Prof. Dr. Ir. Jacques W.M. Noordermeer (born: 27th June 1947, Pijnacker, the Netherlands) Married to Betty Teunissen; 4 children. Technical University of Twente Faculty of Engineering Sciences Dept. of Elastomer Technology and Engineering PO Box 217 7500 AE Enschede Current position : 1995~2000: Part-time professor of Rubber Technology at the Technical University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands; 2000~present: Full-time professor of Elastomer Technology and Engineering at the Technical University of Twente. Previous employment record: 1975~1977: Military service; 1977~1980: General Electric Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands: Manager “Application Engineering Department” for Noryl PPO, Lexan PC and Valox PBT; 1981~1999: DSM Elastomers BV, Geleen, the Netherlands. Various positions within the EPDM-rubber R&D: Polymer Development Specialist; Director Research and Application Technology; R&D Coordinator between the Netherlands – USA – Japan – Brazil. Education: 1965~1970: Delft University of Technology: Masters degree in Biochemistry with highest distinction (cum laude); 1970~1974: Delft University of Technology: Ph.D. degree on “A Flow Birefringence Study of Polymer Conformation” with Prof. Dr. H. Janeschitz-Kriegl; 1974~1975: Post-doctoral research associate at the Rheology Research Center of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. USA, with Prof. Dr. J.D. Ferry. Awards: 1999: Annual technical award of the IISRP: Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers; 2000: Best Paper~Original Contribution award of the 157th meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas, April 2000. 2005~2006: Gold medal of the International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO) 2010:2010 George Stafford Whitby Award of the American Chemical Society Rubber Division 2010: VKRT (Vereniging voor Kunststof en Rubber Technologen) lustrum-award for contribution to the Dutch Rubber Industry and Academia 2011: Dutch Master in Materials 2011, Bond voor Materialenkennis Hobbies: Playing piano, jogging, gardening. Membership of professional organisations: 1975~present: Member of the Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, USA; 1982~present: Member of the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division; 1982~present: Member of the Dutch Association of Rubber and Plastics Technologists VKRT; 1986~present: Member of the Board of the International Rubber Conference Organizing Committee, on behalf of the Netherlands; 1986~2006: Member of the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber producers on behalf of DSM Elastomers, the Netherlands; 1990~1994: Chairman of European Technical Committee; 1999~2006: Board Member of the Netherlands Institute of Materials (Bond voorMaterialenkennis); 2002~2011: Management Team of the Dutch Polymer Institute; Scientific Chairman for the Technology Area “Rubber Technology”; 2000~present: Board Member of the Dutch Natural Rubber Foundation. Research subjects: Mechanisms of Rubber Reinforcement Crosslinking Chemistry
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