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President’s MessageDr. Sassan Tarahomi, IAC Group

President

December 2014 President Message

Dr. Sassan Tarahomi, IAC Group Growth – My dear fellow SPE members,

about two months ago in early October I

discovered the SPE is offering a limited time one

year free student membership to any student

interested to sign-up for SPE as a member. This is

normally a $33 annual fee which in my opinion is

still a large sum of money for students who are

struggling to pay tuition, books and fees, and are

burdened with thousands of dollars of student loan

debt. This was a great decision by SPE

International to offer this opportunity to students.

The Detroit Section Chapter Advisers were able to

take advantage of this opportunity and sign-up

many students at Kettering University, Michigan

State University, Ferris State University and

Schoolcraft College.

Table-1 SPE Student membership status since

June 2014 for universities in Detroit area

Table-1 data was prepared by Sandra McClelland

our hardworking Councilor and was presented at

our November 24 board meeting. It is very exciting

and interesting to see the large growth of SPE

membership at the Detroit Section sponsored

universities in a short few months. However, it is

also very disappointing to see the lack of SPE

membership growth at other local universities.

This data indicates two important facts. First,

sponsored chapters are working well with their

corresponding universities to recruit new students

and offering free student membership, which

tremendously helps with their recruitment mission.

My congratulations to the SPE student chapters at

the Ferris State University, Kettering University,

Michigan State University, and Schoolcraft

College for their hard work in recruiting students.

Each student chapter continually spreads the SPE

vision and implements the SPE mission among

their fellow student membership. Second,

Universities without SPE chapters are in the

opposite situation. They are barely holding to the

one or two SPE student members. It should be

our goal to change this result. I will designate a

major portion of my next Detroit Section board

meeting on Monday, February 2, 2015 to discuss

the SPE student membership at these highly

Growth – My dear fellow SPE members, about two months ago in early October I discovered the SPE is offering a limited time one year free student membership to any student interested to sign-up for SPE as a member. This is normally a $33 annual fee which in my opinion is still a large sum of money for students who are struggling to pay tuition, books and fees, and are burdened with thousands of dollars of student loan debt. This was a great decision by SPE International to offer this opportunity to students. The Detroit Section Chapter Advisers were able to take advantage of this opportunity

and sign-up many students at Kettering University, Michigan State University, Ferris State University and Schoolcraft College.Table-1 SPE Student membership status since June 2014 for universities in Detroit area Table-1 data was prepared by Sandra McClelland our hardworking Councilor and was presented at our November 24 board meeting. It is very exciting and interesting to see the large growth of SPE membership at the Detroit Section sponsored universities in a short few months. However, it is also very disappointing to see the lack of SPE membership growth at other local universities.

This data indicates two important facts. First, sponsored chapters are working well with their corresponding universities to recruit new students and offering free student membership, which tremendously helps with their recruitment mission. My congratulations to the SPE

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student chapters at the Ferris State University, Kettering University, Michigan State University, and Schoolcraft College for their hard work in recruiting students. Each student chapter continually spreads the SPE vision and implements the SPE mission among their fellow student membership. Second, Universities without SPE chapters are in the opposite situation. They are barely holding to the one or two SPE student members. It should be our goal to change this result. I will designate a major portion of my next Detroit Section board meeting on Monday, February 2, 2015 to discuss the SPE student membership at these highly regarded universities and hopefully address how we can change these results. I invite any interested member who can assist us with this task, to attend this meeting at the American Chemistry Council office in Troy. Meeting will start at 5:00 PM and ends at 8:30 PM.

Christmas holidays are almost here! Pretty soon, I’ll be smelling the baked pies while enjoying the Christmas music from my hand me down I-Pod hocked up to a large speaker on the corner of our kitchen. But this year, my wife and I are leaving

to Florida during Christmas holidays and will be enjoying the sun and warm weather. I have to wait until next year for making more Christmas memories at home. I know I’ll miss it a lot but change is good for all of us especially those that keeps the wife happy.

I wish all of you a great time with your family and friends and a very happy holidays. Rest and recuperate and be ready for a lot more fun at your day job and SPE volunteer work at night. We have lots of great activities planned for 2015 and need your help to make them happen.

“Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to all”.

Let’s have more fun!

Yours truly,

Sassan TarahomiPresident, SPE Detroit Section

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SPE is Booming at Kettering University December, 2014

Under the direction of Mark Richardson, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) Lecturer, and with the help of Eve Vitale, Kettering University’s Student Section of SPE is gaining popularity and momentum. The new members include mechanical, industrial, chemical and electrical engineering students.

It all started while Richardson was working as a graduate assistant in the Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department three years ago, running the introductory manufacturing processes labs, which included injection molding and thermoforming. He noticed a lab-scale single screw extruder which was similar to one that had been part of the sheet extrusion lab when he worked for The Dow Chemical Company, tucked in the back corner of the Polymer Processing Laboratory.

He walked into the Department Head’s office and said I’m going to get the extruder in the lab up and running. He was met with Dr. Scheller’s reply of: “Yeah. Sure, and what was your name again?” Fast forward to 2014 and the change is remarkable, not only in the lab, but with industry and student engagement.

It started with a trip by Richardson and Vitale to NPE in 2012 and a meeting with Bill Carteaux, facilitated by Kettering alumnus, Dan Joseph, CEO of D. R. Joseph, Inc. This meeting gave Richardson and Vitale the confirmation they needed to move forward with a plan of making a difference to an industry hurting for workforce. They were invited to make a presentation to the SPI Equipment and Processors Councils in Indianapolis, and took part in a Washington SPI Fly-In.

These events led to a number of support opportunities, the first being a water bath and pelletizer consigned from Bay Plastics Machinery and a Cold Jet Dry Ice machine. Through a purchase and donation, Rebuilding & Fabricating, Inc, provided downstream sheet, cast film and profile extrusion equipment for the extruder. Una-Dyn donated a large capacity dryer, Asahi Kasei and Chevron Phillips donated raw materials. IAC donated colorants and PMC (Premier Material Concepts) donated sheet. Two more pieces of equipment are on their way—a thermoformer from Ford and a 35mm twin screw bought from Century Extrusion at a considerable discount.

Looking for opportunities with philanthropic organizations, Vitale wrote a number of grants. The GM Foundation supported two new classes in Plastics Processing which have been delivered in seminar form for the last year. The Dart Foundation granted money to match a MAAC Machinery and SPE Thermoforming Division grant which led to the purchase of a new MAAC Thermoformer, replacing the model that was thought to be approximately 50+ years old. The new thermoformer has supported both graduate and undergraduate independent studies. The Grainger Foundation gave $5,000 to support the lab, and the Dart Foundation granted $25,000 more to refurbish, calibrate and maintain the testing equipment necessary for Richardson’s applied research.

With the help of the IME technicians, Richardson removed over 23 tons of decades-old equipment and began his onslaught on industry to upgrade and improve the lab to benefit students and to make progress in plastics workforce development.

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Asahi Kasei (AK) has donated considerable material development work to support Richardson’s research and John Moyer, President at Asahi Kasei Plastics North America and Kettering University Trustee, has been especially helpful and supportive of the efforts to increase student awareness of the industry. Kettering’s SPE Section has an open invitation to tour AK’s Fowlerville plant and network with many of the top executives, researchers and support staff, which they did again this term.

Other activities in the fall of 2014 included:• WeeklymeetingsinthePolymerProcessing

Lab with 30 usually in attendance• Nineteen in attendance at the SPE

Innovation Gala• Club Expo for freshmen and transfer

students to promote SPE• Russell Broome, SPE Managing Director

andSueWojnicki,SPEManagerofEventsand Membership visited to talk to students

• TouratACIPlastics,Inc.inFlint• Support for the SWE Outreach event

for middle-school girls in the Polymer Processing Lab

• PresentationonCarbonFiberCompositesbyPresidentPaulWoodsonandTreasurerJoel George

• OutreachatDiscoverKettering–over100prospective students and their parents came through the lab and were given hands-on activities with the extruder, pelletizer,injectionmoldingmachineandthermoformer

• Waterbottlerecyclinginthelab• MoldingKetteringBulldogs,workingwith

the extruder and pelletizing strand; and• Aholidayparty

StudentswerealsoinvolvedinANTECin2014and more are planning on making the trip to Orlando in 2015, being especially interested in the Plastics Race and planning for the “next

generation” of plastics professionals. Two studentsareevenparticipatingatDetroitSPEBoardmeetings,lookingforwaystocontribute.

