Message from the President

Hi Everyone,

 Welcome to the Society of Plastics Engineers Texas Tech Student Chapter (SPE-TTU) website. SPE is a professional organization dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and information regarding plastics. SPE has more than 20000 members from both industry and academia and supports 120 student chapters in universities all over the world. The Texas Tech student chapter, a registered student organization, was chartered on September 24, 2005, in order to create awareness regarding plastics among Texas Tech students and the local community.  Furthermore, the chapter provides our members with the opportunities to enhance their career prospects through interactions with industrial professionals and academic researchers.

 The chapter has recently completed a busy and successful year. The lecture organized by the chapter provided a broader view in current technological and industrial trends in the plastics sector. The trip to the "Pumpkin Capitol of the USA" and the corn maze provided a good opportunity for our members to interact with each other. The chapter also continued its scholarship program for selected graduate and undergraduate student. As has been the tradition, the chapter also sponsored our members to attend SPE conferences such as the International Polyolefin Meeting and the Annual Technical Conference.

 This year, we will continue the lecture series, the scholarships and the conference programs. We have also planned several exciting social events and activities to provide more benefits to our members. All future scientists and engineers with interest in plastics are welcome to join the organization. As the President of the Chapter for 2008-2009 I sincerely invite you to join us, if you are not a member yet.  I am sure you will find our chapter to be of great value for your current field of study as well as for your future career.  For more information, please visit the SPE website at http://www.4spe.org or email me at miao.hu@ttu.edu.

Sincerely,

What's  New?  *Bernoulli Blower has been shipped to Woodlands Children's Museum      *SPE-TTU scholarship for fall 2008 has been awarded

• SPE-TTU scholarship for Fall 2008 - Open to all majors in Science and Engineering (to download the form click here)               
• The Bernoulli Blower design picture on SPE May 2007 newsletter  click here) 
   
• SPE-TTU chapter has been awarded the outstanding student chapter award for the year 2007 (click here)
   

Milestones

• February 26, 2007 - South Texas Section of SPE gives $12500 as endowment
   
• October 17, 2006 - South Texas section of SPE gives $3000 for scholarships.
   
• February 28, 2006 - South Texas section of SPE gives $3000 towards scholarships.
   
• October 13, 2005 - South Texas section of SPE gives $2000 for operations.
   
• September 24, 2005 -The TTU student chapter chartered by the SPE.