Nanotribology
This track at the 2010 STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference is devoted to various aspects of tribology at the nanometer scale, encompassing fundamental research of physical and chemical phenomena and applied studies involving nanoscale interfaces. It is anticipated that the exchange of information among scientists and engineers from academia, government laboratories, and industries from various countries will contribute greatly to our understanding and the advancement of nanotribology. Papers in the following areas are being solicited: • Studies of nanotribology with scanning-probe based technology (AFM, STM, LFM (FFM), etc.) • Friction and wear at atomic and molecular scales • Tribo-chemical or tribo-physical effects in nanotribology • Surface forces, adhesion, and rheology of nanoscale films • Molecular dynamics simulation of friction, wear, and lubrication • Nanotribology in micro-/nano-manufacturing • Interfacial phenomena in MEMS (mechanics of interfaces as well as physical, chemical, and materials aspects - a Symposium session within the track) • Other aspects of nanotribology
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Nanotribology. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Nanotribology will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
1-1 Nanotribology 1: NMNS
1-3 Nanotribology 2
1-5 Nanotribology 3: Numerical Modeling

Biotribology
Biotribology is one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of tribology research. The subject covers a vast range of interests; from live cell interfaces to artificial implants and personal care products. In view of the diversity of disciplines involved in this research we are keen to see increased participation from scientists outside the traditional tribology domain. Contributions are therefore welcomed from scientists, engineers and clinicians working in the fields of orthopedic surgery, dermatology, biomechanics, biomaterials, cosmetic chemistry and biophysics. Original research papers, both experimental and modeling, are invited for presentation at IJTC2010. The topics include (but are not limited to): • Artificial implants: materials, wear, explant analysis, lubrication modeling • Soft tissue interaction; contact lenses, bio-probes, tongue-palate contact • Articular cartilage; mechanically-induced damage, modeling, biomaterials • Bio-mimetics; bio-inspired tribology, materials and surfaces • Personal care products: hair conditioners, skin creams • Tactile perception, surface texture and haptics • Bio-molecules and surface interaction
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Biotribology. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Biotribology will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
2-1 Tribology of Skin
2-2 Articular Cartilage and Soft Tissue Tribology
2-3 Biotribology III

Engineered Surfaces
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Engineered Surfaces. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Engineered Surfaces will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
3-1 Engineered Surfaces I
3-2 Engineered Surfaces IIBoundary Lubrication
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Boundary Lubrication. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Boundary Lubrication will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
4-1 Engine Tribology
4-2 Lubricants and Additives I
4-3 Lubricants and Additives II

Fluid Film Lubrication
Research and engineering practice of fluid film lubrication covers a wide range of tribological aspects, including theories and analyses of hydrodynamic lubrication, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, thermo-elastohydrodynamic lubrication, etc., the design and engineering of sliding bearings with fluid or air/gas lubrication and rolling element bearings with oil or grease lubrication, and the lubrication development for components of any mechanical, electromechanical, biomechanical systems. Papers based on experimental, numerical, and theoretically research work and advanced tribological designs in the following areas should well fit the scope of this track: o Theories, analyses, and experiments of hydrodynamic lubrication o T heories, analyses, and experiments of elastohydrodynamic lubrication o Theories, analyses, and experiments of air/gas lubrication o Theories, analyses, and experiments of grease lubrication o New methods for lubrication design, analysis and testing o New surface technologies for advanced lubrication o New material technologies for advanced lubrication
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Fluid Film Lubrication. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Fluid Film Lubrication will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
5-1 EHL and Lubricant Effects
5-2 EHL and Surface Considerations
5-3 Hydrdynamics-Flows and Fluids
5-4 Hydrdynamics-Flows and Structures
5-5 Seals and dampers
5-6 Hydrodynamics-Flows and Environments
5-7 Air Bearings and HDD bearings

