February 25, 2008

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Past Events

Please take a moment to review these additional past Akron Section activities.

 

May 18, 2009 - Awards Night


President Joe Mattingly (right) accepts Pinnacle Gold Award for Akron Section SPE
Lloyd Goettler (right) is 2009 William C. Zekan Memorial Award Winner

Dr. John D. Gorsuch (deceased) is Plastics Hall of Honor 2009 Inductee. Pictured are wife and sons (left).
Speaker Dr. Stephen Chang, Dean of Akron University's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering.

Past Scholarship Winner, Eric McClanahan		  


2009 Scholarship Winners

April 29, 2009


Vivian Malpass, Master of Ceremonies
Current and Past Presidents of Akron Section SPE

 


Gail Bristol of SPE Int'l
Kathy Bechter (left) and Kathy Jones

 


Joe Pfeiffer speaks about the Value of SPE
Gail Bristol of SPE Int'l talks with past SPE Int'l Presidents Vivian Malpass (left) and Bruce Petersen


Past Student Chapter Presidents Todd Lewis (left) and Kaan Gunes
Dr. Frank Kelly, Dean Emeritus of Akron University's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, enjoys a door prize


March 23, 2009


Lloyd Goettler (left) and Dave Curtis
Dinner


Speaker Clark Reed
Vivian Malpass (left), Susan Dollinger and Dan Jones



December 15, 2008


Christmas Social
Madrigal Singers at Xmas Social

 

November 24, 2008


Social Hour - Speaker Dr. Frank Kelley (right) talks to attendees.
Speaker Dr. Sadhan Jana of Akron Univ. (left) and Joe Mattingly, president, Akron Section SPE


Speaker Miko Cakmak
Speaker Sue Louscher


October 27, 2008


Speaker Joe Ocampo (standing) of A. Schulman answers questions
Dinner at Royal Buffet


From left to right, Joe Ocampo (speaker), Reza Sadeghi, Vivian Malpass and Lloyd Goettler

  


September 22, 2008


Lynnell Maenza of ExxonMobil Chemical describes going from Crude Oil to Polymers
Attendees gather at ExxonMobil Chemical


Dorothy Malpass, Vivian Malpass and Joe Mattingly attend first program of Akron SPE 50th Anniversary Year
  


Speaker Chris Case
Joe Pfeiffer (left) and Speaker Chris Case


Meeting
  

January 28, 2008


Akron SPE President Vivian Malpass (left) and speaker Dave Curtis.
Dinner at the Royal Buffet and Grill


Speaker Dave Curtis explains the design and manufacture of a blow molded automotive part.
  

October 22, 2007


Speaker Steve Bauman talks about "Rovers on the Moon
Speaker Steve Bauman talks to Dr. Avraam Isayev (left) and Akron Univ. student Kaan Gunes (right)

 

September 17 - 19, 2007


TOPCON Co-Chair Vivian Malpass (right) and Second Day Luncheon Speaker Tom Murdough
Poster Session


Exhibits
Conference



May 22, 2006
Awards Banquet


John Woodside (right) assumes presidency of Akron Section SPE from Lloyd Goettler.


(left to right) John Woodside - Incoming Akron Section SPE President, Len Czuba - Outgoing SPE Int'l President, Lloyd Goettler - Outgoing Akron Section SPE President"


"Akron SPE Student Section receives Chase and Stretch Awards. (left to right) Kathy Perevosnik, Kaan Gunes, Sadhan Jana and Len Czuba"




2006 Spring Golf Outing


Four Dedicated Golfers



Bob Wegelin (left) at registration



Shotgun Start




April 24, 2006


"Social Hour"



"Speaker Michael Kreitner explains the Master Unit Die Concept".


" Vivian Malpass (left) and speaker Michael Kreitner".




March 27, 2006


"John Woodside, President-Elect,
welcomes attendees to Mini-Tech".



"Jim Jaskowiak of CerCo LLC discusses the
advantages of combining ceramics and plastics".


"Bob Charvat use billiard balls to make a point
about coloring plastics".



"Lloyd Goettler summarizes Mini-Tech".


