Georg Bohm is a retired Vice President of Research and Technology for Bridgestone Americas noted for the development of electron beam pre-curing of elastomers.
Education BS Electrical Engineering, University of Vienna 1962 – Ph.D. Physics from University of Vienna in Austria
Between 1963 and 1967, he held scientific/academic positions at: the Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry in Gottingen, Germany, Seoul National University in Korea, the University of Bandung in Indonesia, and Northwestern University in Illinois.
Career
1967 – Radiation Research Laboratories of Firestone Corp. in Westbury, New York 2005 – retired from Bridgestone Americas as VP Research and Technology 2010 – President of Appia LLC
Bohm's most cited work considered the effect on blend morphology of molecular weight, glass transition temperature, and composition for EPDM/BR blends.
Awards 2016 – Charles Goodyear Medal of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society
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