1- Interfacial flow and thin film lubrication
Andreas ALMQVIST
Luleå University of Technology
Sweden
"Optimisation of bearing geometry for linear sliders lubricated with piezo-viscous fluids"
Feng GUO
Qingdao University of Technology
China
"Enhancement of Film Lubrication by Tailored Surface Wettability"
Emanuela DEL GADO
Georgetown University
United States
"Cohesive forces from confinement and structuring of ions and water"
2- Wear of materials
Richard CHROMIK
McGill University
Canada
"Cold-Sprayed Metal Matrix Composites and Their Third Bodies"
Alfons FISCHER
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Eisenforschung
Germany
"Wear Scars do not represent Wear Loss – A Fretting Corrosion Example"
Siegfried FOUVRY
Ecole Centrale de Lyon
France
"Wear phenomena under partial slip fretting conditions"
Kathy WAHL
Naval Research Laboratory
United States
"Examining tribocorrosion of passivating steels - new materials and methods"
3- Fundamentals of friction
Elisabeth CHARLAIX
Université Grenoble Alpes
France
To be announced
Astrid DE WIJN
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
"Understanding the friction of atomically thin layered materials"
Oded HOD
Tel Aviv University
Israel
"Structural Superlubricity Meets Grain Boundaries"
Ernst MEYER
University of Basel
Switzerland
"Atomic friction and dissipation experiments with 2d materials"
4- Contact mechanics
Stanislav GORB
University of Kiel
Germany
"From the insect adhesion to snake slithering: tribology and contact mechanics aspects of biological surfaces"
Tevis JACOBS
Pittsburgh University
United States
"Adhesion of hard, rough contacts"
Bo PERSSON
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Germany
"Theory of the leakage of seals with applications"
Izabela SZLUFARSKA
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States
"The Role of Mechanics and Chemistry in Contact Evolution"
5- Tribo-induced surface chemical and mechanical transformations
Ahmet ALPAS
University of Windsor
Canada
"Effect of dissociated and physisorbed H2O on the friction of graphene and MoS2"
Diana BERMAN
University of North Texas
United States
"Towards sustainable superlubricity: in-situ formation of zero-friction and zero- wear lubricating films"
Rob CARPICK
University of Pennsylvania
United States
"Nanoscale in situ Studies of Anti-Wear Tribochemical Film Formation"
Carsten GACHOT
Vienna University of Technology
Austria
"Tribofilm formation in helicopter gears and how novel lubricants overcome loss of lubrication conditions"
6- Multiscale approaches for multiphysics modelling and in situ experiments in tribology
Tomoko HIRAYAMA
Kyoto University
Japan
"In-Situ Observation of Solid-Liquid Interface and Its Nanotribological Property"
Ashlie MARTINI
University of California Merced
United States
"Atomic-scale Friction of 2D and Layered Materials"
Jean-François MOLINARI
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
"Rough surfaces and interactions between micro contacts"
7- Surface engineering in tribology
Bharat BHUSHAN
The Ohio State University
United States
"Lessons from Nature: Bioinspired Mechanically Durable and Self-healing Superliquiphilic/phobic Surfaces"
Esteban BROITMAN
SKF Research & Technology Development
Netherlands
"CVD and PVD Hard Coatings for Industrial Applications: Present Status and Future Needs"
Pantcho STOYANOV
Concordia University
Canada
"Advanced tribological coating solutions for next generation mechanical systems in extreme environments"
Yoshinobu TSUJII
Kyoto University
Japan
"Fundamental Aspects on Soft and Resilient Tribology of Solvent-Swollen Concentrated Polymer Brushes"
8- Biotribology, biomimetics
David BURRIS
University of Delaware
United States
"Cartilage Tribology: New insights into the conditions of the buried interface"
Matt CARRÉ
The University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
"Synthetic test-beds for assessing human-object tribological interactions"
Daniele DINI
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
"Unravelling and Exploiting the Complex Mechanisms Responsible for the Superior Tribological Behaviour of Natural Systems"
Zhongmin JIN
Southwest Jiaotong University
China
"Integration of Biomechanics and Biotribology for Functional Prediction of Artificial Joints"
9- Tribology in manufacturing processes and industrial systems
Tatsuhiko AIZAWA
Shibaura Institute of Technology
Japan
"In Situ Solid Lubrication in Cold Dry Forging of Titanium by Isolated Free Carbon from Carbon- Supersaturated Dies"
Marion MERKLEIN
Friedrich-Alexander-University
of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Germany
"Investigation of workpieceside parameters and application of innovative surface engineering technology for improving the tribological performance within hot stamping"
Zhigang WANG
Gifu University
Japan
"Friction Testing Methods for Cold Forging"
10- Tribology to face the education and societal challenges
Alan HASE
Saitama Institute of Technology
Japan
"A Novel Method of Introductory Education for Tribology through Problem-solving Game Activity"
Mitjan KALIN
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
"Green Tribology as an Indispensable Part of Sustainable Future and Associated Knowledge Challenges"
W. Gregory SAWYER
University of Florida
United States
"Tribology Tackles Cancer and COVID-19"
Anneli SUNDBLOM
SKF Research and Technology Development
Netherlands
"Tribology for a greener future - A bearing company perspective"
Partner Event - 48th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology
Alison DUNN
University of Illinois
United States
"Simulation and experiments of contact with soft materials having a gradient of stiffness"
Ken'ichi HIRATSUKA
Chiba Institute of Technology
Japan
"Time Effect on the Wear of Iron"
Lars PASTEWKA
University of Freiburg
Germany
"Soft and aqueous lubrication"
Martin PRIEST
University of Bradford
United Kingdom
"Future Transport Priorities for Engineering Tribology"