SPE Foundation 2023 Scholarship Award Recipients Announced
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 scholarships totaling $234,225 to 64 students for 2022.
| Winner | Amount | Scholarship | University | Degree Program | Class Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anthony Audia |
$5,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech | Sophomore |
 Sayan Basak |
$1,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | University of Akron | Polymer Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Liam Boyle |
$5,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship, PPA M. Holland Scholarship | Princeton University | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
 Ethan Brumberger |
$5,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Texas A&M University - College Station | Mechanical & Polymer Engineering | Sophomore |
 Collin Carlson |
$2,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Plastics Engineering | Senior |
 Clara Chung |
$3,000 | Blow Molding Division Future Blow Molding Professionals Internship Scholarship | University of California Los Angeles | Cognitive Studies, Food Studies | Senior |
 Steacy Coombs |
$5,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship | Queen's University | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Emma Dayton |
$5,250 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, Recycling Division Scholarship | Michigan State University | Packaging | Senior |
 Haley Dempsay |
$10,000 | Donald McCoy Chicago SPE Section Scholarship | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Biomedical Engineering | Freshman |
 Amit Deshpande |
$2,000 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship | University of Delaware | Automotive Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Haley Dobbyn |
$6,875 | PPA Ruth Neward Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship, SPE Foundation Art Haas Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics Engineering Tech | Senior |
 Kaitlyn Ezzone |
$1,500 | SPE Cleveland Section Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Polymer Engineering & Science | Sophomore |
 Andrew Folk |
$2,125 | SPE Detroit Section Robert Dailey Scholarship | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Plastics and Polymer Engineering | Senior |
 Nicholas Gajkowski |
$12,500 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, PPA Daniel Mohs Family Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers Joe LaFountain Scholarship, Recycling Division Scholarship | Western Washington University | Polymer Materials Engineering | Senior |
 Kunal Garg |
$3,000 | Blow Molding Division W. Muller Scholarship | Texas Tech University | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Sophia Hagans |
$3,000 | PPA Scholarship | University of Cincinnati | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Daniel Alves Heinze |
$3,000 | Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship, SPE Foundation Detroit Section Irv Poston Scholarship | Virginia Tech | Polymer Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Jeffrey Horinek |
$2,125 | SPE Detroit Section Tom Powers Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Polymer Chemistry and Plastics Engineering Tech | Sophomore |
 Zeyuan Hu |
$2,125 | SPE Foundation Carl Haas Scholarship | University of Michigan | Materials Science and Engineering | Senior |
 Halka Inagaki |
$10,500 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, PPA Richard and Christine Hoeske Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers Mike Friend Family Scholarship, Salvatore J. Monte Thermoplastic Materials & Foams Division Scholarship, Recycling Division Scholarship | Western Washington University | Polymer Materials Engineering | Senior |
 Omaree Ishmael |
$2,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, Arkema Scholarship | Western Michigan University | Aviation Flight Science and Engineering | Freshman |
 Blake Kane |
$5,500 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, PPA Bob Swain Scholarship | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Plastics and Polymer Engineering | Junior |
 Md Nayeem Hasan Kashem |
$6,500 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship, Composites Division Harold Giles Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Texas Tech University | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Drue Keys |
$1,250 | Arkema Scholarship | Michigan State University | Mechanical Engineering | Freshman |
 Clara Kramer |
$5,000 | PPA Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship | University of Utah | Materials Science and Engineering | Senior |
 Madison Kramer |
$2,000 | PlastChicks Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering | Sophomore |
 Amy Kurr |
$2,500 | Automotive & Composites Division Jackie Rehkopf Scholarship | University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Energy Science and Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Emmaline Lenz |
$11,500 | Composites Division Harold Giles Scholarship, PPA Nancy and Wylie Royce Guiding Star Fund Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers George Epstein Scholarship, Recycling Division Scholarship | Western Washington University | Polymer Materials Engineering | Senior |
 Juliana Licata |
$2,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Plastics Engineering | Senior |
 Seamus Lowe |
$3,750 | PPA Ted Neward Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Baylor University | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
 Brian Lum |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation Bill Bregar Memorial Scholarship | University of Arkansas | Human Resource and Workforce Development Education | Graduate Student |
 Joshua Martin |
$1,250 | SPE Foundation Jay Gardiner Memorial Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Tech | Sophomore |
 Patrick Masembe |
$2,350 | Injection Molding Division Scholarship | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Plastics Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Muhammad Masood |
$2,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship | Michigan State University | Packaging | Junior |
 Ryan McGinnis |
$3,000 | PPA Scholarship | Colorado School of Mines | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Sophomore |
 Jacob Miller |
$3,000 | PPA Ingrid and Erik Knaus Scholarship | Hennepin Technical College | Plastics/Polymer Injection Molding and Engineering | Sophomore |
 Dana Odums |
$1,250 | Arkema Scholarship | University of Michigan | Crop and Soil Science | Freshman |
 Suyash Oka |
$2,000 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship | Texas A&M University - College Station | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Kyle Perry |
$3,000 | PPA Plastics411 Services Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering | Junior |
 Michael Quinn, Jr. |
$2,500 | DuPont™ Tedlar® | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Technology | Junior |
 Renjith Rajan Pillai |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation Gulf Coast Hurricane Scholarship | University of Alabama Birmingham | Materials Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Saadman Sakib Rahman |
$8,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, Salvatore J. Monte Thermoplastic Materials & Foams Division Scholarship | University of Toronto | Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Processing and Composites | Graduate Student |
 Vincent Ramirez |
$1,000 | SPE Foundation Fleming-Blaszcak Scholarship | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Mechanical Engineering | Sophomore |
 Aaron Register |
$5,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Kettering University | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Colin Ryan |
$4,125 | SPE Detroit Section Norm Kakarala Scholarship, Recycling Division Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Tech | Junior |
 Cameron Sawicki |
$2,500 | DuPont™ Tedlar® Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology | Junior |
 Maggie Simons |
$750 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Kettering University | Chemical Engineering | Junior |
 Kirsten Sjoberg |
$12,000 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship, PPA Scholarship, Recycling Division Scholarship | Lehigh University | Materials Science and Engineering, Computer Engineering | Senior |
 Glenn Spiering |
$1,000 | Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship | Virginia Tech | Macromolecular Science and Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Emma Springer |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation Vinyl Plastics Division Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Plastics Engineering Tech | Senior |
 Adam Swinney |
$3,000 | PPA Lone Star Scholarship | Baylor University | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
 Orville Tackett |
$1,000 | Automotive & Composites Division Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering | Sophomore |
 Dawson Thomas |
$2,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship | Allegheny College | Physics/Pre-Engineering | Freshman |
 Courtney Valmore |
$4,250 | PPA Clare Goldsberry Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship | Rose Hulman Institute of Technology | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
 Rachel Van Lear |
$2,500 | Automotive & Composites Division Jackie Rehkopf Scholarship | Baylor University | Mechanical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Pailey Vitale |
$2,000 | Pittsburgh Section Scholarship | University of Akron | Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering | Sophomore |
 Aiden White |
$3,000 | PPA Don Williams Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering/CAD | Senior |
 Dermot Williamson |
$3,000 | Blow Molding Division Carrie Fox Solin Scholarship | York College of Pennsylvania | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
 Megan Wojciechowski |
$2,000 | SPE Foundation Gail Bristol Scholarship | Kettering University | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
 Tyrone Woodard |
$6,000 | PPA Dennis Don Family Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers Modified Plastics Scholarship | Western Washington University | Polymer Materials Engineering | Junior |
 Yimin Yao |
$1,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Virginia Tech | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
 Kayla Young |
$1,250 | Arkema Scholarship | Michigan State University | Packaging | Freshman |
 Sam Zajczenko |
$2,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Mechanical Engineering | Freshman |
 Youyi Zhou |
$3,500 | Automotive & Composites Division Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarhip | Winona State University | Composite Materials Engineering | Senior |
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