SPE South Texas Section   The Extruder Newsletter

May 2018

The Society of Plastic Engineers

Table of Contents

President’s Message

Steve King

Dear SPE-STX Members,

I would like to take time to say thanks to many of our dedicated SPE Members for their contribution to the many events held this past 12 months. Even though we are taking summer off from our social events we continue to prepare for the coming year. Many of our members will continue to work tirelessly throughout the summer planning and preparing for the 2019 Polyolefins Conference. Their support allowed us set new records this year which has allowed us to provide an endowment and many scholarships to the various universities and students. A big THANK YOU to all!

We will start back up in with our technical, social, and fund raising events in August. As always we are looking for your participation to help us continue the successful trends we have enjoyed for many years. If you are interested please feel free to reach to me, any member of the board, and/or any of the various committee members. We are in continuous need of your support. Watch our site at www.spe-stx.org for upcoming fall events.

Best regards,
Steve King

Weather was perfect for our annual golf outing at Willow Creek Golf Course!

59 golfers enjoyed not only a beautiful day and a wonderful course, there were additional opportunities for entertainment on the course:  featuring a golf canon, long drive assistant on 18th hole and a hole in one contest.

Many door prizes were also given out as golfers enjoyed a delicious meal and drinks.

The Winning Team

Fred Kramer, John Militante, Steve Barkman, and Doug Horton made up the winning team and each received a monogrammed Titleist golf bag.

I big thanks to Ryan Reese for chairing this event!

 


South Texas SPE 2017-2018 Board Meeting

Meeting Minutes for
Wednesday, April 18, 2018


Attendence: Bill Diecks, Janell Helton, Chuck Crosby, Steve King, Iman Bahrani, Peter Lauzon, Tom Walsh, Dell Doyle, and David Hansen. Jeff Applegate – Special Guest

Tom moved to end the meeting, seconded by Pete Lauzon.

 


In The News


 

Breakfast Bunch Meeting on hold

There will be a brief hiatus for our breakfast bunch meeting.

We will let you know when we get a new leader and start again.


 

 

2018 Outstanding Student Chapter Awarded to TAMU Society of Plastics Engineers Student Chapter

Society of Plastics Engineers TAMU Chapter will be officially recognied as a 2018 Outstanding Student Chapter Award recipient at the 76th Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC 2018) in Orlando, Florida.

Mohammed Haque, Chemical Engineering '19, Texas A&M University, and President TAMU Society of Plastics Engineers Student Chapter, related this information to us as he was filing the Student Chapter Renewal paper work with our section.

 

 

Plastics Information: Check It Out

Houston Public LibraryThe Houston Public Library on McKinney has resources on plastics and polymers. Check out their catalog at http://catalog.houstonlibrary.org. If you are not near the McKinney location, you can arrange to pick up your books at your local branch.

The Fondren Library at Rice University has the most complete collection of books on plastics and polymers. This is also a prime resource for patent and trademark information, as well as other US Government documents. You cannot check out books there unless you join Fondren Library [$50], but you can arrange for books to be sent to your library by inter-library loan. Use their catalog at http://library.rice.edu/.

The next best place to browse is at the MD Anderson Library at the University of Houston central campus. South Texas Section has donated many plastics books to this library. If you plan ahead, you can get a TexShare library card from a library where you are a member, which will allow you to check out books from any U of H library. Their catalog is at http://www.library.uh.edu/.

Understanding the properties of processed polyamide 11

Katalee Jariyavidyanont, Jason L. Williams, Alicyn M. Rhoades, Ines Ku ̈hnert, Walter Focke, and Rene ́ Androsch

Abstract

Calculating different cooling rates for injection-molded polyamide 11 enables successful prediction of crystal polymorph details in actual molded parts.

Read more.


Program Calendar

Date
Event Title
Event Specifics
Topic
Location
Time
September 2018 Kickoff Event Social   TBD TBD

Section Officers

President
Steve King
Solvay
(713) 598-2327
Steve.King@Solvay.com

President Elect
Dell Doyle
Dow Chemical
(940) 636-1509
Condelldoyle@yahoo.com

Kevin Alexander
KWA-Tech, Inc.
(281) 701-7792
Kevin@kwatech.com

Vice President
Iman Bahrani
Omya, Inc.
(281) 802-5392
iman.bahrani@omya.com

Secretary Ryan Reese
Dover Chemical
(330) 343-7711
rreese@doverchem.com

Treasurer
Peter Lauzon
Peal Processing
(832) 486-3418
pete@pealprocessing.com

Committee Chairpersons

Awards Committee Chair – Kevin Alexander
KWA-Tech, Inc.
(281) 701-7792
Kevin@kwatech.com

Golf Outing – Ryan Reese
Dover Chemical
(330) 343-7711
rreese@doverchem.com

Education Committee Chair – David Hansen
SBC Consulting
(281) 346-0143
david.hansen47@yahoo.com

Housing – Ryan Reese
Dover Chemical
(330) 343-7711
rreese@doverchem.com

Membership Committe Co-Chairs
Chuck Crosby
Braskem Americas
(713) 469-2394
Charles.crosby@braskem.com
Tom Walsh
Walsh Consulting Services
(281) 493-2344
t.s.walsh@earthlink.net

Newsletter –Iman Bahrani
Omya, Inc.
(713) 681-5217
iman.bahrani@omya.com

Technical Program – Dell Doyle
Dow Chemical
(940) 636-1509
Condelldoyle@yahoo.com

Young Professional Chair

Polyolefins 2017 Chair – Robert C. Portnoy
Portnoy Technical Services LLC
(713) 829-8799
rportnoy@portnoytechnicalservices.com

Board Members

Steve King
Solvay
(713) 598-2327
Steve.King@Solvay.com

Kevin Alexander
KWA-Tech, Inc.
(281) 701-7792
Kevin@kwatech.com

Iman Bahrani
Omya, Inc.
(713) 681-5217
iman.bahrani@omya.com

Bill Diecks
Retired
281-381-1264;
bill.diecks@comcast.net

Terry Vermaas
Kisuma Americas, Inc.
(832) 460-5133
tvermaas.aic@swbell.net

David Hansen
SBC Consulting
(281) 346-0143
david.hansen47@yahoo.com

David Grice
C&K Plastics
(281) 352-6761
dgrice@candkplastics.com

Dell Doyle
Dow Chemical
(940) 636-1509
Condelldoyle@yahoo.com

Tom Walsh
Walsh Consulting Services, Inc.
(281) 493-2344
t.s.walsh@earthlink.net

Peter Lauzon
Peal Processing
(832) 486-3418
pete@pealprocessing.com

Web Content/Section Coordinator

Janell Helton
Houston, TX 77084
713-503-6729
jdhelton@comcast.net