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"
Anand JAGOTA
Lehigh University
United States
"Lubricated Friction and Mixed-EHL Transition in Patterned Soft Surfaces"
Marc MASEN
Imperial College
United Kingdom
"Tactile Tribology"
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
"Multiphysics modelling of fretting wear phenomena"
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
"Friction of complex fluids: from slip length to Navier’s friction coefficient"
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"
4- Contact mechanics
Stanislav GORB
University of Kiel
Germany
"From the insect adhesion to snake slithering: tribology and contact mechanics aspects of biological surfaces"
Lars PASTEWKA
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
Jean-Michel MARTIN
Ecole Centrale de Lyon
France
"Achieving Superlubricity under Boundary Lubrication"
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"
Nicole DÖRR
AC2T research GmbH
"Bridging the gap between nanoscale lubricant chemistry and its macroscale performance demonstrated by engine oils"
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"
Roland BENNEWITZ
INM - Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien
Germany
"Multiscale approaches for multiphysics modelling and in situ experiments in tribology"
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
Markus WIMMER
Rush University Medical Center
"Cartilage Tribology: Understanding Structure-Function Relationships"
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"
Marc MASEN
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
"Tribology of micro-aerated chocolate – relating mechanical and thermal properties to perception"
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"
Jorge SEABRA
Universidade do Porto
Portugal
"Torque loss model for axially pre-loaded tandem rolling element bearings"
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"
Mathias WOYDT
MATRILUB
Germany
"The importance of tribology in climate discussions and for sustainability goals"
Partner Event - 47th 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"