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73rd STLE ANNUAL MEETING AND EXHIBITION

MAY 20-24, 2018 | MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTERMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA

Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois (USA) 60068 • www.stle.org • #STLE2018

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Some 1,600 of your peers in the lubricantsindustry will gather in May at theMinneapolis Convention Center inMinneapolis, Minnesota (USA), for a unique,five-day technical education event.

Whether you work in the field or the lab inindustry, government or academia, STLE’s2018 Annual Meeting & Exhibition hastechnical programming tailored specificallyfor your job. The meeting is unique becauseno other organization offers such a completelook at the field of tribology.

STLE’s Annual Meeting Program Committeehas selected more than 500 technicalpresentations that will form the heart of theMinneapolis meeting. This brochure containsa preview of the technical program, enablingyou to select the combination of research-oriented technical papers, application-basedcase studies, best-practice reports and paneldiscussions that is right for your career.

STLE’s Annual Meeting also is the place toenhance your professional skills with 12education courses taught by a faculty of topsubject-matter experts. For expe ri encedprofessionals, you can also verify yourtechnical expertise, while furthering yourcareer development by attaining oneof STLE’s four technical certifications:Certified Lubrication Specialist™, CertifiedMetalworking Fluids Specialist™ and OilMonitoring Analyst I & II™.

This year’s trade show includes more than150 companies and organizations displayingthe industry’s newest products, services andtechnologies for lubrication professionals.The trade show is in the MinneapolisConvention Center, only a few steps from thetechnical sessions and education courses.

Business networking is an invaluable partof the STLE meeting experience. For manypeople, their STLE relationships are the No. 1

problem-solving resource they use on thejob every day. These contacts are initiatedand renewed each year at STLE’s AnnualMeeting & Exhibition.

Program details, housing information andother pertinent information about themeeting are all included in the followingpages. If you require further information orassistance, please contact STLE headquartersor visit the STLE website at www.stle.orgfor program updates.

I’ll look forward to seeingyou in Minneapolis.

Sincerely,

Michel

03 | General Information & Policies

04 | Registration Information

06 | By the Numbers

07 | Welcome to Minneapolis

08 | Hotel Information & Registration

10 | Meeting Registration Form

11 | Daily Schedule At-a-Glance

12 | Technical Sessions/Commercial

Marketing Forum

36 | Education Courses

38 | Networking & Special Events

39 | Student Posters

40 | Keynote Address

41 | 2018 Exhibition/Sponsorship

Opportunities

43 | Exhibition Floor Plan

44 | 2018 Exhibitors List

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Dear Industry Professional,

Message from the ChairTechnical education and professional development you can’t get anywhere else!

Dr. Michel Fillon, Chair2018 Annual Meeting

Program Committee

PHOTO BY DAN ANDERSON © COURTESY OF MEET MINNEAPOLIS

General Information & Policies

The 2018 STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition is sponsored by:

Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois (USA) 60068Phone: (847) 825-5536 • Fax: (847) 825-1456Email: [email protected] • Web: www.stle.org

Annual Meeting Mobile AppStarting in April 2018, program updates will be posted daily on the STLE Annual Meeting Mobile App,which can be downloaded for free at www.tripbuilder.com/apps/stle. (Available for Apple orAndroid products).

About STLEThe Society of Tribologists andLubrication Engineers (STLE) is a not-for-profit professional society foundedin 1944 to advance the science oftribology and the practice oflubrication engineering in order tofoster innovation, improve theperformance of equipment andproducts, conserve resources andprotect the environment. Head -quartered in Park Ridge, Ill. (a Chicagosuburb), STLE is the leading technicalorganization serving more than 13,000industry professionals and 250companies and organizations thatcomprise the tribology and lubricationengineering business sector.

STLE offers its members industry-specific education and training,professional resources, technicalinformation, certification programsand career development.

About Our Annual Meeting& ExhibitionSTLE’s conference is where some 1,600members of the tribology researchand lubrication engineeringcommunities gather for five days ofindustry-specific technical educationand professional development.Highlights include some 500 paperpresentations, a 150-exhibitor tradeshow, the popular CommercialMarketing Forum and an opportunityto establish business contacts andfriendships with your peers fromaround the world.

Annual Meeting &Education Course Policies• All attendees must register.

• All attendees receive a badge withtheir registration materials. Thebadge must be worn at all times andis required for admittance to anytechnical session, education courseand the trade show.

• Badges may not be exchanged.Attendees who loan their badges toothers will have their badgesconfiscated and their annual meetingprivileges rescinded.

• Annual Meeting registration includesadmittance to the trade show,technical sessions, CommercialMarketing Forum and all socialevents, including the Monday eveningNetworking Reception and Tuesdayafternoon Presidents Luncheon(ticket required).

• Distributing handouts at technicalsessions is not permitted. Handoutswill be given to education courseattendees.

• Disseminating material orconducting business in the exhibithall is not permitted if you are notan official exhibitor.

Recording PolicyAudio or video recording is notpermitted in any of the annualmeeting technical sessions orCommercial Marketing Forumpresentations. Audio recording ispermitted in the education courseswith advance permission of theinstructor. No video of any kind ispermitted.

Photo PolicySTLE’s official photographer will takephotos of select technical sessions,Commercial Marketing Forumpresentations, social events and thetrade show on Tuesday, May 22. Thesephotos will be used to promote theMay 19-23, 2019, STLE Annual Meeting& Exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee(USA). If you do not wish to have yourphotograph taken and published,please step out of the photo frame ornotify the photographer afterward ifyour photo has been taken so theimage can be deleted.

Cellular Phone PolicyIn order to not disturb speakers orfellow attendees, please keep cellulartelephones on vibrate and leave theroom to talk.

Dress CodeBusiness casual dress is appropriatefor STLE events at the annual meeting.Technical session and educationcourse speakers often choose attirethat is more formal on the day of theirpresentations.

Attendee RosterThe official attendee roster will madeavailable on the STLE website(www.stle.org) and Annual MeetingMobile App in early April 2018 prior tothe annual meeting.

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CancellationsRequests must be received in writing atSTLE’s headquarters no later than April18, 2018, to receive refund less $100handling charge. No refunds will beissued after April 18.

Payment MethodSTLE accepts U.S. currency, check drawnon a U.S. bank and major credit cards:Mastercard, Visa (preferred), AmericanExpress and Discover.

Onsite RegistrationRegister on site at the MinneapolisConvention Center, beginning at 3 p.m.on Saturday, May 19, 2018. All annualmeeting events are at the MinneapolisConvention Center except for theMonday evening Networking Receptionat the Hilton Minneapolis. The STLEregistration desk is open daily thereafterthrough Thursday, May 24. Onsiteregistrants incur a $100 surcharge.Advance registrants may pick up badgesand registration materials at theregistration desk during the followinghours:

• Sunday, May 20 – 6:30 am – 6 pm

• Monday, May 21 – 6:30 am – 6 pm

• Tuesday, May 22 – 6:30 am – 6 pm

• Wednesday, May 23 – 6:30 am – 6 pm

• Thursday, May 24 – 6:30 am – Noon

Registration InformationMeeting registration entitles you to all the technical sessions, trade show admission, Commercial Marketing Forum and all social events, includingthe Monday evening Networking Reception and Tuesday afternoon Presidents Luncheon (ticket required). Education courses are $325 with fullregistration except for the NLGI Grease course ($615). Please see the registration form on page 10.

IndividualEarly Bird by April 18 After April 18

(Save $100!)

STLE members $685 $785

Speakers $685 $785

Presenters $685 $785

Non-members $990 $1,090

Life members $155 $155

Student members $40 $40

$300

$400

2018 STLE Annual Meeting Registration Rates

Single-Day

How To Register


Monday-Thursday

Online

Visit www.stle.org toregister at your convenience,24/7.

Phone

Call STLE headquarters at(847) 825-5536 and registerusing a major credit card.

Mail

Use the enclosed registrationform (see page 10) and sendyour completed form andpayment by mail to STLEheadquarters.

Fax

Complete the enclosedregistration form and submitvia fax to (847) 825-1456.

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Non-Members Welcome:Two Options for AttendingSTLE’s core annual meeting audience is ourmembership of tribology researchers andlubrication professionals from around theglobe. However, non-members are welcomeat the conference and encouraged to attend.Participating in our conference is the best wayto gain an overview of STLE’s many productsand services and meet your peers in thetribology and lubrication engineeringcommunities.

STLE offers full and one-day annual meetingregistration options. Because non-memberspay a higher meeting registration rate, thebest way to attend is by joining the society.Cost of membership is less than the differencebetween the member and non-memberannual meeting registration rates. So youactually save money by joining STLE andcoming to the meeting as a member than youwould if you came as a non-member, plus youget all the other benefits of STLE membership!

However, if your company does not permityou to join a professional society, anotheroption is to pay the non-member registrationrate for the annual meeting. If you do, you’llalso receive a one-year free STLEmembership�—a $150 value.

Get Social with Us!Stay connected and keep up with the chatterusing the hashtag #STLE2018 when joiningthe conversation and stay up-to-date withmeeting information and much more!

Twitter | @STLE_Tribology

Facebook | Facebook.com/STLE

2018 STLE Annual Meeting Program Committee

To learn more about the benefits of STLE and to accessa membership application, log on to www.stle.org orcall STLE headquarters at 847-825-5536.

Future Industry Meeting Dates

Dr. Michel Fillon – ChairInstitut Pprime

Dr. Ryan Evans – Vice ChairThe Timken Co.

Dr. Min Zou – SecretaryUniversity of Arkansas

Dr. Gareth FishThe Lubrizol Corp.

Dr. Jeffrey M. GuevremontAmerican Refining Group Inc.

Dr. Robert JacksonAuburn University

Dr. Ashlie MartiniUniversity of California, Merced

What You Need To Know About The STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition

1,600 INDUSTRYPROFESSIONALS

100+ EXHIBITORS

200+NEW

ATTENDEES

60+STUDENTPOSTERS

BY THENUMBERS

of surveyed attendees rate the technicalpresentations as GOOD or EXCELLENT quality.

■ Oil Analysis

■ Metalworking Fluids

■ Automotive

■ Bearings

■ Energy

500 Education Course Participants

50+COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

5% 5% 6% 18% 66%Academia Students Government Other Industry


TOP 5LUBRICANT-RELATEDMARKETS ATTENDING

ATTENDEE PROFILE


*For more information about Minneapolis (including 150 fun things to do!), visit www.minneapolis.org.

NOTABLEATTRACTIONS*

MinneapolisSculpture Garden

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Weisman Art Museum

Mill City Museum

U.S. Bank Stadium(Home of Super Bowl LII,

February 4, 2018)

Paisley Park Studios

Walker Art Center

Nicollet Mall

Welcome to MinneapolisMinneapolis is the largest city in the state of Minnesota that forms the “Twin Cities” with the neighboringstate capital of St. Paul. Bisected by the Mississippi River, it’s known for its beautiful parks and lakes.Minneapolis is home to several Fortune 500 companies and many cultural landmarks such as the Walker ArtCenter, a contemporary art museum, and the adjacent Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, famed for Claes Olden -burg’s Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture. The Minneapolis Skyway System, an interconnected climate-controlled system of footbridges throughout downtown, makes the restaurants, entertainment spots,shops, and sports centers all the more accessible.

Known as “The City of Lakes,” Minneapolis has 22 lakes located within city limits and many more in thesurrounding area. In town, hordes of locals and tourists in-line skate or stroll around Lake Calhoun. Just out -side of town, Fort Snelling State Park offers outdoor recreational activities from hiking to biking and golf toboating. Minneapolis offers lots for everyone to enjoy.

Hilton Minneapolis (Headquarters Hotel)1001 Marquette Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55403

The Hilton Minneapolis is located in downtown Minneapolis,connected via skyway to the Minneapolis Convention Centerand just blocks away from the city’s shopping, dining andentertainment attractions. The Hilton is a short drive from theMinneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, with convenient accessto the light-rail transit system.

Hilton Minneapolis Hotel Amenities

• Complimentary in-room Wi-Fi for multiple devices

• Spacious guest rooms with refrigerator, laptop safe and50-inch TV

• Complimentary 24-hour fitness center, indoor pool and sauna

STLE Annual Meeting Rates

• $173 single occupancy (1 person)

• $193 double occupancy (2 people)

• $213 triple occupancy (3 people)

• $233 quadruple occupancy (4 people)

Need a Visa? International attendees can request an invitation letter for the 2018 STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition.For more information, contact Merle Hedland at (630) 428-2133, [email protected].

Hyatt Regency Minneapolis1300 Nicollet MallMinneapolis, MN 55403

The Hyatt Regency Minneapolis is located on Nicollet Mall in theheart of the downtown business district. The hotel providesspectacular views of the city skyline, connected via skyway tothe Minneapolis Convention Center. The Hyatt is a short drive fromthe Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, with convenientaccess to the light-rail transit system.

Hyatt Regency Hotel Amenities

• Complimentary in-room Wi-Fi for multiple devices

• Refrigerator, 37-inch TV, laptop safe, coffee maker in each room

• Complimentary 24-hour fitness center and indoor pool

STLE Annual Meeting Rates

• $183 single/double occupancy (1 or 2 people)

• $208 triple occupancy (3 people)

• $233 quadruple occupancy (4 people)


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For meeting registration and room reservations, log on to www.stle.org. All annual meeting events are at the Minneapolis Convention Centerexcept for the Monday evening Networking Reception at the Hilton Minneapolis. April 18, 2018 is the cutoff date to receive discounted pricingat the Hilton and Hyatt. However, housing is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, and STLE does not guarantee room availability on April 18.If you plan on attending the 2018 STLE Annual Meeting, you are urged to make your room reservations as soon as possible.


Society of Tribologists and Lubrication EngineersSTLE 73rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition Housing & Room RegistrationMay 20-24, 2018 • Minneapolis Convention Center • Minneapolis, MN

RESERVE ONLINE:https://aws.passkey.com/go/STLE18

RESERVE BY PHONE:(Individual reservations only)

9 am – 3 pm CST, Mon – Fri1-888-947-2233 (Domestic)1-612-767-8200 (International callers)

Please have your credit card number andyour arrival and departure dates ready.

RESERVE BY FAX: 1-612-767-8201

RESERVE BY MAIL:

STLE Housing Dept.250 Marquette Ave S., Suite 1300Minneapolis, MN 55401

Please do not send repeat submittals for thesame requests and do not fax or mail a formfor reservations that you have already madeonline or by phone, or you risk makingduplicate reservations.

You may email [email protected] any inquires, changes or cancels.

• Only completed forms are accepted.

• Room types are assigned on a first-come,first-served basis.

• If your preferred hotel is not available, youwill be assigned the next available propertylisted and/or the closest to the event.

• Allow 2 business days to receive yourhotel acknowledgement. Review allinformation for accuracy.

• If you have not received your hotelacknowledgement by Wednesday, April18, 2018 please contact the STLE HousingDepartment at [email protected].

• The deadline to receive the groupdiscounted rate on a space available basisis Wednesday, April 18.

• All reservation activity must continue tobe made via STLE Housing (at abovecontact information) through Thursday,May 10, 2018.

• After Thursday, May 10, 2018, allreservations, changes and cancellationsmust be made directly with the hotel.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Please PRINT clearly

❑ If making multiple reservations, please check box if you are the contact for all reservations.

Name: _______________________________________________________________________

Company: ___________________________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________________

City: ________________________ State: ______________ Zip Code: __________________

Phone: _______________________________ Fax: ___________________________________

Email Address: ________________________________________________________________

Acknowledgements may not be received if email filters are in place, so please [email protected] to your safe senders list.

ATTENDEE TYPE: ❑ General Attendee ❑ Exhibitor ❑ Government Rate

Note: Government attendees must present government I.D. at check-in to receive government rate.

HOTEL PREFERENCE: Please ✔ 1st choice

❑ Hilton Minneapolis (HQ) $173/193/213/233 ❑ Hyatt Regency (MN) $183/183/208/233

Rates are single/double/triple/quad occupancy.

NAME(S) OF ALL OCCUPANTS INCLUDING SELF:

ROOM TYPE REQUESTED: NOTE: Hotels are 100% non-smoking.

❑ 1 King Bed ❑ 2 Double Beds ❑ Wheelchair Accessible ❑ Other: __________________

GUARANTEE/CANCELLATION POLICY: A major credit card number OR a check forone night’s room and tax (add 13.4%) is required to secure each reservation. Creditcards are for guarantee purposes only and are not charged to hold a reservation. Eachroom cancelled after Wednesday, April 18, will be charged or forfeit a cancel fee of $50.00.Cancellations within 72 hours of the scheduled arrival date will be charged or forfeit onenight’s room and tax. A charge of one night’s room and tax will be charged or forfeited onreservations that do not arrive and have not been cancelled (no-show). Early departuresafter check-in are subject to penalty fees set by the hotel.

Please identify your method of guarantee below:

CREDIT CARD: ❑ American Express ❑ MasterCard ❑ Visa ❑ Diner’s Club ❑ Discover Card

Card No.: __________________________________________ Expiration Date: ____________

Name of Card Holder: _____________________ Signature:____________________________

CHECK: Check Number: ____________________ Amount: ____________________________

Checks must be received by Wednesday, April 18, 2018, and made payable to MeetMinneapolis. Reservations with a deposit guarantee, for which no check has been submitted,are subject to cancellation. Please base the amount of the check on 1st hotel preference.Note: Institutional purchase orders are NOT accepted. Cancel refunds to those who guaranteedaccommodations with a check deposit, will be mailed after the event.

DEADLINE:Wednesday April 18, 2018

Last Name First Name Arrival Date Departure Date

Maximum room occupancy is four (4) per city code. Max occupancy in Hilton King room is three (3).

STLE 2018 Annual Meeting & Exhibition Individual Registration Form

Minneapolis Convention Center | Minneapolis, MN (USA) | May 20-24, 2018

NOTE: Registration includes technical sessions, trade show admission, Networking Reception, Commercial MarketingForum, plus one complimentary ticket to the Presidents Luncheon. Education courses are $325 with full meetingregistration except for NLGI Grease Course ($615).

IN A HURRY? Register online at www.stle.org

MAIL OR FAX THIS FORM TO: STLE, 840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL (USA) 60068. Fax: 847-825-1456.

Registration Information (Please complete separate forms for each individual from your organization). • My STLE Member # is: _________

Title: ___ Mr. ___ Mrs. ___ Ms. ___ Dr. ___ Professor First name for badge: _________________________________________________

First Name: _____________________________________________ Last Name: ________________________________________________

Company/Institution Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

City: __________________________ State/Province: __________________ Zip/Mail Code: _____________________________________

Country: ________________________________________ E-mail: ___________________________________________________________

Phone: ___________________________________________ Fax: ___________________________________________________________

❑ Speaker or Presenter? Session Number or Paper Title: _____________________________________________________________________

Cancellation requests must be received in writing no laterthan April 18, 2018, to receive refund less $100 handling fee.No refunds issued after that date. Mail or fax this form to:STLE, 840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, IL (USA) 60068Fax: (847) 825-1456. Questions? Call (847) 825-5536.

Annual Meeting Registration RatesMembers/Speakers/Presenters: $685 – Non-members: $990

Life Members: $155 – Student Members: $40

After April 18 add $100

STLE Education Courses: Discounted rate with full meetingregistration. $325 per course except for NLGI Grease Course ($615).Box lunch included.

Sunday Education Courses, May 20, 2018 (8 am – 5 pm)

Please ✔ one course only!

❑ Advanced Lubrication 301: Advanced Additives

❑ Advanced Tribology 310: Nanotribology

❑ Automotive Lubrication 202: Gasoline

❑ Basic Lubrication 101: Fundamentals of Lubrication

❑ Hydraulics 201: Hydraulic Fluids and System Overview

❑ Metalworking Fluids 125: Health & Safety

❑ NLGI Grease 101

Wednesday Education Courses, May 23, 2018 (8 am – 5 pm)

Please ✔ one course only!

❑ Advanced Lubrication 302: Advanced Lubrication Regimes

❑ Basic Lubrication 102: Basic Applications

❑ Condition Monitoring 101

❑ Metalworking Fluids 105: Metal Forming Fluids

❑ Synthetic Lubricants 204: Basestock Selection and Applications

Social Functions (Please ✔ all that apply)

❑ Sunday, May 20 – U.S. Bank Stadium tour ($49). Subject to availability.

❑ Sunday, May 20 – Paisley Park tour ($85)

❑ Monday, May 21 – Networking Reception (free). Qty: ________

❑ Tuesday, May 22 – Presidents Luncheon (one complimentary ticket included).

❑ Tuesday, May 22 – Additional Presidents Luncheon guest ticket ($50)

Ala Carte Offerings

❑ STLE course & box lunch only. Annual Meeting registration notrequired or included. Members: $530 per course. Non-members:$750 per course.