Issues can arise because Kettering is a co-op university which has its students switching back and forth between academic terms and work terms every 11 weeks. This creates a group with two distinct memberships and tones, generating challenges to get desired projectsaccomplished in just 10weeks (nothing getsfinished during finals week), or to get the sectionstocooperate.Butthey’reworkingonit,andthenewBulldogmoldisafineexample.

A-Section, under the leadership of ChrisLafayette, wrote a grant to Kettering Student Government for a new mold and received $4,999 in funding, while Julia Hershey in B-SectiondevelopedtheCADforthisnewBulldogmold.The mold, manufactured by Linear Mold & Engineering, allows for continuous molding of Kettering’s mascot relieving Richardson and his students of standing for hours in front of the presstomoldthedesirednumberofBulldog’sfor the Kettering community.

Richardson’s personal involvement as faculty advisor has many facets which he insists are all important in attracting students to the industry. First and foremost is to give them meaningful and relevant hands-on experiences in the Polymer Processing Lab. He also works hard to expose them to the many opportunities to network with industry professionals afforded by SPE membership. Through his own service to the University, he encourages students to reach out to pre-college students at many Kettering-sponsored events. He believes these students could be budding plastics engineers. Butmostimportantly,hepersonallyshareshisenthusiasm for plastics with his students, giving unselfishly of his time and energy in hopes that our industry will reap the benefits.

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in hands-on activities increase their knowledge of the current use of plastics and careers available in plastics engineering.

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Peter F. Grelle has been employed in the plastics in-dustry for nearly forty (40) years and has been a mem-ber of the Society of Plastics Engineers since 1972. He is currently owner/president of Plastics Fundamen-tals Group LLC, a company specializing in training and consulting. He was employed nearly twenty (20) years with The Dow Chemical Company, and prior to Dow was employed by the Monsanto Company, the Winchester Group of Olin Corporation, and Wellman Inc. Plastics Division. Peter received his B.S. in Plastics Technology from Lowell Technological Institute, and his M.S. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachu-setts at Lowell. He holds four (4) US and international patents in plastics product design, and has authored and co-authored forty (40) publications in the areas of plastics part design, plastics materials, structural foam molding, recycling, and plastics process technology.

Peter is the recipient of the 2000 Engineer of the Year Award from the Injection Molding Division of the SPE, the 2001 SPI Structural Plastics Division Industry Recognition Award, and the 2006 SPE Honored Ser-vice Award. He has also received four (4) Best Paper Awards from the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) Structural Plastics Division, the Society of Plastics En-gineers (SPE) Injection Molding Division, and the So-ciety of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

Since 2009, Peter has been a member of the SPE De-troit Section Board of Directors and was Detroit Sec-tion President from 2013-2014. Since 1991, he has been a member of the SPE Injection Molding Division Board of Directors and was Injection Molding Division Chairperson from 1997-1998, and currently serves as the Injection Molding Division Technical Director. Pe-ter was also a member of the SPE Rochester, New York Section Board of Directors from 1993 to 1996.

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Upon completion of the course students will be able to:1. Identify characteristics of different types of plastic materials that make it appropriate for the application.2. Discriminate between the advantages and limitations of common plastic molding processes.3. Relate application test requirements to material and process choice.4. Demonstrate the ability to identify various features of a plastic part.5. Understand how various material choices and processing techniques can affect the molded part.6. Illustrate various material, design and process options affecting part mass, cost and performance.7. Apply background concepts and knowledge of materials to tool design.8. Apply background concepts and knowledge of processability to part design.9. Apply plastic part design knowledge into tooling.10. Apply engineering fundamentals to plastics part design.

