24th -28th Feb, 2018: 5 Students traveled to Houston for the 2018- SPE International Polyolefins Conference .
Ricky, Amer, Zhiyuan, Bhargavi and Sourya traveled for the Conference. Ricky, Zhiyuan and Sourya presented a poster on their research. Zhiyuan won the 'SPE 2018 TPM&F Division/Polyolefin' scholarship. The students volunteered for the registration and signing up process, attended various talks and formed professional network with many people in the industry. Next-Gen Advisory Board (NGAB) organized a student dinner and a bowling night for all the student participants for them to connect with each other.