Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Interests: multibody dynamics; contact mechanics; vibrations; lubrication; bearings; friction
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Interests: thermal effects in hydrodynamic journal and thrust bearings; non-laminar regime; transient effects; risk of bearing seizure; misalignment effects; thermal and mechanical deformations; dynamically loaded bearings; mixed lubrication; lubrication of textured surfaces and wear of hydrodynamic bearings; PTFE and PEEK layered journal and thrust tilting pad bearings; theoretical analyses and numerical simulations under THD or TEHD regime and experimental analyses
* Retired, Formerly CNRS Director of Research
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Interests: tribology; wear and frictional phenomena; lubrication; contact phenomena or surface characterization; new materials and their tribological behavior; reduction of friction and wear
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Interests: product development and innovation management; drive systems and tribology; validation of mechatronic systems; CAE
Interests: multiscale and multiphysics modelling and simulation of flows in narrow interfaces; application of topology optimisation methodology in hydrodynamic lubrication; application of artificial neural networks; homogenization; lower dimensional models; friction on snow and ice
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Interests: tribology; drug delivery; polymers; ceramics; lubrication; wear; fatigue; fracture; intermetallics; oxidation; coatings
Interests: tribology; surface science; friction; wear; lubricants and additives; metallic alloys; ceramics; polymers; nanomaterials and nanocomposites
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Interests: nanotechnology; bio/nanotechnology; biomimetics; bioinspired surfaces; nanotribology; AFM-based data recording; beauty care; aging in Li-ion batteries
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
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2. Department of Physics, University of North Texas, 3940 North Elm Street, Denton, TX 76207, USA
Interests: polymer and composite systems; materials science education; biomaterials; drag reduction and flocculation; long term prediction of service performance of polymer-based materials (PBMs); materials modification via irradiation and/or magnetic fields; materials recycling; mechanical and tribological properties; molecular dynamics computer simulations of mechanics and tribology; phase structures; polymer liquid crystals
Interests: laser ablation; nanoparticles; lubricant
Interests: contact mechanics; biomimetics; adhesion; viscoelasticity; friction
Interests: tribology; deformation; pure metals and alloys; solid lubricants
Interests: tribology; polymer composites; nanoindentation; additive manufacturing
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Interests: polymers nanocomposites; carbon based materials; advanced composite materials; nanocomposites; nanoindentation; nanomechanics
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Interests: solid lubricant; lubricating coating; super-lubricity; surface engineering
Interests: mixed friction; fluid friction; seizure/scoring/scuffing; elastohydrodynamic lubrication; mixed lubrication/transition of lubrication regimes; journal bearings; gears/cams; joint prosthesis
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Interests: tribology; surface texturing; friction; lubrication; wear; biofuels; surface modifications; surface analysis; ZDDP; friction modifiers
Interests: machining; composite materials; tribology; sustainable manufacturing; industrial engineering
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Interests: tribology; solid lubricants; additives of lubrication; gas phase lubrication; surfaces analyses; carbon-based coatings; superlubricity
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Interests: abrasive wear; surface durability of solid lubricants; carbon based multi-function tribological coatings; 2D nanoparticles as oil additives; tribomaterials; in particular self-lubricating sintered materials and tribo-corrosion of stainless steels
Interests: tribological methods and techniques for enhancing efficiency; design methodologies for mechanical components and devices; acoustic emissions for tribological diagnosis; application of machine learning, AI, and neural networks in tribological systems; energy and materials in manufacturing and transportation; biomedical engineering devices and applications; water systems and resource management
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Interests: smart lubricants; biolubricants; lubricating greases; friction; oleogels
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Interests: tribology; contact mechanics; multi-scale and multi-physics modelling; nanotribology; molecular dynamics and ab-initio simulations; mixed and (thermo-)elastohydrodynamic lubrication; boundary film formation in the presence of additives; e-fluids and battery cooling; biotribology (articular cartilage, osteoarthritis, tissue indentation and damage, bio-lubrication modelling, soft contacts); fatigue and fracture (including fretting fatigue) in contact problems; lubrication in the presence of cavitation and textured surfaces; rolling contact fatigue and crack initiation and propagation in the presence of interfaces and lubrication
Interests: computer simulation; tribology; friction
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Interests: tribology: elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication, wear, gears, bearings; bio-tribology: lubrication of natural synovial joints, lubrication and wear of total joint replacements, design and development of total joint replacements, tribology of biological systems
* Passed away, 31 August 1928–6 January 2020
Interests: boundary lubrication; nano materials and coatings for tribological applications; nano-colloidal lubrication additives; superlubricity
Interests: bio-tribology; biomaterials; polymers; tissue engineering; cartilage repair; surface engineering; bone graft; biomolecular lubricants; artificial joint system; mesenchymal stem cell application
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Interests: nanolubricants; nanoparticles; lubrication; additives; friction; wear; nanofluids; ionic liquids; tribology; transport properties; high pressures
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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