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CouncilorsNominations are being accepted for the Councilor Elections thru January 31, 2015

Elections will be held in February, 2014

The term for the Councilor is 2015-2018

Sandra McClleland, the current Councilor is eligible for re-election and has expressed interest in serving the next term and therefore will be a nominee for the elections.

Nominees should have a successful track record with the Detroit Section for at-least 10 years.

For more information and requirements please contact Nippani Rao, the nominations/elections chair at Nippanirao@aol.com or call 248 444 1753

Board MembersNominations are also being accepted for Detroit Section Board Members Elections thru January 31, 2015.

Current board members, whose term is expiring, 2015 are all eligible to run again.

The elections will be held in February, 2015.

The election term is for 2015-2018.

We welcome any one currently working with the board in any capacity and is interested in running for the elections, please apply with a bio and a photograph.

Bios and photographs must be sent to Nominations/elections chair, Nippani Rao at nippanirao@aol.com

Attention Students and FacultyThe SPE EPCON Committee is looking for students to serve as moderators and presenters at the 2015 EPCON scheduled for May 5th at the Troy Marriott. Contact Tom Miller at thomas.miller@basf.com if you would like to take advantage of this opportunity to network with industry experts and showcase your presentation skills.

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DETROIT SECTION EXECUTIVE BOARD and COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 2014-2015Title Name Company O/W Phone Cell Phone EmailPresident Sassan Tarahomi IAC 248-455-3981 248-259-5624 starahomi@iacgroup.comPresident Elect Adrian Merrington Michigan Molecular Institute 989-832-5555 ext 638 merrington@mmi.orgFirst Vice President Wayne Hertlein Wilbert Plastic Services 248-953-7826 wayneh7758@aol.com Second Vice President Gary Kogowski Entec Polymers/Ravago Americas 248-797-7433 gkogowski@entecpolymers.comPast President Pete Grelle Plastics Fundamentals Group LLC 248-752-2611 PFGrp@aol.comTreasurer Tom Powers Consultant 248-877-0689 tpowers@ejourney.comCouncilor Sandra McClelland Chevron Phillips Chemical 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 mccles@cpchem.comSecretary Bob Petrach Safety Technology International, Inc. 248-703-5995 bpetrach@sti-usa.comDirector Emeritus Irv Poston Retired (GM) 248-646-9574 ieposton@juno.com

Nippani Rao Rao Associates 248-444-1753 nippanirao@aol.comTom Powers Consultant 248-877-0689 tpowers@ejourney.comNorm Kakarala Inteva Products Retired 248-433-1227 sriman.kakarala@gmail.comRon Price Global Polymer Solutions 248-738-5504 248.563.6343 rprice525@aol.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2014-2015Advertising Co-Chair Bob Petrach Safety Technology International, Inc. 248-618-6809 248-703-5995 bpetrach@sti-usa.com

Co-Chair Chris Surbrook Midland Compounding, Inc 989-495-9367 csurbrook@midlandcompounding.comAutoEPCON Conference Co-Chair Gary J. Kogowski Entec Polymers/Ravago Americas 248-797-7433 gkogowski@entecresins.com

Co-Chair Sandra McClelland Chevron Phillips Chemical 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 mccles@cpchem.comAwards Co-Chair Nippani Rao Rao Associates 248-444-1753 nippanirao@aol.com

Co-Chair Pete Grelle Plastics Fundamentals Group LLC 248-752-2611 PFGrp@aol.comCommunications / Web Content Co-Chair Irv Poston Retired (GM) 248-646-9574 ieposton@juno.com

Co-Chair Marc Bahm MRB Polymers 248-496-2811 marc.bahm@gmail.comCo-Chair Adrian Merrington Michigan Molecular Institute 989-832-5555 ext 638 merrington@mmi.org

SPE Foundation/Education Fund Co-Chair Tom Powers Consultant 248-877-0689 tpowers@ejourney.comCo-Chair Sandra McClelland Chevron Phillips Chemical 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 mccles@cpchem.com

House Co-Chair Sassan Tarahomi IAC 248-455-3981 248-259-5624 starahomi@iacna.comCo-Chair Bob Petrach Safety Technology International, Inc. 248-703-5995 bpetrach@sti-usa.com

