Jacques W.M. Noordermeer

Jacques W.M. Noordermeer University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede Netherlands NL-7500 AE Email: j.w.m.noordermeer@utwente.nl Biographical Sketch: 1995-present: Professor of Elastoemr Technology and Engineering at the Technical University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. 1977-1980: General Electric Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands: Manager “Application Engineering Department” for Noryl PPO, Lexan PC and Valox PBT; 1981-1999: DSM Elastomers BV, Geleen, the Netherlands. Various positions within the EPDM-rubber R&D:Polymer Development Specialist; Director Research and Application Technology;Coordinator R&D between the Netherlands – USA – Japan – Brazil. 1974-1975: Post-doctoral research associate at the Rheology Research Center of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. USA, with Prof. Dr. J.D. Ferry. 1970-1974: Delft University of Technology: Ph.D. degree on “A Flow Birefringence Study of Polymer Conformation” with Prof. Dr. H. Janeschitz-Kriegl; Awards: 1999: Annual technical award-IISRP: Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers; 2000: Best Paper-Original Contribution award of the 157th meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas, April 2000. 2005/2006: Gold medal-International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO)