SPE Plastics Winter Olympics

The 1^st annual SPE Plastics Winter Olympics was a rousing success. Hundreds of plastics professionals and students from around the world competed in this 4-day event. Contestants were tested on their knowledge in four categories of plastics technologies and an additional category on SPE Trivia.

The “Plastics Professionals” fought a fierce battle, with no one taking the top prize in more than one category. The “Student” competition was more lopsided, with two contestants sweeping all five categories between them. The Maple Leaf Flag is waving proudly, with two of the top student medalists hailing from Canada.

Here are the five category winners:

Category	Plastics Professional Winner	Student Competition Winner
Injection Molding	James Riese	James Goodsel
Plastics Processing	Antti Helminen	James Goodsel
Polymer Science	Dean Dodaro	Camila Zimmermann
Polymer Thermodynamics	Katrin Wallheinke	Camila Zimmermann
SPE Trivia	Jimmy Shah	Camila Zimmermann

And the SPE Plastics Winter Olympics medals go to:

	Plastics Professional Winner	Student Competition Winner
Gold Plastic Medal	Kathleen Perevosnik North Shore Rubber, OH	Camila Zimmermann ÉTS - École de technologie supérieure (Université du Québec)
Silver Plastic Medal	Jimmy Shah Impact Plastics, NC	James Goodsel Penn State University-Erie (The Behrend College)
Bronze Plastic Medal	Daisy Campen Techmer PM, TN	Axel Del Castillo University of Toronto

All winners will be contacted by the SPE media team shortly after the holidays so we can celebrate your accomplishments in true SPE fashion.

Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to all our SPE Plast-letes! And watch for news about the next competition, happening during ANTEC® 2021!