Machine Components Tribology
This conference track at the 2010 STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference is devoted to various aspects of tribology (friction, wear and lubrication) for machine element components including rolling element bearings, gears, and engines. It is anticipated that the exchange of information among scientists and engineers from academia, government laboratories and industries of various countries will contribute to great advancement in the understandings of machine element components. Experimental, numerical, and theoretically based papers in the following areas related to machine components tribology are being solicited: • Lubrication of machine components • Geometric design of machine components • Rolling element bearings design and performance • Gears design and performance • Seals and brushes • Advanced machine component materials • Other aspects of machine components
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Machine Components Tribology. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Machine Components Tribology will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed. A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
6-1 Machine Components Tribology 1
6-2 Machine Components Tribology II
6-3 Machine Components Tribology III
6-4 Machine Components Tribology IV
6-5 Machine Components Tribology V
6-6 Machine Components Tribology VI
6-7 Machine Components Tribology VII

Contact Mechanics
The Contact Mechanics track solicits papers that focus on the various influences of external load, sliding speed, surface geometry, surface topography, material properties--especially, mechanical, thermal and electrical properties--on the development of surface and subsurface deformation, normal and frictional stresses, electrical current and heat conduction, wear and other surface damage, from both experimental and theoretical perspectives.
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Contact Mechanics. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Contact Mechanics will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
7-1 Contact Mechanics I
7-2 Contact Mechanics II
7-3 Contact Mechanics III
7-4 Contact Mechanics IV
7-5 Contact Mechanics V
7-6 Contact Mechanics VI

Magnetic Storage Tribology Track and Symposium
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Magnetic Storage Tribology Track and Symposium. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Magnetic Storage Tribology Track and Symposium will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed. A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
8-1 Magnetic Storage Tribology-I ABS and Dynamics
8-2 Magnetic Storage Tribology-II HAMR, FEA, Contact

Manufacturing/Metalworking Tribology
This conference track at the 2010 STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference is devoted to various aspects of tribology (friction, wear and lubrication) in manufacturing and metal working processes including machining, drilling, turning, grinding, stamping, forming, and milling operations. It is anticipated that the exchange of information among scientists and engineers from academia, government laboratories and industries of various countries will contribute to great advancement in the understandings of manufacturing and metal working tribology. Experimental, numerical, and theoretically based papers in the following areas related to manufacturing and metalworking tribology are being solicited: • Novel tool coating materials and geometries • Metal working lubricants and lubrication systems • Lubricant-free metalworking and forming processes • Green manufacturing systems • Grinding materials and processes including CMP • System design and analysis for stamping and other material deformation processes • Optimization of manufacturing processes parameters • Cutting of difficult materials • Other aspects of manufacturing and metalworking tribology
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Manufacturing/Metalworking Tribology. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Manufacturing/Metalworking Tribology will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed. A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.

Wind Energy Tribology
Use of wind turbines has grown exponentially in the last few years, and with this growth has also come problems associated with tribology. This track is aimed at discussing these items, with particilar focus paid to micropitting of the bearings and gears.
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Wind Energy Tribology. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Wind Energy Tribology will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
10-1 Mechanical System Reliability of Wind Turbine Gearboxes
The expense of main, pitch, and yaw bearing and gearbox failures have put the focus of reliability onto these mechanical systems. Although they are already more reliable than other electrical components in the turbine, the industry is continuing to push the suppliers for more reliability. To that end, this session is aimed at new research into the mechanical systems, with particular focus paid to micropitting of the bearings and gears.
10-2 Wind Turbine Lubrication
This session discusses the new research into monitoring the condition of lubricating systems in wind turbines and maximizing their performance and reliability in the field.

