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 |
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$5,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech | Sophomore |
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$1,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | University of Akron | Polymer Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$5,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship, PPA M. Holland Scholarship | Princeton University | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
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$5,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Texas A&M University - College Station | Mechanical & Polymer Engineering | Sophomore |
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$2,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Plastics Engineering | Senior |
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$3,000 | Blow Molding Division Future Blow Molding Professionals Internship Scholarship | University of California Los Angeles | Cognitive Studies, Food Studies | Senior |
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$5,000 | Extrusion Division Lew Erwin Scholarship | Queen's University | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$5,250 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, Recycling Division Scholarship | Michigan State University | Packaging | Senior |
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$10,000 | Donald McCoy Chicago SPE Section Scholarship | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Biomedical Engineering | Freshman |
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$2,000 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship | University of Delaware | Automotive Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$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 |
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$1,500 | SPE Cleveland Section Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Polymer Engineering & Science | Sophomore |
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$2,125 | SPE Detroit Section Robert Dailey Scholarship | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Plastics and Polymer Engineering | Senior |
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$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 |
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$3,000 | Blow Molding Division W. Muller Scholarship | Texas Tech University | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
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$3,000 | PPA Scholarship | University of Cincinnati | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
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$3,000 | Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship, SPE Foundation Detroit Section Irv Poston Scholarship | Virginia Tech | Polymer Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$2,125 | SPE Detroit Section Tom Powers Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Polymer Chemistry and Plastics Engineering Tech | Sophomore |
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$2,125 | SPE Foundation Carl Haas Scholarship | University of Michigan | Materials Science and Engineering | Senior |
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$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 |
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$2,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship, Arkema Scholarship | Western Michigan University | Aviation Flight Science and Engineering | Freshman |
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$5,500 | Extrusion Division Russell Gould Scholarship, PPA Bob Swain Scholarship | Pennsylvania College of Technology | Plastics and Polymer Engineering | Junior |
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$6,500 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship, Composites Division Harold Giles Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Texas Tech University | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$1,250 | Arkema Scholarship | Michigan State University | Mechanical Engineering | Freshman |
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$5,000 | PPA Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship | University of Utah | Materials Science and Engineering | Senior |
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$2,000 | PlastChicks Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering | Sophomore |
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$2,500 | Automotive & Composites Division Jackie Rehkopf Scholarship | University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Energy Science and Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$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 |
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$2,500 | SPE Foundation General Scholarship | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Plastics Engineering | Senior |
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$3,750 | PPA Ted Neward Scholarship, Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Baylor University | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
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$2,000 | SPE Foundation Bill Bregar Memorial Scholarship | University of Arkansas | Human Resource and Workforce Development Education | Graduate Student |
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$1,250 | SPE Foundation Jay Gardiner Memorial Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Tech | Sophomore |
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$2,350 | Injection Molding Division Scholarship | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Plastics Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$2,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship | Michigan State University | Packaging | Junior |
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$3,000 | PPA Scholarship | Colorado School of Mines | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Sophomore |
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$3,000 | PPA Ingrid and Erik Knaus Scholarship | Hennepin Technical College | Plastics/Polymer Injection Molding and Engineering | Sophomore |
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$1,250 | Arkema Scholarship | University of Michigan | Crop and Soil Science | Freshman |
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$2,000 | Automotive & Composites Division ACCE Scholarship | Texas A&M University - College Station | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$3,000 | PPA Plastics411 Services Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering | Junior |
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$2,500 | DuPont™ Tedlar® | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Technology | Junior |
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$2,000 | SPE Foundation Gulf Coast Hurricane Scholarship | University of Alabama Birmingham | Materials Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$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 |
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$1,000 | SPE Foundation Fleming-Blaszcak Scholarship | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Mechanical Engineering | Sophomore |
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$5,500 | Flexible Packaging Division Scholarship, PPA Scholarship | Kettering University | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
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$4,125 | SPE Detroit Section Norm Kakarala Scholarship, Recycling Division Scholarship | Penn State Behrend | Plastics Engineering Tech | Junior |
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$2,500 | DuPont™ Tedlar® Scholarship | Ferris State University | Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology | Junior |
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$750 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Kettering University | Chemical Engineering | Junior |
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$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 |
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$1,000 | Thermoplastic Elastomers Technical Interest Group Scholarship | Virginia Tech | Macromolecular Science and Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$2,000 | SPE Foundation Vinyl Plastics Division Scholarship | Pittsburg State University | Plastics Engineering Tech | Senior |
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$3,000 | PPA Lone Star Scholarship | Baylor University | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
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$1,000 | Automotive & Composites Division Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering | Sophomore |
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$2,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship | Allegheny College | Physics/Pre-Engineering | Freshman |
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$4,250 | PPA Clare Goldsberry Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarship | Rose Hulman Institute of Technology | Chemical Engineering | Senior |
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$2,500 | Automotive & Composites Division Jackie Rehkopf Scholarship | Baylor University | Mechanical Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$2,000 | Pittsburgh Section Scholarship | University of Akron | Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering | Sophomore |
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$3,000 | PPA Don Williams Scholarship | Shawnee State University | Plastics Engineering/CAD | Senior |
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$3,000 | Blow Molding Division Carrie Fox Solin Scholarship | York College of Pennsylvania | Mechanical Engineering | Junior |
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$2,000 | SPE Foundation Gail Bristol Scholarship | Kettering University | Mechanical Engineering | Senior |
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$6,000 | PPA Dennis Don Family Scholarship, Western Plastics Pioneers Modified Plastics Scholarship | Western Washington University | Polymer Materials Engineering | Junior |
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$1,000 | Polymer Modifier & Additives Division Scholarship | Virginia Tech | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student |
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$1,250 | Arkema Scholarship | Michigan State University | Packaging | Freshman |
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$2,500 | Extrusion Division Ed Steward Scholarship | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Mechanical Engineering | Freshman |
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$3,500 | Automotive & Composites Division Scholarship, SPE Foundation General Scholarhip | Winona State University | Composite Materials Engineering | Senior |