News and Events (2005)

Gravure Day 2005
This year's Gravure Day was held on October 31, 2005. There were many excellent presentations about the state of gravure printing and opportunities for students in the gravure industry. Juniors Steve DiLullo and Michelle DeFouw organized the event and did an excellent job.

Dr. Nick Triantafillopoulos, the Director of the Akron Technology Center for OMNOVA Solutions and Director of New Technologies for ROHMNOVA LLC, presented Dr. Abubakr a check for $30,000 for the fourth consecutive year. The money will be used for grauduate research projects, an undergraduate scholarship competition and faculty development.	GEF scholarship recipients, Sharon Maxey, Michelle DeFouw and Steve DiLullo stand with Scrap Cox, Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch, the executive directof of GEF and Dr. Abubakr.
Bill Boyd, President of Transprint USA, gave a presentation of heat transfer, or dye sublimation, printing. He also talked about gravure sleeves in place of engraved cylinders, which Transprint USA is among the first to utilize.	Ben Starr, Technical Support Specialist for CGS Publishing International and 2003 graduate of WMU, returned to discuss the future of printing and soft proofing. CGS produces ORIS, a software that provides a RIP and an ink optimizer, and donated the software to the PCI department.

PLGA Scholarship
(posted 10.12.05)
Kate Blout was nominated to receive the Packaging, Label and Gravure Association's annual scholarship of $2,000. This is the second year that the PLGA has extended this scholarship opportunity for WMU students. Congratulations!

Annual Fall Meet and Greet
(8/31/05)
This year, the Fall Convocation (now called the Fall Meet and Greet) attracted more than 110 students from the three undergraduate programs and the graduate program. Faculty and staff were introduced and gave a brief summary of what they do, as well as the three student organizations. Scholarships, jobs opportunities and internships were also discussed. The Fall Meet and Greet is a great way to improve the freshman experience and retention by connecting the entering class to the department.

New Department Newsletter
(June 2005)
The Department of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging has made its second newsletter The Parkview Edition available for download here. (Adobe Acrobat is required.)

Paper Coating Course Offered in July 2005
Paper Coating Course will be offered on July 18-21, 2005. WMU's Paper Coating Course, having educated hundreds of papermakers and suppliers over many years, is being re-introduced with an updated, fresh format featuring classroom instruction, laboratory workshops, and pilot coater evaluations. For more information see http://www.wmich.edu/coatingplant/coatingcourse/index.html

Flexo Day
(March 14, 2005)
Highlights from Flexo Day 2005:

Speakers: Jim Parker from Graphic Solutions, LLC. and Dr. Bradley J. Bazuin from ECE Department

Flexo Day is a good place for students to learn about new technology in the flexographic printing industry.

Discussions during the lunch and the afternoon panel

Paper Engineers in High Demand
There is a new surge in demand for paper engineering graduates. The department is reaching out to high school math and science teachers to recruit new students to the program. To learn more, please read this letter [pdf] from Said AbuBakr, PCI department chair.

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