Adel F. Halasa

Halasa attended the Bishop's School in Amman, Jordan. In 1955, Halasa received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of Oklahoma.[3] He continued his studies and in 1959 completed his master's degree in organic chemistry at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Halasa completed his Ph.D. at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in 1964. He later completed additional studies in polymer chemistry at the University of Akron.

Halasa worked as a research associate, and group leader in materials development at Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, starting in 1963. In 1979, he accepted an assignment with the Kuwaiti Government to establish a polymer program at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. From 1983 to 2009, Halasa served as R&D Fellow at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Akron, OH.

Experience: EXPERIENCE 1983-2009 R&D Fellow (lead scientific investigator) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH. 1979 (on loan to the Kuwaiti Government from the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co). Established a polymer program at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR); Established a polymer program at Kuwait University; Established and staffed the first Corrosion Laboratory in Gulf region which served Industries in the region in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Senior Research Associate (lead scientific investigator) Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. following positions as Research Associate and Group Leader in materials investigation and development. 1990-2008 Guest Lecturer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH; University of Akron, Akron, OH; University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Jordan University. Plenary speaker at International Rubber conferences in India, Japan, France and Germany; Presentations at Universities in France, China, India, and Germany. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Established the first facilities in Kuwait for the use of sulfur in asphalt road applications. Director (simultaneously) of Petroleum, Petro-Chemical, and Material Science Departments at KISR with a total budget of 20 million KD ($80 mm USD); funded 30% of institute budget through personal interaction with Kuwaiti Industrial concerns (e.g. Kuwait Petro-Chemical Col, Kuwait Oil Co). Arranged and chaired the First Arab Sulfur conference in the Middle East, Kuwait City, 1982, and the first United Nations Conference on Thermoplastic Elastomers, Amman, Jordan in 1983. 1998, 2000, 2005 Goodyear Inventor of the Year awards. 2004 Purdue distinguished Alumni Award; Science Department, Purdue University. 2004 Purdue University Dept of Chemistry, visiting lecturer 2004. 1997 Awarded Charles Goodyear Medal by the American Chemical Society Rubber Division 1988 Intellectual Property Award; Intellectual Property Institute, Washington DC for the discovery of SIBRFLES, the elastomer used in the original Goodyear Aqua Tred tire. 1983 awarded the Kuwait Foundation Grant for contributions to Kuwait Industries. Elected Chairman of the American Chemical Society, Akron Section. 1983 Kuwait University Department of Chemistry; Lecture on Polymer properties 185 US Patents assigned to the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. 150 US Patents assigned to the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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Halasa received the 1997 Charles Goodyear Medal.

• Audio interview with Adel Halasa.