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PlastChicks – The Voices of Resin, is a plastics podcast hosted by Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri, talking about popular plastics topics and the people inspiring the industry! This podcast is sponsored by SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals. Look for new episodes the first Friday of every month.
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The Plastics and Beyond Podcast is an SPE-sponsored podcast hosted by Lilian Judy that is curated to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion in the manufacturing industry. This Podcast is designed to provide in-depth conversations around inclusion in the plastics industry, while exploring the trials, tribulations and discrimination underrepresented groups have had to overcome and are still facing. With the aim to empower and recognize underrepresented groups, our philosophy is to envision an ...
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Season 6 Episode 9 - Jay Shoemaker, Western Michigan University and HL&S Consulting
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Jay Shoemaker, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University and owner of HL&S Consulting. They discussed mold design, his work with Moldflow and iMFLUX, plastics education, mold design publications, and his participation in SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals. Watch the PlastChicks p…
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Season 6 Bonus Episode - Jess Rodriguez, Berry Global, Inc.
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Bonus Episode! PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Jess Rodriguez, Sustainability Project Manager at Berry Global, Inc. They discussed her journey in the plastics industry and working with designers and customers to improve sustainability and recyclability in healthcare packaging through circular content, recycling technology, and …
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Season 6 Episode 8 - Jake Kelly-Walley, Matrix Polymers
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Jake Kelly-Walley, an R&D Engineer at Matrix Polymers and PhD Student at Queen's University Belfast. They discussed UN Sustainable Development Goals, responsible consumption of materials, introducing post-consumer recycling into rotational molding processes, banana fiber, deciding which applicati…
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Season 6 Episode 7 - Wendy Hoenig, H & H Business Development
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Wendy Hoenig, CEO at H & H Business Development, 2024 inductee into the Plastics Hall of Fame, and 2018 Women Breaking the Mold award winner. They discussed Plastics Pioneers, her work at Dow, product incubation, emerging trends in the plastics industry, approaches to and importance of mentoring …
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Season 6 Episode 6 - Dr. Ellen Lee, Ford Motor Company
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Dr. Ellen Lee, Technical Leader of Additive Manufacturing Research at Ford Motor Company, live from ANTEC® 2024. They discuss her journey in additive manufacturing, challenges in using additive manufacturing in the automotive sector, developing technical roadmaps, collaboration with the value cha…
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Season 6 Episode 5 - Darien Dierksen, Procter & Gamble
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Darien Dierksen, Senior Application Engineer at Procter & Gamble. They discuss her journey in the plastics industry, mentoring, challenges for women in the plastics industry, sustainable solutions at Procter & Gamble, the importance of recycling education and her road ahead in plastics. Watch the…
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Season 6 Episode 4 - Alethea Schaeffer, USHECO
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Alethea Schaeffer, VP of Sales & Engineering, USHECO. They discuss her journey in the plastics industry, thermoforming processes, the company's entrepreneurial approach to manufacturing, designing for manufacturing, approaches to problem-solving in engineering, pivoting to support pandemic supply…
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Season 6 Episode 3 - Co-CEOs - Hoffer Plastics
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host the co-CEOs of Hoffer Plastics: Gretchen Hoffer Farb, Charlotte Hoffer Canning and Alex Hoffer. They discuss the dynamics of a family-owned injection-molding plastics business, their approach to innovation in the plastics industry, the advantages of having multiple co-CEOs, the importance of fami…
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Season 6 Episode 2 - Monika Stroeder, PhD - NOVA Chemicals
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Monika Stroeder, PhD, Team Leader, Circular Products R&D at NOVA Chemicals. They review her role in developing new products, her move into technical services, packaging, sustainability and finally into research and development of circular products. They discuss working together with the industry …
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Season 6 Episode 1 - Madison Kramer, PlastChicks Scholarship Winner
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Madison Kramer, a Plastics Engineering sophomore at Penn State Behrend and the first PlastChicks Scholarship Winner. They discuss her scholarship, her interest in plastics engineering, how Lynzie and Mercedes created the PlastChicks podcast, plastics mold design, the benefits of internships in ad…
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Season 5 Episode 10 - Sarah Webber, Plastic Ingenuity
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Sarah Webber, Sustainable Packaging Engineer for Plastic Ingenuity. They discuss her sustainable plastics industry career journey, encouraging others to explore careers in plastics, the importance of involving packaging engineers early in the process when the design is frozen but not ready to lau…
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Season 5 Episode 9 - Mitch Rife, Delta TechOps
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Mitch Rife, Engineering Manager for Additive Manufacturing, Delta TechOps. They discuss transitioning from subtractive to additive manufacturing processes; designing for 3D printing while considering injection molding requirements should production needs increase; producing 3D-printed tools, tool…
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Season 5 Episode 8 - Kate Davenport, Eureka Recycling
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Kate Davenport, Co-President of Eureka Recycling, a nonprofit zero waste organization and social enterprise recycler based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They discuss the economics and opportunities in providing recycling services, including finding sustainable markets that are interested in purchasi…