❑ NLGI Grease Course ($615) with or without separate meetingregistration. Box lunch included.

Single-Day Registration Admission

❑ Members: $300. Non-members: $400

❑ Monday, May 21 (Technical Sessions & Trade Show Only)

❑ Tuesday, May 22 (Technical Sessions & Trade Show Only)

❑ Wednesday, May 23 (Technical Sessions & Trade Show Only)

❑ Thursday, May 24 (Technical Sessions Only)

Payment Information

❑ Payment Enclosed ❑ Payment Type: ______________________

Credit Card #: ____________________________________________

Exp. Date: _______________________________________________

Name on Card: ___________________________________________

Payment Amount: $ _____________ . ______

Signature: _______________________________________________



2018 Minneapolis Daily Schedule-at-a-Glance

Saturday, May 19

3 – 6 pmOnsite Registration

Sunday, May 20

6:30 am – 6 pmOnsite Registration

7 – 7:45 amSpeakers Breakfast

8 am – 5 pmEducation Courses(registration required)

6:30 – 8 pmStudent Networking Event*(Randle’s Restaurant & Bar,Downtown Minneapolis)

Monday, May 21



8 – 10 amTechnical SessionsCommercial Marketing Forum

8 am – 2 pmTribology STEM Camp

10 – 10:30 amRefreshment Break

10:30 am – NoonOpening General SessionKeynote Speaker:Dr. Robert W. Ivester, U.S.Department of Energy

Noon – 1:30 pmLunch (on your own)

Noon – 5 pmCommercial Exhibits andStudent Posters

1:30 – 6 pmTechnical SessionsCommercial Marketing Forum

3 – 4 pm: ExhibitorAppreciation Break

6:30 – 8 pmNetworking Reception(Hilton Minneapolis)

Tuesday, May 22



8 – 10 amTechnical SessionsCommercial Marketing Forum

9:30 am – NoonCommercial Exhibits andStudent Posters


Noon – 2 pmPresidents Luncheon/Business Meeting

2 – 6 pmTechnical SessionsCommercial Marketing Forum

2 – 5:30 pmCommercial Exhibits andStudent Posters

3 – 4 pm: ExhibitorAppreciation Break

Wednesday, May 23



8 am – 5 pmEducation Courses(registration required)

8 am – NoonTechnical SessionsCommercial Marketing Forum

9:30 am – NoonCommercial Exhibits andStudent Posters


Noon – 1:30 pmLunch (on your own)

1:30 – 6 pmTechnical Sessions/CMF

3 – 3:30 pmRefreshment Break

Thursday, May 24

6:30 am – NoonOnsite Registration


8 – 10 amTechnical Sessions

8:30 am – 12:30 pmSTLE Certification Exams(registration required)

10 – 10:30 am & 3 – 3:30 pmRefreshment Break

1:30 – 6 pmTechnical Sessions

*As of Dec. 5, 2017

*Registration required

Schedule is subject to change.Please visit www.stle.org for themost current information. Allannual meeting events held atthe Minneapolis ConventionCenter unless noted.

Choose from more than 500presentations! The following is apreliminary schedule that will be updatedright up until the meeting. Please visitwww.stle.org for the most currentinformation. Registrants also will receivea Program Guide at the meeting withupdated information.

*As of Dec. 5, 2017 – Subject to Change.

1B | Commercial MarketingForum I

8 – 8:30 am | Sea-Land ChemicalCompany

8:30 – 9 am | Chevron Phillips ChemicalCompany

9 – 9:30 am | The Dow ChemicalCompany

9:30 – 10 am | Ingevity

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1C | Fluid Film Bearings &Surface Engineering JointSession I

8 – 8:30 am | Influence of ECM-Microtextured in Tribology of EHLLubrication TestGlenn Gyimah, Guangdong University of Technology,Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

8:30 – 9 am | Analysis of BearingSeizure of a PTFE Central GrooveJournal Bearing During Start-UpPeriod – An Experimental andNumerical StudyBálint Pap, Maxence Guillemont, Patrice Gedin, FanélieDrevon, Ludwig Biadalla Safran Transmission Systems,Colombes, France, Michel Fillon, Université de Poitiers –Institut Pprime, Levallois-Perret, France

9 – 9:30 am | ExperimentalPerformance for Vibration Testingon Surface-Textured JournalBearingsChao Chen, Xiaojing Wang, Zhaolun Li, Yifan Shen,Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

9:30 – 10 am | Hydrodynamic TiltingPad Thrust Bearing Embedded withCooling Circuitry: An ExperimentalInvestigationFarooq Najar, G. Harmain, Mohammad Zehabuddin,University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1E | LubricationFundamentals I

8:30 – 9 am | ThickeningMechanisms of Polyisobutylenein PolyalphaolefinMichelle Len, Uma Shantini Ramasamy, Ashlie Martini,University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, SethLichter, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

9 – 9:30 am | Polymer VI Selectionand Mixtures for Low TemperatureLubricantsErik Willett, Functional Products Inc., Macedonia, OH

9:30 – 10 am | Temporary ShearThinning and Hydrodynamic Frictionof VM-Containing Engine OilsHugh Spikes, Nigel Marx, Imperial College London,London, United Kingdom, Beatriz Dominguez Jimeno,Francisco Barceló, Repsol Technology Centre, Madrid,Spain

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1F | Wear I

8 – 8:30 am | Efficacy of LeadNapthenate for Wear Protection inBoundary Lubrication RegimeJason Galary, Nye Lubricants, Inc., Fairhaven, MA

8:30 – 9 am | TribologicalPerformance of Austempered andTempered Ductile IronBingxu Wang, Gary Barber, Oakland University,Rochester, MI, Xichen Sun, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles,Auburn Hills, MI

9 – 9:30 am | Influence of FilmStructure on Gear ScuffingResistanceXinggao Fang, Mark Devlin, Philippe Ezanno, AftonChemical Corporation, Richmond, VA

9:30 – 10 am | Wear From Oil-Dilutionby Biodiesels: A Tribometer Studyon Effects of Biodiesel Methyl-EsterComponentsGustavo Molina, Emeka Onyejizu, Valentin Soloiu, MdAlam, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1G | Metalworking I

8 – 8:30 am | Mixed Film Lubricationof Strip Rolling Using O/WEmulation With the AdhessedLubricant on the SurfacesBehnam Hajshirmohammadi, Louisiana StateUniversity, Baton Rouge, LA

8:30 – 9 am | The ResponsibleApproach to Selection, Use andDisposal of Metalworking Fluid inthe Manufacturing EnvironmentJohn Burke, Houghton International, Kirtland, OH

9 – 9:30 am | Green MetalworkingFluids: Synthesis and TestingSuvin P S, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,Karnataka, India

9:30 – 10 am | TechnologicalBreakthrough in MetalworkingFluids Based on BiopolymerMickael Ponsardin, Total Lubricants, Nanterre Cedex,France

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1J | Power Generation I

8 – 8:30 am | Lessons Learned ona 35-Year-Old Phosphate Ester,Electro-Hydraulic Control (EHC)System Experiencing Micro-DieselingBrian Thorp, Seminole Electric, Palatka, FL

8:30 – 9 am | Hydrolysis of PhosphateEsters in Acid Catalyzed SystemsJatin Mehta, Cristian Soto, Fluitec International ,Bayonne, NJ

9 – 9:30 am | The Problem ofPhosphate Ester Fluid Darkeningand Deposit Formation and ItsMitigationKhalid Farooq, Pall Corporation, Port Washington, NY

AM12 | ADVANCE PROGRAM 2018

Technical Sessions

Monday, May 21, 2018

ADVANCE PROGRAM 2018 | AM13

9:30 – 10 am | Use and Maintenanceof Arylphosphate Ester Electro-Hydraulic Control FluidsNeal Milne, LANXESS Solutions UK Ltd., Manchester,United Kingdom

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1K | Seals ISeal Technical Reviews

8 – 9 am | Lubrication Mechanisms inMechanical Face Seals

9 – 10 am | Face Seal Materials

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11:30 am | Lip Seals

11:30 am – 12:30 pm | CFD Seals

1L | Tribochemistry ITribochemical Analysis

8 – 8:30 am | Probing SlidingInterfaces With In Situ RamanSpectroscopyPraveena Manimunda, Syed Asif, Bruker Nano Surfaces,Eden Prairie, MN, Seong Kim, Pennsylvania StateUniversity, State College, PA, Vikram Jayaram, IndianInstitute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India,Richard Chromik, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,Canada

8:30 – 9 am | In Contact High-SpeedHigh Sensitivity TemperatureMeasurements Using RamanMicrospectrometryAudrey Molza, Theonord Paniague, Mathieu Adoue, YvesBercion, Jean-Louis Mansot, Université des Antilles,Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe

9 – 9:30 am | Effect of SurfaceReactivity on Tribo-Polymerizationof Alpha-Pinene MoleculesArash Khajeh, Jejoon Yeon, Ashlie Martini, University ofCalifornia, Merced, Merced, CA, Xin He, Seong Kim,Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

9:30 – 10 am | Analyzing InitialTribochemical Reactions at theAsperity ScaleAndrew Konicek, Fang Cao, Gary Hunter, Martin Webster,Peter Jacobs, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering,Annandale, NJ

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1M | Condition Monitoring I

8 – 8:30 am | Ultrasound AssistedLubrication: 3 Ways to ImproveBearing Lubrication PracticesAdrian Messer, UE Systems, Inc., Anderson, SC

8:30 – 9 am | Rapid Determinationof Key Lubricant Additive ChangesVia DART – TOF Mass SpectrometryPaul Harvath, General Motors, Pontiac, MI, Robert Cody,JEOL Inc., Peabody, MA

9 – 9:30 am | Lubrication Monitoringby Differential Scanning Calorimetry(DSC) Techniques to Determine theLubricant Remaining Useful LifeKeith Schomburg, PerkinElmer, Shelton, CT

9:30 – 10 am | Assessment of FluidCondition and Extent of FluidDegradation of Water/GlycolHydraulic Fluids Employed in HeavyDuty Truck Retarder SystemsJohn Duchowski, Irmhild Klaes, Sebastian Regin, HYDACFluidCareCenter GmbH, Sulzbach, Saar, Germany

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1N | Engine & Drivetrain I

8 – 8:30 am | Investigation of PistonRing Friction in a Component Testat Realistic Engine SpeedsMarkus Söderfjäll, Roland Larsson, Andreas Almqvist,Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden, HubertHerbst, Scania CV, Södertälje, Sweden

8:30 – 9 am | The DD13 ScuffingTest – Tribological and ChemicalAnalysis of Ring Pack LubricantsPeter Lee, Jose Starling, Southwest Research Institute,San Antonio, TX

9 – 9:30 am | Comprehensive PistonRing Coating Development ProgramFor Friction and Wear Reductions –Part 1Gregory Hansen, Peter Lee, Southwest ResearchInstitute, San Antonio, TX

9:30 – 10 am | Comprehensive PistonRing Coating Development ProgramFor Friction and Wear Reductions –Part 2Peter Lee, Gregory Hansen, Southwest ResearchInstitute, San Antonio, TX

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1O | Rolling ElementBearings I

8 – 8:30 am | Failure StressModification in Subsurface FatigueLife Models for Rolling BearingsPradeep Gupta, PKG Inc., Clifton Park, NY

8:30 – 9 am | Experimental &Analytical Investigation of RollingContact Fatigue of RefurbishedBearingsZamzam Golmohammadi, Farshid Sadeghi, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, IN

9 – 9:30 am | Non-DestructiveResearch on Fatigue Failures inRolling Element Bearings UsingMagnetic FieldsJohn Barton, Peter Lee, Southwest Research Institute,San Antonio, TX

9:30 – 10 am | Propagation of SurfaceInitiated Rolling Contact FatigueCracks in Bearing SteelsAmir Kadiric, Pawel Rycerz, Imperial College London,London, United Kingdom

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1P | Biotribology I

8 – 8:30 am | Friction-InducedInflammationSamantha Marshall, Samuel Hart, Juan Manuel Urueña,Kylie Van Meter, Kyle Schulze, Sean Niemi, Eric McGhee,Morgan Jones, Angela Pitenis, W. Gregory Sawyer,University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

8:30 – 9 am | Shear-Induced CellDeath in 3D Printing for TissueEngineeringSean Niemi, Samuel Hart, Samantha Marshall, GlynPalmer, Padraic Levings, S. Ellison, Christopher O’Bryan,Thomas Angelini, W. Gregory Sawyer, University ofFlorida, Gainesville, FL

9 – 9:30 am | Shear InducedFluorescence with Reporter CellsSamuel Hart, Glyn Palmer, Juan Manuel Urueña, AngelaPitenis, Samantha Marshall, Padraic Levings, ThomasAngelini, W. Gregory Sawyer, University of Florida,Gainesville, FL

Monday, May 21


9:30 – 10 am | ATR-FTIR Spectros -copy and Friction Behavior ofIn-Vivo SkinMarc Masen, Imperial College London, London, UnitedKingdom, Michel Klaassen, Erik de Vries, University ofTwente, Enschede, Netherlands

10 – 10:30 am – Break

1Q | Synthetics & Hydraulics I

8 – 8:30 am | Improvement ofPractical Demulsibility forHydraulic OilZhongguo Liu, Shaohui Li, Xinfeng Miao, DalianLubricating Oil Research & Development Institute,Dalian, Liaoning, China

8:30 – 9 am | Wax-Free NaphthenicBase Oils for High PerformanceHydraulic Fluids in LowTemperature ApplicationsThomas Norrby, Nynas AB, Nynashamn, Sweden

9 – 9:30 am | An Investigation of aMass Flow Rate Method forEvaluating the Filterability ofHydraulic FluidsNathan Knotts, Chevron, Richmond, CA, TahseenTabassum, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY,Mercy Cheekolu, Paul Michael, Milwaukee School ofEngineering, Milwaukee, WI

9:30 – 10 am | Temporary andPermanent Viscosity LossCorrelated to Hydraulic SystemPerformancePaul Michael, Mercy Cheekolu, Pawan Panwar,Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI,Mark Devlin, Afton Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA,Duval Johnson, Ashlie Martini, University of California,Merced, Merced, CA

10 – 10:30 am – Break

2B | Commercial MarketingForum II

1:30 – 2 pm | The Lubrizol Corporation

2 – 2:30 pm | King Industries, Inc.

2:30 – 3 pm | ExxonMobil Corporation

3 – 4 pm – Exhibitor Appreciation Break

4 – 4:30 pm | ANGUS ChemicalCompany

4:30 – 5 pm | Emory OleochemicalsCompany

5 – 5:30 pm | LANXESS ChemicalCorporation

2C | Fluid Film Bearings &Surface EngineeringJoint Session II

1:30 – 2 pm | A Mixed LubricationAnalysis of a Thrust WasherBearing with Fractal RoughSurfacesXiaohan Zhang, Yang Xu, Robert Jackson, AuburnUniversity, Auburn, AL

2 – 2:30 pm | Designing JournalBearing Surface TextureNumerically for Friction ReductionThomas Gu, Qian Wang, Northwestern University,Evanston, IL, Arup Gangopadhyay, Zak Liu, Ford MotorCompany, Dearborn, MI

2:30 – 3 pm | Performance ofTextured 3-Lobe Slot-Entry HybridJournal Bearing System Operatingwith Electro-Rheological (ER)LubricantSatish Sharma, Chandra Khatri, Indian Institute ofTechnology, Roorkee, India


4 – 4:30 pm | The Effect of theVariable Viscosity on theHydrostatic Thrust SphericalBearing Performance in thePresence of Centripetal Inertia andSurface Roughness Part 1 – FittedType of BearingsAhmad Elescandarany, Alexandria University,Alexandria, Egypt

4:30 – 5 pm | Numerical Simulationof Crosshead Bearing Lubricationfor Marine Diesel EngineFuzhan Huang, Xiqun Lu, Bin Zhao, Hanzhan Xu, HarbinEngineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province,China

5 – 5:30 pm | ElastohydrodynamicAnalysis for Main Journal Bearingsof Marine Low-Speed Diesel EngineChongpei Liu, Xiqun Lu, Qingbing Dong, Fuzhan Huang,Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, HeilongjiangProvince, China

2E | LubricationFundamentals II

1:30 – 2 pm | An Analytical Reviewof the ASME Pressure-ViscosityReport from the Perspective of theTait-Doolittle EquationThomas Zolper, University of Wisconsin-Platteville,Platteville, WI

2 – 2:30 pm | Improved OxidationStability and Solvency ofNaphthenic/Paraffinic Blends –A Parameter StudyThomas Norrby, Ann-Louise Jonsson, Nynas AB,Nynashamn, Sweden

2:30 – 3 pm | On the Usage of BenchTests for Fuel Economy PredictionBrendan Miller, Shelby Skelton, Paul Sutor, ChevronOronite Co. LLC, Richmond, CA


4 – 4:30 pm | Glycerol and DLC inElastohydrodynamic LubricationMarcus Björling, Yijun Shi, Division of Machine Elements,Luleå, Sweden

4:30 – 5 pm | A Predictive Model toCorrelate Atomistic Properties ofTraction Fluids with Their TractionCoefficientsJie Lu, Qian Wang, Northwestern University, Evanston,IL, Ning Ren, Frances Lockwood, Valvoline, Lexington, KY

5 – 5:30 pm | Spreading of UltrathinPolymer Films on NanotexturedSubstrates Using MolecularDynamicsBrooklyn Noble, Bart Raeymaekers, University of Utah,Salt Lake City, UT

Technical Sessions


2F | Wear II

1:30 – 2 pm | Methods to Study theLife of An Asperity Subjected toTribological ContactArnab Bhattacharjee, Nikolay Garabedian, David Burris,University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2 – 2:30 pm | Evolution of FrettingWear on a Jointed StructureIyabo Lawal, Matthew Brake, Rice University,Houston, TX

2:30 – 3 pm | Friction and WearBehavior of Metallic Glasses withIonic Liquids as LubricantsJaeho Lee, Changdong Yeo, Texas Tech University,Lubbock, TX


4 – 4:30 pm | Study on the ErosionPerformance and Prediction Modelof the Sliding Sleeve TeeYanbao Guo, Deguo Wang, China University ofPetroleum, Beijing, China

4:30 – 5 pm | Wear Map for Cu-BasedFriction Materials with DifferentContents of FeHaibin Zhou, Pingping Yao, Central South University,Changsha City, Hunan Province, China

2G | Metalworking II

1:30 – 2 pm | Fighting Foam andLong-Term Stability Issues: ClearingUp Long-Standing Prejudices Aboutthe Suitability of Different EmulsifierChemistriesMichael Stapels, Kao Chemicals, Emmerich, Germany

2 – 2:30 pm | EO/PO CopolymersProfile as Performance Solution onFoam Control for Synthetic andSemisynthetic Metalworking FluidsEduardo Lima, Dow Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil

2:30 – 3 pm | Hard Metal CuttingMethodologyAnthony Jarvis, Afton Chemical Ltd., Manchester,United Kingdom


4 – 4:30 pm | Shifting Perspectives:Formulating for Industry LongevityNicole Webb, Soraya Kraszczyk, Bonnie Pyzowski, ANGUSChemical Company, Buffalo Grove, IL

4:30 – 5 pm | Multimetal CorrosionInhibition in Metalworking FluidApplications: The What, Why andHowMonica Ford, Tevin Proctor, Ingevity, North Charleston, SC

5 – 5:30 pm | Utilizing ATP Analysisto Determine the Impact of DifferentMetalworking Fluid Formulations onBiofilm DevelopmentBari Kresloff, Quaker Chemical Corporation,Conshohocken, PA, Frederick Passman, BiodeteriorationControl Associates, Inc., Princeton, NJ

5:30 – 6 pm | Evaluation of theWashability and Paintability ofDefoamer Technologies forAqueous Metalworking FluidsErnest Galgoci, James Sullivan, Justin Mykietyn, JosephPanzariello, Münzing, Bloomfield, NJ

6 – 6:30 pm | Metal Cleaning: Howto Select Cleaning Solutions forMWF and Rust PreventivesClaude Hedoire, Solvay, Aubervilliers, France

2J | Power Generation II

1:30 – 2 pm | Effect of Formulationon Solvency Properties ofLubricating OilCristian Soto, Jatin Mehta, Fluitec International,Bayonne, NJ

2 – 2:30 pm | Study of the Changeof Membrane Patch Color DuringOxidation Process of Turbine OilTomohiko Kon, Tomomi Honda, University of Fukui,Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan, Akira Sasaki, MaintekConsultant, Yokohama, Japan

2:30 – 3 pm | Oil and Water Shouldn’tMix: Restoration of Steam TurbineOil DemulsibilityMatthew Hobbs, EPT, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, PeterDufresne, WLU, Calgary, Alberta, Canada


