The Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award is a professional award conferred by the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division. Established in 1983, the award is named after Melvin Mooney, developer of the

Mooney viscometer A Mooney viscometer is an instrument used for measuring the ''Mooney viscosity'' of rubbers.ACS Rubber ...

and of the Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic law. The award consists of an engraved plaque and prize money. The medal honors individuals "who have exhibited exceptional technical competency by making significant and repeated contributions to rubber science and technology".

Recipients

1980s

* 1982

J. Roger Beatty James Roger Beatty (April 9, 1917-November 25, 2010) was a B. F. Goodrich Senior Research Fellow and the first recipient of the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award. Early life and education Beatty was born in Iola, Kansas on April 9, ...

- Senior Research Fellow at

B. F. Goodrich The Goodrich Corporation, formerly the B.F. Goodrich Company, was an American manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in Akron, Ohio in 1870 as Goodrich, Tew & Co. by Benjamin Goodrich, the company name was ch ...

known for development of rubber testing instruments and methods * 1983

Aubert Y. Coran Aubert Y. Coran (1932–2020) was an American scientist noted for his contributions to thermoplastic elastomers and Sulfur vulcanization, vulcanization chemistry of rubber. In 1983, he won the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award, bestowed ...

- Monsanto researcher responsible for invention of thermoplastic elastomer Geolast * 1984

Eli M. Dannenberg Eli Mercer Dannenberg (10 October 1917 - 22 April 1991) was a Cabot scientist known for contributions to surface chemistry of carbon black. Education Dannenberg completed his education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939. Career ...

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scientist known for contributions to surface chemistry of carbon black * 1985

William M. Hess William Manert Hess (April 28, 1928 - August 22, 2017) was a Columbian Chemicals Company scientist known for contributions to characterization of carbon black dispersion in rubber. Education Hess completed his education at Long Island Unive ...

- Columbian Chemicals Company scientist known for contributions to characterization of carbon black dispersion in rubber * 1986

Albert M. Gessler Albert M. Gessler (191918 May 2003) was an ExxonMobil research chemist known for the development of elastomeric thermoplastics. Personal Gessler was a resident of Cranford, New Jersey for 58 years. He was active in civic life, founding Cranfo ...

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researcher known for development of elastomeric thermoplastics * 1987 Avrom I. Medalia -

scientist known for contributions to understanding electrical conductivity and dynamic properties of carbon black filled rubbers * 1988

John G. Sommer John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

- GenCorp scientist and author of popular texts on rubber technology * 1989 Joginder Lal - Goodyear Polymer Research Manager and expert in the synthesis and mechanism of the formation of high polymers.

1990s

* 1990

Gerard Kraus Gerard Kraus (February 25, 19201990) - was a Phillips Petroleum scientist known for developing testing standards for carbon black surface area. Education Kraus was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, the son of a pathologist and professor of medicin ...

Phillips Petroleum Phillips Petroleum Company was an American oil company incorporated in 1917 that expanded into petroleum refining, marketing and transportation, natural gas gathering and the chemicals sectors. It was Phillips Petroleum that first found oil in the ...

Scientist known for developing testing standard for carbon black surface area * 1991

Charles S. Schollenberger Charles Sundy Schollenberger (August 8, 1922 - January 25, 2002) was an American chemist. He invented the first thermoplastic polyurethane (Estane). Early life Schollenberger was born in 1922, on the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and ...

chemist who invented

Estane Glass-filled polymer (or glass-filled plastic), is a mouldable composite material. It comprises short glass fibers in a matrix of a polymer material. It is used to manufacture a wide range of structural components by injection or compression mouldin ...

* 1992

Robert W. Layer The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

chemist noted for contributions to chemistry of imines * 1993 John R. Dunn - Polysar synthetic rubber research chemist * 1994

Noboru Tokita Noboru Tokita (February 20, 1923 - October 31, 2014) was a Uniroyal and later Cabot scientist known for his work on the processing of elastomers Personal Tokita was born in Sapporo, Japan in 1923. He met his wife Noriko while on an exchange prog ...

- Uniroyal and later

scientist known for studying processing of elastomers * 1995 Edward N. Kresge -

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Chief Polymer Scientist who developed tailored molecular weight density EPDM elastomers * 1997

Russell A. Livigni Russell A. Livigni (born 20 July 1934) is a rubber industry scientist and executive noted for his discovery and development of high trans styrene-butadiene rubber, a crystallizing rubber that provides superior oxidation resistance relative to natu ...

