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Special Issues
Special Issues
A selected amount of papers will be proposed for publication in the following journals:
Keynote lecturers
Keynote lecturers
- Prof. Nicholas Spencer: Professor for Surface Science and Technology at the ETHZ since 1993 and editor-in-chief of the journal Tribology Letters. The principal areas of his research are surface functionalization and characterization, with a particular emphasis on their application in tribology, implant materials, and biosensors. Recently, optical and other methods for the in situ measurement of surface-macromolecule interactions have been increasingly emphasized. Over the last few years, he has been working intensively in the area of surface-chemical and surface-morphology gradients.
- Prof. Rob Dwyer-Joyce: Professor of Lubrication Engineering sand Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Sheffield. Editor in Chief of IMechE Proceedings part J. His work involves the development of metrology tools, experimental techniques, and advanced analytical models. He also works with wear of engineering components, which involves testing on specimens and real components. Another activity is the development of sensors for studying interfaces in machine components where instruments have been developed to determine the contact area and pressure distribution.
- Assistant Prof. Karthikeyan Subramanian: Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science. His areas of interest are kinetics of plastic deformation in metallic systems, dislocation theory, tribology and computational materials science. The goal of his research is to understand the effect of length and time scales on mechanisms of plasticity and to incorporate this knowledge in physically-based models. To achieve this he uses experimental and computational techniques. His current research activities broadly fall into: high strain-rate deformation, creep, strengthening mechanisms and tribology in metals, alloys and intermetallics.
- Associate Prof. Takeshi Yamaguchi: Associate Professor of Graduate School of Engineering at Tohoku University, Japan. His primary research interests involve the tribology of shoe/floor interface and the biomechanics of gait, with the goal of finding ways to reduce slip and fall accidents. More specifically, his research has been aimed at understanding the relationship between gait and the traction coefficient at the shoe/floor interface. This work has proposed an effective gait to reduce the risk of slipping, and has developed high friction materials and surface pattern designs for footwear outsole. He also works on the development of polymer composite materials with low friction and high wear resistance.