Joseph Padovan
{{Short description|American engineer}}
Joseph Padovan (14 April 1943 - ) is a retired University of Akron Distinguished Professor known for pioneering finite element procedures for analysis of rolling tires.{{cite news |last1=Meyer |first1=Bruce |title=Photos: Rubber Division honors award winners |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/article/20180510/PHOTOS/180519991/photos-rubber-division-honors-award-winners |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Rubber and Plastics News |publisher=Crain |date=10 May 2018}}
Education
Padovan received his B.S. (1965), M.S. (1967) and Ph.D. (1969) degrees in Mechanical Engineering, all from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.{{cite web |last1=Bushnell |first1=David |last2=Bushnell |first2=Bill |title=Professor Emeritus Joseph Padovan |url=https://shellbuckling.com/cv/padovan.pdf |website=shellbuckling.com |access-date=28 December 2022}}
Career
Padovan joined the University of Akron Mechanical Engineering faculty in 1970. He developed the first finite element procedures for the analysis of steady state rolling.{{cite journal |last1=Padovan |first1=J. |last2=Zeid |first2=I. |title=Finite element modeling of rolling contact |journal=Computers & Structures |date=1980 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=77–83 |doi=10.1016/0045-7949(80)90095-4 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0045794980900954 |access-date=28 December 2022|url-access=subscription }} These procedures are now widely used in the tire industry.{{cite journal |last1=Qi |first1=J. |last2=Herron |first2=J. R. |last3=Sansalone |first3=K. H. |last4=Mars |first4=W. V. |last5=Du |first5=Z. Z. |last6=Snyman |first6=M. |last7=Surendranath |first7=H. |title=Validation of a Steady-State Transport Analysis for Rolling Treaded Tires |journal=Tire Science and Technology |date=2007 |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=183–208 |doi=10.2346/1.2768974 |url=https://meridian.allenpress.com/tst/article/35/3/183/187072/Validation-of-a-Steady-State-Transport-Analysis |access-date=28 December 2022|url-access=subscription }} He was an associate editor of the journal Tire Science and Technology for 36 years.{{cite journal |last1=McIntyre |first1=J.E. |title=40 Years and More of Tire Science and Technology: A History of The Tire Society |journal=Tire Science and Technology |date=2022 |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=100–187 |doi=10.2346/tire.21.20015 |s2cid=240119323 |url=https://meridian.allenpress.com/tst/article/50/2/100/466148/40-Years-and-More-of-Tire-Science-and-Technology-A?searchresult=1 |access-date=28 December 2022|url-access=subscription }} In 2003, he famously was the last Tire Society speaker to present his work on an overhead projector.
Awards
- 1986 - University Researcher of the Year, University of Akron.
- 1988 - A.T. Colwell Merit Award, Society of Automotive Engineers.
- 1988 - Certificate of Recognition, NASA.
- 1990 - Best Paper Award, Tire Society.
- 2014 - Tire Technology International Lifetime Achievement Award{{cite web |title=Tire Mechanics Short Course |url=https://www.uakron.edu/engineering/me/filesdocs/51st%20Tire%20Mechanics%20Short%20Course%20Prog%20Schedule.pdf |website=uakron.edu |publisher=University of Akron |access-date=28 December 2022}}
- 2018 - Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award from Rubber Division of the ACS
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