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Dr. Echo Zhang
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Dr. Brietta Pike
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Publisher
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
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Website: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
E-Mail: lin@mdpi.com

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board of Lubricants is currently being assembled and is not in its final form.

Prof. Dr. Mike Adams
School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Tel. +44 1214 145297
Website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/chemical-engineering/adams-mike.aspx
E-Mail: m.j.adams@bham.ac.uk
Interests: tribology; wear and frictional phenomena; lubrication; contact phenomena or surface characterization; new materials and their tribological behavior; reduction of friction and wear

Prof. Dr. Pranesh B. Aswath
Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, 501 West First Street, ELB Rm. 231, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
Tel. +1 817 272 7108
Website: http://www.uta.edu/ra/real/editprofile.php?onlyview=1&pid=5
E-Mail: aswath@uta.edu
Interests: tribology; drug delivery; polymers; ceramics; lubrication; wear; fatigue; fracture; intermetallics; oxidation; coatings

Prof. Dr. Bharat Bhushan
Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2), Ohio State University, 201 W. 19th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210-1142, USA
Tel. +1 614 292 0651
Website: http://www.mecheng.osu.edu/nlbb/
E-Mail: bhushan.2@osu.edu
Interests: bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics; nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics; scanning probe techniques

Dr. Giovanni Bolelli
Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Vignolese 905, I-41125 Modena (MO), Italy
Tel. +39 059 2056233; Fax: +39 059 2056243
Website: http://www.dima.unimore.it/on-line/Home/Personale/scheda23001826.html
E-Mail: giovanni.bolelli@unimore.it
Interests: thermal spray processes; physical vapour deposition (PVD); chemical vapour deposition (CVD); pack treatments; tribology of coatings; micromechanical characterization of coatings and surfaces; electrochemical corrosion testing; hot corrosion phenomena; residual stresses in coatings and surfaces

Prof. Dr. J. Paulo Davim
Department Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Fax: +351 234 370953
Website: http://www.mec.ua.pt/machining/pers-davim.htm
E-Mail: pdavim@ua.pt
Interests: composites; polymers and metallic alloys; tribology; biotribology; machining; micromanufacturing; sustainable manufacturing; mechanical engineering; manufacturing; materials

Dr. Maria Isabel De Barros Bouchet
Department of Laboratory of Tribology and System Dynamics (LTDS), Ecole Centrale de Lyon (ECL), 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134, ECULLY cedex, France
Tel. +33 4 72 18 62 80; Fax: +33 4 78 43 33 83
E-Mail: maria-isabel.de-barros@ec-lyon.fr
Interests: tribology; lubricants and additives of lubrication; gas phase lubrication; surfaces analyses; carbon-based coatings

Prof. Dr. Peter Filip
Center for Advanced Friction Studies, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes Engineering A108, Mailcode 4343, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1230 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA
Tel. +1 618 453 7932; Fax: +1 618 453 5260
Website: http://frictioncenter.engr.siu.edu/PeterFilip/StaffpeterFilip.html
E-Mail: filip@siu.edu
Interests: carbon fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite materials; anocrystalline composites for biomedical applications; henolic matrix composite materials for frictional applications; advanced tooling materials with intermetallic matrices; characterization of materials

Prof. Dr. Doug Hargreaves
Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
Tel. +61 7 3138 2419
Website: http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/hargreav/
E-Mail: d.hargreaves@qut.edu.au
Interests: bearing design; characteristics and performance; design of machine elements; engineering education; environmentally friendly lubricants; lubricant performance; mechanical engineering; tribology (friction, lubrication and wear); water as a lubricant

Prof. Dr. Mitjan Kalin
Centre for Tribology and Technical Diagnostics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Bogisiceva ul. 8, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel. +386 1 4771 462; Fax: +386 1 4771 469
Website: http://www.ctd.uni-lj.si/staff/mitjan.htm
E-Mail: mitjan.kalin@ctd.fs.uni-lj.si
Interests: boundary lubrication; coatings; ceramics; polymers; nanoparticles; nanotribology; tribological interfaces; tribological design

Prof. Dr. Valery Khabashesku
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Rm. N42G, Engineering Building 1, Bd. N 579, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Website: http://www.chee.uh.edu/faculty/research_professors/khabashesku/main.html
E-Mail: valery@uh.edu
Interests: chemistry and spectroscopy of transient molecules containing double and triple pi bonds at group 14 elements (C, Si, Ge, Sn); carbenes; small strained metallacycles; fullerenes; high pressure/high temperature synthesis; degradation chemistry of materials; hydrogen storage materials; design of integrated polymer composites, organic-inorganic hybrids and coatings, lubricants, surface chemistry, organic and inorganic materials synthesis; engineering and nanotechnology
Contribution: In other journals:
Special Issue: The New Diamond Age?

