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"The science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion"

2006 Gordon Research Conference on Tribology

 

“Opportunities for Scientific and Technological Advancement”

 

June 18 - 23, 2006

Colby College

Waterville, Maine

 

Chair:  Tom Dickinson, Washington State University, jtd@wsu.edu
Vice-Chair:  Kathy Wahl, Naval Research Laboratory, kathryn.wahl@nrl.navy.mil

IF you have any questions, email us

Information about attending Gordon Conferences can be found at:  http://www.grc.uri.edu/attend.htm

 (Note:  you "apply" (we are accepting all applicants) and then you register).

Goals of Meeting
 
Surface failure and friction during tribological loading is a critical problem that affects the life and reliability of many important systems including mechanical machinery as well as our national energy usage.  The field of tribology is an interdisciplinary science that invokes knowledge and experience over an extremely wide range of size and time scales.  Improved instrumentation, computer simulations, and our basic knowledge of physical and chemical principles offer opportunities to advance the field of tribology both scientifically and for technological applications.  We will examine a number of tribological systems with emphasis on both fundamental issues of wear, friction, and lubrication as well as significant technological advancements.  We anticipate a lively and provocative meeting where we will strongly encourage discussion and efficient exchange of new ideas.

All attendees are encouraged and invited to present a poster on their current research.  If time permits, we will repeat our “Light Speed” oral poster preview presentations, likely to be chaired by that likable guy, Trevor Page.
 
 
Note:  All talks include ~10 minutes for Discussion
 

If you would like to be added to the mailing list for future information on this conference, please contact the Conference Chair, Tom Dickinson (jtd@wsu.edu).

 For information on the SITE see:   Colby College

 

Johnson Pond, with the campus in the background. Aerial view of the Colby campus.

 

 Colby College  --  Waterville, Maine

 

 

FYI:  the dining hall is open the following times:

Breakfast 6:30-9am, lunch 11:30-2pm, and dinner 4:30-7pm

    Outline of Program

 

As noted:   All talks include at a minimum 10 minutes for Discussion

SUNDAY

2:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Arrival and Check-in

4:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

CHALLENGES TO OUR COMMUNITY

 

Welcome: Tom Dickinson (Washington State University)

 

Discussion Leader: Trevor Page (University of NewCastle)

7:30 pm - 8:20 pm

Andy Jackson (Exxon/Mobil)
"Automotive and industrial tribology challenges"

8:20 pm - 8:30 pm

Discussion

8:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Peter Blau (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
"Is laboratory tribotesting relevant? - Scaling results from the bench-top to the highway"

9:20 pm - 9:30 pm

 

9:45 pm

Discussion

 

Reception

MONDAY

6:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast

9:00 am - 12:30 pm

BIOTRIBOLOGY

 

Discussion Leader: Nancy Burnham (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Jacob Klein (University of Oxford)
"A paradigm for biolubrication"

9:50 am - 10:00 am

Discussion

10:00 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:20 am

Ralph DeLong (University of Minnesota)
“Effective or instantaneous occlusal force -- which is more relevant?”

11:20 am - 11:30 am

Discussion

11:30 am - 12:20 pm

Stefan Zauscher (Duke University)
"Nano-tribological studies on the mechanisms of glycosylated proteins in the boundary-lubrication of articular cartilage"

12:20 pm - 12:30 pm

Discussion

12:30 pm

Group Photo
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free Time

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Poster Session I (First 15-20 minutes -- 1 Minute Presentations for today's posters)

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dinner (dining hall open  from 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm)

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

CONTACT PHENOMENA

 

Discussion Leader: Ali Erdemir (Argonne National Laboratory)

7:30 pm - 8:20 pm

Greg Sawyer (University of Florida)
"Tribology at the extremes: smooth vs. rough contacts"

8:20 pm - 8:30 pm

Discussion

8:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Ajay Kapoor (University of Newcastle)
"Wear and rolling contact fatigue in a ductile material subjected to repeated rubbing - issues and opportunities"

9:20 pm - 9:30 pm

9:30 pm - 9:45 pm

9:45 pm

Discussion

1 Minute Presentations for tomorrow's posters

Poster Session I Continued and Discussion

TUESDAY

6:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast

9:00 am - 12:30 pm

MOLECULAR LEVEL ISSUES

 

Discussion Leader: Udo Schwarz (Yale University)

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Martin H. Müser (University of Western Ontario)
"Molecular mechanisms for the functionality of lubricant additives"

9:50 am - 10:00 am

Discussion

10:00 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:20 am

Mark Robbins (Johns Hopkins University)
"Effects of multiscale roughness on contact mechanics and friction"

11:20 am - 11:30 am

Discussion

11:30 am - 12:20 pm

Steve Granick (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Does molecular tribology matter?"

