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EDUCATION

The Thermoplastics Materials and Foams Division's education program is supporting student activities in the SPE community which include SPE Foundation sponsorship in the form of the Salvatore J. Monte Scholarship Awards, Travel scholarship to encourage students’ attendance of ANTEC and TMP&F conferences, and awards for best papers and posters. In addition, the division is organizing tutorials and specialized webinar series in the field of thermoplastics and foams, offered to both industry and academia education on the state of the art in areas including fundamentals, new processes, sustainability, and innovative new products.

Recent Winners of TPM&F Student Scholarships

2024

2024 “Ananda Chatterjee” Travel awards

  • Paolo Iaccarino, Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Italy
  • Glen Cletus Dsouza, Western University, Canada

2024 Salvatore J. Monte TPM&F Division Scholarship

  • Daniel Alves Heinze, Virginia Tech
  • Jocelyn Hess, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

2023

2023 Salvatore J. Monte TPM&F Division Scholarship

  • Halka Inagaki, Western Washington University
  • Saadman Sakib Rahman, University of Toronto

2023 “Ananda Chatterjee” Travel awards

  • Maryam Fashandi, University of Toronto
  • Paolo Iaccarino, University of Naples Federico II

2022

2022 “Ananda Chatterjee” Travel awards

  • Márton Tomin, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
  • Piyapong Buahom, University of Toronto
  • Hamidreza Akrami, University of Toronto
  • Karun Kalia, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Tucker McKenzie, University of Cincinnati

2022 Salvatore J. Monte TPM&F Division Scholarship

  • Olivia Ferki, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Blake Kane, Pennsylvania College of Technology

2021

2021 Salvatore J. Monte TPM&F Division Scholarship

  • Sai Aditya Pradeep, Clemson University
  • Mackenzie Roach, Virginia Tech

2020

2020 Salvatore J. Monte TPM&F Division Scholarship

  • Ashley Wisdom, Kettering University

2018

2018 “Michael Reedy” TPM&F Award:

  • Mehdi Hamidinejad, University of Toronto
  • Angelika Beinert, Cambridge University

2018 Salvatore J. Monte TPM&F Division Scholarship

  • Forrest Baker, Kettering University

2017

2017 SPE Foundation TPMF Scholarship Award

  • Haley Palys, Penn State Behrend)

2017 “Ananda Chatterjee” Travel Award

  • Pavani Cherukupally, University of Toronto
  • Ali Anwer, University of Toronto

2016

2016 “Michael Reedy” TPM&F Scholarship Award:

  • Victoria Bernardo Garcia, University of Valladolid
  • Syed Hassan Mahmood, University of Toronto

2016 “Ananda Chatterjee” Travel award:

  • Alireza Tabatabaei-Naeini, University of Toronto
  • Syed Hassan Mahmood, University of Toronto

2016 SPE Foundation TPMF Scholarship Award

  • Josey Hrbek, Kettering University

2016 Polyolefins Scholarships

  • Mr. Rutvik Godbole, Texas Tech University
  • Huizhen (Adeline) Mah, University of Houston

2015

2015 TPM&F Travel Award

  • Vahid Shaayegan, University of Toronto
  • Rebecca Shotwell, University of Wisconsin - Madison

2015 “Michael Reedy” Scholarships

  • Abhishek Gandhi, IIT Delhi, India
  • Anindya Dutta, IIT Dehli, India

2015 Polyolefins Scholarships (TPM&F Division)

  • Dariya K. Reid, Texas A&M University
  • Sarah Forester, University of North Texas

2014

2014 SPE Foundation TPM&F Scholarship

  • Allison Ecker, University of Dayton

2014 TPM&F Michael Reedy scholarship

  • Daniel Alves Heinze, Virginia Tech
  • Belen Notario, University of Valladolid
  • Mehdi Saniei, University of Toronto

2013

2013 TPM&F FOAMS Scholarship

  • Huimin Guo (U. Washington)
  • Amy Tsui (Stanford)

2012

2012 PO conference scholarships

  • Yogendra Pandey, University of Houston)
  • Ziniu Yu, Texas Tech University)