4 – 4:30 pm | Study on OxidationDuration and Sludge of Turbine Oilby Dry-TOST TestDaxin Sun, Zhongguo Liu, Peng Li, Chao Yang, DalianLubricant R&D Institute of Petrochina LubricantCompany, Dalian, China

4:30 – 5 pm | Early Detection ofCooling System Water Leaks inGas EnginesNnamdi Achebe, Petrosave Integrated Services Ltd.,Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, Nigeria

2K | Seals II

1:30 – 2 pm | Mapping thePerformance of Dynamic ElastomerSealsPeter Lee, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX

2 – 2:30 pm | Comparison ofPerformance Test Results toCFD and Structural Models ofNon-Contacting Finger SealsMargaret Proctor, Maria Kuczmarski, James Johnston,Amy Stalker, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH

2:30 – 3 pm | Leakage CharacteristicPrediction of Gas Turbine ThroughExperimental CorrelationYong Hwan Kwon, Jin-woong Ha, Doosan HeavyIndustries & Construction, Yongin, Republic of Korea


4 – 4:30 pm | A New Approach Howto Achieve Back Pumping on PTFELip SealsLothar Hoerl, Frank Bauer, Nino Dakov, Mario Stoll,University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

4:30 – 5 pm | Multi-Scale Simulationof Sliding Friction Process of EPDMRubber SealsJian Wu, Chuanbing Zhang, Youshan Wang, Benlong Su,Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, Shandong, China

5 – 5:30 pm | Seals Business Meeting

Monday, May 21


2L | Tribochemistry IIScanning Probe Tribochemistry

1:30 – 2 pm | Nanoscale Adhesionof Sliding Silicon Contacts isIncreased by Speed and StressZachary Milne, Tevis Jacobs, Robert Carpick, Universityof Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Rodrigo Bernal,University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX

2 – 2:30 pm | QuantifyingTribochemical Wear of Silicon AFMTips Sliding on Aluminum OxideErin Flater, Jared Barnes, Jesse Hitz Graff, Jayse Weaver,Luther College, Decorah, IA, Naveed Ansari, Aimee Poda,W. Robert Ashurst, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

2:30 – 3 pm | Scanning ProbeTribocorrosion of Aged 2507 DuplexStainless SteelJ. Michael Shockley, Christopher So, Derek Horton,Kathryn Wahl, US Naval Research Laboratory,Washington, DC


2M | Condition Monitoring II

1:30 – 2 pm | Model-Based WindTurbine Bearing Fault AnalysisEhsan Mollasalehi, David Wood, Qiao Sun, Universityof Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2 – 2:30 pm | Grease OxidationAnalysis Using Pressure DifferentialScanning Calorimetry (PDSC)Techniques to DetermineAntioxidant PerformanceKeith Schomburg, PerkinElmer, Magnolia, TX

2:30 – 3 pm | New Methods ofComparing Varnish RemovalUsing Chemical FlushingDuval Johnson, Ashlie Martini, University of California,Merced, Merced, CA, Zhen Zhou, Elizabeth Montalvo,Enrique Dominguez, Chevron, Richmond, CA


4 – 4:30 pm | The Dirty Dozen:12 Things You Need to Know aboutOil ContaminationHenry Neicamp, Polaris Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN

4:30 – 5 pm | Engines Sludge inAfrica: Causes and RemediesJoseph Fotue Sado, TOTAL Cameroon, Douala, Cameroon

5 – 5:30 pm | Application of ElectricalImpedance Method to ConditionMonitoring of Steel/Steel EHDContactsTaisuke Maruyama, NSK Ltd., Fujisawa, Kanagawa,Japan, Ken Nakano, Yokohama National University,Yokohama, Japan

2N | Engine & Drivetrain II

1:30 – 2 pm | Friction and WearPerformance of Engine OilsFormulated with PolyalkyleneGlycol and Mineral OilArup Gangopadhyay, Robert Zdrodowski, Zak Liu, FordMotor Company, Novi, MI, John Cuthbert, The DowChemical Company, Midland, MI, Nicolas Obrecht, NicolasChampagne, Total Marketing Services, Solaize, France

2 – 2:30 pm | PPD Considerationsfor SAE 0W-16 FormulationsJoan Souchik, Brian Hess, Justin Mills, Evonik OilAdditives, Horsham, PA

2:30 – 3 pm | High Viscosity Estersto Reduce Friction and WearJason Lagona, Croda, New Castle, DE


4 – 4:30 pm | The Effect of Calciumand Magnesium Type Detergentsand Molybdenum Chemicals onTribofilm FormationKenji Yamamoto, Yukiya Moriizumi, Ryo Hanamura,Adeka Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

4:30 – 5 pm | TribologicalPerformance of Ultra-Low ViscosityComposite Base Fluid with Bio-Derived FluidM. Cinta Lorenzo Martin, Oyelayo Ajayi, George Fenske,Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, GirmaBiresaw, Rogers Harry-O’kuru, Grigor Bantchev, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Peoria, IL

5 – 5:30 pm | Ionic Liquid-ContainingAdditives for Engine OilsLelia Cosimbescu, Abhijeet Bapat, Pacific NorthwestNational Laboratory, Richland, WA, Robert Erck,Nicholaos Demas, Argonne National Laboratory,Argonne, IL, Jun Qu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,Oak Ridge, TN

2O | Rolling ElementBearings II

1:30 – 2 pm | Formation of WhiteEtching Cracks (WECs) UnderRolling Loading – MechanicalDrivers and Pre-StagesFrancisco Gutiérrez Guzmán, Georg Jacobs, DanielCornel, Adrian Mikitisin, RWTH Aachen University,Aachen, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany

2 – 2:30 pm | Short-Term HeavyLoads – One Cause for PrematureBearing Failures and White EtchingCracksKenred Stadler, Maria Andreen, Marica Ersson, SKFGmbH, Schweinfurt, Germany

2:30 – 3 pm | Investigating Effectsof Evolution of Residual Stresseson Rolling Contact FatigueAditya Walvekar, Farshid Sadeghi, Purdue University,West Lafayette, IN


4 – 4:30 pm | Friction Losses ofCylindrical Roller Bearings Dueto Axially Oscillating ShaftsAndreas Meinel, Stephan Tremmel, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

4:30 – 5 pm | PreliminaryExperimental Investigations onPower Losses in Rolling ElementBearingsDimitri Niel, Fabrice Ville, LaMCoS, Villeurbanne, France,Christophe Changenet, LabECAM, Lyon, France, MichelOctrue, Cetim, Senlis, France

2P | Biotribology II

1:30 – 2 pm | Molecular LubricationMechanisms of HydrogelsRosa Espinosa-Marzal, Tooba Shoaib, Joerg Heintz, JosueLopez-Berganza, Raymundo Muro-Barrios, Simon Egner,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

2 – 2:30 pm | Structure andDynamics of Mucin NetworksTristan Hormel, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, ChristopherO’Bryan, Angela Pitenis, Juan Manuel Urueña, W.Gregory Sawyer, Thomas Angelini, University of Florida,Gainesville, FL

Technical Sessions


2:30 – 3 pm | Design of a NovelTribocorrosion Cell Culture Systemfor Calibrated Generation ofCoCrMo Wear DebrisTaylor Holcomb, Simona Radice, Robin Pourzal, MichelLaurent, Nadim Hallab, Markus Wimmer, Rush UniversityMedical Center, Chicago, IL


4 – 4:30 pm | Boundary Lubricationand Antiphospholipid Syndrome(APS) in Natural JointsZenon Pawlak, Tribochemistry Consulting, Salt Lake City,UT, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Mieczyslaw Cieszko, WieslawUrbaniak, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz,Poland

4:30 – 5 pm | Interfacial AssemblyStructures and NanotribologicalProperties of Lubricating MoleculesYuhong Liu, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Beijing,China

5 – 5:30 pm | Viscoelasticity andFatigue of 3D Kirigami Polymer-Based 3D Structures for FlexibleBioelectronics Using In Situ FlatPunch CompressionMohammad Humood, Andreas Polycarpou, Texas A&MUniversity, College Station, TX, Mengdi Han, Universityof Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, JosephLefebvre, Bruker Nano Surfaces, Eden Prairie, MN, JohnA. Rogers, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

2Q | Synthetics & Hydraulics II

1:30 – 2 pm | A New Test Method toEvaluate Hydraulic Fluids for VanePumpsEmmanuel Georgiou, Dirk Drees, Michel De Bilde, FalexTribology NV, Rotselaar, Belgium, Michael Anderson,Falex Corporation, Sugar Grove, IL

2 – 2:30 pm | Demonstrating SystemEfficiency of ConstructionEquipmentJustin Langston, Evonik Oil Additives, Horsham, PA,Frank-Olaf Maehling, Thorsten Bartels, Achmad Zen,Thomas Schimmel, Evonik Industries AG, Darmstadt,Germany

2:30 – 3 pm | Viscosity Index IsNot the Only Driver of HydraulicFluid EfficiencyShubhamita Basu, The Lubrizol Corporation, Wickliffe, OH


4 – 4:30 pm | Impact of a HighParticle Count Hydraulic Fluid ona High-Pressure Vane PumpNathan Knotts, Chevron Products Company, Richmond, CA

4:30 – 5 pm | Effect of the HydraulicFluid on the Failure of a Main PumpArturo Cardenas, GIGATEC, San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico

3A | Nanotribology IMechanisms of Friction UncoveredThrough Nanoscale Inquiry

8 – 9 am | Mechanisms ofLubrication at the Nanometer ScaleRoland Bennewitz, INM Leibniz Institute for NewMaterials, Saarbrucken, Germany

9 – 9:30 am | Linking Macro-Scaleand Atomic-Scale FrictionNikolay Garabedian, David Burris, University ofDelaware, Newark, DE

9:30 – 10 am | MechanismsUnderlying Lubrication by Polymersin Ionic LiquidsRosa Espinosa-Marzal, Mengwei Han, University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Humidity Dependenceof Friction Between Nanoasperitiesand GraphiteZhijiang Ye, Miami University, Oxford, OH, KathrynHasz, Robert Carpick, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, PA, Ashlie Martini, University of California,Merced, Merced, CA

3B | Commercial MarketingForum III

8 – 8:30 am – Functional Products, Inc.

8:30 – 9 am – Chevron Phillips ChemicalCompany

9 – 9:30 am – Institute of Materials

9:30 – 10 am – Sasol North America, Inc.

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am – Croda, Inc.

11 – 11:30 am – Kao Chemicals GmbH

11:30 am – Noon – Münzing

3C | Fluid Film Bearings I

8:30 – 9 am | Many Core Computingof Group-Inching FortificationMethod for Air Bearing DesignNenzi Wang, Hsin-Yi Chen, Yu-Wen Chen, Chang GungUniversity, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

9 – 9:30 am | Aspects Regarding theIntegration of Contact Mechanics,Wear and HydrodynamicLubrication ModelsLaurentiu Moraru, University Politehnica of Bucharest,Bucharest, Romania, Sorin Cioc, Theo Keith Jr., TheUniversity of Toledo, Toledo, OH

9:30 – 10 am | Generalized NewtonianViscosity Functions for Hydro -dynamic LubricationScott Bair, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | A Comparison of theDynamic Properties of aHydrodynamic Journal BearingPredicted Using CFD With a MovingBoundary and the PerturbedReynolds EquationTroy Snyder, Minel Braun, The University of Akron,Akron, OH

11 – 11:30 am | A CFD Study on theInfluences in Hot Oil Carry-Overin Journal Bearing GroovesHarrison Gates, Brian Weaver, Houston Wood, Universityof Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

11:30 am – Noon | Determination ofStiffness and Damping Coefficientsfor Journal Bearings using VariousMethodsKristopher Pierson, Minel Braun, Troy Snyder, TheUniversity of Akron, Akron, OH

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Monday, May 21 Tuesday, May 22


3D | Materials Tribology ISolid Lubricants, Coatings, and2D Materials

8 – 8:30 am | Atomically Thin Layersof 2D Materials Coupled With DLCto Minimize Friction in SteelContactsKalyan Mutyala, Ali Erdemir, Anirudha Sumant, ArgonneNational Laboratory, Argonne, IL

8:30 – 9 am | Nano and MacroExploration of Friction in Lattice-Layer CompoundsSteve Shaffer, Bruker, San Jose, CA, Giovanni Ramirez,Bruker Nano Surfaces, San Jose, CA, Joseph Lefebvre,Manimunda Praveena, Bruker-Hysitron, Eden Prairie,MN

9 – 9:30 am | MoS2-Based CompositeSolid Lubricants for ExtremeEnvironmentsMichael Dugger, Brendan Nation, Sandia NationalLaboratories, Albuquerque, NM

9:30 – 10 am | A PredictiveThermokinetic Model of Frictionin MoS2John Curry, Adam Hinkle, Michael Chandross, MichaelDugger, Nicolas Argibay, Sandia National Laboratories,Albuquerque, NM, Tomas Babuska, Brandon Krick,Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Excellent Anti-WearLubrication Under High PressureRealized with Synthetic Oil-SolubleUltrathin MoS2 SheetsZhe Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, MA, Yuhong Liu, Jianbin Luo, State KeyLaboratory of Tribology, Beijing, China

11 – 11:30 am | Diamond-Like-CarbonCoating for Demanding MechanicalSeal ApplicationsThiyagarajan Natarajan, Jiao Yang, Klaus Meck, JohnCrane, Manchester, United Kingdom

11:30 am – Noon | TribologicalCharacteristic Evaluation in aVacuum of a Coating Film using0.5 µm Tungsten Disulfide PowderAyaka Takahashi, Josaphat Sumantyo, Chiba University,Inage, Chiba, Japan, Keizo Hashimoto, Teikyo University,Utsunomiya, Japan

3E | LubricationFundamentals III

8:30 – 9 am | A Visco-Elastic TractionModel for MIL-PRF-23699 TurbineEngine LubricantNelson Forster, Steven Kratz, Robert Homan, WedevenAssociates Inc., Edgmont, PA

9 – 9:30 am | Numerical Accuracyof Three-Dimensional Finite andInfinite Long Line LubricationProblemsTao He, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Dong Zhu,Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China

9:30 – 10 am | Measurement of EHLContact Temperature for DifferentBulk and Coating MaterialsMartin Ebner, Andreas Ziegltrum, Thomas Lohner,Karsten Stahl, FZG – Gear Research Centre, TUM –Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Prediction of Frictionin EHL Point Contacts OperatingUnder Mixed Lubrication ConditionsAndreas Almqvist, Marcus Björling, Luleå University ofTechnology, Luleå, Sweden

11 – 11:30 am | Determination ofLimiting Shear Stress of LubricantBased on the Layered Wall SlippageModel and Experimental Results atHigh SpeedsWenzhong Wang, Yaoguang Zhang, Ziqiang Zhao, BeijingInstitute of Technology, Beijing, China

3F | Wear III

8 – 8:30 am | PEEK Transfer FilmDevelopment: Exploration ofPotential Mechanisms Which OccurDuring Linear and Multi-DirectionalSlidingMark Placette, Cris Schwartz, Iowa State University,Ames, IA

8:30 – 9 am | Design of Novel SolidLubricant Materials by Using MAXand MAB PhasesSurojit Gupta, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

9 – 9:30 am | Assessment of PDC-Rock FrictionJohn Bomidi, Konrad Izbinski, Baker Hughes, TheWoodlands, TX, Aaron Dick, Calderra Services, Houston, TX

9:30 – 10 am | Tribological DamageStudy of Inconel 617 in a SimulatedHigh Temperature and HeliumEnvironmentArman Ahmadi, Farshid Sadeghi, Purdue University,West Lafayette, IN

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Method to CalculateWear Volume of Cylinder Linersfrom Three-Dimensional SurfaceProfiles, Part IRobert Erck, Nicholaos Demas, George Fenske, ArgonneNational Laboratory, Argonne, IL

11 – 11:30 am | Method to CalculateWear Volume of Cylinder Linersfrom Three-Dimensional SurfaceProfiles, Part IINicholaos Demas, Robert Erck, George Fenske, ArgonneNational Laboratory, Argonne, IL

11:30 am – Noon | Wear Study ofQuasicrystal AlloysKyungjun Lee, Hong Liang, Texas A&M University,College Station, TX

3G | Metalworking III

8 – 8:30 am | A CombinatorialApproach to Metalworking FluidFormulationAmelia Hadler, Britt Minch, John Hogan, Gabe Kirsch,Johnnie Thomlison, The Lubrizol Corporation,Wickliffe, OH

8:30 – 9 am | Systematical Approachto Build Lubricity Additive Packagein Metal Cutting Fluid FormulationsYixing Zhao, Shilpa Beesabathuni, HoughtonInternational, Norristown, PA

9 – 9:30 am | Boundary LubricantAdditive Response ComparisonsUsing Twist Compression Tests(TCT)Ted McClure, SLC Testing Services/Sea-Land ChemicalCompany, Westlake, OH

Technical Sessions


9:30 – 10 am | Using 4-Ball Testingto Determine Lubricity and WearEmil Schnellbacher, Additives International – LockhartChemical, Allen Park, MI

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | The Importance ofProperly Diluting CoolantsAlan Cross, Houghton International, Inc., Valley Forge, PA

11 – 11:30 am | Coefficients ofFriction Between Chip and CuttingTool in Near-Dry Milling ProcessesLan Yan, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

3H | Contact Mechanics I

8 – 8:30 am | Strain Hardening fromElastic-Perfectly Plastic to PerfectlyElastic ContactMatthew Brake, Rice University, Houston, TX, HamidGhaednia, Michael Berryhill, Robert Jackson, AuburnUniversity, Auburn, AL

8:30 – 9 am | Elasto-Plastic Contactof Hetergeneous Materials With theConsideration of TangentialTractionsQingbing Dong, Tongyang Li, Harbin EngineeringUniversity, Harbin, China

9 – 9:30 am | A Finite ElementStudy of an Elasto-Plastic Disk orCylindrical Contact Against a RigidFlat in Plane Stress with BilinearHardeningRobert Jackson, Aman Sharma, Auburn University,Auburn, AL

9:30 – 10 am | A Study on Elasto-Plastic Contact of RandomOne-Process and Two-ProcessTexturesPawel Pawlus, Andrzej Dzierwa, Rzeszow University ofTechnology, Rzeszow, Poland, Wieslaw Zelasko, Group ofTechnical Schools, Lezajsk, Poland

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | The Solution ofFrictional Thermal Contact Problemof Magneto-Electro-Elastic MaterialsHaibo Zhang, Wenzhong Wang, Shengguang Zhang,Ziqiang Zhao, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing,China

11 – 11:30 am | ElectromechanicalFailure of MoS2 NanosheetsPeng Huang, Dan Guo, State Key Laboratory of Tribology,Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

11:30 am – Noon | Dynamic Contactin Multiferroic Energy ConversionXin Zhang, Qian Wang, Northwestern University,Evanston, IL, Zhanjiang Wang, Huoming Shen,Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China

3I | Grease I

8 – 8:30 am | Effect of TestingParameters on the Tackiness ofGreasesEmmanuel Georgiou, Dirk Drees, Michel De Bilde, FalexTribology NV, Rotselaar, Belgium, Michael Anderson,Falex Corporation, Sugar Grove, IL

8:30 – 9 am | Tilting at Wind Turbines:An Adventure in LubricationJoseph Kaperick, Afton Chemical Corporation,Richmond, VA

9 – 9:30 am | Phosphorous BasedIonic Liquids as Additives in LithiumComplex GreasesKimaya Vyavhare, Pranesh Aswath, University of Texasat Arlington, Arlington, TX

9:30 – 10 am | A New PreformedPolyurea ThickenerZhe Jia, John Cuthbert, Nathan Wilmot, Bruce Hook,Andrew Larson, Dow Chemical, Freeport, TX

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | The Effect of BaseOils on Thickening and PhysicalProperties of Lubricating GreasesTimothy Langlais, Edward Casserly, Staci Springer,Ergon, Inc., Jackson, MS

11 – 11:30 am | A MicrostructuralCharacterization of Grease UnderDeformation by DielectrostrictionMeasurementDavid Pickens, Yiyan Peng, Qian Wang, NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, IL

11:30 am – Noon | In Situ Probingof Stress-Induced NanoparticleDispersion and Friction Reductionin Lubricating GreaseCarlos Sanchez, Southwest Research Institute, SanAntonio, TX, Hong Liang, Yunyun Chen, Texas A&MUniversity, College Station, TX

3J | Power Generation III

8 – 8:30 am | New PAG Turbine OilThat Enable Easy Management andExchange From Mineral OilYuuhei Shirakura, Hiroki Sekiguchi, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd., Ichihara-shi, Chiba, Japan, Nazmul Hossain, DimasJames, Idemitsu Lubricants America Corporation,Southfield, MI

