Hiroshi Mouri

Hiroshi Mouri gained his MSc in chemical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, working as a scientist in the Bridgestone tire materials development department. Mouri gained his PhD in chemical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 2003 , before working as president of the Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology (BART). From 2005 to 2007, he was chairman of the Tire Industry Project Group, and president and CEO of Firestone Polymers from 2009 to 2011, returning as president of the Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology from 2011 to 2014. Chairman, ISO TC45 SC2 since 2017, Mouri retired from Bridgestone in 2019 and currently works as a rubber consultant.

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Presentation

Tire road wear particles and their collection

The first part of the present paper reviews the fate of tire and road wear particles (TRWP) based on the findings from the study sponsored by the Tire Industry Project (TIP) since 2005. The results have been published in ISO standards. The authors found additional studies conducted during the period, and added a new insight to the fate of TRWP. The second part of the paper discusses a new methodology to collect TRWP in an efficient way to satisfy the need to accelerate scientific understanding of the potential risks associated with TRWP.