Sarah Ross
Student
Guest Speaker
Senior Project Presentation:
New Product Development: Concept to Reality
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
11:40 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
(see full conference schedule)
Presentation Description:
The "New Product Development: Concept to Reality" Capstone project immersed University of Massachusetts Lowell undergraduate students in the process of bringing a blow molded product to life. Under the guidance of the Education Committee and their advisor, Dr. Anne Soucy, the students justified decisions regarding critical properties, processing method, and material grade for rigid bottle packaging for a nutritional dry powder. An optimized process was established and validated with standard industry testing, and the costs of all necessary components to bring the product to the market were accounted for.
Speaker Biography:
Sarah Ross is pursuing her master's degree in Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she completed her undergraduate studies in Spring 2025. She works as a research assistant, competes for the university's cross country and track and field teams, and is a member of Athletes Intervarsity. Sarah has interned at Saint-Gobain Research North America and Callaway Golf, and she is excited to continue growing her experience and meeting new people in the plastics industry.