8:30 – 9 am | Developments inTurbine Oil FormulationPaul Sly, Chevron, Huffman, TX

9 – 9:30 am | High Temperature andLong Life Mineral Turbine OilHaving EP CharacteristicsHiroki Sekiguchi, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Ichihara-shi,Chiba, Japan

9:30 – 10 am | Diesel FuelContaminated with LighterHydrocarbon FuelNnamdi Achebe, Petrosave Integrated Services Ltd.,Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, Nigeria

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | The Impact ofLubricating Oil Formulations onFilter Element Charging BehaviorJohn Duchowski, Timo Lang, HYDAC FluidCareCenterGmbH, Sulzbach, Saar, Germany, Bhavbhuti Pandya,HYDAC Technology Corporation, Bethlehem, PA

11 – 11:30 am | Cause Analysis ofFilter Clogging in Power PlantDaxin Sun, Peng Li, Chao Yang, Dalian Lubricant R&DInstitute of Petrochina Lubricant Company, Dalian,China, Zhongguo Liu, Dalian Lubricating Oil Research &Development Institute, Dalian, Liaoning, China

3K | Surface Engineering I

8 – 8:30 am | Probing the ConnectionBetween Surface Topography andShoe/Floor Friction in Slip-and-FallAccidentsTevis Jacobs, Abhijeet Gujrati, Taylor Jones, KurtBeschorner, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

8:30 – 9 am | Super-Hydrophilicityof Porous Aluminum FoilYuan Yue, Hong Liang, Texas A&M University, CollegeStation, TX

Tuesday, May 22


9 – 9:30 am | Surface Engineeringof Rough Surface Contacts withAdditive ManufacturingAli Khoshkhoo, David Blersch, Hamid Ghaednia, AuburnUniversity, Auburn, AL, William Marsh, Rice University,Houston, TX, Andres Carrano, Kamran Kardel, GeorgiaSouthern University, Statesboro, GA

9:30 – 10 am | Surface Treatment ofDiamond-Like Carbon for EnhancedAdsorption of Friction ModifiersArman Khan, Xingliang He, Hongxing Wu, MichaelDesankar, Yip-Wah Chung, Tobin Marks, Qian Wang,Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Ali Erdemir,Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Erosion ProtectionCoatingsDina Ma, Robert Wood, Terry Harvey, University ofSouthampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

11 – 11:30 am | An Ultra-DurableCoating Prepared by DepositingB4C with Hydrocarbon/NitrogenGas with UNSM Pre-Treatment onSubstrateZhencheng Ren, Haifeng Qin, Chang Ye, Yalin Dong, GaryDoll, The University of Akron, Akron, OH

11:30 am – Noon | The Preparationof Oil-Containing PS Microcapsulesand Their Lubrication PropertiesXu Cao, Dan Guo, Guoshun Pan, Tsinghua University,Beijing, China

3L | Tribochemistry IIILubricant Additives

8 – 8:30 am | In Situ Real-TimeStudies of Reaction Film FormationTemperatures for 5% TricresylPhosphate/Base Oil Mixtures inthe Presence and Absence ofNanodiamondsBiplav Acharya, Keshav Avva, Jacqueline Krim, NorthCarolina State University, Raleigh, NC

8:30 – 9 am | Reach Low Friction byAdjusting Formulation to MatchRing MaterialFei Zhao, Stephen Hsu, The George WashingtonUniversity, Washington, DC

9 – 9:30 am | TribologicalPerformance of Three DifferentHeat-Treated Steel Systems in theBoundary Lubrication RegimeLeon Wechie, Shahriar Kosarieh, Ardian Morina, AnneNeville, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom,Shyam Prasad, Marc Ingram, Afton Chemical Ltd.,Reading, Bracknell, United Kingdom

9:30 – 10 am | The Effect of CounterBody on ZDDP Tribofilm Formationon Hydrogenated DLCLucija Coga, Mitjan Kalin, University of Ljubljana,Ljubljana, Slovenia

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Mechanochemistryin Full Film, High Shear Stress EHDConditionsJie Zhang, Janet Wong, Daniele Dini, Hugh Spikes,Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

11 – 11:30 am | Controlling HydrogenPermeation in Bearing Steel – Effectof Base Oil Polarity on ZDDP FilmGrowthVlad Bogdan Niste, Hiroyoshi Tanaka, Joichi Sugimura,Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

11:30 am – Noon | A New Insight Intothe Interfacial Mechanisms Involvedin the Formation of Tribofilm by ZincDialkyl DithiophosphatePourya Parsaeian, Anne Neville, University of Leeds,Leeds, United Kingdom

3M | Condition Monitoring III

8:30 – 9 am | Detection of AbnormalWear Particles via ElectromagneticSensor and Particle ImagingTechnologiesThomas Barraclough, Patrick Henning, SpectroScientific, Chelmford, MA, Andrew Velasquez,University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, JordanSaikia, Paul Michael, Milwaukee School of Engineering,Milwaukee, WI

9 – 9:30 am | A New ColorimetricMethod to Detect VarnishPrecursorsGreg Livingstone, Fluitec, Tucson, AZ, Akira Sasaki,Maintek Consultant, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, KenjiMatsumoto, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Haga-gun, Tochigi,Japan, Tomomi Honda, University of Fukui, Fukui-shi,Japan

9:30 – 10 am | Used Oil Analysis �New Possibilities and ChallengesAnders Petterson, Mattias Holmgren, Luleå Universityof Technology, Luleå, Sweden

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Alarm Limit Problemswith Trending-Based SolutionsEvan Zabawski, TestOil, Strongsville, OH

11 – 11:30 am | Filterability ofCirculation OilNnamdi Achebe, Petrosave Integrated Services Ltd.,Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, Nigeria

3N | Engine & Drivetrain IIISpecial Session

8 am – Noon | Advanced Fuel-Efficiency Engine and DrivetrainTechnologies

Presenters:

• Dr. Dean Tomazic, Executive VicePresident and Chief Technology Officer,FEV, Inc.

• Dr. Timothy P. Newcomb, DrivelineLubricants Strategic TechnologyManager, The Lubrizol Corporation

• Dr. Chinpei Wang, Tribologist, Cummins,Inc.

• Raj Chandramohanan, Staff Engineer,BorgWarner

• Dr. Wolfram Lohse, Chief TechnologyOfficer, Gehring GT

3O | Rolling ElementBearings III

8 – 8:30 am | Investigation ofTurbocharger Dynamics UnderAcceleration Using a CombinedExplicit Finite and Discrete ElementModelBenjamin Conley, Farshid Sadeghi, Purdue University,West Lafayette, IN

8:30 – 9 am | Impact of SystemDynamics on Rolling BearingCage StressesJoerg Binderszewsky, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.KG, Herzogenaurach, Germany

Technical Sessions


9 – 9:30 am | Tribological Performanceof Bearing Materials for CrankshaftApplications Operating Under MixedLubrication ConditionsAleks Vrcek, Pär Marklund, Roland Larsson, TobiasHultqvist, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

9:30 – 10 am | NVH Calculationon Rolling Element Bearings –Assessment Strategies of NormalBearing NoiseHannes Grillenberger, Joachim Schleifenbaum,Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach,Germany

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Kinematic EquilibriumAnalysis of Rollers in TaperedRoller BearingsFida Majdoub, NTN-SNR, Annecy, France, TomoyoSakaguchi, NTN Corporation, Iwata, Japan, Bruno Mevel,NTN-SNR, Annecy, France

11 – 11:30 am | Detailed CageAnalysis Using CABA3DBodo Hahn, Dmitry Vlasenko, Stefanie Gaile, SchaefflerTechnologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, Germany

3P | Biotribology III

8 – 8:30 am | The Effects of Exerciseon Cartilage Function and HealthDavid Burris, Steven Voinier, Axel Moore, Jaclyn Ulvila,Chris Price, Brian Graham, University of Delaware,Newark, DE

8:30 – 9 am | The Effects of Gender,Age Group, Weight and Height onBiomechanical Properties Relatedto SlippingVani Sundaram, Rakie Cham, Arian Iraqi, KurtBeschorner, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,Mahiyar Nasarwanji, Jonisha Pollard, CDC – NIOSH,Pittsburgh, PA

9 – 9:30 am | Tribological Behaviourof Cartilage System in the Staticand Boundary RegimeKartik Pondicherry, Florian Rummel, Charlotte Reppich,Anton Paar GmbH, Graz, Austria

9:30 – 10 am | The Effect of Adhesionon Presliding Friction Behavior ofCartilageGuebum Han, Melih Eriten, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | High And LowFriction Regimes In PVA HydrogelsMarc Masen, Elze Porte, Philippa Cann, Imperial CollegeLondon, London, United Kingdom

11 – 11:30 am | Contact Mechanicsof Articular CartilageSteven Voinier, Axel Moore, David Burris, Universityof Delaware, Newark, DE

11:30 am – Noon | Tribology ofBiological InterfacesAngela Pitenis, Juan Manuel Urueña, Tristan Hormel,Christopher O’Bryan, Padraic Levings, Thomas Angelini,W. Gregory Sawyer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

3Q | Synthetics &Hydraulics III

8 – 8:30 am | Ionic Liquids asLubricantsAbhimanyu Patil, Martin Webster, Satish Bodige, TezcanGuney, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering,Westfield, NJ

8:30 – 9 am | Influence ofAtmosphere on Boundary FilmFormation From Ionic LiquidsErik Nyberg, Ichiro Minami, Luleå University ofTechnology, Luleå, Sweden

9 – 9:30 am | OSP Based Semi-Synthetic Air Compressor Oil FieldTrialYaokun Han, Dow Chemical, Shanghai, China

9:30 – 10 am | High PerformanceIndustrial Lubricants Formulatedwith Renewable Group III+ Base OilPaula Vettel, Novvi LLC, Emeryville, CA

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | The TribologicalPerformance of Gas TurbineLubricantsJake Airey, Mark Simmons, Richard Greenwood,University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands,United Kingdom, Matthew Spencer, Rolls-Royce, Derby,Derbyshire, United Kingdom

11 – 11:30 am | Synthesis andApplication of Dibenzyl Toluene asHeat Transfer FluidPeng Li, Daxin Sun, Chaoliang Wei, Shaohui Li, XianzhenGao, Shubo Sun, Dalian Lubricant R&D Institute of

Petrochina, Dalian, Liaoning, China, Zhongguo Liu,Dalian Lubricating Oil Research & DevelopmentInstitute, Dalian, Liaoning, China

11:30 am – Noon | OxidativeDegradation of Ester-Based OilsIdentified by Isotope Labelling andMass SpectrometryNicole Doerr, Marcella Frauscher, Charlotte Besser, AC2TResearch GmbH, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, GünterAllmaier, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna,Austria

4A | Nanotribology IIWear Processes at the Nanoscale

2 – 3 pm | Dissipation PathwaysUpon Sliding a Tip Along theCalcite-Brine InterfaceRosa Espinosa-Marzal, Yijue Diao, University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL


4 – 4:30 pm | Development of aSynergetic Wear-Corrosion Modelfor Prognostics of Nano-CompositeCoatings Subject to Tribo-CorrosionFailuresMian Nazir, Zulfiqar Khan, Bournemouth University,Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

4:30 – 5 pm | Superlubricity ofLiquid-Like Smooth Solid Surfacesof Covalent HydridesBo Zhang, Saga University, Saga-shi, Saga, Japan

5 – 5:30 pm | Single Atomic LayerRemoval of Silicon ViaMechanochemical ReactionLei Chen, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China

5:30 – 6 pm | In Situ Nano-TribologicExperiments in EnvironmentalSTEMAndi Mikosch Cuka, Philippe Bilas, Yves Bercion, Jean-Louis Mansot, Université des Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre,Guadeloupe

6 – 6:30 pm | In Situ SEM/TEMNanomechanical Study of Wear andFailure MechanismsEric Hintsala, Douglas Stauffer, Sanjit Bhowmick, SyedAsif, Bruker NI, Minneapolis, MN

Tuesday, May 22


4B | Commercial MarketingForum IV

2 – 2:30 pm | The Lubrizol Corporation

2:30 – 3 pm | Evonik Oil Additives USA,Inc.


4 – 4:30 pm | The Lubrizol Corporation

4:30 – 5 pm | Eastman

5 – 5:30 pm | LANXESS Corporation

4C | Fluid Film Bearings II

2 – 2:30 pm | Experimental Study ofthe Influence of the Position, Shapeand Number of Journal Scratcheson the Performance of a Two-LobeJournal BearingJean Bouyer, Michel Fillon, Yann Alexandre, InstitutPprime, Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France

2:30 – 3 pm | The Effect SolidParticle Lubricant Contaminationon the Dynamic Behavior ofCompliant Journal BearingsBenyebka Bou-Said, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne, France,Hamid Bouchrit, Mustapha Lahmar, Guelma University,Guelma, Algeria


4 – 4:30 pm | RotordynamicRelevance of Annular Sealsand Journal Bearings with AxialFlowrateMaximilian Kuhr, Peter Pelz, Gerhard Ludwig,Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

4:30 – 5 pm | ExperimentalResearch on Vibration ReductionCharacteristics of Journal Bearingswith Metal Mesh DampersXiaojing Wang, Zhaolun Li, Yifan Shen, ShanghaiUniversity, Shanghai, China, Chao Chen, ShanghaiUniversity, Shanghai, China

5:30 – 6 pm | Fluid Film BearingsBusiness Meeting

4D | Materials Tribology IISolid Lubricants, Coatings, and2D Materials

2 – 2:30 pm | DLC from Thin Air:In Situ Formation of DLC onUltralow Wear MetalsNicolas Argibay, Timothy Furnish, Tomas Babuska, JohnCurry, Brendan Nation, Andrew Kustas, David Adams,Ping Lu, Michael Dugger, Michael Chandross, SandiaNational Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

2:30 – 3 pm | Analysis of TransferMechanisms of Solid-LubricatedRolling BearingsSascha Poersch, Bai-Cheng Jim, Stefan Emrich,Bernd Sauer, Bernd Wetzel, Michael Kopnarski,TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany


4 – 4:30 pm | High TemperatureFriction and Wear Behavior of Cold-Sprayed Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al4V-TiCComposite CoatingsThomas Scharf, Tyler Torgerson, The University of NorthTexas, Denton, TX, Venkata Munagala, Richard Chromik,McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4:30 – 5 pm | Development ofAlumina-Based Self-LubricatingMaterials for High-TemperatureApplicationAshish Kasar, Arpith Siddaiah, Pradeep Menezes,University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV

5 – 5:30 pm | Establishing aTribological Approach to EvaluateHard Chromium Replacements forIndustrial ApplicationsEmmanuel Georgiou, Dirk Drees, Herman Van Hest, FalexTribology NV, Rotselaar, Belgium, Greet Timmermans,Tenneco, Sint-Truiden, Belgium, Jurgen Sabbe,Wienerberger, Kortrijk, Belgium, Victor Crespo,Cromomed S.A., Valencia, Belgium

4E | LubricationFundamentals IV

2 – 2:30 pm | ConnectingDiscontinuous and ContinuousTribological ModelsGuytri Kastane, Institut Pprime, FuturoscopeChasseneuil Cedex, France, Noel Brunetiere, InstitutPprime – CNRS, Futuroscope, France, Mathieu Renouf,CNRS, Montpellier, France

2:30 – 3 pm | Simulation of RubberFriction: Comparison to Pin-On-DiscMeasurement ResultsFabian Kaiser, Andreas Gropp, RavindrakumarBactavatchalou, Freudenberg Technology Innovation SE& Co. KG, Weinheim, Germany


4 – 4:30 pm | The Effect ofRoughness Orientation on Frictionand Film Thickness UnderTransition to Mixed LubricationPetr Sperka, Tomas Zapletal, Ivan Krupka, Martin Hartl,Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czechia

4:30 – 5 pm | Experimental Analysisof Chromium Molybdenum (CrMo)Coated Specimens Under EHLContact for Film Thickness, Friction,and Wear CharacterizationDavid Pickens, Zhong Liu, Xingliang He, TakayukiNishino, Qian Wang, Northwestern University,Evanston, IL

5 – 5:30 pm | Influence of SurfaceRoughness on Tribofilm Formationin Rolling/Sliding Heavily LoadedContactsJonny Hansen, Marcus Björling, Roland Larsson,Machine Elements, Luleå University of Technology,Luleå, Sweden

5:30 – 6 pm | Lubrication FundamentalsBusiness Meeting

4F | Wear IV

2 – 2:30 pm | MultiphysicalInvestigations on the LocalBehaviour of Railroad Brake PadEric Chapteuil, PhD Student, Lyon, France, MathieuRenouf, CNRS, Montpellier, France, Yves Berthier, INSALyon, Villeurbanne, France

2:30 – 3 pm | Analysis of RollingContact Fatigue on AeronauticGearsGuillaume Vouaillat, Fabrice Ville, ChristopheChangenet, Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts etdes Structures, Villeurbanne, France, Jean-PhilippeNoyel, ECAM, Lyon, France, Xavier Kleber, Mateis,Villeurbanne, France, Sylvain Rathery, SafranTransmission Systems, Colombes, France


Technical Sessions


4 – 4:30 pm | Modelling andOptimization for Abrasive SlidingWear of Composite SystemsXiu Jia, Tomas Grejtak, Annaliese Cunniffe, Yupin Shi,David Kauffman, Sam Joynson, Zirui Peng, Mahesh Ghag,Brandon Krick, Natasha Vermaak, Lehigh University,Bethlehem, PA

4:30 – 5 pm | Abrasion Resistanceof 304L and 316L Stainless SteelSubjected to Deep CryogenicTreatmentPaulo Herrera, Tom Slatter, The University of Sheffield,Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, RobThornton, University of Leicester, Leicester, UnitedKingdom

5 – 5:30 pm | The Surface LayerAnalysis of Grooved JournalBearings After Abrasive TestsJaroslaw Sep, Lidia Galda, Leszek Tomczewski, RafalOliwa, Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszow,Poland

4G | Metalworking IV

2 – 2:30 pm | Closed Cage IF-WS2Particles as Superior AF/AW/EPAdditive in Synthetic and Semi-Synthetic Metalworking FluidGirija Chaubey, George Diloyan, Nanotech IndustrialSolutions, Avenel, NJ

2:30 pm – 3 pm | Increased HardWater Tolerance of MWFRobert Golden, Pilot Chemical Company, Cincinnati, OH


4 – 4:30 pm | FunctionalOrganosilanes/Organic AcidsCombo Systems as Stain/CorrosionInhibitors in Metalworking Fluids forApplication on Aluminum AlloysHoon Kim, Joana Costa, Chemetall-BASF, NewProvidence, NJ

4:30 – 5 pm | New Designed Self-Emulsifying Ester for MWFsSiao-Han Yang, Jeng-Shiang Tsaih, Hsu-Hua Tang, Jung-Tsing Hung, Patech Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., ChanghuaCounty, Taiwan

5 – 5:30 pm | The Potential ofSiloxane Defoamers – IncreasedCooling and Reduced Misting inMWFKai Wirz, David Previs, Deborah Lewis, Evonik Nutrition& Care GmbH, Essen, Germany

5:30 – 6 pm | Further Exploration ofthe Effects of Aluminium TestingSpecimens in Bench Testing ofMachining FluidsKatherine Helmetag, Henkel Corporation, MadisonHeights, MI, Dirk Drees, Emmanuel Georgiou, FalexTribology NV, Rotselaar, Belgium

4H | Contact Mechanics II

2 – 2:30 pm | UncertaintyQuantification of Friction ModelParameters for Joint MechanicsApplicationsMatthew Brake, Zilu Guo, Rice University, Houston, TX

2:30 – 3 pm | Contact Measurementsof Randomly Rough Surfaces WithVarying Root Mean SquareRoughness and Surface AdhesionAlexander McGhee, Eric McGhee, Kyle Schulze, ThomasAngelini, W. Gregory Sawyer, Peter Ifju, University ofFlorida, Gainesville, FL


4 – 4:30 pm | A Finite Element Studyof an Elastic-Plastic AxisymmetricSinusoidal Surface Asperity ContactAgainst a Rigid Flat With StrainHardeningGeetanj Bhandari, Swarna Saha, Robert Jackson, AuburnUniversity, Auburn, AL

4:30 – 5 pm | Influence of SurfaceRoughness and Material Propertieson Interface Compliance andDampingLejie Liu, Melih Eriten, University of Wisconsin-Madison,Madison, WI

5 – 5:30 pm | The Effect of SurfaceRoughness and MultiaxialVibrations on the EnergyDissipation of Flat-on-Flat ContactsAhmet Usta, Melih Eriten, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

4I | Grease II

2 – 2:30 pm | A Master Curve for theShear Degradation of LubricatingRolling Bearing GreasesYuxin Zhou, Rob Bosman, University of Twente,Enschede, Netherlands, Piet Lugt, SKF Research andTechnology Development, Nieuwegein, Netherlands

