Howard Colvin (chemist)

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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 work funded by the federal Department of Energy on using guayule rubber in tires.[1][2]

Education

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

Career

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Rubber Division to honor 6 with Science & Technology Awards". Rubber and Plastics News. Crain. October 20, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "SECURING THE FUTURE OF NATURAL RUBBER - AN AMERICAN TIRE AND BIOENERGY PLATFORM FROM GUAYULE". usda.gov. USDA. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Howard Colvin, PhD". rubber.confex.com. ACS Rubber Division. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  4. ^ 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. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "Florida College Catalogue - Faculty 2008-2009" (PDF). floridacollege.edu. Florida College. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  6. ^ "Cooper's Guayule Tire Could Soon Be Reality". AMN - aftermarketnews. Babcox. August 21, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  7. ^ "Cooper scientist will talk about guayule". Modern Tire Dealer. Endeavor Business Media LLC. November 14, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  8. ^ "Antioxidants and Antiozonants role in manufacturing safe tires" (PDF). ustires.org. US Tire Manufacturers Association. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  9. ^ "ADVISORS". silparatech.com. Silpara. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  10. ^ "About Us". Kengos.com. Kengos. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "Q&A with tires expert Howard Colvin". smithers.com. Smithers Scientific. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  12. ^ "Rubber Division honours leading materials science & technology experts". European Rubber Journal. ERJ. October 21, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2023.