October 17, 2010
International Joint Tribology Conference
Hilton San Francisco Financial District
San Francisco, California (USA)

Contact: Robert Jackson, ASME Trib. Div. Education Chair, Auburn University
(334)844-3340, robert.jackson@eng.auburn.edu

Membership and Education Committee: Kurt Beschorner, Daniel Dini, Michael Nosonovsky Organized by the Tribology Division of ASME
Who could attend? Graduate Students (Master and PhD candidates) registered as "Student Member" at IJTC 2010
Course fees: $40

Objectives and Content
The objectives of this short International Graduate Workshop is to exchange research experience among junior and senior researchers, and to have a brief overview of some recent developments in the field of tribology and green and bio-tribology. Participants need not be performing research directly in this area. Each participant will give a short presentation to introduce his research subject and discuss the key points and difficulties encountered or forecasted. With growing environmental concerns, green tribology and bio-derived lubricants is becoming a very important and fast growing topic. In addition, bio-tribology will always be important topic as the average age of the population continues to increase and our joints need to perform for longer periods of time. Fruitful discussions are expected.

Speakers
Mike Woodfall, National Accounts Manager Non-foods, Bunge, mike.woodfall@bunge.com
Philippa Cann, Editor of Tribology International and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, p.cann@imperial.ac.uk
Lisa Pruitt, Lawrence Talbot Chair in Engineering, UC Berkeley, lpruitt@me.berkeley.edu

Program Outline (Sunday, October 17, 2010)

8-8:30am Welcome Presentation and Introductions 8:30 am Lecture 1 9:15 am Lecture 2 10:00 am break 10:30am Short presentations of student research 12:00 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Lecture 3 2:15 pm Short presentations of student research 3:30 pm break 4-6:00pm Free discussions on lectures and presentations