The Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award is a professional award conferred by the

American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all ...

, Rubber Division. Established in 1983, the award is named after

Melvin Mooney Melvin Mooney (1893–1968) was an American physicist and rheologist. Life Mooney was born in Kansas City, Missouri.J. H. Dillon (1948) J. Colloid Sci. 4 (3) 187-8 "Introduction of Melvin Mooney as E. C. Bingham Medallist" He achieved an A. ...

, developer of the Mooney viscometer 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 Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, an ...

science and technology".

Recipients

1980s

* 1982 J. Roger Beatty - Senior Research Fellow at B. F. Goodrich known for development of rubber testing instruments and methods * 1983 Aubert Y. Coran -

Monsanto The Monsanto Company () was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in ...

researcher responsible for invention of

thermoplastic elastomer Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), sometimes referred to as thermoplastic rubbers, are a class of copolymers or a physical mix of polymers (usually a plastic and a rubber) that consist of materials with both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties. ...

Geolast * 1984 Eli M. Dannenberg - Cabot scientist known for contributions to surface chemistry of carbon black * 1985 William M. Hess - Columbian Chemicals Company scientist known for contributions to characterization of

carbon black Carbon black (subtypes are acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black and thermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of coal and coal tar, vegetable matter, or petroleum products, including fuel oil, fluid ...

dispersion in rubber * 1986 Albert M. Gessler - ExxonMobil researcher known for development of elastomeric thermoplastics * 1987 Avrom I. Medalia - Cabot scientist known for contributions to understanding electrical conductivity and dynamic properties of carbon black filled rubbers * 1988 John G. Sommer -

GenCorp Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. is a holding company of Aerojet Rocketdyne, an American manufacturer of rocket, hypersonic, and electric propulsive systems for space, defense, civil and commercial applications. Aerojet traces its origins to the ...

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 - Phillips Petroleum Scientist known for developing testing standard for carbon black surface area * 1991 Charles S. Schollenberger - B. F. Goodrich chemist who invented Estane * 1992 Robert W. Layer - B. F. Goodrich chemist noted for contributions to chemistry of

imines In organic chemistry, an imine ( or ) is a functional group or organic compound containing a carbon–nitrogen double bond (). The nitrogen atom can be attached to a hydrogen or an organic group (R). The carbon atom has two additional single bon ...

* 1993

John R. Dunn John Robert Dunn (May 12, 1930 – July 14, 2002) was a Polysar synthetic rubber research chemist Personal Dunn was born in Andover, Hants, England. In his youth, he attended the Andover Grammar School. He became a Canadian citizen in 1980. ...

Polysar Polymer Corporation was a Canadian federal crown corporation established in 1942 to produce artificial rubber to substitute for overseas supply cut off by World War II. After the Japanese captured the Dutch East Indies in 1942, most of the world's ...

synthetic rubber research chemist * 1994 Noboru Tokita -

Uniroyal The company formerly known as the United States Rubber Company, now Uniroyal, is an American manufacturer of tires and other synthetic rubber-related products, as well as variety of items for military use, such as ammunition, explosives, chemical ...

and later Cabot scientist known for studying processing of elastomers * 1995 Edward N. Kresge - Exxon Chief Polymer Scientist who developed tailored

molecular weight A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion. In quantum physics, organic chemistry, and bioch ...

density EPDM elastomers * 1997 Russell A. Livigni -

Gencorp Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. is a holding company of Aerojet Rocketdyne, an American manufacturer of rocket, hypersonic, and electric propulsive systems for space, defense, civil and commercial applications. Aerojet traces its origins to the ...

scientist known for discovery and development of barium-based

catalysts Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

for the

polymerization In polymer chemistry, polymerization (American English), or polymerisation (British English), is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks. There are many fo ...

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 - Phillips Petroleum scientist known for contributions to polymerization chemistry * 1999 Avraam I. Isayev -

University of Akron The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advanced materials, and engineering. It is classifie ...

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 Ultrasound is sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is not different from "normal" (audible) sound in its physical properties, except that humans cannot hear it. This limit varies fr ...

devulcanization of tire rubber.

