Christopher G. Robertson

Dr.
Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology
1200 Firestone Parkway
Akron, OH
USA 44317-0001
Email: robertsonchris@bfusa.com

Biographical Sketch: Chris Robertson received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and then spent two years as a postdoctoral research associate in polymer physics at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. For the past ten years, Chris has been involved with industrial research at ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials, and now at Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology in Akron, Ohio. The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society honored Chris with the 2008 Sparks-Thomas Award, and he has also received best paper awards from the Society of Plastics Engineers and the ACS Rubber Division. Dr. Robertson is co-author of 43 peer-reviewed publications and 17 patents / patents pending, and he is an associate editor of Rubber Chemistry and Technology.

Papers:
20 A Comparison of the Transient Stress-Strain Response of Rubber to Its Linear Dynamic Behavior 88 Viscoelastic Complexities of Elastomer-Particle Composites and Relevance to Prediction of Tire Tread Performance