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The Tire Society, Inc. is an Ohio not-for-profit corporation with worldwide membership whose charter is to increase and disseminate knowledge as it pertains to the science and technology of tires. It hosts a two-day Meeting and Conference in Akron, Ohio every year which includes the presentation of twenty to thirty original papers as well as a plenary lecture by a leader in Tire Mechanics. In addition, it edits and distributes a critically reviewed authoritative journal, Tire Science and Technology, on a quarterly basis.

Membership

  • Membership in the Tire Society is open to all individuals and organizations interested in Tire Science & Technology.
     Register or renew on-line! 

News (latest update July 7, 2010):

Website Upgrade (7/2010)

  • Regular visitors to the website will notice an extra menu option 'Login' in the left bar.  This option allows current members to login and manage their membership account with The Tire Society.  It also provides members and visitors access to an online store where memberships, journal subscriptions, conference registration, and other items can be purchased.   Please note that this member account is independent of Tire Science and Technology Journal online accounts which are with the American Institute of Physics (AIP).

2010 Conference Registration (7/2010)

  • The Tire Society Online Store is now available to register for the conference.  Current members, although registration is no-cost you must still register if you plan to attend the conference

2010 Conference Update: Presentation Titles & Abstracts (7/2010)

  • Thirty (30) paper titles have been submitted for presentation at the 2010 Conference.  Sessions are currently being organized based on these submissions.  The titles & abstracts, along with other updates, are available at 2010 conference.

TRTC Planning Conference in Akron, OH, USA (6/2010)

  • A planning conference for establishing the Tire Research & Test Center (TRTC) has been announced for September 23-24, 2010 at the Quaker Square Inn at The University of Akron.  TRTC is funded by the US National Science Foundation under the Industry/ University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) program, which encourages cooperative research between academia and industry.   The dates and location of this event were planned  in part to help attendees to The  Tire Society Conference and the ITEC 2010 conference consider adding it to their agenda while in NE Ohio the week of September 20, 2010.  Click Here to see the conference brochure for more information.  The Tire Society is unaffiliated with TRTC and the planning conference. 

2011 Conference Dates and Location (1/2010)

  • Plan ahead for 2011!  The Tire Society is pleased to announce the 30th Annual Meeting & Conference on Tire Science & Technology will take place on September 13 & 14, 2011 (Tuesday & Wednesday) in Fairlawn, Ohio, USA at the Hilton Inn.

Tire Science & Technology Archives

  • The entire archive of Tire Science & Technology is now available in full text online: Click Here

The Tire Society History Presentation from 2006 Conference

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