Tire Society

The Tire Society is an American non-profit^[1] engineering society, based in Ohio, whose mission is to increase and disseminate knowledge as it pertains to the science and technology of tires. It hosts a two-day meeting and conference every year. In addition, it publishes a peer reviewed technical journal, Tire Science and Technology.^[2][3]

The Tire Society was founded on 24 March 1980.^[4]

Awards

The society has two professional award recognitions: the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Achievement Award.^[2]

Distinguished Service Award Recipients

• 1990 Floyd Conant^[5]
• 1991 Frederick James Kovac^[6][7][8]
• 1996 David Benko
• 2005 Jozef DeEskinazi
• 2012 Marion Pottinger^[9]
• 2022 Joseph D. Walter^[10]

Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients

• 2009 Samuel Kelly Clark
• 2011 Takashi Akasaka^[11][12][13]
• 2013 Hans Pacejka
• 2021 Timothy B. Rhyne and Steven M. Cron