Encyclopedia of Tribology

Professor Wang is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Northwestern University and the Mechanical Engineering Director of Graduate Studies. She is a Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). She is an Associate Editor for Journal of Tribology and Tribology Transactions. Professor Chung is currently Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern. He was named Fellow, ASM International; Fellow, AVS; and Fellow, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. His other awards include the Innovative Research Award and Best Paper Award from the ASME Tribology Division, Technical Achievement Award from the National Storage Industry Consortium (now Information Storage Industry Consortium), Bronze Bauhinia Star from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Government, and Advisory Professor from Fudan University. Professor Chung served two years as program officer in surface engineering and materials design at the National Science Foundation. Professor Cheng is currently Water P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering. He served as the Director of the Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology from 1984 to 1988 and from 1991 to 1996. In 1987, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his pioneering contributions in gas, elastohydrodynamic, plastohydrodynamic, seal, and gear lubrications, as well as work on lubrication of rough surfaces and contact fatigue. He was also selected as recipient of the STLE National Award in 1987, the ASME mayo D. Hersey Award in 1990, and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Tribology Gold Metal in 1992. Professor Keer was educated at the California Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology of the University of Minnesota. In 1997 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. In 2003 he was awarded the Daniel C Drucker Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

• Automotive and Aerospace Tribology.- Bearing Design Procedures.- Bio-Related Tribology.- Boundary Lubrication.- Contact Mechanics, Isothermal.- Contact Mechanics, Thermal.- Corrosion.- Contact Fatigue.- Conformal-Contact Interface Mechanics.- Economic aspects.- Electrical Contact.- Failure of Tribological Components and Systems and Condition-Based Monitoring.- Friction Science.- Gas Lubrication and Vapor-Phase Lubrication.- Health, Safety and Environmental Issues.- Heat Transfer.- Lubricants.- Lubrication Fundamentals.- Magnetic Storage Tribology.- Manufacturing Tribology.- Materials Science.- Micro and nanotribology.- Reliability.- Surface Forces and Characterization.- Seals.- Surface Topography, Mathematical Analysis.- Surface and Thin-Film Characterization.- Surface Engineering- Coatings.- Surface Engineering- Heat Treatment and Other Enhancement.- Surface Engineering- Machine Finishing and Texturing.- Test Methodologies and Standards.-Tribochemistry.- Vibration.-Wear.