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Detroit SPE Welcomes the Next Gen Scholarship Winners Volume 62 ▲ Number 3 DETROIT SECTION - SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS - “THE CHARTER CHAPTER” January 2018 Detroit SPE Welcomes the Next Gen Chelsea Barriga & Jason Merkle of Chase Plastics Lead Next Gen Outreach See details on page 5 Scholarship Winners See details on page 14 Letter from the Editor Eve Vitale As Director of the Society of Plastics Engineers support industry with good people. Our work is moving Foundation, I’ve had the privilege to be involved with young people through the pipeline of initial interest thousands of students around the country over the last (PlastiVan®— changing the perception of plastics one 18 months. These students range in age from 3rd grade classroom at a time) through training at the college and through graduate school. The SPE Foundation’s Mission university level (Schoolcraft College and all of our student is to support the development of plastics professionals SPE chapters), and our newer Next Gen initiatives to by funding quality educational programs, scholarships keep young professionals engaged in industry. and student experiences. We accomplish this through We give back to the industry that has served us well, the a variety of programs including PlastiVan®, HOP Kits, industry that at times can be frustrating and is always supporting educational STEM events, supporting student challenging, but somehow we continue to love it enough SPE chapters, and making grants to middle schools, high to share our talent, treasure, and time to keep it alive. schools, colleges, and universities in support of plastics programming and labs. This issue highlights our Next Gen event coming up in March. Please read about Chelsea Barriga and Jason My volunteer work with SPE Detroit melds perfectly Merkle from Chase Plastics who have taken on the with my work at the SPE Foundation. The more time challenge to bring more young professionals into our I spend with the good people of SPE Detroit, the Detroit Section. You can also read about our 2017 more I see the motivation behind the scenes. Putting Outstanding Member of the Year, Dr. Adrian Merrington. together world-class conferences, interesting technical These two stories are just a snapshot of the dedication of dinners, scholarship programs, supporting PlastiVan®, our Detroit SPE members. supporting Future Cities, etc. – takes the personal drive and motivation of many of our members. I’ve asked With gratitude, Eve myself why do I do it? Why do WE do it? Besides the personal networking advantage, it’s really the desire to In This Issue Eve Vitale Editor’s Message—Eve Vitale page 2 Detroit SPE 2018 Planned Events page 11 President’s Message—Wayne Hertlein page 3 KraussMaffei Technical Dinner page 12 2017 Outstanding Member Adrian Merrington page 4 2017-2018 Detroit SPE Scholars—Tom Miller page 13 The Next Gen Arrives in Detroit—Eve Vitale page 5 Scholarship Winners Announced page 14 Nominations for SPE Detroit Board of Directors and page 18 Next Gen March Madness Networking Event page 7 Councilor—Irv Poston ExxonMobil and American Plastic Toys Save the Day page 8 Detroit Section Executive Board and page 19 for Toy Donation Program—Eve Vitale Committee Members Material Auction Invitation—Dawn Cooper page 10 President’s Message Wayne M. Hertlein, President Hello, Detroit Section Members: is held yearly and the national champions have come from Michigan for many years. It’s hard to believe that my second term as president is over half completed. A lot has happened since On February 5, 2018, we will have our next Board the last time I wrote to you. The 47th Annual of Directors meeting at the ACC in Troy. On Friday, Automotive Innovation awards were held on February 23, 2018, we will be hosting our 24th November 8, 2017, at the Burton Manor in Livonia. Annual Materials Auction at the MGM Grand Hotel Over 900 people attended this event and all of & Casino in Detroit, MI. This event raises funds for the automotive companies and suppliers were the Educational Programs of the Detroit Section. represented. I would like to congratulate all of the Please give us your support by donating to the award recipients of the event. auction, attending the auction, or both. The supply of this year’s PE material for our annual We will have another Technical Dinner meeting on Toy Donation was affected by Hurricane Harvey February 26, 2018. The topic will be “Krauss-Maffei in August and almost did not happen. Chevron Presentation & Facility Tour.” This dinner will be Phillips had to declare Force Majeure when its held at the Krauss-Maffei facility in Brighton. plant was affected by the Hurricane. DowDupont Inc. & ExxonMobil Chemical Company stepped up On March 5, 2018, we will have another Technical and saved the day with their