2:30 – 3 pm | Influence of SurfaceTexture on Grease LubricationAdrian Predescu, Victor Marian, Nicolae Stoica,University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest,Romania, Ionut Nicolae, National Institute for Laser,Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania,Cristian Gheorghe, JNO Group, Jilava, Romania


4 – 4:30 pm | Film Thickness in aGrease Lubricated Ball BearingYuxin Zhou, Rob Bosman, University of Twente,Enschede, Netherlands, Piet Lugt, SKF Research andTechnology Development, Nieuwegein, Netherlands

4:30 – 5 pm | The Influence ofRheological Properties of Greaseon Replenishment at Contact Inletin Ball BearingsMichita Hokao, Kentaro Sonoda, NSK Ltd., Fujisawa,Kanagawa, Japan, Joichi Sugimura, Kyushu University,Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

5 – 5:30 pm | Nano Structure UreaGrease: Perfomance andApplicationAkihiro Shishikura, Hideki Nakata, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd., Ichigara, Chiba, Japan

5:30 – 6 pm | Grease Business Meeting

4K | Surface Engineering II

2 – 2:30 pm | The Effect of ContactPressure on the Wear andMechanical Properties ofMetallic/Ceramic NanolaminatesMarian Kennedy, Bradley Schultz, Clemson University,Clemson, SC

2:30 – 3 pm | Mechanical & SurfaceEngineering by Friction-StirProcessingOyelayo Ajayi, M. Cinta Lorenzo Martin, ArgonneNational Laboratory, Lemont, IL


Tuesday, May 22


4 – 4:30 pm | Tribological Studies ofTextured Surfaces Fabricated byMicro/Nano-scale AdditiveManufacturing and Hard Coated byAtomic Layer DepositionMahyar Afshar Mohajer, Qian Sun, Xiangbo Meng, MinZou, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

4:30 – 5 pm | Surface Designs forFriction ControlStephen Hsu, Govindaiah Patakamuri, Fei Zhao, TheGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC

5 – 5:30 pm | Bionic Surface Texturesand Wall Slip for Reducing High-Speed Train Skin NoiseShaofeng Xu, Ningbo Institute of Technology, ZhejiangUniversity, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Qian Wang,Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Jiugen Wang,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

4L | Tribochemistry IVIonic and Solid Lubricant Additives

2 – 2:30 pm | Phosphonium CationBased Ionic Liquid LubricantAdditives: Frictional Transitions andFilm Formation in Steel BoundaryConditionsJon-Erik Mogonye, Stephen Berkebile, Nikhil Murthy,US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen ProvingGround, MD

2:30 – 3 pm | Tackling TribologicalChallenges with ElectromagneticallyResponsive Nanofluid LubricantsMonica Ratoi, Lahiru Lokuwithana, University ofSouthampton, Southampton, United Kingdom


4 – 4:30 pm | In Situ Generation ofTransition Metal DichalcogenideTribofilms: Potentials andApplicationsManel Rodriguez Ripoll, Vladimir Totolin, AC2T ResearchGmbH, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Agnieszka Tomala,Institute for Sustainable Technologies, Radom, Poland,Ichiro Minami, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea,Sweden

4:30 – 5 pm | Tribological Behaviourof Plasma Functionalized MultilayerGraphene NanofluidsRicardo Bordignon, Diego Salvaro, Cristiano Binder,Aloisio Klein, Valderes Drago, Jose Daniel De Mello,Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis,Santa Catarina, Brazil

5 – 5:30 pm | High Throughput andMulti-Scale Quantum-Mechanics/Molecular-Mechanics CalculationsApplied to LubricantsM. Clelia Righi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,Modena, Italy

4M | Condition Monitoring IV

2:30 – 3 pm | Opportunities forRemote Emissions Sensing toDetermine Maritime Vessel MARPOLComplianceMichael Plumley, Joshua Pennington, US Coast GuardAcademy, New London, CT


4 – 4:30 pm | A Study of Varnish-Forming Oil Oxidation Products inRelation to Their Molecular Weights,Their Solubility in Oils and TheirColorsTomohiko Kon, Graduate School of University of Fukui,Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan, Akira Sasaki, Maintek Consultant,Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Tomomi Honda, Universityof Fukui, Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan, Kenji Matsumoto,Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Haga-gun, Tochigi, Japan

4:30 – 5 pm | A Study of the AdhesiveForces of Varnish-Forming OilOxidation ProductsAkira Sasaki, Maintek Consultant, Yokohama,Kanagawa, Japan, Tomomi Honda, University of Fukui,Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan, Kenji Matsumoto, Honda R&DCo., Ltd., Haga-gun, Tochigi, Japan

4N | Engine & Drivetrain IVSpecial Session

2 pm – 2:30 pm | Motored FrictionEvaluation of a Heavy Duty DieselEngine with Ultra-Low HTHS OilsJordan Kelleher, Erick Tijerino, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN

2:30 – 3 pm | Engine Oil FuelEconomy – Why Lower Viscosity IsNot Always The Correct AnswerWilliam Anderson, Afton Chemical Corporation,Richmond, VA


4 – 4:30pm | Influence of EngineLubricant Additives on Soot WearArtemis Kontou, Shell University Technology Center,Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom,Hugh Spikes, Imperial College London, London, UnitedKingdom, Mark Southby, Shell Global Solutions, London,United Kingdom

4:30 – 5 pm | Impact of VI-Improveron the Formation of Piston Depositsin Fuel Efficient Engine OilsBoris Eisenberg, Evonik Industries AG, Darmstadt,Germany

5 – 5:30 pm | Motored Engine Testingto Evaluate 5W20 Grade Oils forImproved Frictional PerformanceGagan Srivastava, John Cuthbert, Fabio D’Ottaviano,The Dow Chemical Company, Lake Jackson, TX

4O | Rolling ElementBearings IV

2 – 2:30 pm | Frictional Work inOscillating Ball Bearings –Simulation of Ball Motion andSliding FrictionFabian Schwack, Gerhard Poll, Institute of MachineDesign and Tribology, Hannover, Germany

2:30 – 3 pm | An Experimental Studyinto the Mechanism of FalseBrinelling Contact DamageRachel Januszewski, Amir Kadiric, Imperial CollegeLondon, London, United Kingdom, Victor Brizmer, SKF,Nieuwegein, Netherlands


4 – 4:30 pm | Experimental Study ofthe Replenishment in EHL ContactLubricated by Oils and GreasesDavid Kostal, Petr Sperka, Ivan Krupka, Martin Hartl,Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czechia

Technical Sessions


4:30 – 5 pm | In Situ Measurementof Lubricating Grease Films in aModel Rolling BearingHe Liang, Amir Kadiric, Imperial College London,London, United Kingdom, Piet Lugt, SKF Engineeringand Research Centre, Enschede, Netherlands

5 – 5:30 pm | Rolling Element BearingsBusiness Meeting

4P | Biotribology IV

2 – 2:30 pm | 3D PrintedBiocompatible PCU/UHMWPEfor Artificial Knee MeniscusRaissa Araujo Borges, Dipankar Choudhury, Min Zou,University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

2:30 – 3 pm | An In Situ Observationof Dimple Shape Effects on theLubricant Film Formation inArtificial Hip JointsDipankar Choudhury, University of Arkansas,Fayetteville, AR, David Rebenda, Martin Vrbka, BrnoUniversity of Technology, Brno, Czechia, Shinya Sasaki,Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, Min Zou,University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR


4 – 4:30 pm | Study on theBiotribological Behaviors of anArtificial Cervical Disc with aBearing Surface of Ti6Al4V onUHMWPESong Wang, Weiqiang Liu, Research Institute ofTsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

4:30 – 5 pm | Understanding the Roleof Tribology in Maintaining OralHygieneMahdiyyah Baig, Robert Wood, Richard Cook, Universityof Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom,Jonathan Pratten, GlaxoSmithKline, Weybridge, UnitedKingdom

5 – 5:30 pm | Friction Characteristicson the Real Touch Feeling ofHandwriting with the Stylus PensYoungze Lee, Jinhwak Park, Sungkyunkwan University,Suwon, Geonggido, Republic of Korea

5A | Nanotribology IIIImpact of Mechanics on NanoscaleTribological Phenomena

8 – 9 am | Invited Talk

Bart Raeymaekers, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

9 – 9:30 am | Investigation ofInterface Resistivity and Load-Dependent Conduction of aPlatinum Nanocontact Using In SituTransmission Electron MicroscopySai Bharadwaj Vishnubhotla, Subarna Khanal, TevisJacobs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, RimeiChen, Xiaoli Hu, Ashlie Martini, University of California,Merced, Merced, CA, Jing Li, Stony Brook University,Stony Brook, NY, Eric Stach, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, PA

9:30 – 10:00 am | Mapping theAtomic-Scale Mechanical Propertieson Well-Defined SurfacesPhilip Egberts, Zahra Abooali Zadeh, University ofCalgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Xiaoli Hu, AshlieMartini, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | MD Simulations ofFriction and Wear of CHJC FuelSurrogatesJudith Harrison, Brian Morrow, Sabina Maskey, US NavalAcademy, Annapolis, MD, J. David Schall, OaklandUniversity, Rochester, MI

11 – 11:30 am | A New Force FieldDeveloped for Interfacial InteractionsBetween Graphene and HexadecaneHongyu Gao, Sergey Sukhomlinov, Martin Müser,Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany

11:30 am – Noon | Probing theFriction Behavior of BCC MetalsAdam Hinkle, John Curry, Andrew Kustas, NicolasArgibay, Michael Chandross, Sandia NationalLaboratories, Albuquerque, NM

5B | Commercial MarketingForum V

8 – 8:30 am | Calumet SpecialtyProducts Partners, LP

8:30 – 9 am | Biosynthetic Technologies

9 – 9:30 am | Evonik Oil Additives USA,Inc.

9:30 – 10 am | The Lubrizol Corporation

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Afton ChemicalCorporation

11 – 11:30 am | Afton ChemicalCorporation

11:30 am – Noon | Lockhart ChemicalCompany

5C | Fluid Film Bearings III

8:30 – 9:00 am | Study in theFrequency Domain of CavitatedSqueeze Film DampersSorin Cioc, Sai Venkata Kothareddy, Carmen Cioc,The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

9 – 9:30 am | Transient Response ofa Squeeze Film Damper to ImpactLoads: Experiments and PredictionsBonjin Koo, Luis San Andres, Texas A&M University,College Station, TX, Sung-Hwa Jeung, Ingersoll Rand, LaCrosse, WI

9:30 – 10 am | Vibration Reductionof Radial Damping Bearings withHydraulic Servo Control SystemYifan Shen, Xiaojing Wang, Chao Chen, Zhaolun Li,Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Investigation of FluidFlow in a Pocketed Thrust BearingUsing PIVDavid Richardson, Farshid Sadeghi, Purdue University,West Lafayette, IN

11 – 11:30 am | Performance ofHydrostatic Thrust Pad BearingsOperating with ElectricallyConducting LubricantSatish Sharma, Vivek Kumar, Indian Institute ofTechnology, Roorkee, India

Tuesday, May 22 Wednesday, May 23

Wednesday, May 23, 2018


11:30 am – Noon | Numerical andExperimental Study of Active ThrustFluid Film Bearings with Fixed PadsAlexander Babin, Leonid Savin, Alexey Kornaev, OrelState University, Orel, Russian Federation

5D | Materials Tribology IIIPolymers and Gels

8 – 8:30 am | Control OverCounterface Topography as aMeans to Elucidate Transfer FilmDevelopmentKazi I. Alam, David Burris, University of Delaware,Newark, DE, Jiaxin Ye, Bo Tao, Wei Sun, Kun Liu, HefeiInstitute of Technology, Anhui, Hefei, China

8:30 – 9 am | Effects of Polyamide-Imide as a Wear Additive inThermoplastic CompoundsStephen Gurchinoff, Solvay, Wauwatosa, WI, IsaacBallinas, Allegheny Performance Plastics, Leetsdale, PA

9 – 9:30 am | Ultra-Low Wear ofPolytetrafluoroethylene CompositesMorgan Jones, Angela Pitenis, Juan Manuel Urueña,Samantha Marshall, Samuel Hart, W. Gregory Sawyer,University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

9:30 – 10 am | Tribological Behaviorof Multiphase Polymeric SystemsMohammad Hossain, Vijay Kisan Chandelia, Texas A&MUniversity-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, Hung-Jue Sue, TexasA&M University, College Station, TX

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Assessing thePerformance of Ultra-Low WearPTFE-Based Triboblends inDeionized WaterKasey Campbell, Mark Sidebottom, Cooper Atkinson,Kyle Kirk, Christopher Junk, Brandon Krick, LehighUniversity, Bethlehem, PA

11 – 11:30 am | Microstructural andChemical Changes toPerfluoroalkoxy Polymer (PFA)During SlidingMark Sidebottom, Christopher Junk, Brandon Krick,Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Heidi Burch, GregBlackman, Holly Salerno, E.I. du Pont de Nemours andCompany Inc., Wilmington, DE

11:30 am – Noon | The Effects ofCoating Thickness on theTribological Properties ofPDA/PTFE CoatingsYang Zhao, Min Zou, University of Arkansas,Fayetteville, AR

5E | LubricationFundamentals V

8:30 – 9:00 am | Ammonium VersusPhosphonium Cation-Based IonicLiquids as Neat Lubricants:Physicochemical, Environmentaland Tribological BehaviorDavid Blanco, Rubén González, Jose Luis Viesca, AlfonsoFernández-González, Paula Oulego, Antolín Hernández-Battez, University of Oviedo, Gijón, Spain

9 – 9:30 am | Tribofilm FormationMechanisms in an Ionic Liquid-Additized LubricantYan Zhou, Donovan Leonard, Wei Guo, Jun Qu, Oak RidgeNational Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

9:30 – 10 am | Investigation on theThermophysical and LubricityCharacteristics of a Mineral OilModified with MWCNT and NanoclayAdditivesHiralal Bhowmick, Harpreet Singh, Thapar University,Patiala, Punjab, India

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | New DesignedPolymeric Organic Friction ModifierWei-Chieh Liang, Jeng-Shiang Tsaih, Jung-Tsing Hung,Hsu-Hua Tang, Patech, Changhua County, Taiwan

11 – 11:30 am | Temperature andTime Dependent TribologicalStudies For Developing LubricantFriction Modifier Systems andFollowing the Friction ReductionComponent of Fuel EconomyFrank DeBlase, LANXESS Solutions US, Inc., Naugatuck, CT

11:30 am – Noon | Expand thePotential of Additives byMicroencapsulationFei Zhao, Stephen Hsu, The George WashingtonUniversity, Washington, DC

5F | Wear V

8 – 8:30 am | New Trends in Anti-Wear Additives to Face theLubricant Industry ChallengesPatrick Moreau, Solvay, Aubervilliers, France

8:30 – 9 am | Study of the InterfacialMechanism of ZDDP Tribofilm inHumid Environment and Its Effecton Tribochemical WearPourya Parsaeian, University of Leeds, Leeds, UnitedKingdom, Anne Neville, IFS, Leeds, United Kingdom

9 – 9:30 am | Seawater InducedTribocorrosion of Marine Alloys andCoatingsRobert Wood, University of Southampton,Southampton, United Kingdom

9:30 – 10 am | Evaluation of CorrosionInhibitors During SimultaneousSliding and CO2 Corrosion for theOil and Gas IndustryManel Rodriguez Ripoll, Andreas Trausmuth, VladimirTotolin, Ewald Badisch, AC2T Research GmbH, WienerNeustadt, Austria

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Cutting Tool MaterialsNiobium Carbide (NbC) SubstitutingTungsten Carbide and CermetsMathias Woydt, BAM, Berlin, Germany, HardyMohrbacher, NiobelCon bvba, Schilde, Belgium

11 – 11:30 am | Development of aMechano-Wear Model forPrognostics of Nano-CompositeCoatings Subject to theReciprocating Wear FailuresZulfiqar Khan, Mian Nazir, Bournemouth University,Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

Technical Sessions


5G | Environmentally FriendlyFluidsI-EFF Base Oils and Additives

8 – 8:30 am | Is the Drive forSustainability Fueling Growth inBiodegradable Lubricants?Matthias Hof, Emery Oleochemicals GmbH, Monheim,NRW, Germany

8:30 – 9 am | Estolides – NewDevelopments and BenefitsJake Bredsguard, Biosynthetic Technologies, Irvine, CA

9 – 9:30 am | Structural Effects onViscosity and Pour Point Trendsof Fatty Acid-Based LubricantsDaniel Garbark, Jeffrey Cafmeyer, Mark Perry, BattelleMemorial Institute, Columbus, OH

9:30 – 10 am | High-PerformanceLubricants Produced fromRenewable Group III+ Base OilsSunhwa Lee, Dante Yang, Dzmitry Malevich, Chad Joshi,Advonex International, Brockville, Ontario, Canada,Gefei Wu, Frances Lockwood, Valvoline LLC, Lexington, KY

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | HEPREnvironmentally AcceptableLubricants Polymer Thickened MakeExcellent Products for Hydraulic,Gear, Stern and Thruster OilsDoug Adams, RSC Bio Solutions, Indian Trail, NC

11 – 11:30 am | Fatty Amine/ZDDPInteraction: Effect of Tallow Amineon Tribofilm Morphology, Durabilityand Film Formation Capability ofZDDPMuhammad Siddiqui, Anne Neville, Ardian Morina,University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, JohannaSpeelman, AkzoNobel, Deventer, Netherlands

11:30 am – Noon | BiodegradableMultifunctional Additives for LubeOil – Synthesis and CharacterizationPranab Ghosh, Mahua Upadhyay, Gobinda Karmakar,University of North Bengal, Siliguri, West Bengal, India

5H | Contact Mechanics III

8 – 8:30 am | Eliminating the SurfaceLocation from Soft Matter ContactMechanics MeasurementsDaniel Garcia, Kyle Schulze, Christopher O’Bryan,Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, W. Gregory Sawyer, ThomasAngelini, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

8:30 – 9 am | Recent Advancementsin Constant Pressure Probes forLow Pressure ApplicationsKylie Van Meter, Kyle Schulze, Samuel Hart, Juan ManuelUrueña, Samantha Marshall, Angela Pitenis, W. GregorySawyer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

9 – 9:30 am | A Tale of TwoHydrogels: Soft Semi-FlexiblePolymers and CollagenKyle Schulze, Cameron Morley, Yongliang Ni, ThomasAngelini, W. Gregory Sawyer, University of Florida,Gainesville, FL

9:30 – 10 am | In Situ Measurementsof Full-Field Deformation in SoftHydrogels Due to Sliding ContactAlexander McGhee, Eric McGhee, Jack Famiglietti, KyleSchulze, W. Gregory Sawyer, Thomas Angelini, Peter Ifju,University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | How Do DifferentClasses of Hydrogels Respond toContact Forces?Thomas Angelini, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

11 – 11:30 am | Optical In Situ MicroTribometer for Analysis of RealContact Area for Adhesive andFrictional Contact MechanicsTomas Grejtak, Michael Sedaille, Brandon Krick, LehighUniversity, Bethlehem, PA

11:30 am – Noon | Effect of Load andCurrent on Triboelectric Behaviorof Cu Rolling Contact PairsChenfei Song, Henan University of Science andTechnology, Luoyang, Henan, China

5I | Surface Engineering III

8 – 8:30 am | Surface Topography inInconel 625 Made with Binder-JetAdditive Manufacturing:Measurement, Modification, andEffects on FatigueS. Harsha Vardhan Neelapu, Amir Mostafaei, CameronKisailus, Erica Stevens, Katerina Kimes, MarkusChmielus, Tevis Jacobs, University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh, PA

8:30 – 9 am | Development of aMechano-Electrochemical Model forPrognostics of Nano-CompositeCoatings Subject to CorrosionFailuresMian Nazir, Zulfiqar Khan, Bournemouth University,Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

9 – 9:30 am | Icephobic SurfaceDesign and MeasurementStephen Hsu, Govindaiah Patakamuri, The GeorgeWashington University, Washington, DC

9:30 – 10 am | Influence of MachiningAngle and Solid Lubricants in aBio-Lubricant MediumPradeep Menezes, Arpith Siddaiah, Ashish Kasar,University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Investigation andFabrication of Multi-FunctionalNanoparticle Surface Coatings forWear-Corrosion SynergisticResistanceArpith Siddaiah, Pradeep Menezes, University ofNevada-Reno, Reno, NV, Muhammad Usman Bhutta,Zulfiqar Khan, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset,United Kingdom

11 – 11:30 am | Local Heat Treatmentwith and without UltrasonicNanocrystal Surface Modificationof Inconel 718 Alloy: Microstructure,Mechanical Properties and FrettingWear RelationshipAuezhan Amanov, Young-Sik Pyun, Sun Moon University,Asan, Republic of Korea