February 27, 2006


"Gary Casterline of the Cleveland Section SPE announces upcoming programs"


"Jeff Stachler of Diamond Polymers, Inc.
presents overview of company"


January 23, 2006


"John Collins of Eriez demonstrates
PolyMag Material Separation Technology"

"Jerry Robinson of Polymer Exchange, Inc. discusses plant tour"




October 17, 2005


"Mike McGee (left) and Mike Millsaps (speaker)"

"Lloyd Goettler asks question of speaker Mike Millsaps (left)"


TOPCON 2005


"Display Area at 2005 TPE TOPCON"

"Co-Chairmen Edwin Tam (left) and Vivian Malpass"

"Co-Chaiman Edwin Tam (left) and luncheon speaker Robert Liskiewwicz of ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Santoprene Specialty Products"



"2005 TPE TOPCON Group Committee"



June 8, 2005, Board of Directors Meeting


President Lloyd Goettler (left), Past President Joe Mattingly

2004/2005 Akron SPE Board of Directors


May 16, 2005 Awards Night


Akron SPE Receives 2005 STAR Award

Speaker Gerry Faust

Marty Sharp (right) presents the Kenneth L. Sharp Memorial Scholarship Award


William C. Zekan Memorial Service Award -- Joe Pfeiffer
Joe Pfeiffer accepts Zekan award fron Kathy Perevosnik.

February 21, 2005


left to right, Joe Mattingly - Section President, Martin Mack - Speaker (Berstorff) and Paul Rogers (Berstorff)

Bob Wegelin (left) and Kevin Malpass


January 24, 2005


Speaker Josh Wong (center)

Josh Wong demonstrates nanocomposites.


December 13, 2004 Christmas Party


Gary Taylor (left) and Vivian Malpass



November 15, 2004


Dave Schultz (center) talks to Akron Univ. Polymer Engineering Students.

John Hickman examines early model injection molder.


October 25, 2004


John Richwine (left) talks to AES colleagues.

Left to right, Lloyd Goettler, President Elect, and Michael Day, Speaker.


September 20, 2004


Dave Schulz chats with Zehra Kalhan, new president of SPE Student Section.
Social Hour


New Student Chapter President, Zehra Kalkan
Speaker Anna Andrews


June 29, 2004



Akron SPE Board of Directors
Joe Mattingly (left), 2004/2005 President, accepts congradulations from Bob Wegelin, Immediate Past President

 

May 24, 2004


Akron SPE Receives 2004 STAR Award
Education Foundation Scholarship Recipients

2004 Plastics Hall of Honor Inductee John R. Hickman (right) and Joe Pfeiffer (left
2004 Hall of Honor Inductee Roger L. Lux (center), Nominator Mark Welker (right), Joe Pfeiffer (left)

 

May 14, 2004


Ready to Roll
Paul DeFranco Tees Off

19th Hole
Lunch

 

April 26, 2004


Speaker Mark Colella of Spirex Corp.
Akron Univ. Students Examine Twin Shot Molding Samples

Left to right, Bob Wegelin, Bob Digiantonio,
Joe Mattingly
Social Hour

 

March 22, 2004


Harry London's Operations Manager Welcomes Group
Harry London engineers Demonstrate Chocolate Mold

Joe Mattingly Prepares for Plant Tour
Dinner at 356th Fighter Group

 

February 23, 2004


(left to right) Joe Mattingly, Bob Wegelin, Dave Katz

Miriam Popick & Kurt Houk of Diamond America

Speaker Tom Allen - President of Diamond America Corp.
Akron University Students

 

January 20, 2004


Speaker Ken Mayland (left) and Mike MaGee

Speaker Ken Mayland

Dwight Morgan, Dennis Meade, Bob Wegelin
(left to right) Dennis Meade, Dave Schultz, Joe Mattingly, Kevin Malpass

 

2003 Student Section Christmas Party






 

November 24, 2003


Speaker Rick Mathew, CCO Americhem, Inc.

Joe Pfeiffer (left) receives an award for being 2002/2003 Akron SPE President from Bob Wegelin, current president.

From left to right: Steve Jolly (Ferro), Dennis Meede (Accel) and Dave Schultz (Harwick Standard Dist. Corp.).
Speaker Rick Mathew of Americhem (left) and Matt Telecky of Ferro.

