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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

Jeff Jansen Meeting Cancellation

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Mar 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

The talk by Jeff Jansen was cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. We plan on rescheduling it for Fall 2020. We will update the world when we have a confirmed new date!

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

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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Oct

Tue

Upcoming SPE Board Meeting @ Western Racquet Club

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Oct 13 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

The next SPE Board Meeting is October 13th at Western Racquet Club.
Those interested in attending can contact Todd Menna, President of the Milwaukee Section at todd.menna@element.com

Tuesday, October 13th 5:30 PM
Western Racquet Club
1800 Highland Drive, Elm Grove WI 53122

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Dec

Tue

2020 Golf Outing News @ Riiver Club of Mequon

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Dec 7 all-day

The much anticipated July SPE Golf Event has been cancelled for 2020

We look forward to seeing everybody again in 2021 at the River Club of Mequon, July 12, 2021.

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March 2020 – December 2021 Mar 2020 – Dec 2021

Archives - Meetings & Events

Milwaukee SPE Future Cities Competition

Best Knowledge of Plastics - Cityopolis Waukesha STEM Academy

Best Use of Plastics