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

SPE Foundation

Promote Your Business

Chapters

Member Benefits

SPE Library
spe2018logov4.png
Reset password
  Welcome Page