donations. American Dinner. The topic will be “Carbon Fiber” and will be Plastic Toys Company in Walled Lake managed to held at the Michigan State University Management get the toys manufactured in the nick of time. I Education Center in Troy. would like to thank American Plastic Toys for their From March 27, 2018 - March 29, 2018, SPE dedication to molding and assembling all of the International will host the 3rd annual TPO toys, DowDupont Inc., and ExxonMobil Chemical Conference in Shanghai, China. This Conference Company for donating their materials, Maple Press was developed in Detroit and is now a stand-alone for donating the labels, and E.L. Hollingsworth for event. We are looking forward to a great turnout donating the transportation. for that conference. On December 7, 2017, we held our annual BOD Finally, make sure to mark the AutoEPCON Christmas party at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester. conference on your calendars to be held on May 1, This was a great time to enjoy the holidays with the 2018, at the Troy Marriot, in addition to the ANTEC Board Members and their spouses. We have many to be held in Orlando, Florida, from May 7, 2018 - exciting events scheduled to take place in 2018 as May 9, 2018. The ANTEC conference has been held well. continuously since 1942 and presents all of the new Starting in January, we have the ESD Future City and innovative papers on plastics from around the Competition on January 22, 2018. Every year the world. Detroit section sponsors the “Incorporation of Plastic We are looking forward to seeing each of you at Materials Awards” for the students. Future City is a our upcoming events. project-based learning program where students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. This year’s theme is “The Age-Friendly City”. This national competition www.SPEdetroit.org 3 Society of Plastics Engineers Detroit Section plastics recycling and plastics sustainability. The majority of his employment has been with the former Michigan Molecular OUTSTANDING Institute where he was a Senior Associate Scientist and Assistant Professor. He had been at MMI from 1992 when he joined as a Visiting Scientist and Post- MEMBER doctoral Research Fellow until it closed in 2015. During this time, he was the Principal Investigator 2017 on a number of projects, the author of numerous papers, presentations and of four book chapters. He is also, for reasons he’s still not entirely clear about, listed in Who’s Who in Plastics and Polymers. Adrian held a number of positions after leaving MMI before he joined Trinseo earlier this year. Trinseo is a global materials company and manufacturer of Dr. Adrian Merrington plastics, latex and rubber. His new position with drian Merrington, B.Sc. (Hons.), Ph.D., Trinseo as a Quality and Analytical Specialist AM.R.S.C., C.Chem., C.Sci., has been allows him the benefit of using his existing an active member of SPE since 1994. He expertise in a new and exciting role. serves SPE on both the Detroit Section and Sustainability Division Boards of Directors. He is Adrian was recently blessed enough to marry the wonderfully patient Liane. They share their past-President of both Detroit Section and the lives with his son Ian, step-sons Lucas and former mid-Michigan Section, being amongst Casey, step-daughter Tori and three un-named those members instrumental in the merger of goldfish. They are still in the process of moving the two Sections. He is Technical Chair and into their home in Midland. In addition to family interim-Councilor for the Sustainability Division. life, Adrian enjoys watching and coaching He also serves at the International level on the football (soccer), watching football (football, I Sections Committee with responsibility for know, it gets confusing), photography, reading leading the team that is creating awareness of graphic novels, traveling and discovering new the committee’s activities. restaurants with his wife. Adrian has a passion for education and research, particularly in the areas of plastics, 4 www.SPEdetroit.org The Next Gen Arrives in Detroit Eve Vitale Detroit SPE is not known for its Young Professional Ferris and UMass Lowell both have very active crowd aka Next Gen in SPE terminology (SPE’s student SPE Chapters, and Jason was surprised to definition is 35 and under.) I won’t even attempt to see a huge drop off in SPE participation once he calculate the average age for our board members, graduated and entered the plastics industry full but I can assure you it is easily north of 50. As a time. Chelsea relocated from Chicago to Detroit and powerhouse Section this is one area Detroit SPE has attended her first SPE event in September, 2017. The struggled with for a number of years, but fortunately lack of young professionals prompted a discussion help is on the way.
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