 


Oct. 27, 2003


Joe Mattingly, President Elect/Program Chair of Akron SPE

Speaker Ted Rudy, of Process Cooling Systems
Social Hour




Sept. 22-24, 2003
TopCon


From left, Larry Johnson, Co-Chairman, and Tom Waltermire, CEO, PolyOne (Tuesday Luncheon Speaker)

From left, Dan Jones, East High School, and Lloyd Goettler, Univ. of Akron

Coffee break

Technical Session

Bob Wegelin, President of Akron Section SPE, welcomes attendees to meeting

From left, Bob Wegelin, President of Akron Section of SPE, and Dave Santoleri of Ferro

From left, Justin Fantozzi, Goodyear Tire (Wednesday's Luncheon Speaker) and Vivian Malpass, Co-Chairman

Anna Andrews of Ferro receives certificate after her presentation



November 25, 2002


Speaker Larry Findley (at left) and Erik Walles, Akron SPE President - Elect


Gary Taylor (left) and Bob Wegelin welcome members.
Joe Pfeiffer, President, conducts raffle.




May 16, 2003


From left, Bob Burwell, Terry Hasis, Wayne Garver and Joe Tomei

Ernie Anderson (at left) & Bob Wegelin in conference

Stephanie Hall (Cleveland) and Bud Seymour

Todd Wallace, Jeff Dunne, Gary Martin and Mike Frys

Keith Donaldson, Jim Rosinski (Long drive over 50) and Jack Hale

Jim Peet, Lou Bellante and Rick Rodgers (Low Net)

Larry Orban, Pat O'Connor (low gross*tie with Bob Burwell) and Hal Button

Bill Longo, Brian Sarvas,Jack Dubinsky and Keith Black

Bill Ferrel, Scott Reiger,Jay Kolaya and Phil Levy



May 12, 2003


Fifteen students received scholarships from the Akron SPE this year.



March 24, 2003


Chapter President Joe Pfeiffer (on left) and Auction Chairman Ron Miller visit during the auction.

Ron Miller, center, talks with the auctioneer.

Chapter Board Member Sharon Kaffen and her husband gear up for the evening's festivities.

A member of the student chapter at the University of Akron shows off one of the many prizes available at the auction.



February 24, 2003


Speaker Ray Cull


Ron Miller (second from left) with Akron U. students

President Joe Pfeiffer (right) presents Speaker's Award to Ray Cull


January 21, 2003


(left to right) Mike Magee, Tom Allen, Al Weber


Speaker Ken Mayland of ClearView Economics

Scott Peters (ProMold), Dave Schultz and Joe Pfeiffer of Akron SPE


April 22, 2002
Awards Night


Kevin Malpass, at right, received the William C. Zekan Memorial Service Award.
This year's scholarship winners.


March 25, 2002
Auction/Vendor Night








February 25, 2002, Tour
Polymer Round Table - with Polymer Ohio


Joe Bergen, chairman of Polymer Ohio, explains the organization to roundtable participants.


Jim Steiner, a former Akron SPE president, was the driving force behind the formation of the Akron SPE Education Foundation.
Robert Liskiewicz, AES vice president, spoke at our February roundtable.


Science Expo Winners
Each year, the Akron Section sponsors winners of the Akron City Science Expo at the high school and middle school levels for students who choose to use plastics as a major component in their project. The high school winner for this year is Christine Ferguson, a junior at Ellet High School. Her topic was "Durability of Plastics Under Simulated Conditions." (see photo at left) Christina's sponsoring teacher is Ms Susan Rhoades. The middle school winner is Craig Blike, a student at Akron's Miller South Middle School. His project, titled "All Fired Up," was a study of the flammability of children's pajamas made of cotton, nylon, polyester, and nylon/polyester blend. His sponsoring teacher is Ms. Louise Heydorn. This year, there were ten projects at the high school level and three at the middle school level. This represented about 10% of the projects in the science fair. The high school winner received a $100 prize. The middle school winner received $50. Each of the sponsoring teachers received a matching award.


January 28, 2002, Tour
University of Akron Polymer Engineering Academic Center


From left, Akron SPE President-elect Joe Pfeiffer; Frank Kelly, dean of the University of Akron's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering; Chuck Parsons, guest and tour guide; and Professor Lloyd Goettler, chair and institute director for the UA Polymer Engineering Department; talk during the dinner before the section's tour of the university's new polymer academic center.

Lloyd Goettler and Taner Dirama, a graduate research assistant, review art created by UA art students for the PEAC lobby.
Lloyd Goettler, who advises the Akron SPE Student Chapter, and the tour group stop in a conference room at the new academic center.


