"Plastic Material Selection" webinar scheduled for Oct. 25
ONLINE - October 25, 2007
An hour-long web seminar has been scheduled by the Society for Plastics Engineers (www.4spe.org) that features Senior Materials Scientist Melissa Kurtz of Stork Technimet, Inc. (New Berlin, WI). The presentation, titled "Plastic Material Selection" will take place on October 25, 2007 at 10 a.m. CST (New York 11 a.m. / Los Angeles 8 a.m./ London 4 p.m. / Paris 5 p.m.). Registration Fees for SPE Members: Individual $99, Group $150. For nonmembers: Individual $150, Group $175.
Clicking on this link will take you to a registration page. A direct or dial-up Internet connection and a separate phone line will be necessary to access the teleconference portion of the presentation. Once you've registered, two days prior to the presentation you will receive an e-mail which will include the web address to log into and a teleconference phone number that you will need to call into the day of the presentation. You will simply log into the presentation and dial into the teleconference. For further information contact Elizabeth Reagan, 203/253-1368 or E-mail: ereagan@spe.org. For more information about the presentation content, read the abstract below, or contact Melissa Kurtz at melissa.kurtz@stork.com.
Abstract:
Materials selection is fundamental to the success of a new product, design, or application. Today's engineer is faced with a myriad of design considerations, coupled with an extraordinary number of available resin grades when selecting the optimum material candidate for a functional product. The problem lies in fully knowing what will be required of the product in a wide range of use / abuse environments along with understanding the true functional behavior of the polymer.
About the presenter:
Melissa L. Kurtz is a Senior Materials Scientist with Stork Technimet, Inc. where she specializes in the deformulation, failure analysis, and material selection of polymers. She has over eight years of experience specifically in the areas of product development and processing. Four years were spent as a Materials Engineer at Visteon Corporation, a tier one automotive supplier. During that time, she simultaneously received her Masters Degree in Material Science and Engineering at Wayne State University. Her Bachelors Degree in Material Science and Engineering was obtained while attending the University of Minnesota.