Tire Society
Professional body
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The Tire Society is an American non-profit[1] engineering society, based in Ohio, whose mission is to increase and disseminate knowledge as it pertains to the science and technology of tires. It hosts a two-day meeting and conference every year. In addition, it publishes a peer reviewed technical journal, Tire Science and Technology.[2][3]
The Tire Society was founded on 24 March 1980.[4] The current president is Xianwei Meng.
Awards
The society has two professional award recognitions: the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Achievement Award.[2]
Distinguished Service Award Recipients
- 1990 Floyd Conant[5]
- 1991 Frederick James Kovac[6][7][8]
- 1996 David Benko
- 2005 Jozef DeEskinazi
- 2012 Marion Pottinger[9]
- 2022 Joseph D. Walter[10]
Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients
- 2009 Samuel Kelly Clark
- 2011 Takashi Akasaka[11][12][13]
- 2013 Hans Pacejka
- 2021 Timothy B. Rhyne and Steven M. Cron