12:20 pm - 12:30 pm

Discussion

12:30 pm- 2:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free Time

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Poster  Session II

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dinner (dining hall open  from 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm)

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

TRIBOCHEMISTRY

 

Discussion Leader: Larry Seitzman (Caterpillar, Inc.)

7:30 pm - 8:20 pm

Steve Hsu (National Institute for Standards and Technology)
"Fundamental issues and challenges in tribochemistry and boundary lubrication"

8:20 pm - 8:30 pm

Discussion

8:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Eddy Tysoe (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
"Understanding the Tribological Chemistry of Cl-, P- and S-containing Additives"

9:20 pm - 9:30 pm

9:30 pm - 9:45 pm

9:45 pm

Discussion

1 Minute Presentations for tomorrow's posters 

Poster Session II Continued and Discussion

WEDNESDAY

6:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast

9:00 am - 12:30 pm

FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF FRICTION

 

Discussion Leader: Roland Bennewitz (McGill University)

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Seong H. Kim (Pennsylvania State University)
"New insights into gas effects in nanotribology"

9:50 am - 10:00 am

Discussion

10:00 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:20 am

Ernst Meyer (University of Basel)
"Force microscopy experiments to control atomic friction"

11:20 am - 11:30 am

Discussion

11:30 am - 12:20 pm

Miquel Salmeron (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
"New insights into energy dissipation mechanisms in friction"

12:20 pm - 12:30 pm

Discussion

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Free Time

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Poster Session III

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dinner (dining hall open  from 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm)

7:15 pm - 7:30 pm

Business Meeting I

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

NANODYNAMICS AND NANOTRIBOLOGY

 

Discussion Leader: Yip-Wah Chung (Northwestern University)

7:30 pm - 8:20 pm

Jackie Krim (North Carolina State University)
"Nanodynamics and sliding friction in adsorbed monolayers and molecularly thin lubricants"

8:20 pm - 8:30 pm

Discussion

8:30 pm - 9:20 pm

Rob Carpick (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Combining nanotribology and x-ray spectromicroscopy to understand wear and tribochemistry"

9:20 pm - 9:30 pm

 

9:45 pm

Discussion

 

Poster Session III Continued and Discussion

THURSDAY

6:30 am - 8:45 am

Breakfast

8:45 am - 9:00 am

Business Meeting II

9:00 am - 12:30 pm

ADHESION, RHEOLOGY, AND SLIDING

 

Discussion Leader: Irwin Singer (Naval Research Laboratory)

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Andreas Polycarpou (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Adhesive interactions in miniature systems including roughness effects"

9:50 am - 10:00 am

Discussion

10:00 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am - 11:20 am

Lionel Bureau (Institut des Nanosciences de Paris)
"Rheology of nano-confined frictional layers: from microcontacts to extended soft interfaces"

11:20 am - 11:30 am

Discussion

11:30 am - 12:20 pm

David Rigney (Ohio State University)
"Three complementary approaches to understanding sliding phenomena"

 

Discussion

11:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Free Time

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Special Dinner -- Lobster and Clam Bake on Johnson Pond (on campus)

(open beer and wine bar at 5:30pm)

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

SPECIAL INVITED TALK AND WRAP-UP

 

Discussion Leader: Tom Dickinson (Washington State University)

7:30 pm - 8:35 pm

Ken Suslick (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Sonoluminesence and Mechanochemistry"

9:35 pm - 8:45 pm

Discussion

8:45 pm - 9:00 pm

Tom Dickinson and Kathy Wahl
"Onward and Upward--2008"

9:00 pm

Serious Discussion

FRIDAY

6:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast

9:00 am

Depart

 
No Proceedings or written references to the presentations made at this meeting are allowed. Therefore, participants are encouraged to bring their most important new results. The conference features active discussions at the oral and poster sessions, and plenty of time for in-depth discussions throughout the week in an informal atmosphere.

 

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Limited Financial Support may be possible (students, post doctoral and young research faculty poster presenters have priority)   -- contact Kathy:   kathryn.wahl@nrl.navy.mil




Tom Dickinson (Chair)
WSU Regents Professor
Paul A. Anderson Professor of Physics and
Professor of Materials Science
Washington State University
Department of Physics
Pullman, WA 99164-2814 USA

Phone:  509 335-4914
Fax:      509 335-7816

jtd@wsu.edu
http://www.wsu.edu/~jtd

 

 

or

 

 

Dr. Kathryn J. Wahl (vice-chair)

Code 6176, Tribology Section

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Washington DC 20375-5342

 

(202) 767-5419 VOICE

(202) 767-3321 FAX

 

kathryn.wahl@nrl.navy.mil

 

 

 

 


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