Joseph D. Walter
Joseph D. Walter is a retired American tire industry mechanical engineering researcher and former Bridgestone executive.[1]
Education
[edit]Walter completed his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech in 1966, where he had also completed his undergraduate degree.[2]
Career
[edit]While employed by The Firestone Tire and Rubber company, Walter developed an approach for computing elastic properties of tire composite materials.[3] He also famously studied rolling resistance.[4] He previously served as vice president of the Bridgestone Americas Research Center in Akron and president of the Bridgestone European Technical Center in Rome. Upon retirement from Bridgestone in 1999, Walter taught vehicle dynamics and mechanics of materials as an adjunct professor at The University of Akron. Walter served on the editorial board of the scientific journal Tire Science and Technology for 35 years. He was a member of National Academies of Science committees formed to study 1) Fuel Efficiency of Automobiles and Light Trucks (1991-92) and 2) the National Tire Efficiency Study (2005-06).[5] He also served on the boards of Edison Polymer Innovation Corp. (1990-94) and Bridgestone Europe (1994-99).[citation needed]
In 2006 Walter coedited, with Alan N. Gent, a NHTSA published reference text titled 'The Pneumatic Tire',[6] which updated Clark's popular text 'Mechanics of Pneumatic Tires'.[7][8]
Awards
[edit]- 2022 - Tire Society Distinguished Service Award
References
[edit]- ^ "Tire Technology international Blog". tiretechnologyinternational.com. UKi Media. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "Joseph Walter earns Tire Society Distinguished Service Award". Rubber News. Crain. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Walter, J. D. (1978). "Cord—rubber tire composites: theory and applications". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 51 (3): 524–576. doi:10.5254/1.3535749.
- ^ Walter, J. D.; Conant, F. S. (1974). "Energy losses in tires". Tire Science and Technology. 2 (4): 235–260. doi:10.2346/1.2167188.
- ^ "Instructor Biographies" (PDF). sae.org. Society of Automotive Engineers. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Gent, Alan N.; Walter, Joseph D. (2006). The Pneumatic Tire (PDF). NHTSA. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Clark, S. K. (1971). Mechanics of Pneumatic Tires. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Study Committee Biographical Information National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2006. Tires and Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy: Informing Consumers, Improving Performance -- Special Report 286. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. National Academies Press. 2006. doi:10.17226/11620. ISBN 978-0-309-09421-4. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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