Howard Colvin (chemist) explained

Howard A. Colvin is an organic chemist and consultant to the tire and rubber industries noted for developments in rubber chemicals and polymers, and for his DOE-funded work on using guayule rubber in tires.[1] [2]

Education

Colvin earned his BS in chemistry from the University of Houston in 1975. He completed a doctorate in chemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1979.[3]

Career

Colvin began his career at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in 1979 in the Chemical Division. In 2001, he joined Solvay Engineered Polymers, where he worked on thermoplastic polyolefins for automotive applications.[4] In 2005 he joined Cooper Tire and Rubber Company working on tread compounds as an advanced chemist. From 2007 to 2011 he was a professor of chemistry at Florida College.[5] He returned to Cooper in 2011 to lead a successful $6.9 million DOE-funded Biomass R&D Initiative grant to produce and test an all-guayule tire.[6] [7] Following his retirement from Cooper Tire in 2017, he has taken consulting roles with the USTMA,[8] Silpara,[9] Kengos,[10] and Smithers.[11]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Rubber Division to honor 6 with Science & Technology Awards . 3 August 2022 . Rubber and Plastics News . Crain . 20 Oct 2020.
  2. Web site: SECURING THE FUTURE OF NATURAL RUBBER - AN AMERICAN TIRE AND BIOENERGY PLATFORM FROM GUAYULE . usda.gov . USDA . 30 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Howard Colvin, PhD . rubber.confex.com . ACS Rubber Division . 22 April 2023.
  4. Web site: Cai . Kevin . Colvin . Howard . Reid . Charles G. . Tran . Hoan . US6890990 Co-agents for the preparation of thermoplastic elastomeric blends of rubber and polyolefins . patents.justia.com . US Patent Office . 22 April 2023.
  5. Web site: Florida College Catalogue - Faculty 2008-2009 . floridacollege.edu . Florida College . 22 April 2023.
  6. News: Cooper’s Guayule Tire Could Soon Be Reality . 30 April 2023 . AMN - aftermarketnews . Babcox . 21 August 2015.
  7. News: Cooper scientist will talk about guayule . 22 April 2023 . Modern Tire Dealer . Endeavor Business Media LLC . 14 November 2012.
  8. Web site: Antioxidants and Antiozonants role in manufacturing safe tires . ustires.org . US Tire Manufacturers Association . 22 April 2023.
  9. Web site: ADVISORS . silparatech.com . Silpara . 22 April 2023.
  10. Web site: About Us . Kengos.com . Kengos . 22 April 2023.
  11. Web site: Q&A with tires expert Howard Colvin . smithers.com . Smithers Scientific . 22 April 2023.
  12. News: Rubber Division honours leading materials science & technology experts . 30 April 2023 . European Rubber Journal . ERJ . 21 October 2020.

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