Nanotribology Symposia at the 2010 and 2011 STLE Annual Meetings

该奖项的目的是在摩擦学家和润滑工程师学会(STLE)年会上设立“纳米摩擦学”研讨会，并为年轻一代的摩擦学家和润滑工程师提供通过参加这个研讨会和技术委员会会议而蓬勃发展的机会。本次研讨会将成为传播和讨论纳米摩擦学最新进展的主要平台。具体目标是在学生和初级教师职业生涯的早期阶段或代表人数不足的群体中帮助他们。这笔补助金将用于支付初级教员的费用，否则他们可能很难找到资金参加STLE年会。为了进一步提高研讨会和与会者的知名度，并提高研究报告的质量，将在整个研讨会期间向最佳学生演示文稿颁发奖项。在纳米摩擦学研讨会上分享的知识将传播给在与会者所在机构工作的研究生、本科生和高中生。将来自学术界(纳米摩擦学基础)、国家实验室(与能源相关的基础和应用)和工业(面向应用)的与会者聚集在一起，将通过提供基础研究和工业应用之间的交叉信息，对所涉社区产生影响并使其受益。研讨会上的研究报告和小组讨论将影响微纳系统、表面的纳米图案化、材料在纳米尺度上的摩擦学响应、纳米胶体润滑、低摩擦节能材料和涂层、表征能力以及纳米材料的环境影响等领域的实验和建模。

The objective of this award is to establish the "Nanotribology" symposium in the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) annual meeting and to provide young generation tribologists and lubrication engineers with opportunities to flourish through participation in this symposium and technical committee meeting. This symposium will serve as the leading platform for dissemination and discussion of the current state of the art in nanotribology. The specific goal is to help students and junior faculty at an early stage in their careers or from underrepresented groups. The grant will be used to provide cost defrayment to junior faculty members who may otherwise have difficulty in finding funding to attend the STLE annual meeting. To bring further visibility to the symposium and the attendees and to promote the quality of the research presented, an award will be given to the best student presentation throughout the entire symposium.Knowledge shared in the Nanotribology symposium will be disseminated to graduate, undergraduate, and high school students working in the attendee's institution. Bringing together attendees from academia (fundamentals of nanotribology), national laboratories (energy related fundamentals and applications), and industry (application oriented) will impact and benefit the communities involved by providing cross-cutting information between fundamental research and industrial applications. Research presentations and group discussions at the symposium will impact experiments and modeling in the areas of micro and nanosystems, nano-patterning of surfaces, tribological response of materials at the nanoscale, nano-colloidal lubrication, low friction energy saving materials and coatings, characterization capabilities, and environmental impact of nanomaterials.