2000s

* 2000 Joseph Kuczkowski - Goodyear chemist who elucidated mechanisms of antioxidant function, resulting in the commercialization of several new antioxidant systems * 2002 C. Michael Roland - Naval Research Lab scientist recognized for blast and impact protection using elastomers, and for diverse contributions to elastomer science * 2003 Walter H. Waddell - Exxon scientist recognized for his work on tire innerliner technology * 2004 Oon Hock Yeoh - Freudenberg 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 * 2005 Kenneth F. Castner - Senior Research and Development Associate at

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, motorcycles, ...

known for his work in nickel catalyzed diene polymerization for the synthesis of high cis-polybutadiene * 2006 Meng-Jaio Wang - Cabot scientist known for studies of

* 2007 Daniel L. Hertz Jr. - President of Seals Eastern and NASA consultant on the

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster On January 28, 1986, the broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). It wa ...

* 2008 Robert P. Lattimer -

Lubrizol The Lubrizol Corporation is an American provider of specialty chemicals for the transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These products include additives for engine oils and other transportation-related fluids, additives for industrial l ...

Advanced Materials research and development technical fellow * 2009 Frederick Ignatz-Hoover - Eastman technology fellow and 9th editor of Rubber Chemistry and Technology

2010s

* 2010 William J. van Ooij - University of Cincinnati professor known for elucidating the mechanisms of brass-rubber adhesion in tires * 2011 P.S. Ravishankar - Exxon Senior Staff Engineer recognized for development of Vistalon EPDM elastomers * 2012 Robert Schuster - former director of the German Institute for Rubber Technology (DIK) and popular lecturer on rubber technology * 2014 Shingo Futamura - Materials scientist noted for his concept of the Deformation Index * 2015 Alan H. Muhr -

TARRC The Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, originally known as the British Rubber Producers' Research Association, carries out research into rubber and is funded by the Malaysian government. Early years: as the British Rubber Producers Research Associa ...

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

researcher known for developing a single-step process for converting Nitrile

latex Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water. Latexes are found in nature, but synthetic latexes are common as well. In nature, latex is found as a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants (angiosperms ...

to HNBR latex * 2017 David J. Lohse ExxonMobil Materials Scientist known for contributions on thermodynamics of mixing, nanocomposites for controlling permeability, neutron scattering of polymers, rheology of polymers * 2018 Joseph Padovan -

Distinguished Professor known for pioneering

finite element The finite element method (FEM) is a popular method for numerically solving differential equations arising in engineering and mathematical modeling. Typical problem areas of interest include the traditional fields of structural analysis, heat t ...

procedures for analysis of rolling tires. * 2019 Manfred Klüppel - German Institute for Rubber Technology department head of Material Concepts and Modeling group

2020s

* 2020 Kenneth T. Gillen - Sandia National Labs researcher noted for contributions to service life prediction methods for elastomers * 2021

Howard Colvin Sir Howard Montagu Colvin (15 October 1919 – 27 December 2007) was a British architectural historian who produced two of the most outstanding works of scholarship in his field: ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840' ...

- Organic chemist and consultant to the

tire A tire (American English) or tyre (British English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which t ...

and

industries noted for developments to rubber chemicals and polymers * 2022 Anil K. Bhowmick -

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the university in Texas with over 47,000 students. Its campus, which is primarily in s ...

professor known for contributions to polymer nanocomposites, thermoplastic elastomers, sustainability, adhesion, failure and degradation of rubbers and rubber technology * 2022 Anke Blume - engineering technology professor at the

University of Twente The University of Twente (Dutch: ''Universiteit Twente''; , abbr. ) is a public technical university located in Enschede, Netherlands. The university has been placed in the top 170 universities in the world by multiple central ranking tables. I ...

known for her contributions to

silica Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula , most commonly found in nature as quartz and in various living organisms. In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica is ...

and

silane Silane is an inorganic compound with chemical formula, . It is a colourless, pyrophoric, toxic gas with a sharp, repulsive smell, somewhat similar to that of acetic acid. Silane is of practical interest as a precursor to elemental silicon. Sila ...

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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