The Tire Society is a non-profit
professional body
A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to advocacy, further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that professio ...
, specifically an
engineering society
An engineering society is a professional organization for engineers of various disciplines. Some are umbrella type organizations which accept many different disciplines, while others are discipline-specific. Many award professional designations, s ...
, whose mission is to increase and disseminate knowledge as it pertains to the science and technology of
tires
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 ...
. It hosts a two-day meeting and conference every year. In addition, it publishes a peer reviewed technical journal, ''
Tire Science and Technology''.
History
The Tire Society was founded on 24 March 1980.
Awards
The society has two professional award recognitions: the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Achievement award.
;Distinguished Service Award Recipients
*1990 Floyd Conant
*1991
Frederick James Kovac
*1996
David Benko
*2005 Jozef DeEskinazi
*2012
Marion Pottinger
*2022
Joseph D. Walter
;Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
*2009
Samuel Kelly Clark
*2011
Takashi Akasaka
*2013
Hans Pacejka Hans Bastiaan Pacejka (12 September 1934 – 17 September 2017) was an expert in vehicle system dynamics and particularly in tire dynamics, fields in which his works are now standard references. He was Professor emeritus at Delft University of Tech ...
*2021
Timothy B. Rhyne and
Steven M. Cron Steven M. Cron is a retired Michelin product research engineer and co-inventor of the Tweel.
Cron began his engineering education with a BS Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1984. In 1985, he completed an ...
References
External links
Tire Society Website
Tires
Rubber industry
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