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Milwaukee SPE Sponsored two awards at this year’s Future Cites Competition held at MSOE. Over 40 elementary schools entered the event and judged on several different categories. Milwaukee SPE sponsored two $250 awards. It was great to interact with these outstanding young people. The teams showed great enthusiasm and talent. Milwaukee SPE Board members – Jack Hill, Renee Nehls, Matt Bennett and Ray Ciezki participated as judges.

Photos shown of the winners from the Future Cities competition:
Left: Best Knowledge of Plastics – Waukesha Stem Academy
Right: Roger Tamsen Memorial Award- Best use of Plastics – St Sebastian School – Milwaukee

Mar

Tue

MKE SPE presents Jeff Jansen LIVE! on Plastic Materials Selection

Tickets

Mar 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Using Plastic’s Property Sheets for Material Selection: OK? Not OK? It depends…?

UL Prospector lists tens of thousands of different plastic resins. When tasked with material selection, 99.44% of us turn to the typical property data sheet. Those of us who have been around a while are careful not to call it a “technical data sheet”.

What are the issues with the single point numbers listed? Why does that often lead to failed product? What should we be doing

instead? Please join the Milwaukee SPE on March 24th as we welcome live and in person Jeff Jansen, a renowned expert and frequent presenter on materials and plastic part failure analysis, when he will present new and insightful information on this topic.

Jeffrey A. Jansen is Senior Managing Engineer and a Partner at The Madison Group, an independent plastics engineering and consulting firm. Jeff specializes in failure analysis, material identification and selection, as well as compatibility, aging, and lifetime prediction studies for thermoplastic materials. He has been solving polymer-related problems for 26 years. In that time, he has performed over 3,820 investigations, both for industrial clients and as a part of litigation. Jeff is a regular presenter on the SPE webinar series, covering a wide range of topics related to plastics failure, material performance, testing, and polymer technology. Jeff is a graduate of Carroll College and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Brookfield Sheraton

When: Tuesday March 24, 2020

Agenda:

5:30 – 6:00 PM – Networking and check-in
6:00 – ~6:30 PM – Dinner
6:30 – ~7:30 PM – Presentation

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Apr

Wed

Education Night is Wed April 8th! @ WCTC - Waukesha County Technical College

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Apr 8 @ 3:15 pm – 9:00 pm

Attention

APRIL 8^th SPE Education Night at WCTC Cancellation Notice 3-19-2020

Due to the concerns about the Coronavirus and keeping our members, students and

attendees safe. We have decided to cancel our annual SPE Education night scheduled on April 8th. We will not be able to reschedule this year. We look forward to seeing everyone at next year’s event. Stay Safe.

Ray Ciezki
SPE Education Chairperson

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March – April 2020 Mar – Apr 2020

Archives - Meetings & Events

Milwaukee SPE Future Cities Competition

Best Knowledge of Plastics - Cityopolis Waukesha STEM Academy

Best Use of Plastics