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Steven M. Cron is a retired Michelin product research engineer and co-inventor of the Tweel. [1] [2]Cron began his engineering education with a BS Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1984.
Timothy B. Rhyne is a retired Michelin Research Fellow and co-inventor of the Tweel. [1] [2] [3]Rhyne received his BS and PhD degrees from North Carolina State University. [4] He started at Michelin in 1978, originally in machine design, and moving to tire research and development in 1986.
Michelin (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ əl ɪ n, ˈ m ɪ tʃ əl ɪ n / MISH-əl-in, MITCH-əl-in, French:), in full Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA ("General Company of the Michelin Enterprises P.L.S."), is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région of France.
Dupasquier would once again lead Michelin on their return to Formula One in 2001 until his retirement in 2005 a season won by a Michelin shod Renault for Fernando Alonso. [6] It was also in this season all cars running Michelin tyres would withdraw from the 2005 US Grand Prix .
In 1980, Koehn took over from Peter Willems, who had earned the Michelin star in 1979. [11] In September 2017, Koehn announced his upcoming retirement and that the second head chef Rob van der Veeken would take over.
Édouard Michelin (French pronunciation: [edwaʁ miʃlɛ̃]; August 13, 1963 – May 26, 2006) was managing partner and co-chief executive of the Michelin Group. He was the great-grandson of Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), a co-founder of the company.
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Some sources ([2]) report him as responsible for naming Bibendum, the Michelin Man. The rubber-man had been popular with the French public since the Michelin brothers introduced it at Lyon in 1894, and had acquired a variety of nicknames. At the 1898 Paris–Amsterdam–Paris race, [8] Léon greeted André Michelin with a shout, "Here comes ...