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2010 George S. Whitby Award

Prof. Dr. Jacques W.M. Noordermeer, member of the Board of the Rubber-Stichting, will be the recipient of the 2010 George S. Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research. The award, sponsored by Cabot, honors outstanding international teachers of chemistry and polymer science, and recognizes innovative research, as well as outstanding contributions to the integration of chemistry and polymer science into our educational system. Noordermeer is currently a full time professor of elastomer technology and engineering at the Technical University of Twente in the Netherlands See link .

The research activities of Dr. Noordermeer as head of the Elastomer Technology and Engineering Department at the University of Twente over the past decade have focused on a variety of elements of rubber technology, including mechanisms of rubber reinforcement, crosslinking chemistry, rubber recycling and reuse, and thermoplastic elastomers.

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