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2006
Scholarship Winners Announced
Ken
Griep, Chair of the Student Activities Committee, announces
the following winners of the Thermoforming Division Scholarships.
These will be presented to the winners at the annual Thermoforming
Conference in Indianapolis.
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$5,000 GRIEP MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
KIM N. ACINGER
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
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$5,000 THERMOFORMING SCHOLARSHIP
JUSTIN J. DAMERON
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
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Kim will be a senior at Pittsburg State
University working toward a B.S. in Plastics Engineering
Technology with a minor in Manufacturing Management. She
had an internship in the summer of 2005 at Nike IHM in St.
Charles, MO working primarily in the thermoforming department,
processing twin-sheet. She plans to return to Nike this
summer for a second internship, doing project work in thermoforming.
She also interned in 2004 at Sika Corp. of Grandview, MO
doing insert molding in the injection molding division.
Kim has been a lab assistant at PSU since Fall 2005 demonstrating
thermoforming, extrusion, compression, injection and blow
molding, as well as testing equipment such as Instron, Izod,
DSC, and Melt Flow Index. She plans to pursue a career in
the thermoforming industry after graduation while simultaneously
working on an Masters of Business Administration.
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 Justin
will be a senior at Pittsburg State University working toward
a B.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology. He had an internship
in the summer of 2004 at Charloma, Inc. working primarily
with thermoforming machines. An active member of the SPE Student
Chapter at PSU, Justin attends many local Section meetings
and has participated in a large number of plant tours to familiarize
himself with all aspects of plastics processing.
Justin’s future plans include marriage to a fellow
PSU student this fall, and a career in a thermoforming or
rotational molding processing plant upon graduation.
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$5,000 THERMOFORMING SCHOLARSHIP
STEPHEN M. PROBERT
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
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$5,000 THERMOFORMING SCHOLARSHIP
KURTIS J. SCHULTZ
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY |
 Stephen
will be a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Wisconsin this fall. An honors student, he is
also active in the UW Karate Club, the UW Yacht Club and the
Campus Crusade for Christ.
Stephen’s undergraduate research was a “cup project”
– a successful attempt to thermoform a microcellular
foamed coffee cup from recycled bottles. The experience
of thermoforming a material that has not been commercially
thermoformed will now be incorporated into Stephen’s
graduate research. His work at MicroGREEN Inc. included
modifying a old lab-scale thermoformer, developing lab protocols
and research objectives, and making thousands of test runs
to develop the deep draw foam sheet process. The University
of Washington plans to patent the process.
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 Kurtis
will be a senior at Western Washington University this fall
working toward a B.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology.
A member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Kurtis is also
an SPE member, and was the recipient of a scholarship from
The SPE Foundation last year.
Kurtis held at internship in the summer of 2004 at Northwest
Kayaks, where he used the thermoforming process for bulkheads,
seats, hatch covers, and protective nose covers for kayaks.
His senior project is to develop a thermoformed kayak seat/support
system for people who have restricted use of their lower
extremities (paraplegics, amputees, or those otherwise injured).
Kurtis was also instrumental in writing a grant proposal,
on behalf of the WWU Engineering Technology Program, for
the Thermoforming Equipment Grant.
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$5,000 THERMOFORMING SCHOLARSHIP
LUCAS D. STALLBAUMER
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY |
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$5,000 THERMOFORMING SCHOLARSHIP
ADRIANE R. WILTSE
PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY |
 Lucas
will be a graduate student in Plastics Engineering Technology
at Pittsburg State University this fall. A member of SPE,
Lucas attended ANTEC 2004, the 2005 Thermoforming Conference,
and was featured in a Plastics Engineering magazine article
on mentorship as a result of his internship with Joe Peters,
President of Universal Plastics.
At Universal Plastics, Lucas experienced all kinds of thermoforming
applications, and was charged with designing a package with
holes in the bottom so that it still contained physical
strength and durability. After graduation, Lucas would like
to work in the automotive industry.
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 Adriane
will be a senior at Pittsburg State University this fall,
majoring in Plastics Engineering Technology with an emphasis
in manufacturing. Her interest in plastics was sparked, at
age 1l, by encouragement from a cousin who was graduating
from PSU as a plastics engineer.
Adriane, too, decided to attend PSU where she is a member
of Student Government Association, University Ambassadors,
and is currently serving as the president of SPE Student
Chapter at PSU. Adriane spoke at the 2004 Thermoforming
Conference and attended the 2005 Conference. She has also
worked as a General Plastics laboratory assistant, introducing
freshman students to the Plastics Engineering Technology
program at the university. After graduation, Adriane hopes
to work in the thermoforming industry.
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