Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award

1982 J. Roger Beatty - Senior Research Fellow at B. F. Goodrich known for development of rubber testing instruments and methods^[3]
1983 Aubert Y. Coran - Monsanto researcher responsible for invention of thermoplastic elastomer Geolast^[4]
1984 Eli M. Dannenberg - Cabot scientist known for contributions to surface chemistry of carbon black ^[5]^[6]
1985 William M. Hess - Columbian Chemicals Company scientist known for contributions to characterization of carbon black dispersion in rubber^[7]
1986 Albert M. Gessler - ExxonMobil researcher known for development of elastomeric thermoplastics^[8]
1987 Avrom I. Medalia - Cabot scientist known for contributions to understanding electrical conductivity and dynamic properties of carbon black filled rubbers^[9]
1988 John G. Sommer - GenCorp scientist and author of popular texts on rubber technology^[10]^[11]
1989 Joginder Lal - Goodyear Polymer Research Manager and expert in the synthesis and mechanism of the formation of high polymers.^[12]^[13]

1990 Gerard Kraus - Phillips Petroleum Scientist known for developing testing standard for carbon black surface area ^[14]^[15]
1991 Charles S. Schollenberger - B. F. Goodrich chemist who invented Estane^[16]
1992 Robert W. Layer - B. F. Goodrich chemist noted for contributions to chemistry of imines^[17]^[18]^[19]
1993 John R. Dunn - Polysar synthetic rubber research chemist ^[20]^[21]
1994 Noboru Tokita - Uniroyal and later Cabot scientist known for studying processing of elastomers^[22]^[23]
1995 Edward N. Kresge - Exxon Chief Polymer Scientist who developed tailored molecular weight density EPDM elastomers^[24]
1997 Russell A. Livigni - Gencorp scientist known for discovery and development of barium-based catalysts for the polymerization of butadiene and its copolymerization with styrene to give high trans rubbers with low vinyl content^[25]
1998 Henry Hsieh - Phillips Petroleum scientist known for contributions to polymerization chemistry^[26]^[27]
1999 Avraam I. Isayev - University of Akron Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science^[28] known for widely used texts on rheology and polymer molding technology, as well as for development of technology for ultrasonic devulcanization of tire rubber.

2000 Joseph Kuczkowski - Goodyear chemist who elucidated mechanisms of antioxidant function, resulting in the commercialization of several new antioxidant systems^[29]
2002 C. Michael Roland - Naval Research Lab scientist recognized for blast and impact protection using elastomers, and for diverse contributions to elastomer science^[30]
2003 Walter H. Waddell - Exxon scientist recognized for his work on tire innerliner technology^[31]
2004 Oon Hock Yeoh - Freudenberg Scientist known for contributions to nonlinear elasticity and fracture mechanics^[32]^[33]
2005 Kenneth F. Castner - Senior Research and Development Associate at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company known for his work in nickel catalyzed diene polymerization for the synthesis of high cis-polybutadiene^[34]
2006 Meng-Jaio Wang - Cabot scientist known for studies of carbon black^[35]^[36]^[37]
2007 Daniel L. Hertz Jr. - President of Seals Eastern and NASA consultant on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster^[38]^[39]^[40]
2008 Robert P. Lattimer - Lubrizol Advanced Materials research and development technical fellow^[41]^[42]
2009 Frederick Ignatz-Hoover - Eastman technology fellow and 9th editor of Rubber Chemistry and Technology^[43]

2010 William J. van Ooij - University of Cincinnati professor known for elucidating the mechanisms of brass-rubber adhesion in tires^[44]^[45]
2011 Periagaram S. Ravishankar - Exxon Senior Staff Engineer recognized for development of Vistalon EPDM elastomers^[46]^[47]
2012 Robert Schuster - former director of the German Institute for Rubber Technology (DIK) and popular lecturer on rubber technology^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]
2014 Shingo Futamura - Materials scientist noted for his concept of the Deformation Index^[52]
2015 Alan H. Muhr - TARRC scientist noted for contributions to understanding the mechanics elastomer applications, including laminated rubber isolators, marine fenders, automotive mounts, and structural energy dissipation systems^[53]
2016 Dane Parker - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company researcher^[54] known for developing a single-step process for converting Nitrile latex to HNBR latex^[55]
2017 David J. Lohse - ExxonMobil Materials Scientist known for contributions on thermodynamics of mixing, nanocomposites for controlling permeability, neutron scattering of polymers, rheology of polymers ^[56]^[57]^[58]^[59]
2018 Joseph Padovan - University of Akron Distinguished Professor known for pioneering finite element procedures for analysis of rolling tires.^[60]
2019 Manfred Klüppel - German Institute for Rubber Technology department head of Material Concepts and Modeling group^[61]^[62]^[63]

2020 Kenneth T. Gillen - Sandia National Labs researcher noted for contributions to service life prediction methods for elastomers^[64]
2021 Howard Colvin - Organic chemist and consultant to the tire and rubber industries noted for developments to rubber chemicals and polymers^[65]
2022 Anil K. Bhowmick - University of Houston professor known for contributions to polymer nanocomposites, thermoplastic elastomers, sustainability, adhesion, failure and degradation of rubbers and rubber technology^[66]^[67]^[68]^[69]
2023 Anke Blume - engineering technology professor at the University of Twente known for her contributions to silica and silane chemistry for rubber applications.^[70]
2024 Andrew V. Chapman - TARRC scientist noted for contributions to AFM microscopy of tire tread compounds.^[71]
2025 Sunny Jacob - ExxonMobil scientist known for leading the development of Thermoplastic vulcanizates products and processes.^[72]^[73]

Recipients