Jan 01, 2005

Alan G. Veith, who consults at Technical Development Associates LLC in Akron, Ohio, where he also resides, has received the Robert D. Stiehler Award from ASTM International Committee D11 on Rubber. The award recognizes Veith's exceptional long-term service to the D11 committee and to ASTM International.

An Award of Merit recipient and ASTM fellow, Veith participates in the work of several D11 subcommittees. In addition to his four decades of service to D11, which he has served as chair of several subcommittees and as chair of the main D11 committee, Veith is a member of D24 on Carbon Black, E17 on Vehicle-Pavement Systems, and F09 on Tires. He has also been involved with the activities of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 45 on Rubber for the past 30 years, where he is currently the convenor of a TC 45 working group on statistical applications related to test method precision. Outside ASTM International, he is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for Advancement of Science.

Retired from his position as a senior research and development fellow in the Tire Research Group at Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Co., Veith worked in the rubber manufacturing industry, first at B. F. Goodrich and then Uniroyal-Goodrich, for 42 years. At B. F. Goodrich he focused on materials technology and new test method development for polymer degradation, rubber mechanical properties, and new test instruments. Later on he specialized in tire research on treadwear and traction performance. Author of numerous papers related to his field, Veith received the Youden Award in 1994 from the American Statistical Association for the best paper published on interlaboratory testing.

Veith received a B.S. in physical chemistry from the University of Kentucky and his M.S. in polymer chemistry from the University of Akron.

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