Plastics and Advanced Manufacturing Day

Get a hands-on introduction to Plastics and Advanced Manufacturing!

Plastics and Advanced Manufacturing Day on December 6, 2024 is an interactive campus visit program which allows you to learn about Shawnee State's Plastics Engineering Technology and Advanced Manufacturing programs. You’ll get to meet with current students, successful alumni, and faculty.

Register to Attend:

Single Student or Group Registration

For more information contact Brittany Bazler at (740) 351-3601 or bbazler@shawnee.edu.

Join us Friday, December 6 2024.

Plastics and Advanced Manufacturing Day will start promptly at 9:30 am, with registration beginning at 9 am at the entrance to Flohr Lecture Hall in Clark Memorial Library. Your day includes a campus tour, parent and student interactive workshops, academic and scientific presentations, and of course, lunch!

Plus, Plastics and Advanced Manufacturing Day qualifies as a college visit for juniors or seniors attending high school. Staff from the Office of Admission will be available to sign campus visit verification forms.

Single Student Registration Group Registration

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Hands-on Sessions

Part Design & 3D Printing

Learn how to design plastic parts using computers, and how to print 3D versions of the part.

How to Make a Plastic Part

You’ll get to operate plastics processing equipment such as extruders, injection molding machines, and rotational molders to produce and take home your choice of a polymer based plastic product like ice scrapers or Frisbees.

Meet Alumni

Explore the plastics program and meet recent graduates to see what they do and learn about opportunities.

Campus Tour

Take a tour of our beautiful, compact campus and take an optional housing tour.

Employment Opportunities

Plastics is the largest business in Ohio and is a global growth industry, having averaged about 15% growth per year for the last 20 years.

There is tremendous demand for technically qualified personnel in the plastics field, allowing SSU graduates to select attractive positions within the plastics processing operations and geographical locations of their choice.

Process Engineer
Project Engineer
Research Engineer
Technical Sales Engineer
Design Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer
Quality Engineer

SSU Plastics and Advanced Manufacturing Classes

Our plastics engineering technology program provides a solid theoretical foundation upon which to build a thorough understanding of polymer processing operations. Extensive “hands on” laboratory experience is provided in order that students can apply the technical knowledge acquired, using industrial scale equipment. We also have classes in 3D printing and additive manufacturing.

Basic Processing
Advanced Processing
3D Printing and Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing
Material Science
Statistics
Part and Model Design
Undergraduate Research
Foundation courses in math, chemistry, and physics, plus broad diversification through SSU's General Education Program