Following the success of the event, the IET Tribology Network have decided to run the event again as a two day event ‘Challenges in Tribology’ on the 16 and 17 March 2017 at IET Birmingham: Austin Court.
The two day conference will be divided into two topic areas:
16 March 2017: ‘Transport Challenges’
17 March 2017: ‘Materials and Coatings for extreme environments’
We are delighted to announce that our first confirmed speaker for the 17 March is:
Professor Christian Mitterer, Professor for Functional Materials and Materials Systems, Head of the Nano Surface Engineering Center at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria.
About Christian:
Christian Mitterer is a Professor for Functional Materials and Materials Systems and head of the Nano Surface Engineering Center at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria. He received his Diploma and Ph.D. in Materials Science from Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, in 1987 and 1994, respectively. His research focuses on establishing the scientific chain between synthesis of advanced multifunctional coatings and thin films, their structure, properties and performance, with particular interest on nitrides, borides, carbides, oxides, metals and alloys. He has pioneered self-adaptation mechanism like age-hardening and self-lubrication of wear-resistant coatings.
Christian has published more than 350 papers, about 260 of them in refereed journals, edited nine proceedings and special issues, and holds 5 patents. He is an Editorial Board Member for Surface and Coatings Technology, and has served as Guest Editor for the journals Surface and Coatings Technology, Thin Solid Films, Vacuum, and Advanced Engineering Materials. Christian won the 2001 Erich Schmid Award of the Austrian Academy of Science and the 2005 Research Award of the County of Styria for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. He is also Honorary Viking of Tribology of the Angström Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden. In 2012, he has been elected as a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society and in 2016 as a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Find out more about the event at http://www.theiet.org/tribology-challenges
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Other speaker highlights:
Henry Begg
Robert Wood