Joseph Padovan (14 April 1943 - ) is a retired University of Akron Distinguished Professor known for pioneering finite element procedures for analysis of rolling tires.[1]
Education
editPadovan received his B.S. (1965), M.S. (1967) and Ph.D. (1969) degrees in Mechanical Engineering, all from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.[2]
Career
editPadovan joined the University of Akron Mechanical Engineering faculty in 1970. He developed the first finite element procedures for the analysis of steady state rolling.[3] These procedures are now widely used in the tire industry.[4] He was an associate editor of the journal Tire Science and Technology for 36 years.[5] In 2003, he famously was the last Tire Society speaker to present his work on an overhead projector.
Awards
edit- 1986 - University Researcher of the Year, University of Akron.
- 1988 - A.T. Colwell Merit Award, Society of Automotive Engineers.
- 1988 - Certificate of Recognition, NASA.
- 1990 - Best Paper Award, Tire Society.
- 2014 - Tire Technology International Lifetime Achievement Award[6]
- 2018 - Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award from Rubber Division of the ACS
References
edit- ^ Meyer, Bruce (10 May 2018). "Photos: Rubber Division honors award winners". Rubber and Plastics News. Crain. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Bushnell, David; Bushnell, Bill. "Professor Emeritus Joseph Padovan" (PDF). shellbuckling.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Padovan, J.; Zeid, I. (1980). "Finite element modeling of rolling contact". Computers & Structures. 12 (1): 77–83. doi:10.1016/0045-7949(80)90095-4. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Qi, J.; Herron, J. R.; Sansalone, K. H.; Mars, W. V.; Du, Z. Z.; Snyman, M.; Surendranath, H. (2007). "Validation of a Steady-State Transport Analysis for Rolling Treaded Tires". Tire Science and Technology. 35 (3): 183–208. doi:10.2346/1.2768974. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ McIntyre, J.E. (2022). "40 Years and More of Tire Science and Technology: A History of The Tire Society". Tire Science and Technology. 50 (2): 100–187. doi:10.2346/tire.21.20015. S2CID 240119323. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Tire Mechanics Short Course" (PDF). uakron.edu. University of Akron. Retrieved 28 December 2022.