DR. GARY R.

HAMED
Professor of Polymer Science

Science and Technology of Rubber, Adhesive Science

Research Interests:
Hameds research interests include rheology of
adhesion, autohesion and tack, brass-rubber
adhesion, fracture of rubber, anisotropic rubber
and rubber reinforcement.

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Laboratory Equipment:
Instrons, MTS Dynamic Tester, Hydraulic
Presses, Rubber mixing and processing
equipment, Heat Sealer, Stress relaxometer,
DIN abrasion device

Department of
Polymer Science
The University of Akron, OH
330-972-6831
hamed@uakron.edu
www.uakron.edu/cpspe/facultyresearch/profile.dot?id=5e14b742b70b-4f91-a398-034efc0f543b
Biography: Gary R. Hamed received B.S.
and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering
from Cornell University, and, under the
guidance of Dr. Alan Gent, a PhD in Polymer
Science from the University of Akron. He
spent four years at the Central Research
Laboratory of the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company, before returning in 1980 to the
Universitys Polymer Science Department. In
1987, he was selected as the Outstanding
Researcher at the University of Akron.
His primary research has focused on the
physical properties of rubbers, especially their
adhesion,
viscoelasticity,
and fracture.
Professor Hamed is a Fellow of the Adhesion
Society and recipient of the Sparks-Thomas
and G. Stafford Whitby Awards from the
Rubber Division of the American Chemical
Society.

Recent Publications/Patents:
1.

G.R. Hamed and S. Hiza, Trouser Tearing

of a Model Natural Rubber Tire Belt
Vulcanizate, Part 1: Effect of Rate of
Tearing, Rubber Chemistry and
Technology, 83, 199, (2010)

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G.R. Hamed and S. Hiza, Trouser Tearing

of a Model Natural Rubber Tire Belt
Vulcanizate, Part 2: A Brief Note on the
Effect of Cure Time, Rubber Chemistry and
Technology, 83, 213, (2010)

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G.R. Hamed and S. Hiza, Trouser Tearing

of a Model Natural Rubber Tire Belt
Vulcanizate, Part 3: Effect of Deformation
During Anaerobic Aging, Rubber Chemistry
and Technology, 83, 216, (2010)