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Published as SubjectMelvin Mooney
Dates
1893 – 1968
Authorized Form of Name
Mooney, Melvin
Biography
Abstract
Dr. Melvin Mooney was an Industrial Polymer Rheologist who studied slip velocity measurements, vulcanized rubber elasticity, and the instrumentation used to determine quality control. He was the first person from the rubber industry to join the Society of Rheology and was eventually made president of the society. He focused on developing a theory of flow based on the large strain elasticity theory and used polymer chain networks to model flow and looked at flow using super molecular rheological units alongside W. E. Wolstenholme.
Important Dates
1893Birth, Kansas City (Mo.).
1917Obtained BA, University of Missouri, Columbia (Mo.).
1917 – 1918Joined United States Army during World War I.
1923Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1923 – 1926Postdoc, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1926 – 1928Started work with Western Electric Company.
1928 – 1958Worked at US Rubber Company.
1931Published first paper in Journal of Rheology.
1936 – 1939President, Society of Rheology.
1948Awarded the Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology.
1968Death.
Occupation
Industrial polymer rheologist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Subjects
Rheology -- Industrial applications.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Wolstenholme, W. E.
Collaborated on polymer chain networks to model flow and looked at flow using super molecular rheological units.
Additional
Dillon, John Henry, 1905-
Institutions
Major Positions
United States Rubber Company
Researcher.
Western Electric Company
Researcher.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
President and awarded the Bingham Medal.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1923) and completed a postdoc.
University of Missouri
Obtained BA.