11:30 am – Noon | Effect of Micro/ NanoDimple Textured Surface on Friction& Wear Under Elastic/ Plastic ContactMuthukumar Mariappan, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan

Wednesday, May 23


5J | Engine & Drivetrain V

8 – 8:30 am | ExperimentalInvestigations of Sliding on TripodConstant Velocity JointsValentin Ripard, LaMCoS – INSA LYON/LTDS – CentraleLyon/PSA Groupe, Villeurbanne, France, Jérôme Cavoret,Michal Ruzek, Fabrice Ville, LaMCoS INSA Lyon,Villeurbanne, France, Clotilde Minfray, LTDS – CentraleLyon, Ecully, France, Fabrice Dassenoy, LTDS – CentraleLyon, Ecully, France, Moussa Diaby, PSA Groupe, Vélizy,France

8:30 – 9 am | Wear Investigationson Timing Chains Using a ChainJoint TribometerAndre Becker, Bernd Sauer, Institute of MachineElements, Gears, and Transmissions, University ofKaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

9 – 9:30 am | Global Model forPredicting Power Losses in aPlanetary Gear SetJean-Baptiste Boni, INSA Lyon – ECAM Lyon, Lyon Cedex05, France, Christophe Changenet, ECAM Lyon, Lyon,France, Fabrice Ville, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

9:30 – 10 am | The Benefits of NovelFunctionalized Viscosity IndexImprovers in Wet Clutch SystemsAlexei Kurchan, Evonik Oil Additives, Horsham, PA,Jennifer Holtzinger, Sebastian Seibel, Alexandra Pauker,Evonik Industries AG, Darmstadt, Germany

10 – 10:30 am | An Investigation ofWear Mechanisms and LubricantEffects in Silent Timing ChainsRamoun Mourhatch, Seyedeh Mahboobeh Hosseini,Chevron Oronite LLC, Richmond, CA

10:30 – 11 am | Measuring TappetRotation in a Valvetrain Rig Underthe Presence of MoDTC-TypeFriction ModifierYasir Al-Jeboori, University of Leeds, Leeds, UnitedKingdom

11 – 11:30 am | Lubrication Analysisof Interface of Textured Top PistonRing and Cylinder Liner of anIC Engine for Improving theTribo-PerformancesA. Atulkar, R.K. Pandey, P.M.V. Subbarao, Indian Instituteof Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

5K | Rolling ElementBearings V

8 – 8:30 am | Bearing MaintenanceTrends in the US Air Force Fleetfrom 1984-2015Justin Mason, AFRL, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH,Hitesh Trivedi, UES Inc., Dayton, OH

8:30 – 9 am | NiTi Alloys forAerospace ApplicationsChristopher DellaCorte, Samuel Howard, NASA,Cleveland, OH

9 – 9:30 am | Enhanced Ester (MIL-PRF-23699G) Gas Turbine EngineLubricant Degradation with VIM VARM50 BearingsHitesh Trivedi, David Gerardi, UES Inc., Dayton, OH,Douglas Toth, Ruth Girouard, UDRI, Dayton, OH, PatrickHellman, Garry Givan, AFRL, Wright-Patterson Air ForceBase, OH

9:30 – 10 am | Modeling of theSurface Stress to Form TractionCracks Under Oil-Out ConditionsRobert Homan, Nelson Forster, William Black, LavernWedeven, Wedeven Associates Inc., Edgmont, PA, StevenPeters, J.V. Poplawski and Associates Inc., Bethlehem, PA

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | NumericalInvestigations on Drag Coefficientof Cylinders for Power LossPrediction in Cylindrical RollerBearingsYann Marchesse, Christophe Changenet, ECAM-Lyon,Lyon, France, Fabrice Ville, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne,France

11 – 11:30 am | Thermal Modeling ofEHD Contacts Using Closed FormSolutionsNelson Forster, Steven Kratz, Robert Homan, WilliamBlack, Wedeven Associates Inc., Edgmont, PA

6A | Nanotribology IVTwo Dimensional Lubricants

1:30 – 2:30 pm | Invited TalkTobin Filleter, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,Canada

2:30 – 3 pm | The Role of Interfaceson Friction and DeformationCharacteristics of Atomically Thin 2DRransition Metal Di-chalcogenidesPraveena Manimunda, Syed Asif, Bruker Nano Surfaces,Eden Prairie, MN, Sandhya Susarala, ChandrasekharTiwari, Pulickel Ajayan, Rice University, Houston, TX

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | NanotribologicalProperties of Petroleum-DerivedLubricants on Graphene-CoatedSurfacesPrathima Nalam, Behnoosh Sattari Baboukani,University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

4 – 4:30 pm | Effect of CorrosionPropagation Through the Cracks inAtomically Thin Protective Layerson Material Interactions withSurrounding MediaDiana Berman, The University of North Texas, Denton, TX

4:30 – 5 pm | Effect of Humidityand Water Intercalation on theTribological Behavior of GrapheneOxide (GO) NanosheetsTaib Arif, Guillaume Colas, Tobin Filleter, University ofToronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

5 – 5:30 pm | NanotribologicalProperties of MoS2 IntercalationCompoundsZhiwei Chen, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

5:30 – 6 pm | Nanotribology BusinessMeeting

6B | Commercial MarketingForum VI

1:30 – 2 pm | Available Time Slot

2 – 2:30 pm | Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC

Technical Sessions


6C | Fluid Film Bearings IV

1:30 – 2 pm | Effect of Wear on theStatic Performance Characteristicsof Non-Recessed Hole EntryHydrostatic Conical Journal BearingVikas Phalle, Sanjay Pawar, V.J.T. I. Mumbai, India,Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

2 – 2:30 pm | A Low-Flux Poly urethaneRestrictor for High-StiffnessHydrostatic Bearing Over a WideRange of LoadingSy-Wei Lo, You-Yi Lin, Jyh-Chyang Renn, National YunlinUniversity of Science & Technology, Douliu City, YunlinCounty, Taiwan, Tsuo-Fei Mao, Chienkuo TechnologyUniversity, Changhua, Taiwan

2:30 – 3 pm | Research on BearingFluctuation of Oil Film inHydrostatic TurntableCaixia Zhang, Zhifeng Liu, Yumo Wang, BeijingUniversity of Technology, Beijing, China

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

6D | Materials Tribology IVPolymers and Gels

1:30 – 2 pm | The Difference BetweenStatic and Dynamic FrictionBart Weber, ARCNL, Amsterdam, Netherlands, TomislavSuhina, Fred Brouwer, Daniel Bonn, University ofAmsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2 – 2:30 pm | On the Mechanismof Shoe Versus Walking SurfaceFrictionKenneth Budinski, Bud Labs, Rochester, NY

2:30 – 3 pm | Effect of EnvironmentalGas on Friction and Wear ofRubbers With Silicon Nitride inReciprocating Sliding ContactJoichi Sugimura, Hiroyoshi Tanaka, Kazumi Okada,Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Normal Load Effectson Hydrogel FrictionJuan Manuel Urueña, Eric Mcghee, Angela Pitenis,Thomas Angelini, W. Gregory Sawyer, University ofFlorida, Gainesville, FL

4 – 4:30 pm | History-DependentHydrogel Lubrication and A ModelBased on Structural Buildup andBreakdownJiho Kim, Alison Dunn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

4:30 – 5 pm | The Role ofTemperature in Hydrogel LubricityEric Mcghee, Juan Manuel Urueña, Angela Pitenis, W.Gregory Sawyer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

5 – 5:30 pm | MicromechanicalResponse of PolyacrylamideSurfaces Following Abrasive WearShabnam Bonyadi, Michael Atten, Jiho Kim, Alison Dunn,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

6E | LubricationFundamentals VI

1:30 – 2 pm | Investigation on theTribochemical Reaction Mechanismof In Situ Carbon TribofilmFormation from CPCa Hongxing Wu, Blake Johnson, Xingliang He, Yip-WahChung, Qian Wang, Northwestern University, Evanston,IL

2 – 2:30 pm | Plasma FunctionalizedPTFE Nano-Additives for LubricatedContactsPranesh Aswath, Vinay Sharma, Richard Timmons,University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, AliErdemir, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

2:30 – 3 pm | Lubricant AdditiveSurface Interactions: OrganicPolysufidesPaul Shiller, Marisa Seeley, Emily Tully, Gary Doll, TheUniversity of Akron, Akron, OH

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Influence of ZDDPDegradation on Engine Oil Tribology– Understanding on Molecular LevelNicole Doerr, Andjelka Ristic, Josef Brenner, CharlotteBesser, Marcella Frauscher, AC2T Research GmbH, WienerNeustadt, Austria

4 – 4:30 pm | Adsorption of ZDDPand its Relationship to Anti-WearPropertiesAditya Jaishankar, Jessica Vreeland, Shane Deighton,Andrew Konicek, Arben Jusufi, David Baillargeon, AlanSchilowitz, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering,Annandale, NJ

4:30 – 5 pm | Tribological Interactionof ZDDP and Plasma FunctionalizedTiO2 Nanoparticles Under BoundaryLubricationVinay Sharma, Pranesh Aswath, Richard Timmons,University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, AliErdemir, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

6F | Wear VI

Sessions Pending

6G | EnvironmentallyFriendly Fluids IIAdditives

1:30 – 2 pm | New Film-FormingAdditivesKeihann Yavari, Oleon, Compiègne Cedex, France

2 – 2:30 pm | Evaluation of Frictionand Wear Behavior of Bio-DerivedPerformance AdditivesM. Cinta Lorenzo Martin, Oyelayo Ajayi, ArgonneNational Laboratory, Lemont, IL, Selim Erhan, ArcherDaniels Midland Company, Decatur, IL

2:30 – 3 pm | Development of NewMcIn™ Dual Function Corrosion andRust Inhibitors for EnvironmentallyAcceptable Lubricants (EAL)Ashok Cholli, Polnox Corporation, Lowell, MA

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Comparative Study ofTribological Properties of VegetableOils Added with Pristine andFluorinated Carbon Nanofibers asAdditives in Mineral OilNadiege Nomede-Martyr, Yoan Debaud, PhilippeThomas, Laurence Romana, University of West Indies,Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe

Wednesday, May 23


4 – 4:30 pm | Sustainable Additivesfor Environmentally FriendlyLubricant CompositionGobinda Karmakar, University of North Bengal, Siliguri,West Bengal, India

4:30 – 5 pm | Evaluation of KaranjaOil (Pongammia Pinnatta) as aGreen Lubricant with Nano ZnO asEP AdditiveJayadas Haridas, Cochin University of Science andTechnology, Kalamassery, Kerala, India

5 – 5:30 pm | Environmentally FriendlyFluids Business Meeting

6H | Contact Mechanics IV

1:30 – 2 pm | Effect of Lubricationon Rolling Contact FatigueHamid Ghaednia, Auburn University, Auburn, AL,Matthew Brake, Iyabo Lawal, Rice University, Houston, TX

2 – 2:30 pm | Schallamach Waves inRolling: Belt DrivesMichael Varenberg, Yingdan Wu, Michael Leamy, GeorgiaInstitute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

2:30 – 3 pm | Simulative andExperimental Investigations on theApplication of Artificial Indentationson the Raceway of Rolling ElementBearingsJan Hendrik Kehl, Leibniz University Hannover,Hannover, Germany

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Three-DimensionalElasto-Plastic Line Contact ofMaterials ContainingInhomogeneitiesLinlin Sun, Leon M. Keer, Qian Wang, NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, IL, Ning Zhao, Mengqi Zhang,Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China,Wayne Chen, Schlumberger, Katy, TX, Peter Glaws, PhilHegedus, Timken Steel, Canton, OH

4 – 4:30 pm | Influence of theCharacteristics of Nitrided Micro -Structures on the Initiation ofSurface Pits Under Rolling ContactFatigueEtienne Bossy, Univ Lyon, INSA-Lyon, LaMCoS,Villeurbanne, France, Jean-Philippe Noyel, Univ Lyon,ECAM-Lyon, INSA-Lyon , Lyon, France, Xavier Kleber, Univ

Lyon, INSA-Lyon, Mateis, Villeurbanne, France, FabriceVille, Univ Lyon, INSA-Lyon, LaMCoS, Villeurbanne,France, Christine Sidoroff, NTN-SNR, NTN Group, Annecy,France, Simon Thibault, Safran Tech, Safran Group,Magny-les-Hameaux, France

4:30 – 5 pm | Proposal for a DamageModel for Solids Under FrettingContact ConditionsThibault Beyer, Thibaut Chaise, Daniel Nelias, INSA-Lyon,Villeurbanne, France, Julien Leroux, Safran AircraftEngines, Moissy Cramayel, France

5 – 5:30 pm | Multigrid Solution of2D and 3D Stress Fields inContact Mechanics of AnisotropicInhomogeneous MaterialsBinbin Zhang, Cornelis Venner, University of Twente,Enschede, Netherlands, Hugo Boffy, Engineering andResearch Centre, SKF, Nieuwegein, Netherlands

5:30 – 6 pm | An Elasto-Plastic FiniteElement Study of Displacement-Controlled Fretting in a Plane-StrainCylindrical ContactHuaidong Yang, Itzhak Green, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, Atlanta, GA

6I | Surface Engineering IV

1:30 – 2 pm | Yield Modes in a CoatedSphere Compressed by a Rigid FlatZhou Chen, Roman Goltsberg, Izhak Etsion, Technion,Haifa, Israel

2 – 2:30 pm | High-ThroughputDispersion Strengthening ofMetallic Surfaces at RoomTemperatureXingliang He, Yao Du, Yi Shi, Kornel Ehmann, Yip-WahChung, Qian Wang, Northwestern University,Evanston, IL

2:30 – 3 pm | The Effects of LaserSurface Texturing on Friction andWear Properties of 45 SteelXianjuan Pang, Henan University of Science andTechnology, Luoyang, Henan Province, China

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

6J | Engine & Drivetrain VI

1:30 – 2 pm | Tribology in Hot Steamfor Energy RecoveryMathias Woydt, BAM, Berlin, Germany

2 – 2:30 pm | New Landfill GasEngine Oil for Durability and CostOptimizationJamal Kassir, Nazmul Hossain, Idemitsu LubricantsAmerica Corporation, Southfield, MI, YoshiharuTatematsu, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

2:30 – 3 pm | Lubricant and MaterialAspects of Helicopter TransmissionLoss-of-LubricationStephen Berkebile, Kevin Radil, Brian Dykas, US ArmyResearch Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD,Radames Colon-Rivera, NAVAIR, Patuxent River, MD,Jason Fetty, Army Aviation Development Directorate, Ft.Eustis, VA

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Progress Towards aDD13 Scuffing Screener TestCarlos Sanchez, Peter Lee, Southwest Research Institute,San Antonio, TX

4 – 4:30 pm | Top Treating LocomotiveEngine Oils with Novel Oil SolublePolyethersAshwin Bharadwaj, John Cuthbert, Ashish Kotnis, Dow,Lake Jackson, TX

4:30 – 5 pm | ROBO as a FormulationTool for Engine Oil DevelopmentBrian Hess, Joan Souchik, Justin Mills, Evonik OilAdditives, Horsham, PA

5 – 5:30 pm | Engine Oil Aeration:Lab Simulation and Correlationto Engine TestingRicardo Hein, Conexo, Inc., Acworth, GA

6K | Rolling ElementBearings VI

1:30 – 2 pm | A Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Model For MoreRealistic Simulations of DebrisDenting in Rolling Element BearingsAlexis Bonetto, Daniel Nelias, Thibaut Chaise, INSA-Lyon,Villeurbanne, France, Laurent Zamponi, Airbus,Marignane, France

Technical Sessions


2 – 2:30 pm | Effects of the Greaseon the Failure of a Main BearingArturo Cardenas, Gigatec, San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico

2:30 – 3 pm | Changing Bearing LoadProfile of HVAC Screw CompressorsKevin Hughes, Trane Commercial HVAC, La Crosse, WI

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

6L | Rolling ElementBearings VIIRoundtable Discussion

3:30 – 6 pm | ScientificBrainstorming & Networking EventHannes Grillenberger, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.KG, Herzogenaurach, Germany

6M | Tribotesting I

1:30 – 2 pm | Vibration and its Role inthe Delay of Catastrophic AdhesiveFailure in the Twist CompressionTestGregory Dalton, College of the North Atlantic, St John’s,Newfoundland, Canada, Ted McClure, SLC TestingServices Inc./Sea-Land Chemical Company, Westlake, OH

2 – 2:30 pm | On the Use of AcousticEmission as a Laboratory Tool forInvestigating Mixed-Elastohydro -dynamic ContactsAlastair Clarke, Simon Hutt, H.P. Evans, CardiffUniversity, Cardiff, United Kingdom

2:30 – 3 pm | Surface-Modified HalNanotubes as Fillers Applied inReinforcing Performance of PTFEZhilin Cheng, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Comparing Gas-PhaseSynthesized Graphene to GraphenePlatelets for Effectiveness as aLubricant Additive in Bio-DerivedOil and PAOGordon Krauss, Albert Dato, Harvey Mudd College,Claremont, CA, Matthew Siniawski, Loyola MarymountUniversity, Los Angeles, CA

4 – 4:30 pm | Direct Observationsof Nanotribology in CrumpledLayered MaterialsAlex Lin, Xiao-xiang Yu, Laurence Marks, NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, IL, Albert Dato, Gordon Krauss,Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

4:30 – 5 pm | Monitoring the Growthof a Nanoparticle-ActivatedTribofilm through ElectricalConductivityHong Liang, Wei Dai, Texas A&M University, CollegeStation, TX

5 – 5:30 pm | Testing of Wear andErosion Effects of Nanofluids onMetals: New Instruments andAssessment MethodologiesGustavo Molina, Fnu Aktaruzzaman, Kenshantis Martin,Mosfequr Rahman, Valentin Soloiu, Georgia SouthernUniversity, Statesboro, GA

5:30 – 6 pm | Tribotesting BusinessMeeting

6N | Gears I

3:30 – 4 pm | Statistical Distributionof Gear Surface Fatigue LivesUsing the Three-Parameter WeibullDistributionTimothy Krantz, NASA, Cleveland, OH, Zachary Cameron,Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

4 – 4:30 pm | Hypoid Gear Run-InPolishing Oil Formulation andTesting for Efficiency (Part I)Lavern Wedeven, William Black, Steven Kratz, GrahamWedeven, Robert Homan, Eric Van Kooten, WedevenAssociates, Inc., Edgmont, PA, Nelson Forster, HerbertChin, Wedeven Associates Inc., Centerville, OH, StephenBerkebile, US Army Research Laboratory, AberdeenProving Ground, MD

4:30 – 5 pm | Hypoid Gear Run-InPolishing Oil Formulation AxleTesting for Efficiency (Part II)Lavern Wedeven, Steven Kratz, Wedeven Associates, Inc.,Edgmont, PA, Allen Comfort, Adam Brandt, US ArmyTardec, Warren, MI

5 – 5:30 pm | Investigation onthe Effect of Lubricant in a GearTest Without Running-InSho Yokoyama, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Ichihara-shi,Chiba, Japan

7A | Nanotribology VNanoparticle EnhancedLubrication I

8 – 8:30 am | Macroscale TribologicalExperiments Using Oils ContainingZrO2 NanocrystalsNicholaos Demas, Aaron Greco, Ben Gould, Robert Erck,Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL

8:30 – 9 am | In Situ Tribofilm GrowthStudy of Zirconia NanoparticleAntiwear AdditiveAllen Comfort, Steven Thrush, US Army Tardec, Warren, MI

9 – 9:30 am | In Situ AFM Formationand Characterization of TribofilmsFrom Zirconia Nanoparticle Anti-Wear Additives: Growth Mechanismsand Interactions With Co-AdditivesRobert Carpick, Harman Khare, I. Lahouij, AndrewJackson, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,Gregory Cooper, Pixelligent LLC, Baltimore, MD

9:30 – 10 am | Organic-ModifiedPalladium and Silver Nanoparticlesas Oil Additives for Friction andWear ReductionChanaka Kumara, Donovan Leonard, Harry Meyer,Huimin Luo, Jun Qu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,Oak Ridge, TN

10 – 10:30 pm – Break

10:30 – 11 am | A Combined QCM andAFM Study Exploring Nano-ScaleLubrication Mechanisms andElectrokinetic Effects in AqueousSuspensions of Silica and DiamondNanoparticlesJacqueline Krim, Colin Curtis, Biplav Acharya, MelanieChestnut, Antonin Marek, Alex Smirnov, North CarolinaState University, Raleigh, NC

