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Texas Tech University Student Chapter Annual Report

Texas Tech University Student Chapter Annual Report. Ziniu Yu TTU Chapter President. Ronald C. Hedden TTU Faculty Adviser. May 13 th , 2013. Society of Plastics Engineers. About Our Chapter. Faculty Advisor: Prof. Ronald Hedden Dept. of Chemical Engineering SPE South TX Liaison:

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Texas Tech University Student Chapter Annual Report

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  1. Texas Tech UniversityStudent Chapter Annual Report Ziniu Yu TTU Chapter President Ronald C. Hedden TTU Faculty Adviser May 13th, 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers

  2. About Our Chapter • Faculty Advisor: • Prof. Ronald Hedden • Dept. of Chemical Engineering • SPE South TX Liaison: Paul Banks, Fluoro-Seal International • TTU SPE Website (new): https://sites.google.com/site/spestudentttu2013/home

  3. 2012-3 Chapter Officers Elections held annually in May Treasurer: Jeff Paden President: Ziniu Yu • Secretary: Astrid Torres Vice President: RutvikGodbole

  4. SPE TTU student chapter 2011-2 President • Mr. XiguangLi • Ph.D. Candidate in Ch.E. • Advised by Greg McKenna • Study abroad at Paris Institute of Technology • Chateaubriand Fellowship Winner from French Government • Working on novel compounding strategies for dispersing graphene in immscible blends

  5. Student Members • Members list (2013) • All students are officially paid members of SPE

  6. Faculty Members in Polymers • Faculty in polymers area: Dr. Ronald Hedden Dr. Sindee L. Simon Dr. Rajesh Khare Dr. Micah Green Dr. Gregory B. McKenna Faculty Member Web: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/che/faculty/

  7. 2012 & 2013 meeting agendas(pizza served to SPE members) • 01/04/12: SPE scholarship applications; Polyolefins conference • 02/03/12: Seminar “Hunting a Plastics/Polymers Job” (Miao Hu) • 04/11/12: Poster competition announcement • 04/27/12: Departmental poster competition • 05/23/12: Poster competition Awards & new SPE officer election • 09/11/12: Seminar “Why SPE?” (Ziniu Yu) • 10/03/12: Discussion: Spring 2013 outing • 11/12/12: Discussion “How to improve our student chapter” • 02/22/13: Red Raider Best Paper Award • 03/23/13: Workshop: resumé preparation (Elizabeth Capps) • 04/20/13: Hiking trip: McKittrick Canyon

  8. 2012 SPE/GSA Poster Competition • Organized by SPE & CHE Graduate Student Association • GSA provided free T-shirts for Contestants and $50 gift cards for winners

  9. Inaugural Poster Competition Good attendance: at least 50 people!

  10. 2012 Poster Competition Five Judges: 1 Chemical Engineering Prof. 1 Math Prof. 1 Mechanical Engineering Prof. 1 Undergraduate honors student 1 Industrial Engineering Prof.

  11. 2012 Poster Competition Xiguang Li Yanfei Li Meiyu Zhai Ran Tao Rong Xu Sriya Das

  12. 2012 Poster Competition Winners (tied for 1st): JeevanMaddala; Yunzhe Ma ; Sriya Das; Jing Zhao

  13. Guest Speaker: Miao Hu (TTU Alum) Date: 02/03/12 Speaker: Dr. Miao Hu Current Position: Sr. Chemist at Bostik Previous TTU Graduate student (adv. Prof. Greg McKenna) • Shared his personal job hunting experiences • Provided tips on preparing for an interview • Suggested guidelines for content of a resumé • Discussed useful resources for finding a job

  14. Resumé Workshop Date: 3/23/13 Speaker: Elizabeth Capps Coordinator, Career Services, Texas Tech Univ. • Resuméformat & content for both graduate and undergradutestudents • Overview of Texas Tech Job Grid • Location and hours of resumé clinics on campus

