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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