11 – 11:30 am | MechanicalCharacterization of Diesel SootNanoparticles: In Situ Compressionin the Transmission ElectronMicroscope and SimulationsFabrice Dassenoy, Istvan Jenei, Ecole Centrale de Lyon,Ecully, France, Arash Khajeh, Ashlie Martini, Universityof California, Merced, Merced, CA, Thierry Epicier, INSA,Lyon, France, Dairene Uy, Hamed Ghaednia, ArupGangopadhyay, Ford Motor Company, Novi, MI

Wednesday, May 23

Thursday, May 24, 2018


11:30 am – Noon | Fatigue PropertyStudy of Al/a-Si Core-ShellNanostructures by CyclicNanoindentationJason Steck, Robert Fleming, Josue Goss, Min Zou,University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

7B | Wind Turbine Tribology I

8 – 8:30 am | Compact Filter DebrisAnalysis for Wind Turbine GearboxCondition MonitoringShuangwen Sheng, National Renewable EnergyLaboratory, Golden, CO, Don Roberts, D.A. Roberts, LLC,Seattle, WA

8:30 – 9 am | Understanding theCriticality of Gear Oil CleanlinessRequirementsCaitlin Mertzlufft, Kurt Bakan, NextEra Energy, NorthPalm Beach, FL

9 – 9:30 am | Polyalkylene Glycol-Based Wind Turbine Gear OilDesigned for Long Life and HighEnergy EfficiencyDaniel Zweifel, Dow Europe GmbH, Horgen, Zürich,Switzerland, Jan Ukonsaari, Vattenfall AB, Luleå,Sweden

9:30 – 10 am | Cost-EffectiveManagement of Wind TurbineLubricantsMatthew Snow, Invenergy LLC, Chicago, IL

10 – 10:30 pm – Break

10:30 – 11 am | New Wind TurbineBearing Grease TechnologyKristina Goermer, Jonathan Leather, David DiNunzio,Castrol, Holden, MA

11 – 11:30 am | Grease Selection forMainshaft Bearing in the WindTurbinesKuldeep Mistry, Carl Hager, Douglas Lucas, GeraldRichter, The Timken Company, North Canton, OH

11:30 am – Noon | Blade Bearings inWind Turbines – False Brinellingand Fretting CorrosionFabian Schwack, Gerhard Poll, Institute of MachineDesign and Tribology, Hannover, Germany, MatthiasStammler, Fraunhofer Institute, Hannover, LowerSaxony, Germany

7C | Non-Ferrous Metals I

8 – 8:30 am | A Novel Method forEvaluation of Galling duringPiercing Punching of SheetAluminum AlloysMuhammad Zafar Khan, Sukanta Bhowmick, AhmetAlpas, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada,Mehdi Shafiei, John Hunter, Novelis Global Research &Technology Center, Kennesaw, GA

8:30 – 9 am | TopographicalCharacteristics of Twin Roll CastAluminum Strip Surface and ItsEvolution With RollingMurat Dundar, Assan Aluminum, Istanbul, Turkey

9 – 9:30 am | Low Stain Lubricantsfor Aluminum Rolling MillsAloïs Joassard, Total, Nanterre, France

9:30 – 10 am | EnvironmentalRegulations and How They EffectLubricant SelectionAndrea Knopp, Lightstone Generation – Gavin PowerLLC, Ravenswood, WV

10 – 10:30 pm – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Laboratory Bliss MillStudy of Traditional Versus LowFatty Acid ChemistryThomas Oleksiak, Novelis, Inc., Kennesaw, GA

11 – 11:30 am | Chemical-PhysicalCharacterization of Contaminants(Leaks) in Aluminum Hot MillEmulsionsJose Castillo, Aleris Corporation, Superior, CO, DavidBorden, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, TerreHaute, IN

11:30 am – Noon | Nuclear MagneticResonance Spectroscopy as aUseful Tool for the Analysis ofEmulsionsJosef Leimhofer, AMAG Rolling GmbH, Ranshofen,Austria

7D | Materials Tribology VAdvanced Metals and Ceramics

8 – 8:30 am | Friction and Wearof Metals with UnconventionalMicrostructuresTomas Babuska, Richard Vinci, Brandon Krick, LehighUniversity, Bethlehem, PA, John Curry, Andrew Kustas,Michael Chandros, Nicolas Argibay, Sandia NationalLaboratories, Albuquerque, NM

8:30 – 9 am | The Origin of Micro -structural Changes Underneatha Tribologically Loaded SurfaceChristian Greiner, Zhilong Liu, Reinhard Schneider, LarsPastewka, Peter Gumbsch, Karlsruhe Institute ofTechnology, Karlsruhe, Germany

9 – 9:30 am | Electrical EnergyConsumption and TribologicalPerformance of Selective-Laser-Melting-Produced Samples UsingVarious Processing ParametersYi Zhu, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

9:30 – 10 am | Friction Characteristicsof Cobalt-Free Alloy under Flat-on-Flat Sliding Simulating Nuclear GateValve ApplicationsTerry Merriman, Tribology Associates, Columbus, OH,David Gandy, EPRI, Charlotte, NC

10 – 10:30 pm – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Tribodoping onIII-NitridesGuosong Zeng, Zeyuan Tian, Wei Sun, Nelson Tansu,Brandon Krick, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA,Xiaofang Yang, Bruce Koel, Princeton University,Princeton, NJ

11 – 11:30 am | Wear Behavior ofODS Copper Alloy Contact MaterialsUnder Different CurrentsXiuhua Guo, Kexing Song, Yanjun Zhou, Yanmin Zhang,Xu Wang, Henan University of Science and Technology,Luoyang, China

11:30 am – Noon | InvestigatingGrid-to-Rod Fretting Wear ofNuclear Fuel Claddings Using aUnique Autoclave Fretting RigJun Qu, Sladjan Lazarevic, Harry Meyer, Oak RidgeNational Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, George Plint,Cyrille Favede, Phoenix Tribology Ltd., Hampshire,United Kingdom, Roger Lu, Westinghouse ElectricCompany, Hopkins, SC, Peter Blau, Blau TribologyConsulting, Enka, NC

Technical Sessions


7E | LubricationFundamentals VII

Sessions Pending

7F | Gears II

8 – 8:30 am | Ionic Liquids as NovelAdditives for Rear Axle FluidsJun Qu, Benjamin Stump, Yan Zhou, Huimin Luo,Donovan Leonard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,Oak Ridge, TN, Michael Viola, Hai Xu, General Motors,Warren, MI, Randy Parten, Oak Ridge NationalLaboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

8:30 – 9 am | Influence of a NewHigh Viscosity Basestock on GearPerformanceNawid Kashani, Karolin Geyer, Frank Rittig, JochenWagner, Kian Molawi, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen,Rhineland-Palattonia, Germany, Gene Zehler, Philip Ma,BASF Corp., Tarrytown, NY

9 – 9:30 am | Effect of RetainedAustenite on Micropitting Behaviorof Carburized AISI 8620 Steel UnderBoundary Lubrication ConditionSougata Roy, Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa StateUniversity, Ames, IA

9:30 – 10 am | Benchmark GearMicropitting Wear Prediction withTransmission TestingWeixue Tian, Hyung Yoon, Tim Nusz, Caterpillar Inc.,Peoria, IL

10 – 10:30 pm – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Micropitting Damagein Gear Teeth Contacts: InfluencingFactors and Mechanisms of TheirActionAmir Kadiric, Pawel Rycerz, Benjamin Wainwright,Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

11 – 11:30 am | The Influence ofMicropitting on the FrictionCoefficient of Two LubricatedSurfaces – An ExperimentalInvestigationThomas Touret, Christophe Changenet, LaMCoS-ECAM,Lyon, Rhone, France, Fabrice Ville, LaMCoS, Villeurbanne,France, Majid Lalmi, Samuel Becquerelle, SafranTransmission Systems, Colombes, France

11:30 am – Noon | Influence ofLow Circumferential Speeds onthe Lubrication Conditions andthe Damage Characteristics ofCase-Hardened GearsJohannes Koenig, Thomas Tobie, Karsten Stahl, TechnicalUniversity of Munich (TUM), Garching b. Muenchen,Germany, Michael Felbermaier, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG,Weissach, Germany

7G | Environmentally FriendlyFluids IIIFinished Lubricants

8 – 8:30 am | Ecolabel 2018 andVGP2018 – Changes and ChallengesPaula Vettel, Novvi LLC, Emeryville, CA

8:30 – 9 am | New Findings onTest Methods for TestingBiodegradability of LubricantsPeter Lohmann, Gerhard Gaule, Ben Mueller-Zermini,Hermann Bantleon GmbH, Ulm, Germany

9 – 9:30 am | Product-SpecificRequirements (PSR) for HydraulicFluids – A New Approach to User-Centric Product StewardshipChristina Bocher, DEKRA Assurance Services GmbH,Stuttgart, Bad.-Württ., Germany, Ivo Mersiowsky,Quiridium, Tübingen, Bad-Wurtt, Germany

9:30 – 10 am – Break

10 – 10:30 am | Soy-BasedLubricants: Performance andSustainabilityRobert Brentin, Omni Tech International, Midland, MI

10:30 – 11 am | Comparison of a NewCommercial Grease with OtherCommercial Greases Certified asEnvironmentally AcceptableLubricantsDoug Adams, RSC Bio Solutions, Indian Trail, NC

11 – 11:30 am | The Compatibility ofMultilayer Surface Treatments withBio-Lubricants Base OilsJulia Carrell, Tom Slatter, Roger Lewis, The University ofSheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

11:30 am – Noon | Testing of WetClutch Materials in Mineral andBiobased FluidsSteve Shaffer, Bruker, San Jose, CA, Paul Luebbers,Alto Products Corp., Atmore, AL, Larry Beaver, RSCChemical Solutions, Indian Trail, NC

7K | Tribotesting II

8 – 8:30 am | High ThroughputTribometryBrendan Nation, John Curry, Michael Dugger, SandiaNational Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

8:30 – 9 am | Development of a MoreRational Scuffing Test Protocol forUse in a Reciprocating TribometerGeorge Plint, Phoenix Tribology Ltd., Kingsclere, Select,United Kingdom

9 – 9:30 am | Characterization ofTribochemical Surface Films FromIn-Use Engine ComponentsM. Cinta Lorenzo Martin, Oyelayo Ajayi, ArgonneNational Laboratory, Lemont, IL, Raul Arenal,INA- Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

9:30 – 10 am | Improving FuelLubricity Sensitivity Using HighFrequency Reciprocating LineContactGregory Hansen, Peter Lee, Southwest ResearchInstitute, San Antonio, TX

10 – 10:30 am – Break

10:30 – 11 am | Introducing a NewBenchtop Technique to Measurethe Behavior of Brake Materials:Correlation with DynamometerTestsGiovanni Ramirez, Steve Shaffer, Kora Farokhzadeh, IvoMiller, Bruker Nano Surfaces, San Jose, CA, Peter Filip,Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, CharlesGreening, Greening Testing Laboratories, Detroit, MI

11 – 11:30 am | Friction Durability inClutch MaterialsJason Lagona, Croda, New Castle, DE

11:30 am – Noon | A New Method forHigh-Speed Ball-on-Disc TestTao Zhang, Feng Jiang, Huaqiao University, Xiamen,China, Lan Yan, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China

Thursday, May 24


7N | Engine & Drivetrain VIISpecial Session

8 – 8:30 am | Understanding TotalBase Number MeasurementAnil Agiral, David Zalatan, Paul Sutor, Chevron Oronite,Richmond, CA

8:30 – 9 am | Texturing on EngineComponents Using Low Cost SoftMask TechnologyGovindaiah Patakamuri, Stephen Hsu, The GeorgeWashington University, Washington, DC, Tim Cushing,GMC LLC, Warren, MI

9 – 9:30 am | Modelling of theTribological Performance of PistonRing-Cylinder Liner Tribo-System ofLow Speed 2-Stroke Diesel EngineXiuyi Lv, Xiqun Lu, Tongyang Li, Qingbing Dong, Bin Zhao,Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang,China

9:30 – 10 am | Engine Oil Turbo chargerDeposit Performance in VariousTurbocharger Protection TestsKongsheng Yang, William Lam, Kristin Fletcher, GregoryGuinther, Afton Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA

8A | Nanotribology VINanoparticle EnhancedLubrication II

1:30 – 2 pm | Stable Dispersion andTribological Performance of IF-WS2Nanoparticles in Aqueous SystemGirija Chaubey, George Diloyan, Nanotech IndustrialSolutions, Avenel, NJ

2 – 2:30 pm | Nanoparticle EnhancedLubricants: Potential Use inMetalworking FluidsShilpa Beesabathuni, Yan Zhou, Yixing Zhao, HoughtonInternational, Valley Forge, PA

2:30 – 3 pm | The Effect of GrapheneNanoplatelet Addition to theTribological Performance ofPowertrain LubricantsSteven Thrush, Allen Comfort, US Army Tardec, Warren, MI

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

8B | Wind Turbine Tribology II

1:30 – 2 pm | The Influence ofMaterial Properties and SteelCleanliness on the Formation ofWhite Etching CracksBenjamin Gould, Aaron Greco, Nicholaos Demas,Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

2 – 2:30 pm | A Study on theInfluence of Electrical Current onthe Formation of White EtchingCracks and its Monitoring UsingElectrostatic SensorsKamran Esmaeili, Ling Wang, Terry Harvey, Neil White,University of Southampton, Southampton, UnitedKingdom, Walter Holweger, Schaeffler TechnologiesGmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, United Kingdom

2:30 – 3 pm | MicrostructuralCharacterization of Dark and WhiteEtching FeaturesViktorija Smelova, Ling Wang, University ofSouthampton, Southampton, United Kingdom,Alexander Schwedt, Joachim Mayer, RWTH AachenUniversity, Aachen, Germany, Walter Holweger,Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG,Herzogenaurach, Germany

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Presence of WhiteEtching Matter Along Cracks inBearingsR. Scott Hyde, Mohanchand Paladugu, The TimkenCompany, North Canton, OH

8C | Non-Ferrous Metals II

1:30 – 2 pm | Emulsifiers: NextGeneration of Low FoamMultifunctional AdditivesAndy Michael, Clariant Corporation, Mt. Holly, NC

2 – 2:30 pm | TribologicalInvestigation of PolyphosphonatedVegetable Oils and EstersGirma Biresaw, Grigor Bantchev, USDA-ARS-NCAUR,Peoria, IL

2:30 – 3 pm | Correlations Betweenthe Average Molecular Weightand Viscosity of SoybeanPolymercaptanGrigor Bantchev, Karl Vermillion, James Lansing, GirmaBiresaw, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Peoria, IL

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Non-Ferrous ScuffingWear Properties of Biobased andRenewable Lubricants in MixedLubrication RegimeJason Galary, Nye Lubricants, Inc., Fairhaven, MA

4 – 4:30 pm | New BiolubricantsFrom Products of Synthetic BiologyBasil Nikolau, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

4:30 – 5 pm | Bio-Generation ofSuccinic Acid by Fermentation ofPhysaria Fendleri Press CakeRogers Harry-O’kuru, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Peoria, IL

8D | Materials Tribology VIAdvanced Metals and Ceramics

1:30 – 2 pm | Synthesis andCharacterization of Novel MAXReinforced Ceramics (MAXCERs)Johnny Nelson, Surojit Gupta, University of NorthDakota, Grand Forks, ND

2 – 2:30 pm | Spherical Abrasives:Ductile Mode Material Removal forBrittle MaterialsArkadeep Kumar, Shreyes Melkote, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, Atlanta, GA, Rebecca Ashley, University ofCentral Florida, Orlando, FL, Andrii Kovalechenko,Evgeniy Pashchenko, Institute for Problems of MaterialsScience, Kyiv, Ukraine

2:30 – 3 pm | Crystal Structure of theInterface Formed by ThermosonicBonding and Its EffectKenji Matsumoto, Yuki Ono, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Haga-gun, Tochigi, Japan, Akira Sasaki, Maintek Consultant,Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Yuji Mihara, Tokyo CityUniversity, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

8E | LubricationFundamentals VIII

Sessions Pending

Technical Sessions


8F | Gears III

1:30 – 2 pm | Scuffing Resistanceand Starved Lubrication Behaviorin Helicopter Gear Steels: Nano -composite Surface CoatingsApplied at Low TemperatureMark Riggs, Nikhil Murthy, Stephen Berkebile, ArmyResearch Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, AndrasKorenyi-Both, Tribologix Inc., Golden, CO

2 – 2:30 pm | Investigation into theRole of Oxygen on the Formationof Tribofilms of Gear Oil AdditivesUsing X-Ray Absorption Near EdgeStructure (XANES) SpectroscopyMichael Costello, BASF, Tarrytown, NY

2:30 – 3 pm | Backlash and itsInfluence on Gear Failure DuringLoss-of-Lubrication OperationKevin Radil, US Army Research Lab, Cleveland, OH

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Loss-of-LubricationSimulation of Spur Gears Using aCFD-Based Multi-Scale Techniqueand Gear Meshing Tribology ModelSean McIntyre, Aaron Isaacson, Pennsylvania StateUniversity, State College, PA

4 – 4:30 pm | A Review ofProbabilistic Mixed EHL and ofRecent Research with Impact onProbabilistic EHL ModelsLaurentiu Moraru, University Politehnica of Bucharest,Bucharest, Romania, Theo Keith Jr., The University ofToledo, Toledo, OH

8G | EnvironmentallyFriendly Fluids IVSessions Pending

8K | Tribotesting III

1:30 – 2 pm | Effects of Base Oil onTribofilm Formation and FrictionTimothy Cameron, Kun Qian, Zhijiang Ye, MiamiUniversity, Oxford, OH

2 – 2:30 pm | Influence of Electrically-Charged Polymer Surfaces onLubricated Sliding ContactMarian Neagoe, Yopa Eka Prawatya, Thami Zeghloul,Lucian Dascalescu, University of Poitiers, Angoulême,France

2:30 – 3 pm | Interactions BetweenFrictional Behavior andTribocharging of Polymer SlabsYopa Eka Prawatya, Marian Neagoe, Thami Zeghloul,Lucian Dascalescu, University of Poitiers, Angoulême,France

3 – 3:30 pm – Break

3:30 – 4 pm | Testing the PracticalLimits of Fluoropolymer-AluminaCompositesCooper Atkinson, Mark Sidebottom, Tomas Babuska,Kyle Kirk, Kasey Campbell, Christopher Junk, BrandonKrick, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Heidi Burch,Greg Blackman, E.I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInc., Wilmington, DE

4 – 4:30 pm | Tribological Testingof Soft Interfaces – Food, Skin,and CartilageKartik Pondicherry, Charlotte Reppich, Florian Rummel,Anton Paar GmbH, Graz, Austria

4:30 – 5 pm | Exploration of KeyParameters Involved in RelevantTribological Testing of ImplantableCardiac Device LeadsCris Schwartz, Mark Placette, Iowa State University,Ames, IA, Adam Himes, Medtronic, Mounds View, MN

5 – 5:30 pm | ExperimentalInvestigation of Force Response,Efficiency, and Wear Behaviors inPolycrystalline Diamond Cutting ofRock for Air DrillingHuaping Xiao, China University of Petroleum,Beijing, China

Thursday, May 24

Share your STLE 2018 Annual Meeting PresentationWith Submission of an Extended Abstract

In an effort to provide attendees with the opportunity of not missing a presentation, STLE encourages speakers to submit

an optional 2-3 page extended abstract or provide digital copies of their presentation slides. We recommend speakers

submit materials before April 23, 2018, to ensure materials are available to attendees before the meeting.

Submissions must be in PDF format and can be emailed to Karl Phipps at [email protected].

For more information about requirements, please visit www.stle.org.

Sunday, May 20Advanced Lubrication 301: Advanced AdditivesAdvanced Lubrication 301 covers the molecular structuresand chemistries of lubricant additive types. Additivesexamined will include antioxidants, rust inhibitors, detergents,dispersants, antiwear additives, extreme pressure additives,friction modifiers and rheology and viscosity modifiers.

Advanced Tribology 310: NanotribologyThis course will begin with an introduction to the topic ofNanotribology. The course will then cover molecular dynamics,tribochemistry and nanomechanical characterization. Thecourse day will conclude with a module covering nanoparticleadditives.

Automobile Lubrication 202: Gasoline

This course will begin with an overview of Automotive Enginesand Transmission Hardware. It will then cover Engine andVehicle Bearings, Engine Oils, Automotive Transmission Fluidsand Tribology Testing for Automotive Components. The coursewill then conclude with presentations on Surface TextureMeasurement: Analysis for Automotive Applications and onthe Future of Automotive Tribology.