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Season 5 Episode 7 - Nathan Rader-Edkin, Plastics Innovation and Resource Center, Pennsylvania College of Technology
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Nathan Rader-Edkin, Plastics Innovation and Resource Center Program Manager, Pennsylvania College of Technology, a Plastics News Rising Star for 2023, and a co-founder of a new plastics career site, PlasticsPostings.com. They discuss his plastics industry career journey, parenting, injection mold…
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Season 5 Episode 6 - Dr. Sherrika Sanders, Manner Polymers
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Dr. Sherrika Sanders, Senior Technical Engineer, Manner Polymers and member of the SPE DEI Advisory Board. They discuss her career journey, being one of the Hidden Figures of Dallas, developing small molecules to authenticate fuel and consumer goods, the use of PVC in building and construction, S…
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host Rashed Islam, Head of Product Integrity at Lyft - Transit, Bikes, and Scooters. They discuss his journey in his product integrity career, working at Google and Lyft, the challenges of implementing recycled plastics in products, sustainable transportation design, eStation strategies, the Lyft Micr…
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Season 5 Episode 4 - Alexandre Martel and Filippos Voulpiotis, 3Dnatives
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host 3Dnatives guests Alexandre Martel, Co-Founder, and Filippos Voulpiotis, Chief Business Officer. They discuss the role of 3Dnatives as a reliable source of information on the latest trends of the Additive Manufacturing market, common misconceptions about additive manufacturing, the careful work th…
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Season 5 Episode 3 - 2022 SPE Foundation Scholarship Winners
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri host four of the 2022 SPE Foundation Scholarship winners: Rachel LeBlanc, Allen Román, Kelsey Allis, and Wyatt McGraw. The SPE Foundation is an arm of SPE that supports the development of plastics professionals by funding quality educational programs, grants, and scholarships, emphasizing science, eng…
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Season 5 Episode 2 - Ed Hall, Baerlocher USA
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri with guest Ed Hall, President and CEO of Baerlocher USA, discuss Ed's career journey, the importance of ethics and diversity in the workforce, Baerlocher USA's move into sustainability and services, and the need for the plastics industry to get together to teach, learn and collaborate in their approac…
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Season 5 Episode 1 - Mason Myers, Autodesk
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri with guest Mason Myers, Principal Implementation Consultant at Autodesk, discuss the advantages of using simulation software to make it easier to get a process up and running, saving time and money using simulations, Autodesk's Moldflow Simulation software, and automation software advances in meshing …
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Season 1 Episode 7 - Lilian Judy, Plastics & Beyond Podcast
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Lilian Judy wraps up her first season with her Plastics & Beyond podcast by reflecting on her journey in understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); discussing her experiences and those of others with diverse backgrounds in engineering; and expressing her hopes for improvements as younger generations who have higher expectations for DEI e…
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Season 4 Episode 10 - Neil Thompson, Teach the Geek
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri with guest Neil Thompson, Founder of Teach the Geek, author and podcaster of Teach the Geek to Speak, discuss helping STEM professionals develop their presentation skills to further their career development, the challenges engineers face when communicating to a non-technical audience, attributes of en…
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Season 1 Episode 6 - Lynzie Nebel, Cytiva, PlastChicks and SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals
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On this episode of the Plastics & Beyond Podcast, Lilian Judy hosts Lynzie Nebel, Upstream Quote Engineer at Cytiva, co-host of the PlastChicks podcast and VP Member Engagement of the SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals Executive Board. They discuss the challenges women face in plastics engineering, the role of mentorship, their career journeys, d…
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Season 4 Episode 9 - Dr. Katrina Knauer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and BOTTLE Consortium
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri with guest Dr. Katrina Knauer, Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and CTO of the BOTTLE (Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment) Consortium discuss attaining your ideal job in your plastics career; Katrina’s research into decons…
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Season 1 Episode 5 - Evan Morton, SPE Foundation - Live at ANTEC® 2022
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On this episode of the Plastics & Beyond Podcast, Lilian Judy hosts Evan Morton, Programs and Sustainability Coordinator, SPE Foundation, live at ANTEC® 2022. They discuss their journey in STEM, bringing research opportunities to students of diverse backgrounds to help form their future, the importance of introducing students to STEM and plastics e…
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Season 4 Episode 8 - Pat Haney, MTD Micromolding
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PlastChicks Lynzie Nebel and Mercedes Landazuri with guest Pat Haney, Research and Development Engineer, MTD Micromolding, examine research and development in micro-medical plastics injection molding; the unique challenges of super-small molding, including differences in non-Newtonian fluid behavior, shear thinning and crystalline formation; proces…
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Season 1 Episode 4 - Jon Ratzlaff, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP - Live at ANTEC® 2022
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On this episode of the Plastics & Beyond Podcast, Lilian Judy hosts Jon Ratzlaff, Technical Services Manager, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, live at ANTEC® 2022. They discuss millennials in the plastics job market, finding a job that fits your personality, approaches to diverse hiring with a broad view of diversity, the challenges of finding…
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