Prof. Dr. James E. Krzanowski
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of New Hampshire, Kingsbury Hall, 33 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, USA
Tel. +1 603 862 2315; Fax: +1 603 862 1865
Website: http://www.unh.edu/mechanical-engineering/me-faculty-staff/krzanowski_james
E-Mail: jamesk@cisunix.unh.edu
Interests: tribology; thin films; solid lubricants; wear mechanisms; hard coatings

Dr. Roger Lewis
The University of Sheffield, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
Tel. +44 1142 227838; Fax: +44 1142 227838
Website: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mecheng/staff/lewis
E-Mail: Roger.Lewis@sheffield.ac.uk
Interests: general tribology, wear modelling and mapping, wheel/rail contact tribology; skin friction and deformation; engine tribology

Prof. Dr. Hong Liang
Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3123, USA
Tel. +1 979 862 2623; Fax: +1 979 845 3081
Website: http://liang.tamu.edu/
E-Mail: hliang@tamu.edu
Interests: surface properties-behavior relations; (nano) tribology; tribochemistry; bio-nanointerface; biomaterials; nanomanufacturing; CMP

Prof. Dr. David Mba
Department of Power and Propulsion Building 52, School of Engineering Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK
Tel. +44 1234 754681
Website: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/soe/profiles/d_mba.html
E-Mail: d.mba@cranfield.ac.uk
Interests: tribology; wear and frictional phenomena; acoustic emission

Prof. Dr. Efstathios "Stathis" I. Meletis
Materials Science and Engineering, Department, University of Texas at Arlington, 501 West First Street, ELB Rm. 231, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
Tel. +1 817 272 2559
Website: http://www.uta.edu/ra/real/editprofile.php?pid=283
E-Mail: meletis@uta.edu
Interests: thin films; coatings; nanomaterials; plasma processing and surface modification

Dr. Ardian Morina
School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Tel. +44 1133 438965; Fax: +44 1132 424611
Website: http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/people/ietsi/staff/a.morina
E-Mail: A.Morina@leeds.ac.uk
Interests: boundary lubrication; friction and wear; tribochemistry; surface analysis; tribology of coatings

Prof. Dr. Anne Neville
Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces (iETSI), School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Tel. +44 1133 436812
E-Mail: a.neville@leeds.ac.uk
Interests: corrosion and tribo-corrosion; lubrication and wear; mineral scaling

Prof. Dr. Martin Priest
School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Tel. +44 1133 432178; Fax: +44 1132 424611
Website: http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/people/mechanical/staff/m.priest
E-Mail: M.Priest@leeds.ac.uk
Interests: fundamental studies of lubrication, friction and wear; application of tribology to engineering system design; tribology of internal combustion engines

Prof. Dr. Lev Rapoport
Department of Sciences, HIT - Holon Academic Institute of Technology, 52 Golomb Street, Holon 58102, Israel
Tel. +972 3 502 6616; Fax: +972 3 502 6619
Website: http://sciences.hit.ac.il/people/profiles/~lrapoport.htm
E-Mail: rapoport@hit.ac.il
Interests: interaction between structure and lubricant regimes; nanoparticles in tribology; coatings; thin films; friction and wear mechanisms

Prof. Dr. Paul Shayler
Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Tel. +44 1159 513781
Website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engines-group/
E-Mail: paul.shayler@nottingham.ac.uk
Interests: friction in internal combustion engines; lubrication and lubricant formulation

Prof. Dr. Gwidon Stachowiak
School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia (M050), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Tel. +1 6488 3119; Fax: +1 6488 1024
E-Mail: gwidon.stachowiak@uwa.edu.au
Interests: tribology; surface topography characterization; wear and friction; numerical methods in tribology

Prof. Dr. Margaret Stack
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose St., Glasgow, G1 1XJ, UK
Tel. +44 1415 483754; Fax: +44 1415 525105
Website: http://www.mecheng.strath.ac.uk/staffmember.asp?name=Stack,M
E-Mail: margaret.stack@strath.ac.uk
Interests: interactions of solid particle erosion and wear of materials in corrosive environments with specific emphasis on the development of mapping techniques for understanding the mechanisms of materials loss

Prof. Dr. Tadeusz Stolarski
School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK
Website: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/sed/mecheng/people/proftadeuszstolarski
E-Mail: tadeusz.stolarski@brunel.ac.uk
Interests: surface mechanics and tribology; high speed air bearings; boundary lubrication - analytical models; dry face seals; surface fatigue of coatings; acoustic bearings

Dr. Shinji Yamada
Safety Science Research Laboratories, Kao Corporation 2606 Akabane, Ichikaimachi, Haga, Tochigi 321-3497, Japan
Tel. +81 285 68 7521; Fax: +81 285 68 7452
Website: http://www.kao.com/jp/en/corp_info/factories_13.html
E-Mail: yamada.s@kao.co.jp
Interests: nanotribology; confined liquids; surface forces apparatus; stick-slip friction

Dr. Boris Zhmud
Applied Nano Surfaces, Knivstagatan 12, SE-75323 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel. +46 70 9371310
Website: http://www.appliednanosurfaces.com
E-Mail: boris.zhmud@appliednanosurfaces.com
Interests: lubricant formulations (engine oils, metalworking emulsions); solubility and lubricity issues; additives and surface chemistry

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