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