Tribology Exchange Workshop Programme

19^th-20^th April 2021 Virtual, Times in CEST

 **Live Sessions

Monday 19th April 2021

09:00-09:30 Opening session
Workshop chairmen will set the stage

09:30-11:00 Tribology Fundamentals
Alfons Fischer (MPI für Eisenforschung) - Material Science Aspects of Wear of Metals
Mathias Woydt (Matrilub) - Importance of Tribology for Climate and Sustainability
Fabrice Ville (LaMCoS Insa Lyon) - Power Losses in Gear Transmissions

11:00-11:30 Refresher Break

11:30-13:00 Applications
Ann Fenech-Andersen (Danfoss) - Troubleshooting Lubricant Issues in an Industrial Manufacturing Company
Dirk Drees (Falex) - Wear Testing in Lubricated Conditions
Deepak Veeregowda (Ducom) - On the Fictitious Grease Lubrication Performance in a Four-ball Tester

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break 

14:00-16:00 Round Table Discussions in 5 virtual rooms
Participants can post their suggestions for table topics upfront and/or are invited to host one of the tables.
Topics should be around themes from today’s live presentations or todays shown Tribology Frontier 2020 Conference recordings

16:00-16:30 Virtual Reception
Paul Hetherington (Petro Canada) – STLE President

Tuesday 20th April 2021

09:00-11:00 Modelling and Simulation
Jun Wang (SKF) - CFD Simulations in Bearings
Stefan Eder (AC2T) - Developing Nanoscale Simulations of Tribological Phenomena into Engineering Tools
Zulfiqar Khan (Bournemouth University) - Wear Analysis and Modelling applied to Nanocoatings
Hannes Grillenberger (Schaeffler) - Noise Simulation in Rolling Element Bearings

11:00-11:30 Refresher Break

11:30-13:00 Applications
Joanna Procelewska (Schaeffler) - Exploring of New Coatings and Materials for the Applications under Extreme Tribocorrosive Running Conditions
Lieuwe De Fries (SKF) - Friction in Rolling Bearings
Thomas Russell (Purdue University) - A Novel Test Rig for Friction and Flow Visualisation in Oil Lubricated Ball Bearing Cages

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-16:00 Round Table Discussions in 5 virtual rooms
Participants can post their suggestions for table topics upfront and/or are invited to host one of the tables. Topics should be around themes from today’s live presentations or todays shown Tribology Frontier 2020 Conference recordings

16:00-16:30 wrap up
Discussion with workshop chairmen on outcome, format, suggestions etc.

**Tribology Frontier 2020 Conference recordings

Monday 19^th April 2021

09:30 Keynote
Ali Erdemir (Texas A&M University)
Frontiers of Catalyst-Driven Tribochemistry: Implications for Friction and Wear

10:10 Cutting Edge
Prathima Nalam (SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY)
Prediction of Nanoscale Friction for Two-Dimensional Materials Using a Machine Learning Approach

10:40 Cutting Edge
Edmondo M. Benetti (ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland)
Graft Copolymers and Bottlebrushes at Surfaces for Tuning Physicochemical and Tribological Properties of Materials

11:30 Keynote
Jean-Francois Molinari (EPFL, Switzerland)
Revisiting Archard’s Wear Model: A Dialogue between Scales

12:15 Keynote
Patricia Iglesias Victoria (Rochester Institute of Technology, New York)
Protic Ionic Liquids: Economical and Low-Toxicity Lubricants and Additives

Tuesday 20^th April 2021

09:00 Cutting Edge
Benjamin Gould (Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL)
The Influence of Material and Electrical Current on the Formation of Premature Bearing Failures

09:35 Cutting Edge
J. Frenken (Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The Origin of Frictional Energy Dissipation

10:10 Spotlight
Weizi Li (Shell Technology Limited, Shanghai, China)
Study of Vibration Wear in Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Engine

11:30 Keynote
David Burris (University of Delaware)
Cartilage Tribology and the Biomechanics of Joint Health

12:20 Spotlight
James Ewen (Daniele Dini, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom)
Molecules under Pressure