Venue
Chipman Room (6-104)
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139
2025 Program Agenda (EST)
MIT Chipman Room 6-104, December 5th, 2025
| 8:50 am | C. Cem Taşan (MIT) | Welcome and Introduction |
| 9:00 am | Dae-Eun Kim (Yonsei Univ.) | On the Destructive Nature of Sliding |
| 9:45 am | Martin Dienwiebel (KIT) | Mechanisms of Third Body Formation in Dry Sliding and High Temperatures |
| Break (10:30-11:00 am) | ||
| 11:00 am | Nuria Espallargas (NTNU) | Tribocorrosion: A Critical but Neglected Wear Mechanism in Metals |
| 11:45 am | Robert Wood (Univ. Southampton) | Detecting and Understanding Early Wear Processes of Bearing Steels |
| Lunch Break & Group Photo (12:30-2:00 pm) | ||
| 2:00 pm | Daniele Dini (Imperial) | The Origins of Plastic Deformation, Damage and Wear: A Journey through the Scales |
| 2:45 pm | Minho Yun (MIT) | Beyond the Archard’s law: Can Crystallographic Texture Enhance Wear Resistance? |
| Break (3:30-4:00 pm) | ||
| 4:00 pm | Ahmed A. Tiamiyu (UCalgary) | Design of “Harder Than Erodent” Multi-Element Metallic Coating: Learning From Single Microparticle Impact of Pure Metals |
| 4:45 pm | Min Zou (Univ. Arkansas) | Bio-Inspired PTFE Solid Lubricant Coatings for Wear Control of Metallic Interfaces |
| Adjourn (5:30 pm) | ||
