Penn State Behrend
    School of Engineering
    5101 Jordan Road
    Erie, PA  16563-1701

    Office: REDC 213J
    Phone: (814) 898-6132
    Fax: (814) 898-6125
    Email: mjdropik@psu.edu

Martin J. Dropik
Service

Organizing conferences, service on conference committees

Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference

• Session Moderator, ‘Advanced CAE in Simulation,’ Nashville, TN, May 2003.

Active participation in professional and learned societies

Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)

• Served as presenter of scholarships sponsored by the local chapter to Penn State Behrend Plastics Engineering Technology students, December 2001.

Service to educational institutions

Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.  Visited Fisher-Price with Edinboro staff to research industrial design aspects of product development, Spring 2003.

Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.  Collaborated with Edinboro art staff for course development of a special section of PL ET 350, Design of Plastic Parts, 4 credits, to incorporate elements of art with engineering principles for plastic part development.  This collaboration resulted in coursework affecting 22 PLET students, 3 art students from Edinboro University, and two art instructors from Edinboro University, Spring 2003.

Service to community

Organized and presented (twice) a 2-hour program with Lucy Lenhardt for 7th and 8th grade students from Warren, PA area to illustrate career opportunities for a Plastics Engineer, June 16, 2004.

Erie Achievement Center, Erie, PA.  Supported efforts to design wheelchair equipment to make recreational activities such as power soccer available to handicapped children by providing expertise and students, 2001.

Service to governmental agencies at the international, federal, state, and local levels                                      
Plastics Technology Center, Erie, PA. 

• Informal support by providing technical direction on an as-needed basis, 2001.
• Provided students for project work, 2001.

Assisted Erie, PA’s Sheriff’s Department in procuring tooling to fabricate plastic sheriff badges in support of children’s drug awareness program.  Coordination with skills center and other local support in organization was required, Spring 1999-Fall 2000.

Contributions to the University's programs to enhance equal opportunity and cultural diversity

Organized and presented 2-hour program for 15-20 female high school students interested in Plastics Engineering with Andy Herrera, Director of Educational Equity, July 2004.

Service to student organizations

Delta Chi Fraternity

• Faculty adviser, 2002-present.

Society of Plastics Engineers

• Junior class adviser, 2003.

Moldflow User Group, Pittsburgh, PA.

• Student adviser, arranged for twelve students to participate in the conference and present posters, April 2003.