Platinum Level Winners
Harmandeep Khare
Methods in Characterization of Nano-scale Friction in Solid Lubricant Tribofilms
Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Imène Lahoui
Real Time TEM Imaging of Compression and Shear of Single Fullerene-like MoS2 and WS2 Nanoparticles
laboratory of Tribology and Systems Dynamics, Ecole Centrale de Lyons, Lyons, France
Zhijiang Ye
Atomic Friction at Graphite Steps Edges
University of California – Merced, Merced, CA.
Gold Level Winners
Sukbae Joo
Tribo-electrochemical Characterization of Copper with Patterned Geometry
Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University – College Station, TX.
Zhi Li
Indentation Creep Behavior of PDMS Quantified with Semi-Empirical Viscoelastic Contact Model
Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Jeremiah Mpagazehe
Wear Characterization of Materials for Lunar Construction
Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA.
Silver Level Winners
Fida Majdoub
A New Technique for Measuring Low Friction-Application to DLC Coatings
Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France
Martin Marinack
Experimental Investigations on the Coefficient of Friction and Wear of Single Granules
Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Kyle Roget
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Frictional Behaviors in FCC Copper and HCP Magnesium
Material Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.