Joshua Herron
Director Of Engineering at Kenda Tires
Canton, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Herron is a Director of Engineering with 11+ years of hands-on experience in finite element analysis and materials characterization for elastomer structures, specializing in tire systems from pneumatic to non-pneumatic designs. He blends deep technical expertise in Abaqus, Python scripting, and HPC Linux cluster administration with practical lab testing and constitutive modeling to drive simulation-led product development. Joshua has led global CAE efforts, built custom engineering tools and web applications to manage test and simulation data, and trains engineers in tire mechanics, nonlinear FEA, and coding. His work spans industry innovation—rolling performance, fatigue, XFEM fracture research, and AI-driven simulation—while also overseeing material labs and IT strategy for technical centers. Based in Canton, Ohio, he pairs polymer engineering roots with a pragmatic software mindset to shorten design cycles and translate complex simulations into manufacturable products.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Polymer Engineering, BS, Mechanical Polymer Engineering at The University of AkronMS, Mechanical Engineering, MS, Mechanical Engineering at University of Toledo
German
Github Skills (44)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
herronjo/joshiehttp-4
Mar 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:38 commits, 36 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
HData-org/hdata
May 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:55 commits, 53 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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