Travis J. Kieffer - Travis will be a sophomore at Iowa State University for the 2009-2010 school year, studying for a degree in industrial engineering. A Dean’s List student, he is an SPE member and attended the 2008 Thermoforming Division Conference in Minneapolis.

Travis works at Plastics Unlimited, a family-owned business, during summers and as time allows during the school year. The company manufactures thermoformed, composite, urethane, and fiberglass composite/thermoplastic products. A believer in green products, Plastics Unlimited has developed a patent-pending process that incorporates soy oil in the resin that is used in this process. Travis was involved in the development of this process over the last 4 years.

He is also working on a minor in Environmental Engineering and hopes that, upon graduation, the combination of his major and minor degrees will enable him to work in applications involving agriculture and natural resources.