- Gencorp scientist known for discovery and development of barium-based catalysts for the polymerization of butadiene and its copolymerization with styrene to give high trans rubbers with low vinyl contentDr. Russell A. Livigni, 2013 Charles Goodyear Medalist, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, vol. 86, G2-3, 2013. * 1998

Henry Hsieh Henry L. Hsieh was a Phillips Petroleum scientist known for contributions to polymerization chemistry, specifically anionic polymerization Education Hsieh was a native of Shanghai, China. He received his BS Chemistry at the University of Akro ...

scientist known for contributions to polymerization chemistry * 1999

Avraam I. Isayev Avraam I. Isayev (born 1942) University of Akron Distinguished Professor of Polymer Engineering known for widely used texts on rheology and polymer molding technology, as well as for development of technology for ultrasonic devulcanization of ti ...

- University of Akron Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science known for widely used texts on rheology and polymer molding technology, as well as for development of technology for ultrasonic devulcanization of tire rubber.

2000s

* 2000

Joseph Kuczkowski Joseph A. Kuczkowski is a retired Goodyear scientist, noted for successfully explaining the mechanisms of antioxidant and antiozonant function, and for commercial development of new antiozonant systems and improvement of the stability of polymeric ...

- Goodyear chemist who elucidated mechanisms of

antioxidant Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation, a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals. This can lead to polymerization and other chain reactions. They are frequently added to industrial products, such as fuels and lubricant ...

function, resulting in the commercialization of several new antioxidant systems * 2002 C. Michael Roland -

Naval Research Lab The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. It was founded in 1923 and conducts basic scientific research, applied research, technological ...

scientist recognized for blast and impact protection using elastomers, and for diverse contributions to elastomer science * 2003

Walter H. Waddell Walter H. Waddell is a retired ExxonMobil Chemical senior research associate and consultant to the tire and rubber industry with expertise in silica technology, rubber compounding, butyl polymer applications and tire aging. Since 2015 he has serve ...

scientist recognized for his work on tire innerliner technology * 2004 Oon Hock Yeoh -

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Scientist known for contributions to

nonlinear elasticity In continuum mechanics, the finite strain theory—also called large strain theory, or large deformation theory—deals with deformations in which strains and/or rotations are large enough to invalidate assumptions inherent in infinitesimal stra ...

and

fracture mechanics Fracture mechanics is the field of mechanics concerned with the study of the propagation of cracks in materials. It uses methods of analytical solid mechanics to calculate the driving force on a crack and those of experimental solid mechanics t ...

* 2005

Kenneth F. Castner Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byn ...

- Senior Research and Development Associate at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company known for his work in nickel catalyzed diene polymerization for the synthesis of high cis-polybutadiene * 2006 Meng-Jaio Wang -

scientist known for studies of carbon black * 2007

Daniel L. Hertz Jr. Daniel L. Hertz Jr. (February 27, 1930 - January 9, 2021) was an entrepreneur, executive and self-educated scientist noted for his leadership in the rubber industry. Personal Hertz was born to Daniel L. Hertz Sr. and Elizabeth Beet Hertz in Mo ...

- President of Seals Eastern and NASA consultant on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster * 2008

Robert P. Lattimer Robert P. Lattimer (February 2, 1945 - ) is a retired chemist who worked for Lubrizol as an Advanced Materials research and development technical fellow. He is an advocate for including intelligent design in public science curriculum. Education ...

- Lubrizol Advanced Materials research and development technical fellow * 2009

Frederick Ignatz-Hoover Frederick Ignatz-Hoover is an Eastman technology fellow and the ninth editor of ''Rubber Chemistry and Technology''. Education Ignatz-Hoover completed his undergraduate and graduate education in chemistry and Polymer Science at the University ...

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technology fellow and 9th editor of

Rubber Chemistry and Technology ''Rubber Chemistry and Technology'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering fundamental research and technical developments relating to chemistry, materials science, and engineering of rubber, elastomers, and related materials. ...

2010s

* 2010

William J. van Ooij William J. van Ooij is a retired University of Cincinnati professor known for elucidating the mechanisms of brass-rubber adhesion in tires, and as the founder of corrosion resistant coatings company Ecosil Technologies Education van Ooij comple ...

