Kirk Cantor Author

Kirk Cantor is a professor of Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. He holds a Ph.D from the Pennsylvania State University. His primary consulting areas are extrusion and instructional software for the plastics and polymer industry. He authored the book Blown Film Extrusion, which includes The Blown Film Extrusion Simulator and is available from Hanser Publications. He also provided development work on Interactive Training in Extrusion (ITX) and SPC in Injection Molding with Dr. Chris Rauwendaal of Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering, Inc. Cantor developed polymer processing simulators under an Advanced Technology Education grant sponsored by the National Science Foundation. This ATE grant has spawned the Plastics Resources for Educators Program (PREP) and its website. When he’s not working, Cantor enjoys spending time with family and playing sports such as basketball, softball, and Frisbee. He also enjoys being involved with his church family.