Basic Lubrication 101: Fundamentals of LubricationBasic Lubrication 101 is primarily for the person entering thelubrication field who needs a broad introduction to the fieldof lubrication, lubrication principles and lubricating materials.This course is also for individuals not directly involved but whoneed a broad overview of lubricants and basic lubricatingcomponents. This course does not require a formal scientificdegree or background, although many technical terms andconcepts are covered. Experienced people attend the courseto be kept up to date on the latest developments, especiallyin those areas not directly related to their job function or areaof expertise. Thus, Basic Lubrication 101 is usually attendedby a broad cross section of people such as technical, technicalservice, sales, marketing, manufacturing, maintenance andmanagers who in some way are involved in the industry.

Hydraulics 201: Hydraulic Fluids and SystemOverviewHydraulics 201 provides an overview of the basic mechanicalcomponents used in hydraulic fluid power transmission. Thecomposition and performance of hydraulic fluids will be

discussed. The course will also feature sections on maintenanceand troubleshooting as they pertain to hydraulic systems andin-service fluid analysis.

Metalworking Fluids 125: Health & SafetyMWF 125 provides participants with an understanding of thefundamentals of the primary health and safety issues withwhich fluid managers, machine operators, shop stewards andmanagers must be familiar to provide workers with a safework environment. The program opens with an overview ofessential industrial hygiene and metalworking fluid toxicologyconcepts. It then teaches the fundamentals of mist generationin metalworking fluid systems; reinforcing these concepts witha case study. A case study is used to familiarize participantswith metalworking fluid microbiology fundamentals. Thisfictionalized case study steps through microbiology basics,microbe health risks, and microbial contamination control.The final course module presents an overview of GlobalHarmonized Standards (GHS) and their impact on themetalworking fluid stakeholder community.

NLGI Grease 101 (Presented in cooperation with NLGI)

This course is a comprehensive overview of all aspects oflubricating grease. Grease formulation components arethoroughly covered, including base oils and the many differentthickener types. Manufacturing technologies are reviewed, aswell as grease testing significance and methods. Included is agood discussion detailing how to select the proper grease fordifferent applications, and a variety of examples of bothindustrial and automotive applications are discussed.

Wednesday, May 23Advanced Lubrication 302: Advanced LubricationRegimesAdvanced Lubrication 302 goes more in-depth on lubricationregimes, wear and wear mechanisms, as well as lubricantfailure analysis. This course includes a series of lubricantfailure analysis case studies on automotive engines, gearsand bearings.

Basic Lubrication 102: Basic ApplicationsBasic Lubrication 102 is an overview of equipment systems(gears, bearings, seals, compressors and engines) and theirlubrication requirements, including a module on grease. LikeBasic Lubrication 101, this course does not require a formal

Education CoursesThe 2018 STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition features 12 industry-specific education courses offered on two days of the conference:Sunday, May 20, and Wednesday, May 23. The schedule is designed to give attendees more flexibility when planning their conferenceattendance. All courses are full day (start at 8 am and end at 5 pm).

STLE education courses are $325 with a full meeting registration (except for the NLGI Grease 101 course which is $615), $530 for STLEmembers without a meeting registration and $750 for a non-member with no meeting registration. (See page 10 for registration form).If you have questions regarding these courses, please contact Tom Heidrich, education manager at (847) 825-5536, [email protected].


scientific degree or background, although many technicalterms and concepts related to the use of lubricants in variousmechanical devices are covered. This course is intended for adiverse group, including people involved in technical service,sales, marketing, manufacturing, maintenance and managerswho want to know more about how lubricants work in service.This course assumes fundamental knowledge of lubricantsand lubrication principles, as presented in the Basic Lubrication101 course.

Condition Monitoring 101Condition Monitoring 101 is a course for beginners oremployees new to Condition Monitoring. Condition Monitoring101 will cover fluid maintenance strategies, test methods andother best practices for Condition Monitoring.

Metalworking Fluids 105: Metal Forming FluidsMetalworking Fluids 105 is designed for those involved indeveloping, working with and using metal forming fluids inthe manufacturing environment. This course is very usefulfor formulators, technical service representatives, shopfloor personnel and coolant service managers who need toknow more about the fundamental concepts of metal formingfluids. This course is divided into modules covering metalforming operations, metal forming fluid chemistry, metalforming fluid failure mechanisms, controlling contaminationand microbial growth, waste treatment and operatoracceptance. By the end of the course, participants will havegained a good understanding of metal forming operations,formulation of metal forming fluids, tools for identifyingand correctingmetal forming fluid failures and wastetreatment of metal forming fluids.

Synthetic Lubricants 204: Basestock Selectionand ApplicationsSynthetic Lubricants 204 provides an introduction to syntheticlubricant basestocks and applications. The course will havepresentations on Phosphate Esters, Food ProcessingApplications, Industrial Applications: Compressors,Transportation Applications, Gear Applications, Wind TurbineApplications and Synthetic Biolubricants.

Thursday, May 24STLE Certification ExamsAll four STLE technical certifications exams: CertifiedLubrication Specialist™, Oil Monitoring Analyst I and II™ andCertified Metalworking Fluids Specialist™ will be conductedconcurrently on Thursday, May 24, from 9 am to noon.

If you are interested in taking an exam during STLE’s 2018Annual Meeting & Exhibition, please contact AliciaSkulemowski at (847) 825-5536 or email [email protected].

Exam Fees:

• First exam: $405 (STLE member) • $540 (Non-member)

• Retake exam: $203 (STLE member) • $270 (Non-member)

*Please note that course titles and content are subject tochange. Visit www.stle.org and see the Program Guidedistributed onsite in Minneapolis for the most up-to-dateinformation and list of instructors.

2018 Annual Meeting Education Course Chairs CommitteeRamoun Mourhatch – Chair

Chevron Oronite Co., LLC

Scott Howard – Vice ChairHy-Pro Filtration

Greg Croce – Past ChairChevron Products Co.

Dr. Vasu BalaTiarco Chemical

Micheal BlackmonShell Lubricants

Martin BrunkerBASF Corp.

Dr. Neil CanterChemical Solutions

Charles CoeGrease Technology Solutions, LLC

Daniel HoldmeyerChevron Lubricants

Brian HovikChemetall

Dr. Peter LeeSouthwest Research Institute

Dr. Babak Lotfizadehdehkordi

Kalyan MutyalaArgonne National Laboratory

Dr. Frederick PassmanBCA, Inc.


Student Networking EventSunday, May 20 • Ticket Required

Students and young tribologists from around the world gather foran event defined by its networking value, camaraderie and goodtimes. If you’re from the next generation of STLE members, comejoin us for an evening of friendship and relationship buildingThe 2018 event will be held at Randle’s Restaurant and Bar indowntown Minneapolis. For more information, contact TomHeidrich at (847) 825-5536, [email protected].

TribologySTEM Camp

Monday, May 21

During STLE’s 2018 AnnualMeeting, the society ishosting area high schoolstudents for its 6th AnnualTribology STEM Camp.Students will have theopportunity to seedemonstrations and

participate in hands-on experiments, led by engineers andscientists, to learn about areas of research within the fields oftribology and lubrication engineering. The goal of the camp isto expose high school students interested in STEM (science,technology, engineering and mathematics) to careers in tribologyand lubrication engineering. If you would like to learn more orto participate, contact Karl Phipps at (847) 825-5536,[email protected].

Networking ReceptionMonday, May 21 (Hilton Minneapolis)

This is the annual meeting’s central networking event and a wayfor you to reconnect with old friends while making new ones.Since people come to STLE’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition fromaround the world, this truly is an international event. Relax,socialize and add to your list of professional contacts throughthis outstanding networking event.

Speakers BreakfastSunday – Thursday, May 20-24

Lead authors and course presenters are invited to meet withSession and Paper Solicitation Chairs for a continental breakfastat 7 am on the days of their presentations. This is a great time toreview the session schedule and note any last-minute changes.Speakers should plan on attending.

Presidents LuncheonTuesday, May 22 • Ticket Required

The annual meeting’s major business function draws virtually allattendees for a two-hour event honoring STLE’s incoming andoutgoing presidents, award winners and top volunteers. Comehonor 2017-2018 President Mike Anderson with Falex Corp. and2018-2019 President Greg Croce with Chevron. A ticket for thePresidents Luncheon is included in your meeting registration andfree to STLE Corporate Member representatives (two tickets) andstudents. Guest tickets for the luncheon are $50 and can bepurchased at the STLE Registration Desk.

STLE is seeking sponsorships for the 2018 Networking Reception,Presidents Luncheon, Student Networking Event and Speakers Breakfast.

For more information, contact national sales managerTracy Nicholas VanEe at (630) 922-3459, [email protected].

Networking & Special Events*Please note that all annual meeting events are at the Minneapolis Convention Center except for the Monday evening NetworkingReception at the Hilton Minneapolis.


Tours

U.S. Bank StadiumSunday, May 20, 1 – 4 pm (Tentative)Departure Location: Hilton Minneapolis

U.S. Bank Stadium is not just a location, but rather an epicenter ofexcitement, opportunity and Minnesota pride. This crown jewel ishome of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League(NFL). Built on the formersite of the Hubert H.Humphrey Metrodome,the 66,000-seat indoorstadium opened in 2016.In its first year ofoperation, the stadiumwelcomed 1.6 millionvisitors for over 600public and privateevents. In addition, U.S.Bank Stadium will hostseveral major nationaland international sports events, including Super Bowl LII (Feb. 4,2018), the 2018 Summer X Games, the 2019 NCAA Men’s BasketballFinal Four, and the 2020 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

Price: $49 per person • 30 person minimum*(Includes stadium/tour admission, metroConnections escort andtransportation. Subject to availability.)

Paisley ParkSunday, May 20, 1:15 – 4:15 pm

Paisley Park providesfans worldwide withan unprecedentedopportunity toexperience first-handwhat it was like forlegendary musicianPrince to create, produceand perform inside thisprivate sanctuary andremarkable productioncomplex. Throughout theexperience, visitors will see artifacts from Prince’s personal archives,including iconic concert wardrobes, awards, musical instruments,artwork, motorcycles, rare music and video recordings. Prince wasinducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the first yearof his eligibility. He was born in Minneapolis and resided in the areathroughout his life.

Price: $85 per person • 35 person min./70 person max.* (Includesgeneral tour admission, metroConnections escort and transportation).

*Note that STLE must guarantee a minimum number of tourparticipants, subject to cancellation if the minimum is not met.

Call for Student PostersSTLE is seeking student posters at its 2018 Annual Meeting &Exhibition. Event organizers are inviting students from all areasof tribology research to participate in a special sessiondedicated to student posters. Posters must deal with an aspectof tribology research that can be translated into friction,wear and lubrication. Student poster research topics can beco-authored by faculty and other researchers, but onlystudents may exhibit their posters and discuss their work atthe session. The posters will be judged by a conferencecommittee, and awards will be given to the best nine posters.

Submission criteria & information

• Abstract submission deadline: March 15, 2018 (viawww.stle.org). Notification of acceptance will be sent tostudents shortly after this date.

• The poster must present original work by the studentduring the 2017-2018 academic year.

• The student may submit only one poster as the lead author.

• As the lead author of the poster, the student should haveperformed the major portion of the work.

• Lead authors must be full-time graduate or undergraduatestudents registered during the 2017-2018 academic year.

• Posters can be no larger than 48 x 48 inches.

• Posters must be set up Sunday afternoon or Mondaymorning. The author must be present at the poster displayduring the judging session on Monday, May 21, duringlunch and the scheduled conference break that afternoon.

Award category (three winners in each category)

• Platinum: superior scientific and presentation quality($300 prize)

• Gold: good technical quality ($200 prize)

• Silver: overall quality worthy to be encouraged ($100 prize)

*Winners will be announced during the Presidents Luncheon onTuesday, May 22.

For additional questions about the student poster session,please contact Merle Hedland at (630) 428-2133 or [email protected].

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1. Connect With Your Peers

Join 1,600 industry professionals fromaround the world in the field of tribologyresearch and lubrication engineering allgathered together in one location.

2. Learn About New Technologies

Explore the industry’s latest products &services at the 150-exhibitor trade showand the popular Commercial MarketingForum sessions.

3. Expand Your Technical Knowledge

Choose from some 500 presentations,application-based case studies, bestpractice reports and discussion panels ontechnical and market trends.

4. Talk To Industry Experts

There are plenty of networkingopportunities at STLE’s Annual Meetingto exchange ideas and information withcolleagues that will help solve the kindsof real-world lubrication problems youencounter every day on your job.

5. Further Your Career Development

Invest in professional training opportunitiesby choosing from 12 industry-specificeducation courses taught by the toplubrication experts or attain one of STLE’sfour technical certifications.

6. Low-Cost Registration

Save $100 by registering before the EarlyBird deadline to receive your discount.

7. Meet Tribology’s Future Leaders

Students and young professionals areencouraged to attend STLE’s AnnualMeeting to earn professional recognitionand network with potential employers.

8. Network With Key Decision Makers

As the industry’s premier technical event,STLE’s Annual Meeting is the place forcompanies and suppliers to meet with theleading innovators that are looking to dobusiness with you.

9. Be More Valuable To Your Company

Make sense out of an increasingly complexlubricants industry by learning new ideas,strategies and processes that will helpimprove your company’s bottom line.

Monday, May 2110:30 am – Noon | MinneapolisConvention Center

Dr. Robert W. Ivester currently servesas the Director of the AdvancedManufacturing Office (AMO) inthe Office of Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy at the U.S.Department of Energy. AMO is focused oncreating a fertile innovation environmentfor advanced manufacturing, enablingvigorous domestic development of newenergy-efficient manufacturing processesand materials technologies to reduce theenergy intensity and life-cycle energyconsumption of manufactured products.

Prior to this position, Ivester served as the AMO DeputyDirector for five years. During that time, AMO launched

five Manufacturing USA Institutes, the Critical MaterialsHub, and hundreds of smaller R&D and technical

assistance projects across the nation. He also workedat the National Institute of Standards and Technology

for over 16 years, leading and performing research inadvanced manufacturing.

Since 2001, Ivester has been an instructor for the JohnsHopkins University Engineering for Professionals program forgraduate-level studies in manufacturing engineering. He is a Fellowof the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and received his doctoratein engineering, master of science in manufacturing engineering andbachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the Universityof Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dr. Robert W. IvesterDirector, AdvancedManufacturing Office(AMO), U.S. Departmentof Energy

Keynote Speaker

TOP 10 REASONS TO ATTEND #STLE2018

10. ALIGN WITH THE INDUSTRY’S BEST!

Opening General Session


Exhibitor Appreciation Hour

Back by popular demand, two hours of dedicated exhibit time will occur at this year’s show:

Monday, May 21 and Tuesday, May 22 from 3-4 pm. Refreshments will be served in the trade show.Technical sessions, education courses, Commercial Marketing Forum presentations and all other annualmeeting activities will cease at this time. Come support the meeting’s exhibitors—and find solutions to your mostpressing technical issues.

STLE’s exhibition features companies from the following product categories:

• Lubricant additives • Synthetic lubricants • Environmental services

• Condition monitoring equipment • Lubrication management services • Consulting services

• Testing and analysis equipment, supplies and services • Metalworking fluids and additives • Industrial fluids

• Publications & journals

STLE 2018 Exhibition/Sponsorship OpportunitiesSTLE’s annual trade show is where you can catch up on the lubricant industry’s latest products, services and technologies. Many annualmeeting attendees say they have saved thousands of dollars and solved complex lubricant-related problems by making a connection atSTLE’s trade show.

STLE has several sponsorship and advertising opportunities sure to raise your company’s profile in Minneapolis. For moreinformation or to customize a plan that meets your needs and budget, contact national sales manager Tracy NicholasVanEe at (630) 922-3459, [email protected].

*Booths are 10 x 10 feet and are $2,475 for STLE Corporate Members and $2,875 for non-members.

Sponsorships come in all shapes, sizes and prices and are designed to fit everyone’smarketing budget. To reserve a sponsorship or timeslot in the CMF sessions at the

2018 STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, contact national sales managerTracy Nicholas VanEe at (630) 922-3459, [email protected].

Commercial Marketing ForumThe Commercial Marketing Forum (CMF) is a series of 30-minutemarketing sessions at STLE’s 2018 Annual Meeting where you maypromote your company’s products and services, something notallowed in the technical sessions. Your CMF session is promoted inthe Annual Meeting Program Guide, directing attendees to yourpresentation. CMF timeslots are sold on a “first-come, first-serve” basis.

Commercial Marketing Forum Pricing:

• $560 for STLE Corporate Members who exhibit

• $700 for STLE Corporate Members

• $840 for individual members

• $920 for non-membersMinneapolis Convention Center

Annual Meeting SponsorshipsIf you are interested in gaining exposure and raising your company’s profile at the annual meeting(thereby reaching some 1,600 members of the lubricants industry), STLE offers several sponsorshipopportunities, including:

STLE 2018 Exhibition • Minneapolis Convention Center


Monday, May 21Noon – 5 pm

Dedicated hour of trade show timefrom 3-4 pm. No other annualmeeting activity during this time.

Tuesday, May 229:30 am – Noon & 2 – 5:30 pm

Trade show closes for two hours for the Presidents Luncheon & STLE BusinessMeeting from noon to 2 pm. Also, there will be a second dedicated hour of tradeshow time from 3-4 pm. No other annual meeting activity during this time.

Wednesday, May 239:30 am – Noon

STLE would like to thank thefollowing individuals andtheir companies for beingpart of the EXHIBITORADVISORY COMMITTEE,which sets policies andpractices for the trade show.

Jaime EtheridgeAfton Chemical Corp.

Robert GordonTannas Co.

Kayli GossThe Dow Chemical Co.

Karen GrunwaldKing Industries, Inc.

Kathleen HumistonCannon Instrument Co.

Bryan HustonAcme-Hardesty Co.

Matt MapusSea-Land Chemical Co.

Yama OlumiEvonik Oil Additives, USA

Leanne TrevellineLANXESS Corp.

Craig TungateAdvanced Chemical Co.

Kenny PotterPilot Chemical Co.

• Badge Lanyards

• Education Course Materials

• Speakers Breakfast Series

• Registration Bags

• Networking Reception (Monday evening)

• Presidents Luncheon (Tuesday afternoon)

• Annual Meeting Mobile App

• Recharging Lounge

• Water Bottle Welcome Gift

• Refreshment Breaks Plus Water Stations

• Exhibitor Appreciation Hour Raffle

• Student Activities Sponsorships

New! Exciting, High-Impact Branding Opportunities for 2018 Sponsors!

Video Wall Escalator Clings Glass Panel Railings

Come view the newest products and services from the lubricant industry’sleading companies. More than 150 exhibitors will be in Minneapolis

looking to do business with you!

Exhibition Hours | Minneapolis Convention Center | Minneapolis, Minnesota


Minneapolis Convention Center1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403

2018 Trade Show Floor Plan

Exhibition Dates: May 21-23, 2018

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Exhibitor Lounge

ABITEC Corp.

Acme-Hardesty Co.

Adeka Corp.

Advonex International

Afton Chemical Corp.

American Refining Group, Inc.

ANGUS Chemical Co.

Anton Paar USA

Ayalytical Instruments

Beckman Coulter

Bruker

BYK USA Inc.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P.

Cannon Instrument Co.

Colonial Chemical Inc.

Compass Instruments/Falex Corp.

Croda Inc.

Ducom Instruments

Elè Corp.

Emery Oleochemicals

Evonik Oil Additives USA, Inc.

FedChem, LLC

Focus Chemical

Functional Products, Inc.

GEO Specialty Chemicals

Hangzhou Sungate Trading Co., Ltd.

Industrial Quimica Lasem

INEOS Oligomers USA

Ingevity

Kao Chemicals GmbH

KH Neochem Americas, Inc.

King Industries, Inc.

Koehler Instrument Co., Inc.

LANXESS Corp.

Lazar Scientific Inc.

Münzing

Nanjing Chemical Material Corp.

Napoleon Engineering Services

Nexeo Solutions

Oil Filtration Systems (A Clark-Reliance Co.)

PCAS

PCC-Chemax, Inc.

PerkinElmer

Phoenix Tribology Ltd.

PolyOne Corp.

Rtec-Instruments, Inc.

Sasol Performance Chemicals

Savant Labs

Sea-Land Chemical Co.

Solvay

SONGWON Industrial Group

Spectro Scientific

Tannas Co.

Temix Oleo

The Dow Chemical Co.

The Lubrizol Corp.

UE Systems Inc.

Univar

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC

Vertellus Specialties Inc.

Zschimmer & Schwarz

Zygo Corp.

2018 Annual Meeting ExhibitorsMore than 100 organizations are expected to display their newest products and services at the 2018 STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

Following is the list of exhibitors as of Dec. 5, 2017. Visit www.stle.org and see the Program Guidedistributed on site in Minneapolis for the most up-to-date list.

Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois (USA) 60068 • 847-825-5536 l [email protected] l www.stle.org

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