November 26, 2001 Meeting
Kathy Perevosnik buys a raffle ticket from Bob Wegelin.


Student Chapter Picnic


The annual Polymer Engineering Orientation picnic was held Aug. 22 at Loyal Oak Lake Park in Norton to welcome the new students to the department.


Spring 2001 Golf Outing


May 21, 2001, Awards/Scholarship Night


Scholarship winners for the 2001-2002 school year.
Angela Charles accepts 2001 Hall of Honor Induction for Chris Chrisman.

2001 Hall of Honor Inductees: Henry Pawlowski, Alpha Technology (left), and Duane Peterson, Advanced Elastomer Systems (right).


April 2001 Auction



March 19, 2001, Meeting


Roberto Uribe, Associate Director, at the Electron Beam control panel for Electron Beam.
Dinner at Mary Yoder's Restaurant in Middlefield, OH, with Cleveland Section.


Roberto Uribe and Kevin Malpass, Akron SPE president

February 26, 2001, Meeting


Meeting attendees included (left to right): Amit Chandra, Akron U. SPE Student Chapter Treasurer; Dr. Lloyd Goettler, Student Chapter Liaison; and Taner Sen, Akron U. SPE Student Chapter President.
Speakers Joe Pryweller, Senior Staff Reporter of Plastic News, and Donna Shelley, Marketing Manager for Polysort, field questions from Akron SPE members as part of the program.



November 27, 2000, Meeting


Speakers included (left to right): Robert J. Digiantonio of Plastics 101, William McCormick, Extrusion Consultant, and William Bleau of Picker International.
Robert Digiantonio of Plastics 101 makes a point.



October 23, 2000, Meeting


Speakers included (left to right) John Tolley of Extrusion Services, Jay Griffith of AES, Joe Bergen of Sajar Plastics, and Bruce Petersen of Diamond Polymers.
Kevin Malpass (left), Akron SPE President, presents an Appreciation Gift to Jay Griffith of AES.


Awards Night


(left to right) Dean Kelley, John Richwine
(awardee) and Joe Pfeiffer (nominator)
(left to right) Dean Kelley, Haleh Ayrom-Keuchel
(nominator) and Paul DeFranco (awardee)


(left to right) Dean Kelley, Russ Sharnsky
(nominator) and Dr. Andre Fritz (awardee)

Dave Schultz receives the William C. Zekan
Memorial Award form Gary Taylor


Year 2000 Akron Section Education Foundation Scholarship Awardees


March 20, 2000, Meeting



Paul Hans, Speaker and Kevin Malpass, President-Elect (left to right)

Joe Gano, Speaker and Kevin Malpass, President-Elect (left to right)


Joe Gano, Speaker, Kevin Malpass, President-Elect and Paul Hans, Speaker.(left to right)

February 21, 2000, Meeting


President Gary Taylor
President-Elect Kevin Malpass

Kevin Malpass (left), Speaker Michael Sepe (center) and Gary Taylor (right).


January 24, 2000, Meeting


President-Elect Kevin Malpass with parents Vivian and Dorothy Malpass
Speaker Bob Heinold of A. Schulman and Kevin Malpass, Akron SPE President-Elect.

Former Akron SPE President, Dave Schultz.


November 15, 1999, Meeting


Dave Johnson of Ferro Corporation spoke on "Geode Complex Inorganic Color Pigments".
Steve Streitel of Dayglo Corporation presented a talk on "Luminescent Colorants: Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Materials".

Kevin Malpass, Akron SPE President-Elect, (left) speaks with Steve Streitel, Dayglo Corp. (middle) and Dave Johnson, Ferro Corp. (right).


October 18, 1999, Meeting

Dr. Yocum, from the American Plastics Council, drove home the news that we must all be better ambassadors of the plastics industry by being activist and not just reactive. Alan Robbins, founder of Plastic Lumber, is an excellent example of successful activism. He brought us up to date on his successes in establishing ASTM test methods for an industry in its infancy.


Program Chairman Kevin Malpass
Speaker Ronald Yocum of the APC-SPE Alliance and Kevin Malpass

Speaker Alan Robbins of the Plastics Lumber Co.
                                                      
Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc., Akron Section
Akron, OH
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