In 1997, he won the Charles Goodyear Medal, bestowed by the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division to individuals who "have been the principal inventor(s), innovator(s), or developer(s) of a significant change or contribution to the rubber industry".
[3] He continued his studies and in 1959 completed his master's degree in organic chemistry at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Halasa worked as a research associate, and group leader in materials development at Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, starting in 1963.
In 1979, he accepted an assignment with the Kuwaiti Government to establish a polymer program at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
From 1983 to 2009, Halasa served as R&D Fellow at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Akron, OH.