Rubber World welcomes Brendan Rodgers as technical editor

Akron, OH – Brendan Rodgers has been named technical editor for Rubber World magazine. Rodgers, who is based in Austin TX, has spent 42 years working in the tire and rubber industry with both Goodyear Tire & Rubber and ExxonMobil. He has worked on a broad range of tire and industrial rubber products, including hydraulic hose and conveyor belts, as well as materials technology and product design.

Rodgers has had work assignments in the United States, China, Ireland, Italy and Luxembourg, working on original equipment automobile tires, truck tires, industrial rubber products and new tire materials technologies. He is the originator of a broad range of patents in tire and rubber technology, as well as many industry publications.

Rodgers received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, where he studied thermodynamics, heat transfer through large rubber sections and vulcanization kinetics. He has a masterʼs degree in polymer technology from Queen’s University Belfast, and a B.Sc. in biological chemistry from Ulster University.

You can contact Brendan at brendan@rubberworld.com