Prof. Dr. Ir. Jacques W.M. Noordermeer (born: 27th June 1947, Pijnacker, the Netherlands)Married to Betty Teunissen; 4 children.
University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Dept. of Elastomer Technology and Engineering
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
the Netherlands
e-mail: j.w.m.noordermeer@utwente.nl
http://www.ete.et.utwente.nl
Current positions :
1995 – 2000: Part-time professor of Rubber Technology at the University of Twente, the Netherlands;
2000 – 2012: Full-time professor of Elastomer Technology and Engineering at the University of Twente;
2013 – present: Retired; part-time assignment at University of Twente.
Previous employment record:
1975 – 1977: Military service;
1977 – 1980: General Electric Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands: Manager “Application Engineering Department” for Noryl PPO, Lexan PC and Valox PBT;
1981 – 1999: DSM Elastomers BV, Geleen, the Netherlands. Various positions within the EPDM-rubber R&D:
- Polymer Development Specialist;
- Director Research and Application Technology;
- R&D Coordinator between the Netherlands – USA – Japan – Brazil.
2000 – 2012: Advisory consultant to DSM Elastomers/Lanxess, the Netherlands.
Education:
1965 – 1970: Delft University of Technology: Masters degree in Biochemistry with highest distinction (cum laude);
1970 – 1974: Delft University of Technology: Ph.D. degree on “A Flow Birefringence Study of Polymer Conformation” with Prof. Dr. H. Janeschitz-Kriegl;
1974 – 1975: Post-doctoral research associate at the Rheology Research Center of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. USA, with Prof. Dr. J.D. Ferry.
Awards:
1999: Annual Technical Award of the IISRP: Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers;
2000: Best Paper – Original Contribution award of the 157th meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas, April 2000;
2005/2006: Gold medal of the International Rubber Conference Organization (IRCO);
2010: George Staffort Whitby Award of the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division;
2011: Dutch Master of Materials 2011 (Bond voor Materialenkennis, the Netherlands);
2014: Best Paper – Original Contribution Award of the 184th meeting of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, Cleveland, OH, October 2013;
2016: Life Time Achievement Award of the Tire Technology International Organization.
2019: Officer in the Royal Dutch Order of Oranje Nassau for professional and
societal merits.
2019: Honorary Doctorate Degree in Polymer Technology of the Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.
Hobbies:
Playing piano, jogging, gardening.
Membership of professional organisations:
- 1975 – present: Member of the Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, USA;
- 1982 – present: Member of the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division;
- 1982 – present: Member of the Dutch Association of Rubber and Plastics Technologists VKRT;
- 1986 – present: Member of the Board of the International Rubber Conference Organizing Committee, on behalf of the Netherlands: presently Executive Chairman;
- 1986 – 2006: Member of the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber producers on behalf of DSM Elastomers, the Netherlands;
1990-1994: Chairman of European Technical Committee;
- 1999 – 2006: Board Member of the Netherlands Institute of Materials (Bond voor
Materialenkennis);
- 2002 – 2012: Management Team of the Dutch Polymer Institute;
Scientific Chairman for the Technology Area “Rubber Technology”;
- 2000 – present: Board Member of the Dutch Natural Rubber Foundation.