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Scholarship Time: Click here for this year's Scholarship Brochure and Application.
Submission deadline is March 3, 2008.
Announcing this year's Essay Contest. The contest deadline is February 4, 2008. Click here for an application and rules.
Click here to read more about our
Education Foundation.
Click here to see a list of this year's scholarship winners, along with those from previous years.
The Education Committee is looking for member assistance in sharing
the information with local schools and PTAs. Please contact Hemant Thakker
via info@akronspe.org if you
have a contact that can use this information. One of the missions of
SPE is to promote plastics education, so why not make sure we promote
it within the whole Akron Section (which covers parts of SEVEN counties!).
Be sure and contact Kathy with any questions you may have.
The Akron Section was pleased to recognize a number of local students
at this year's Awards Night, held May 22. We presented 12
scholarships and honored four science fair winners, along with four
essay winners. These exemplary students were:
Akron Science & Technology Expo - Polymer-related Project Winners
Duncan Houseman, Miller South
MS Holley Wickwire, Central Hower HS
Western Reserve District Science Day - Polymer-related Project
Winners
Shaun Livingston, Incarnate Word MS
Caitlin Rickus, St. Vincent-St. Mary HS
Essay Contest Award Winners
Middle School Level:
1st: Drew Lindenberger, Miller South "Usefulness
of Plastics in Creative Art"
2nd: Jacob Simonson, Miller South "Creative
Uses for Recycled Plastics"
Sponsoring Teacher: Ms. Susan Yingling
High School Level:
1st: Melissa Syler, Louisville HS "Plastics Benefit
Humankind Through the Medical Field"
2nd: David Swope, Louisville HS
"Why Plastics' Bad Reputation is Wrong"
Sponsoring Teacher: Mr. Pete
Carpico
2005 Science Fair and Essay Contest Winners
The 2005 Awards Night was held May 16, 2005, at Guy's Party Centre.
Toth Mold, Inc., sponsored some great appetizers and shared a display
on their capabilities. After a great meal, our guest speaker was Coach
Gerry Faust, who had great words of wisdom to share with all of us.
We presented 17 scholarships and 4 science fair awards. Thanks to Marty
Sharp for coming to help us recognize Ken and this year's winner of
the Kenneth L. Sharp Memorial Scholarship. We had a special guest from
SPE International, Tom Conklin, who helped us reenact the presentations
of our 2005 STAR Award and the STRETCH Award won by the student section
at the University of Akron. We also honored board member Joe Pfeiffer
with the William C. Zekan Memorial Award for service to the section
(good job Joe). Dean Frank Kelley made his annual appearance as we recognized
all our members of the Plastics Hall of Honor.
I'm proud of all our winners! I hope to see everyone next year.
And the 2005 Science Fair Winners were:
Akron Science and Technology Expo - Feb. 26, 2005
Sae-Jin Chung and Emre Kuguoglu - Firestone High School
"How Strong Are Adhesives Really?"
Western Reserve District Science Day - March 5, 2005
Matt Dahar - Solon High School
"The Tensile Strength of Composites"
And
Kyle Radin - Incarnate Word Academy
"Don't Throw Away Money . . . Recycle It!"
2004 Akron Public Schools Science and Technology Expo
Akron Section SPE donated prizes for polymer related projects in this year's Expo, held on Feb. 28 at Central-Hower High School. Board members Kathy Perevosnik and Johanna Baena (with help from her fiancé!) judged the appropriate projects. At the Middle School level, there were 7 polymer projects, and at the High School level, there were 9.
We are pleased to announce this year's winners of the SPE Science Fair prizes:
Middle School: Pat Tregoning, Miller South, with the project "All Paint is the Same??" which looked at how white paint covers a black surface
High School: Bethany Canankamp, Firestone High School, with the project "What's in a name?" which looked at the tensile strength of various brands of trash bags.
Each student won $50 for their efforts.
2004 Western Reserve District Science Fair
Akron Section SPE donated prizes for polymer related projects in this year's District Science Fair, held on March 20 at the University of Akron. Board members Kathy Perevosnik and Bob Wegelin judged the appropriate projects. There were 18 projects judged.
We are pleased to announce this year's winners of the SPE Science Fair prizes:
Middle School: Matt Dahar, Solon Middle, with the project "Tensile Strength of Plastics". Matt made his own tensile tester for this project.
High School: Alicia Boykin, Walsh Jesuit, with the project "Can Medical Plastic Waste be Treated, Sterilized and Recycled into New Plastic Byproducts and Other Materials to help Reduce Environmental Waste?", which more than sums up her work!
Each student won $50 for their efforts.
Alicia Boykin, District Science Fair, High School Winner |
Matt Dahar, District Science Fair, Middle School Winner
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Winning High School entry in the Akron Public Schools Science and Technology Expo
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Winning Middle School entry in the Akron Public Schools Science and Technology Expo
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