Leon Keer Symposium
The Leon M. Keer Symposium to be held at the 2010 International STLE/ASME Joint Tribology Conference in San Francisco, California, USA, will be dedicated to honor Professor Leon Keer, Northwestern University, USA, to recognize his contributions to the field of contact mechanics and tribology. Professor Leon M. Keer was educated at the California Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology of the University of Minnesota. He conducts research in the area of solid mechanics and investigates specialized topics of fracture and fatigue, surface mechanics and tribology, among others. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Acoustical Society of America. In 1997, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He received the Daniel C. Drucker Medal from ASME in 2003, and the Mayo D. Hersey Award from the ASME Tribology Division in 2008. We invite you to join this special event by presenting your work and ideas at the meeting. Papers on research results, reviews, suggestions, and predictions of the future trends of the field of tribology and mechanics for tribology are all welcome! Let’s meet with Prof. Keer to enjoy the tradition and prepare for the future work to come.
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Leon Keer Symposium. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Leon Keer Symposium will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
11-1 L.M. Keer Symposium-1
11-2 L.M. Keer Symposium-2

Environmental Tribology Symposium (co-sponsored by the Chinese Tribology Institution (CTI)*
This track will have two sessions of invited presentations. The Chinese Tribology Institution (CTI), founded in 1979, represents the tribology research community in China. CTI members have distinguished themselves with an impressive record of accomplishments that are enabling the science of tribology to play a valuable role in confronting the technical issues and problems that affect all people worldwide. STLE has joined in partnership with CTI on a number of occasions, most recently at the CIST 2008 symposium in Beijing. The joint symposium planned for the 2010 IJTC is the latest effort by STLE and CTI to create and expand relationships between tribology researchers in both countries and from around the world.
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Environmental Tribology Symposium (co-sponsored by the Chinese Tribology Institution (CTI)*. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Environmental Tribology Symposium (co-sponsored by the Chinese Tribology Institution (CTI)* will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
12-1 Environmental Tribology-1
12-2 Environmental Tribology-2

Student Posters
The event organizers are inviting students from all areas of tribology research to participate in a special session dedicated to student posters. The posters must deal with an aspect of tribology research that can be translated into friction, wear, and lubrication. Student poster research topics can be co-authored by faculty and other researchers but only students may exhibit their posters and discuss their work at the session. The posters will be judged by a conference committee, and awards will be given to the winning poster authors.
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of Student Posters. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in Student Posters will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed.
A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.

The Particle Tribology Symposium
Increasingly, particles have become a critical factor in the failure, processing, or lubrication of tribosystems in existing and emerging industries. The Particle Tribology Symposium solicits papers that focus on particle-related tribological processes and fundamental analyses of friction, lubrication and wear problems involving particles. Some of the relevant problems and processes that are of interest for this symposium are chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), powder lubrication (in dry, matrix, transfer film, or additive form), granular flow tribology, particle-induced wear, particulate contamination in sliding contacts, and other areas of particle tribology. Both experiments and modeling papers are welcomed.
Objectives: Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this event to expand international cooperation, understanding and promotion of efforts and disciplines in the area of The Particle Tribology Symposium. Dissemination of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel concepts in The Particle Tribology Symposium will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program of this area will be developed. A variety of sessions are available for presentations as it allows flexibility to the authors. All sessions are quality driven.
14-1 Slurry tribology
14-2 Powder tribology
14-3 Granular flow tribology
14-4 Particle tribology applications in energy and manufacturing

Graduate Workshop on Green and Bio-Tribology
The purpose for the International Graduate Workshop is to exchange research experience among junior and senior researchers, and to have a brief overview of some recent developments in the field of tribology and green and bio-tribology. Participants need not be performing research directly in this area. Each participant will give a short presentation to introduce his research subject and discuss the key points and difficulties encountered or forecasted. With growing environmental concerns, green tribology and bio-derived lubricants is becoming a very important and fast growing topic. In addition, bio-tribology will always be important topic as the average age of the population continues to increase and our joints need to perform for longer periods of time. Fruitful discussions are expected.
Program Outline (Sunday, October 17, 2010)
8-8:30am   Welcome Presentation and Introductions
8.30 am     Lecture 1
9:15 am     Lecture 2
10:00 am   break
10:30am    Short presentations of student research
12:00 pm   Lunch
1:30 pm     Lecture 3
2:15 pm     Short presentations of student research
3:30 pm     break
4-6:00pm   Free discussions on lectures and presentations