Session: Science & Technology Award Winners (191st Spring Technical Meeting)

Science & Technology Award Winners

Wednesday, April 26, 2017: 2:15 PM-6:00 PM

Chair:

Dr. Maria D. Ellul, ExxonMobil Chemical Co

2:15 PM

Rubber City Girl – the Path to the Goodyear Medal

Judit E. Puskas, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH

3:15 PM

Developing New Rubber Products Based on Polymer Physics Principles

David J. Lohse, Retired, ExxonMobil Chemical Co., New York, NY

3:45 PM

Molecular Evidences in Rubber Science and Technology by Means of Time-domain NMR Experiments

Juan L. Valentin, Grupo de Elastomeros // Elastomers Group, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

4:15 PM

Break

4:30 PM

George S. Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research - New Strategies of Silica and Carbon Black Dispersion in Tire Tread Compounds

Dr. Sadhan C. Jana¹, Kushal Bahl, Ph.D.², Prasad Raut¹, Nicole Swanson³, Hamad Albehaijan¹ and Coleen Pugh, PhD⁴, (1)Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH, (2)Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, OH, (3)Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH, (4)Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH

5:00 PM

New Thermoplastic Elastomers with Enhanced Elongation at Break, Elastic Recovery, and Upper Use Temperature

Jimmy Mays, Ph., D., Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN

5:30 PM

Mixing Parameters: The Rubber Mixer's Tool Belt

Richard Jorkasky II, Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc., Hudson, OH