Friction and Wear in Metals

Prof. Dr. Riyadh A. Al-Samarai from the University of Samarra in Iraq established a BSc program in Electromechanical Engineering and submitted a study of the MSc program in Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Samarra. Al-Samarai is the Director of the Editorial Board of the Samarra Journal of Engineering Science and Research. He has received many awards, including the Distinguished Researcher Award in Malaysia, the Innovation Award in Iraqi Engineering Sciences, and others on the Iraqi university level.  Prof. Dr. Yarub Al-Douri from the Piri Reis University in Turkey has initiated Nanotechnology Engineering M.Sc. Program and Nano Computing Laboratory, the first in Malaysia. He is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. He has received numerous accolades including winner of IAAM Scientist Award by the International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden, World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, USA 2023-2020, OeAD Award, Austria, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award, Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Award, Iraqi Forum for Intellectuals and Academics Award (IFIA) and TWAS-UNESCO Associateship (Twice) Award. Al-Douri is editor-in-chief of Experimental and Theoretical NANOTECHNOLOGY research and associate editor of Nano-Micro Letters (Springer, IF=26.6, Q1). He was Head of the Nanomaterials Department, Secretary of the Physics Department; and Department of International Networking and Collaboration, Initiative of the MSc Program in Nanotechnology Engineering, the first in Malaysia; Founder of the Nano Computing Laboratory (NCL) in Malaysia; Founder of Applied Materials Laboratory (AML) in Algeria.

• 1. The Wear.- 2. Classification of Wear Mechanisms/Models.- 3. Wear of Metals: A Material Approach.- 4. Boundary Lubricated Wear.- 5. Wear and Chemistry of Lubricants.- 6. Surface Chemistry in Tribology.- 7. Tribology of Engineered Surfaces.- 8. Wear of Ceramics: Wear Transitions and Tribochemical Reactions.- 9. Tribology of Metals: An Overview.- 10. Tribology of Polymeric Solids and Their Composites.- 11. Wear of Polymer Composites.