Early Summer Golf Outing - 2026
2026-06-17 07:00 - 16:00 UTC | Brookledge Golf Club, 1621 Bailey Rd., Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 44221, United States
Registration: 7:00 – 7:45 am
Shotgun Start: 8:00 am
4 Golfer Scramble
Dinner: 2:00 pm – Brookledge Pavilion
Cost: $150.00
* Includes golf with cart, lunch, dinner, beverages, door prize, raffle ticket, skill awards and prizes.
Mulligan cards are available for an additional $5 each.
Registration Form deadline: June 5, 2026
Registration Forms and Corporate Hole Sponsor Forms
******Even if you don’t golf, join us for dinner!
DINNER ONLY: $40 (Catered by “Terrible Tom’s Barbeque”)
Pay in Advance for this golf outing!
Note: This is now the Preferred Method of Payment!
Please still fill out a Registration Form so we have all the golfer names. Email form to Denise Kotz.
Click here to pay in advance.
**Please note that your receipt will be from ACESS (Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies). This is correct.

Brookledge Golf Club
1621 Bailey Road
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
330-971-8416

Late Summer Golf Outing - 2026
2026-08-31 07:00 - 20:00 | Silver Lake Country Club, 1325 Graham Rd, Stow, Ohio, 44224
Event Information
Call for Sponsors
Registration Form
There will be two shotgun starts: AM group – 8:00 AM (Play Your Own Ball) and PM group – 1:30 PM (Scramble)
Any morning player will have the opportunity to play an additional round in the afternoon for an additional $75.
Entry Fee of $165 includes golf, lunch and dinner.
Entry form must be received with payment by August 24, 2026.
Schedule of Activities:
7:00 AM Bag Drop – Morning Shotgun Registration Opens
7:15 AM Driving Range Opens
8:00 AM MORNING SHOTGUN
9:30 AM Bag Drop – Afternoon Shotgun
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM AFTERNOON SHOTGUN
6:00 PM Cocktails! (Cash Bar)
7:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Prize Awards

Pay in Advance for this golf outing!
Note: This is now the Preferred Method of Payment!
Click here to pay in advance.
**Please note that your receipt will be from ACESS (Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies). This is correct.

Course: Processing & Testing of Rubber
2026-09-15 09:00 - 14:00 | ARDL, 75 Robinson Avenue, Barberton, OH, 44203, United States
Course: Processing & Testing of Rubber
Presented by Paul Merda
September 15: Includes the Processing & Testing of Rubber course, a lunch, and a tour of ARDL.

On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the Course, lunch and tour will be from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at ARDL, Barberton.
We encourage you to attend the ORG Technical Meeting later that afternoon.
Course Overview:
This half-day course will give an in-depth look at mixing, testing and vulcanizing of rubber.
Topics Covered:

Incoming raw material inspection
Key characteristics for certain raw materials
Mixing rubber: rotor types, batch sizing, 1-pass vs. 2-pass, conventional vs. upside down mixing, raw materials that require special attention during mixing, common mixing and milling problems, and batch take-off.
Testing for quality control: rheology, Mooney, durometer, unaged physical properties, specific gravity, and dispersion testing.
Vulcanization of rubber: molding, extrusion, steam cure.

Price: $495 Member / $595 Non-member / Free for Undergraduate Student Members / $100 for Other Student Members
*Ohio Rubber Group members receive this course for FREE. Use code: ORG2026
Register through the Rubber Division website: Click Here
*Please note that all memberships will be verified. If you are unsure if your ORG membership is current, please contact Denise Kotz.
Address for Course at ARDL: 75 Robinson Avenue, Barberton, OH 44203
Address for ORG Technical Meeting: Hilton Garden Inn, 8971 Wilcox Dr., Twinsburg, OH 44087
About the Instructor: Paul Merda

Bio: Paul Merda is the Education Coordinator & Technical Advisor at ARDL. He has previous experience as a Lab Technician, Polymer Adhesives Chemist & High School Science Teacher with 18 years in industry and 13 teaching.

Fall Technical Meeting - 2026
2026-09-15 16:00 - 21:00 | Hilton Garden Inn Twinsburg, OH, 8971 Wilcox Dr., Twinsburg, Ohio, 44078
Interested in Additional Education? New to the Rubber Industry? Check out the “Processing & Testing of Rubber” Course offered earlier in the day. This course is FREE to Ohio Rubber Group Members. Click here for more information.
This meeting is a joint technical meeting with ORG, ACS, and SPE! Come ready to network with other technical societies.

Agenda:
4:00 – Dinner Ticket / Membership Sales
4:30 – Technical Presentations
6:00 – Social Hour
7:00 – Dinner
Advanced Reservations: $35 each ***Without prior reservation: $40 each (limited number available)
Student tickets: $10 each
Email reservations to Denise Kotz at denisekotz@strategicrealm.consulting OR mail to Ohio Rubber Group, PO Box 553, Hudson, OH 44236.
Pay in Advance is the Preferred Method for payment. Avoid lines at the meeting! Click here to pay in advance for dinner tickets.
**Please note that your receipt will be from ACESS (Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies). This is correct.

Technical Presentations:
“Basics of Short Fiber Reinforcement”
Vishal Chaurasia, Technical Director, Finite Fiber
This presentation provides a practical introduction to short fiber reinforcement in rubber compounds, including fiber selection, property enhancement, mixing considerations, and practical approaches to optimizing compound performance.

“3D Printing of Rubbers at The University of Akron”
Jae-Won Choi, Ph.D. Professor – Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron
This talk presents the University of Akron’s research on additive manufacturing of rubber compounds via the direct-ink-write (DIW) process, covering a systematic progression from natural rubber latex and synthetic SBR-BR blends to fluoroelastomers and networked silica-reinforced inks. In addition, on-going research on various applications and new 3D printing platform will be introduced.

TBD
Gordon Schorr, PolyKinetix

***Please turn off cell phones during the presentations****
