SPE Foundation 2022 Scholarship Award Recipients Announced
SPE Foundation Announces 2022 Scholarship Recipients
Each student has demonstrated or expressed an interest in the plastics industry. They are all majoring in or taking courses that would be beneficial to a career in the plastics industry, including, but not limited to, plastics engineering, polymer science, chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, journalism or communications.
Altogether, the SPE Foundation helped award 77 scholarships totaling $191,875 to 51 students for 2022.
| Winner | Amount | Scholarship | University | Degree Program | Class Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kelsey Allis |
$8,000 | Recycling Division Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers George Epstein Scholarship, PPA Neward Scholarship | Western Washington University | Plastics & Composites Engineering | Senior |
 Melanie Alpert |
$1,500 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Rutgers University | Mechanical Engineering | 5th Year Bachelor's/ Masters |
 Elle Bolstad |
$2,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Chemical Engineering | Freshman |
 Collin Carlson |
$2,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Plastics Engineering | Senior |
 Hanlin Chen |
$1,500 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | University of Akron | Polymer Chemistry | Graduate Student |
 Steacy Coombs |
$5,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship | Queens University | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Haley Dobbyn |
$6,750 | Injection Molding Division Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, PPA Knaus Family Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Junior |
 Carter Doran |
$1,000 | SPE Foundation Fleming-Blaszcak Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Olivia Ferki |
$7,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship, Salvatore J. Monte Thermoplastic Material & Foams Division Scholarship | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Plastics Engineering | Masters |
 Maria Fountas |
$5,000 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Northeastern University | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
 Aaron Frampus |
$2,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship | Michigan State University | Packaging Science | Senior |
 Carl Furner |
$5,500 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, PPA M. Holland Company Scholarship | Drexel University | Materials Science & Engineering | Senior |
 Pratik Gotad |
$1,500 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | University of Akron | Polymer Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Henry Gramann |
$3,500 | Composites Division Harold Giles Scholarship | Winona State University | Chemistry/Composites Engineering | Freshman |
 Cecile Grubb |
$2,000 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship | University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Materials Science & Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Olivia Hile |
$8,000 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship, PPA Plastics411 Scholarship | University of Wisconsin-Stout | Plastics Engineering | Senior |
 Taylor Hollcraft |
$5,000 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers Mike Friend Scholarship | Western Washington University | Plastics & Composites Engineering | Senior |
 Zeyuan Hu |
$2,125 | SPE Foundation Art Haas Scholarship | University of Michigan | Materials Science & Engineering | Junior |
 Mason Johnson |
$1,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Zach Josephson |
$3,000 | PPA Scholarship | South Dakota State University | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
 Blake Kane |
$5,000 | Salvatore J. Monte Thermoplastic Materials & Foams Division Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Plastics & Polymer Engineering | Junior |
 Mona Kanso |
$5,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship | Queens University | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Michael Knoblauch |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation Detroit Section Irv Poston | Case Western Reserve University | Macromolecular Science & Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Clara Kramer |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | University of Utah | Materials Science & Engineering | Junior |
 Nityanshu Kumar |
$2,000 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship | University of Akron | Polymer Science | Graduate Student |
 Amy Kurr |
$1,000 | Thermoplastics Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship | Case Western Reserve University | Macromolecular Science & Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Dorcus Tolulope Lawal |
$1,000 | Thermoplastics Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship | University of Michigan | Materials Science & Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Rachel LeBlanc |
$6,000 | Thermoplastics Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship, SPE Foundation Gail Bristol Scholarship, PPA Clare Goldsberry Scholarship | Case Western Reserve University | Macromolecular Science & Engineering | 5th Year Bachelor's/Masters |
 Madhura Limaye |
$2,500 | Automotive & Composites Division Jackie Rehkopf Scholarship | Clemson University | Mechanical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Seamus Lowe |
$4,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, PPA Lone Star Scholarship | Baylor University | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
 Max Lu |
$3,000 | Robert Cramer Product Design & Development Division Scholarship, Pittsburgh Section Scholarship | Penn State Erie | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Jakob Markham |
$1,000 | SPE Foundation Gulf Coast Hurricane Scholarship | Auburn University | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
 Ryan McGinnis |
$5,000 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, PPA Don Family Scholarship | Colorado School of Mines | Metallurgical & Materials Engineering | Freshman |
 Wyatt McGraw |
$8,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship, PPA W. Muller Scholarship, Blow Molding Division Willi Muller Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Maria Camila Montoya Ospira |
$5,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Mechanical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Zachary Newman |
$5,125 | SPE Foundation Detroit Section Tom Powers Scholarship, PPA Richard Hoeske Family Scholarship | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
 Brooklyn Peterson |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation Crain Communications Bill Bregar Memorial Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Communications | Senior |
 Madison Pixler |
$6,500 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, PPA Daniel Mohs Family/Placon Corporation Scholarship | University of Notre Dame | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Kayla Riebe |
$5,125 | SPE Foundation Detroit Section Norm Kakarala Scholarship, PPA Donald Williams Scholarship | University of Akron | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Allen Roman |
$10,000 | Donald McCoy Chicago SPE Scholarship | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Mechanical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Justin Salyers |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Stephen Shewan |
$5,000 | SPE Foundation Charles Carlson Scholarship, PPA Wylie Royce Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics Engineering Technology | Senior |
 Erik Steinmetz |
$1,500 | Cleveland Section Scholarship | Case Western Reserve University | Macromolecular Science & Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Dan Struble |
$8,125 | SPE Foundation Detroit Section Robert Dailey Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers Modified Plastics, Inc. Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Western Washington University | Plastics & Composites Engineering | Senior |
 Molly Teece |
$1,500 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Plastics Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Jomin Thomas |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation Detroit Section Irv Poston Scholarship | University of Akron | Polymer Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Courtney Valmore |
$3,000 | PPA Swain Scholarship | Rose Hulman Institute of Technology | Chemical Engineering | Junior |
 Chelsea Walters |
$2,125 | SPE Foundation Carl Haas Scholarship | Kettering University | Industrial Engineering | Junior |
 Sanjita Wasti |
$6,000 | Automotive & Composites Division Jackie Rehkopf Scholarship, Composites Division Harold Giles Scholarship | University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Mechanical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Evan Yu |
$2,000 | Recycling Division Scholarship | Nanyang Technological University | Materials Science & Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Alireza Zarei |
$2,000 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship | Clemson University | Automotive Engineering | Graduate Student |
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