- University of Cincinnati professor known for elucidating the mechanisms of brass-rubber adhesion in tires * 2011

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Senior Staff Engineer recognized for development of Vistalon EPDM elastomers * 2012

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- former director of the

German Institute for Rubber Technology The German Institute for Rubber Technology. is a publicly funded nonprofit organization, based in Hanover Germany, whose purpose is the advancement of applied research in rubber technology. The mission includes both the chemical and physical beh ...

(DIK) and popular lecturer on rubber technology * 2014

Shingo Futamura Shingo Futamura (April 3, 1938 -) is a rubber industry materials scientist noted for his concept of the deformation index. Education Futamura completed his undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree at Waseda University in Japan. He earned a m ...

- Materials scientist noted for his concept of the

Deformation Index The deformation index is a parameter that specifies the mode of control under which time-varying deformation or loading processes occur in a solid. It is useful for evaluating the interaction of elastic stiffness with viscoelastic or fatigue beh ...

* 2015

Alan H. Muhr Alan Hugh Muhr is a retired TARRC scientist noted for contributions to understanding the mechanics elastomer applications, including laminated rubber isolators, marine fenders, automotive mounts, and structural energy dissipation systems Educatio ...

- TARRC scientist noted for contributions to understanding the mechanics elastomer applications, including laminated rubber isolators, marine fenders, automotive mounts, and structural energy dissipation systems * 2016

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- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company researcher known for developing a single-step process for converting

Nitrile In organic chemistry, a nitrile is any organic compound that has a functional group. The prefix ''cyano-'' is used interchangeably with the term ''nitrile'' in industrial literature. Nitriles are found in many useful compounds, including met ...

latex to

HNBR Nitrile rubber, also known as nitrile butadiene rubber, NBR, Buna-N, and acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, is a synthetic rubber derived from acrylonitrile (ACN) and butadiene. Trade names include Perbunan, Nipol, Krynac and Europrene. This rubber is ...

latex * 2017

David J. Lohse David John Lohse is a retired ExxonMobil materials scientist known for contributions on thermodynamics of mixing, nanocomposites for controlling permeability, neutron scattering of polymers, rheology of polymers. Education Lohse earned two B.S. ...

Materials Scientist known for contributions on thermodynamics of mixing, nanocomposites for controlling permeability, neutron scattering of polymers, rheology of polymers * 2018

Joseph Padovan Joseph Padovan (14 April 1943 - ) is a retired University of Akron Distinguished Professor known for pioneering finite element procedures for analysis of rolling tires. Education Padovan received his B.S. (1965), M.S. (1967) and Ph.D. (1969) ...

- University of Akron Distinguished Professor known for pioneering finite element procedures for analysis of rolling tires. * 2019

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department head of Material Concepts and Modeling group

2020s

* 2020

Kenneth T. Gillen Kenneth T. Gillen is a retired Sandia National Labs researcher noted for contributions to service life prediction methods for elastomers Education Gillen completed his PhD in chemistry at University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1970 under advisor ...

- Sandia National Labs researcher noted for contributions to service life prediction methods for elastomers * 2021 Howard Colvin - Organic chemist and consultant to the tire and rubber industries noted for developments to rubber chemicals and polymers * 2022

Anil K. Bhowmick Anil K. Bhowmick (born 1954) is a University of Houston professor known for contributions to polymer nanocomposites, thermoplastic elastomers, sustainability, adhesion, failure and degradation of rubbers and rubber technology. Early Life and Edu ...

- University of Houston professor known for contributions to polymer nanocomposites, thermoplastic elastomers, sustainability, adhesion, failure and degradation of rubbers and rubber technology * 2022

Anke Blume Anke Blume (b. 6 April 1969) is an engineering technology professor at the University of Twente known for her contributions to silica and silane chemistry for rubber applications. Education Anke Blume was born in Hanover, Germany, April 6, 1969. ...

- engineering technology professor at the University of Twente known for her contributions to silica and silane chemistry for rubber applications.{{cite news , title=ACS Rubber Division names 2023 Science and Technology Award winners , url=https://www.rubbernews.com/news/acs-rubber-division-names-2023-science-and-technology-award-winners , access-date=15 November 2022 , work=Rubber News , publisher=Crain , date=11 November 2022

References

External links

The ACS Rubber Division

Oral histories of several medal winners

Awards of the American Chemical Society Awards established in 1983 Materials science awards Rubber