Intersociety Co-Chair Wayne Hertlein Wilbert Plastic Services 248-953-7826 wayneh7758@aol.com Co-Chair Russ Peters S C Johnson & Son, Inc 989-667-1008 rbpeters@scj.com

Material Auction Co-Chair Dawn Cooper Uniplas, Inc. 248-486-1449 dawn@uniplasinc.comCo-Chair Chris Surbrook Midland Compounding, Inc 989-495-9367 csurbrook@midlandcompounding.com

Membership Co-Chair Gary Lawrence Techno Polymer 734-788-2394 glawrence@techpo.comCo-Chair Bob Bogdewiecz Wellmann Engineering Resins 248-921-4951 bob.bogdewiecz@wellmaner.com

Newsletter Editor Co-Chair Gary J. Kogowski Entec Polymers/Ravago Americas 248-797-7433 gkogowski@entecresins.comNominations/ Elections Co-Chair Irv Poston Retired (GM) 248-646-9574 ieposton@juno.com

Co-Chair Nippani Rao Rao Associates 248-444-1753 nippanirao@aol.comPlastivan & Essay Contest S.E. Mich. Tom Miller BASF 586-291-5289 thomas.miller@basf.com

Northern Mi. Todd Hogan Dow Chemical Co. 989-636-5303 tahogan@dow.comPublic Interest Co-Chair Dawn Cooper Uniplas, Inc. 248-486-1449 dawn@uniplasinc.com

Co-Chair Patricia Ewald DME 248-544-5787 patticake0809@hotmail.comScholarships Co-Chair Tom Miller BASF 586-291-5289 thomas.miller@basf.com

Co-Chair Adrian Merrington Michigan Molecular Institute 989-832-5555 ext 638 merrington@mmi.orgEducation Sandra McClelland Chevron Phillips Chemical 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 mccles@cpchem.comTechnical Programs TPO Pete Grelle Plastics Fundamentals Group LLC 248-752-2611 PFGrp@aol.com

TPO Norm Kakarala Inteva Products Retired 248-433-1227 sriman.kakarala@gmail.comAutoEPCON Sandra McClelland Chevron Phillips Chemical 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 mccles@cpchem.com

TPO Conference Chair Bill Windscheif AIS, Ltd. 248-375-2335 bill@AIS-Limited.comWebMaster Co-Chair Marc Bahm BASF 248-496-2811 marc.bahm@gmail.com

Co-Chair Adrian Merrington Michigan Molecular Institute 989-832-5555 ext 638 merrington@mmi.orgHistorian Co-Chair Tom Powers Consultant 248-877-0689 tpowers@ejourney.com

Co-Chair Wayne Hertlein Wilbert Plastic Services 248-953-7826 wayneh7758@aol.comNext Generation Advisor Co-Chair Furkan Akdemir Elastron USA, Inc. 248-946-2214 furkan@elastron.com

Co-Chair Maheen Khan maheen024@gmail.comGolf Outing Co-Chair Nippani Rao Rao Associates 248-444-1753 nippanirao@aol.com

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Term Ending 6/2015 Term Ending 6/2016 Term Ending 6/2017 AdminstrativeAdrian Merrington

merrington@mmi.org Chris Surbrook csurbrook@midlandcompounding.comSteven Keinath

keinath@mmi.orgTom Pickett

tomjpickett@yahoo.comGary Kogowski

gkogowski@entecresins.com

Tom Millerthomas.miller@basf.com

Dawn Cooperdawn@uniplasinc.com

Jim Keelerjim.keeler@albis.com

Robert V. Petrach, Jr.bpetrach@sti-usa.com

Laura Sheredalshereda@akplastics.com

Bill Windschiefbill@AIS-Limited.com

Marc Bahmmarc.bahm@gmail.com

Terry Cressycressytq@comcast.net

Todd Hogantahogan@dow.com

Wayne Hertleinwayneh7758@aol.com

Karen Rhodes-Parker248-244-8993

karen@spedetroit.com SPE Detroit website

www.SPEdetroit.orgTPO Conference

www.auto-TPO.comSPE International www.4spe.org