  15. Polyolefins Conference in Houston 2012 Polyolefins Conference 2013 Polyolefins Conference 2012 Xiguang Li: Honorable Mentionfor SPE Poster Contest Ziniu Yu: SPE annual scholarship award 2013 SiyangGao: Third Prize for SPE Poster Contest Xiguang Li: SPE annual scholarship award

  16. Hiking-McKittrick Canyon • 4 hours drive from Lubbock • 5 hours hiking the trail • 9 students and 2 professors • Everyone survived 

  17. 2012-3 Scholarships & Awards • SPE Annual Scholarship and DeMark Endowed Scholarship • 2012 Awards ($431 per student) • 2013 Awards- smaller number of larger awards planned

  18. Scholarships & Awards • Polyolefins scholarship (TTU) SPE South Texas Section • Ziniu Yu (2012) ($1,000) • Xiguang Li (2013) ($1,000) • Polyolefins Conference Poster Competition Prize • Xiguang Li (2012, Honorable Mention, $200) • SiyangGao (2013, Third Prize, $300)

  19. 2013 Red Raider Paper Award • Established by Greg McKenna • First Award presented to Dr. Ben Xu ($500) • Current Position: Sr. Rheologist at Avery Dennison “Behavior of Cross-Linked Rubber: Explanation of the Elusive Peak in the Swelling Activity Parameter (Dilational Modulus)” MACROMOLECULES Volume: 45 Issue: 5 Pages: 2402-2410 DOI: 10.1021/ma202631u Published: MAR 13 2012

  20. 2013 Grads.-Plastics Industry Braden Pate (photo) – OxyChem Houston (working on PVC) Ming-Yang Yang – INEOS Olefins & Polymers (working on polypropylene)

  21. 2012 Operating Expenses • $ 4,741 total for scholarships (2012) • Includes $2,000 annual allowance and $2,741 from DeMark Endowed Scholarship • $ 1,000 for Chapter Operating Budget • Food and drink for monthly meeting ($120 per meeting) • $ 3,350 support for repair of critical equipment

  22. Equipment Repair Funds • $ 3350 for fixing Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) in Hedden’s Lab ELSD

  23. Equipment Repair Funds • The only public GPC facility at Texas Tech • Hedden’s group maintains the facility • All three detectors (RI, ELSD, UV) broke down at the same time in spring 2012 • Funds from SPE matched with Dean’s Office funds and Hedden’s grant funds • SPE contribution was critical (thank you!)

  24. Equipment Repair Impact • Equipment has been used for Polymers Lab class in Spring 2013 for both graduate and undergraduate students • First time GPC methods were taught at TTU • Hedden, McKenna, Green, and Simon groups benefitted from the repair so far • Three manuscripts in preparation with ESLD data

  25. Plastics Education at TTU • Polymer Processing: ChE 4340/5340 (Hedden) Structure, processing, and properties for industrial plastics processing operations, including extrusion, mixing, calendering, blow molding, thermoforming, fiber spinning, compression molding, injection molding, and recycling. • Polymers and Materials Lab: ChE 4344/5344 (Hedden/Simon) Synthesis and properties of materials including polymers, polymerization, transitions, phase separation, mechanical properties and processing. • Polymer Viscoelasticity: ChE 4346 (McKenna) Linear viscoelasticity, Boltzmann superposition, experimental methods, molecular theory, and mechanical properties of solid polymers. • Polymer Physics and Engineering: ChE 4342 (McKenna) Fundamentals of polymer science and engineering. Solution properties, chain conformation and molecular mass characterization. Rubber elasticity and vicoelastic behavior. Crystalline polymers and morphology.

  26. Future Directions Goals for the year 2013 Recruit more undergraduate students Invite at least two plastics industry speakers Hold 2nd SPE-TTU Poster Competition Increase communication with other SPE chapters Continued participation in Polyolefins conference

  27. Acknowledgements • Paul BanksSPE South Texas Section • Mark DeMarkSPE members and officers Thank you!

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