ARDL Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Kylie Trumpower to its team of technical staff in the position of Technical Advisor. Kylie graduated from The University of Akron in 2013, earning a degree in Chemical Engineering. She has held engineering positions with P.H. Glatfelter and most recently, with Portage Precision Polymers, where she began developing her skills in rubber mixing, quality control testing, compounding and problem-solving. Kylie is excited to join ARDL’s team of Technical Advisors, where she will consult in all areas of polymer research, development and testing. ARDL finds solutions to customers’ toughest problems regarding polymers, including compound analysis and development, conducting process and production audits, creating highly advanced test systems when a standardized testing specification does not exist, designing application-specific failure analysis programs, predicting service and shelf-life and much more.