[Spm] 2008 Tribology Gordon Research Conference

[Kathryn J. Wahl]

Conference reminder:

There is still time to apply and register for the 2008 Tribology Gordon
Research Conference. We have an exciting program and look forward to
your participation in the meeting.

 

2008 Gordon Research Conference on Tribology

 

"Advancing Interfacial Science and Engineering"

 

July 6 - 11, 2008 

Colby College

Waterville, Maine

 

Chair:  Kathy Wahl, Naval Research Laboratory, kathryn.wahl at
nrl.navy.mil <mailto:kathryn.wahl at nrl.navy.mil?subject=GRC%202008> 
Vice-Chair:  Mark Robbins, Johns Hopkins University, mr at pha.jhu.edu
<mailto:mr at pha.jhu.edu?subject=GRC%202008> 
IF you have any questions, email us
http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~mr/Tribology2008/


Information about attending this Gordon Conference can be found at:
http://www.grc.org.  
Look under the heading "For Attendees" on the left side.
 Note:  you "apply" (we expect to be able to accept all applicants) and
then you register.

Goals of Meeting

The field of tribology is an interdisciplinary science that invokes
knowledge and experience over an extremely wide range of size and time
scales. Interfaces play a key role in transmitting forces in sliding or
rolling contacts and are often the locus of wear. In most cases,
observation of these interfaces is limited by the bounding materials and
provides challenges for scientists and engineers to understand and
interpret the complex interactions in tribological processes. The 2008
Gordon Conference on Tribology's theme, Advancing Interfacial Science &
Engineering, provides a venue to examine and understand the physics,
mechanics and chemistry of buried interfaces in relative motion. We will
be highlighting the most recent advances in instrumentation and
simulation to visualize tribological contacts, as well as new approaches
to understanding basic principles of contact phenomena. The conference
speakers will include experts on fundamental physical and chemical
processes, as well as experts in applied engineering mechanics.
Essentially all tribology problems involve a combination of each of
these areas; the strength of the Tribology Gordon conference is that it
provides a unique opportunity to bring together experts in disparate
fields to create new approaches for treating the complex problems
tribology presents. The conference will be a lively and provocative
meeting for discussion and exchange of new ideas between established
intellectual leaders in tribology and scientists and engineers new to
the field.

All attendees are encouraged and invited to present a poster on their
current research. We will repeat our "Light Speed" oral poster preview
presentations.

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Kathryn J. Wahl, Ph.D.

Tribology Section, Code 6176

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Washington DC 20375-5342

 

202-767-5419

202-767-3321 (fax)

 

 

 

Kathryn J. Wahl, Ph.D.

Tribology Section, Code 6176

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Washington DC 20375-5342

 

202-767-5419

202-767-3321 (fax)

 

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