The Tribology Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) are seeking Student Posters for the 2009 International Joint Tribology Conference, to be held at the Memphis Marriott Downtown Hotel & Memphis Cook Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee, October 19-21, 2009.

We are seeking students from all areas of tribology research to participate in a special session to be dedicated to student posters. Student poster research topics can be co-authored with faculty and other researchers but only students could exhibit their posters and discuss their work at the session. The posters will be judged by the IJTC conference planning committee.

Students are strongly encouraged to participate in the conference. This meeting is an opportunity to learn the latest in tribology research and to meet the foremost researchers in the field. Registration fees for the meeting are only $20 for STLE and ASME student members and $100 for non-member students. For information about the societies and to apply for student membership, visit www.stle.org and www.asme.org.

Authors must submit a short abstract of their poster by the 7th of September. The poster set-up and presentation session will be on Monday, October 19th. Authors of the posters will receive instructions for preparing and presenting their posters. Authors will be responsible for bringing the final poster to the conference in a format no larger than 36" (92 cm) high by 46" (117 cm) wide. The student author is expected to register for and attend the conference and to be present and discuss their work at the poster session.

Short abstracts including title, authors (with student presenter indicated), student's university and 100 word (maximum) abstract should be submitted no later than September 7th via the conference website (Please choose the Student Poster category).

For more information please contact: JungKyu Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, lee266@illinois.edu
Raja Katta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, raja.katta@gmail.com or
Jose Garcia, Purdue University, jmgarcia@purdue.edu

Key Deadlines

• Short Abstracts (100 word limit) due September 7th, 2009
• Acceptance of Short Abstracts September 14th, 2009
• Final Poster at the Conference, October 19th, 2009

STLE is sponsoring four students, providing hotel accommodations for the IJTC. For more information go to http://www.stle.org/events/joint/studentcontest.aspx.