December 2025 Technical Meeting & Networking Event

The STLE Philadelphia Section is pleased to continue our education programming for the 2025 – 2026 year with a program combining a discussion on Extended Producer Responsibility and Synthetic Lubricants. Our program will be held on Thursday, December 4th starting with registration and networking at 11:30 AM and lunch at 12 PM. The meeting will start with announcements at 1:00 PM. The meeting will be held at Sandy Run Country Club in Oreland PA.

Following the meeting we will hold a Social in the Sandy Run Bar area from 3 PM – 6 PM EST. There will be a cash bar with no additional fee. Even if you cannot attend the meeting, please consider joining us for a “beverage of your choice” afterwards.

Featuring:

1:00 PM Introduction and Announcements – Neil Canter, Program Chair, STLE Philadelphia Section

1:15 PM – Darren Lesinski, Technical Director, TotalEnergies; “”EPR-Extended Producer Responsibility Primer.”

1:50 PM – Baranbas Gao, Graduate Research Fellow, Rowan University; “ Improving Lubricant Pipeline Flushing Operations – From Trial and Error to Smarter Flushing Operations.”

2:05 PM – Break

2:15 PM – Doug Placek, Global Director Lubricants Division, Zschimmer & Schwarz; “Performance Advantage of VSP Synthetic Esters Compared to PAO and Standard Polyol Esters.”

Poster Session: Between 11:30 AM and 12:45 PM

Tyler Hannesson, Undergraduate Student, Towson State University; “Coincidence of the metal-insulator transition and epsilon near zero conditions in amorphous FeCuB films.”

Registration Details: https://buytickets.at/philadelphiastle/1945188

• Lecture and buffet style lunch: $40 ($20 retirees and unemployed colleagues) if registration received by the end of the day on Monday, December 1st
• Lecture and buffet style lunch: $45 ($20 retirees and unemployed colleagues) for registrations between Tuesday, December 2nd and the meeting on Thursday, December 4th. This includes walk-ins.
• Lecture only: $20 (includes those attending virtually)
• We request contributions be made to the STLE Philadelphia Section Student Scholarship Fund Philadelphia Section members are asked to list Philadelphia as their section when they renew their STLE Memberships.
• Social Outing also at Sandy Run Country Club starting at 3 PM – no need to register and no additional registration fee