Alan Gent 1927-2012

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Pioneering scientist and educator Alan Gent passed away September 20. Dr. Gent was recipient of the Rubber Division’s George S. Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research in 1987 and the Charles Goodyear Medal in 1990. He will be missed by all within the industry and academia.

A native of Leicester, UK, Gent joined the faculty at The University of Akron in 1961 and spent the next half century as a pioneer in his field. Internationally known, Gent was widely regarded as the foremost expert on the fracture mechanics of rubber and plastics. His research yielded significant contributions to the world’s understanding of the physics of adhesion and the fracture of rubbery, crystalline and glassy polymers.
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Gent’s work had the potential of impacting nearly every rubber or plastic product developed today. During his distinguished career, Gent published more than 200 papers and book chapters on the mechanical properties of rubber and plastics and edited a book titled “Engineering with Rubber.” A co-holder of two British patents and one US patent, he frequently was invited to address universities, corporations, and professional society meetings around the world and served as a visiting professor at Queen Mary College at the University of London, McGill University and the University of Minnesota. Gent also presided over three national scientific societies (The High-Polymer Physics Division of the American Physical Society, The Society of Rheology, and The Adhesion Society) and chaired four Gordon Research Conferences dealing with Elastomers, Cellular Materials, Adhesion, and Composites. In 1991 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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Respected and admired by his colleagues and students, Gent never relinquished a desire to contribute to his field, and he remained active with the University of Akron and the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering until his passing. In honor of his international recognition and his service to the University, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of the Ohio Research Scholar Professor at The University of Akron and henceforth be named the “Alan N. Gent Ohio Research Scholar Professor of Polymers.”
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Tire Technology International extends its condolences to Dr. Gent's family, friends and colleagues. You can read more about his life and work here.

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创业的科学家和教育家艾伦·根特9月20日去世。根特医生是收件人的橡胶事业部的乔治·S·惠特比奖，杰出的教学与研究，1987年，查尔斯·固特异奖章于1990年。他将错过在工业界和学术界。
一个土生土长的英国莱斯特，根特在阿克伦大学任教，1961年，在他的领域的先驱，并花了大约一个半世纪。国际知名，根特被广泛认为是最重要的橡胶和塑料的断裂力学专家。他的研究取得了显着的贡献，对世界的理解的物理粘合强度和断裂的橡胶，结晶和玻璃polymers.Gent的工作有可能影响到几乎每一个发达的今天橡胶或塑料制品。在他杰出的职业生涯中，根特发表论文200多篇论文和书籍章节橡胶和塑料的力学性能，并编辑了一本名为“工程橡胶”两位英国专利和1项美国专利持有人，他经常被邀请解决大学，企业和专业组织的会议在世界各地，并在英国伦敦大学，麦吉尔大学和美国明尼苏达大学玛丽皇后学院的客座教授。根特还主持了三项国家科学社会（高分子物理科的美国物理协会，该协会流变，和粘接学会）和主持了四个戈登学术会议处理与弹性体，蜂窝材料，附着力，并复合材料。 1991年，他当选为美国国家科学院Engineering.Respected和钦佩他的同事和学生，根特从来没有放弃他的领域作出贡献的愿望，他依然活跃与阿克伦大学和学院高分子科学与工程聚合物直到他的传球。为了纪念他的大学国际认可，他的服务，董事会一致投票决定改名字的美国俄亥俄州阿克伦大学的研究学者特聘教授，并从此被命名为“艾伦·N.根特俄亥俄州的研究学者特聘教授的聚合物“Twww.sto.net.cnTire科技国际博士根特的家人，朋友和同事表示慰问。你可以阅读更多关于他的生活和工作。