigan | Materials Science Engineering | Senior |
 Nazar Ribalko |
$8,000 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA General Scholarship | Rochester Institute of Technology | Packaging Science | Junior |
 Kalya Riebe |
$6,500 | Cleveland Section Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA M. Holland Company Scholarship | University of Akron | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Mackenzie Roach |
$7,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, Salvatore J. Monte Thermoplastics Materials & Foams Division Scholarship, PPA Carolyn Reed Hodge Scholarship, Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship | Virginia Tech | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Justin Salyers |
$3,000 | Willi Muller Blow Molding Division Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastic Engineering | Junior |
 Stephen Shewan |
$5,500 | SPE Foundation Carl Haas Scholarship, PPA General Scholarship | Ferris State University | Polymer/Plastics Engineering Technology | Junior |
 Sara Simon |
$6,000 | Automotive & Composites Division Dr. Jackie Rehkopf Scholarship, Harold Giles Composites Division Scholarship | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Lauren Slann |
$2,500 | Automotive & Composites Division Dr. Jackie Rehkopf Scholarship | Clemson University | Masters in Automotive Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Mackenzie Sowers |
$6,000 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA General Scholarship | University of California-Berkeley | Materials Science and Engineering | Senior |
 Calvin Stephens |
$3,500 | Western Plastics Pioneers Scholarship, Robert Cramer Product Design & Development Division Scholarship | University of California Berkeley | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
 Ekram Sulieman |
$3,000 | PPA General Scholarship | Kettering University | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
 Destiny Taylor |
$2,500 | Arkema Scholarship | Central Michigan University | Chemistry | Freshman |
 Samantha Thiessen |
$4,500 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, Vinyl Division Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Jomin Thomas |
$2,000 | Automotive & Composites Division Nippani Rao ACCE Scholarship | University of Akron | Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Courtney Valmore |
$5,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA Bob Swain Scholarship | Rose Hulman Institute of Technology | Chemical Engineering | Sophomore |
 Justin Williford |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation Gulf Coast Hurricane Scholarship | University of Southern Mississippi | Polymer Science and Engineering | Junior |
 Ashley Wisdom |
$3,000 | PPA Bob Swain Scholarship | Kettering University | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Chelsea Wright |
$2,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship | Kettering University | Industrial Engineering | Junior |
 Christian Young |
$5,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA Ted Neward Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
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