OUR NEXT EVENT:
Dr Samuel McMaster
Coventry University
Workshop: Wettability – hydrophilic surfaces and imaginary contact angles (with tensiometer demo)
The wettability of a surface is defined by the interfacial tensions of the interacting phases. Measuring the contact angle with water is an important method to characterise how hydrophobic or hydrophilic a material is. Hydrophilic materials will display a contact angle of 0° however imaginary contact angles are required to properly characterise hydrophilicity.
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January 13th 2022
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Tomasz Liskiewicz
Founder & managing director
Tomasz is Professor of Tribology and Surface Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University where he acts as a Head of Department of Engineering. He is interested in tribology of engineering surfaces, functional properties of thin films and coatings, Industry 4.0 and biomimetics.
Thawhid Khan
Vice President
Thawhid is a senior research associate of Tribology and Surface Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is interested in tribology, coatings, machinability of super alloys and advanced materials, and in-situ monitoring of the machining interface.
Samuel McMaster
Event Manager
Sam is a materials scientist at Coventry University and Pillarhouse International. He is interested in using nanomechanical testing methods to predict tribological behaviour across length scales and the application of tribology and surface engineering to novel research areas.
Shubrajit Bahumik
International Ambassador,
India
Shubrajit is working as a Tribologist at Wagner High Quality Lubricants. He is interested in lubricants, solid lubricants, surface textures, tribology of composites, and machining tribology.
Nik Roselina
International Ambassador,
Malaysia
Nik is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Universiti Teknologi MARA. She is interested in composite coatings, especially graphene composite coatings for tribological applications.
Yanfei Liu
International Ambassador,
China
Yanfei is a research associate at State Key Laboratory of Tribology at Tsinghua University. He is interested in structural design of solid lubrication coatings and the fundamentals of friction, wear, and lubrication.
Bao Feng
International Ambassador,
USA
Bao is a product manager of precision components at Oerlikon Balzers. Prior to Oerlikon, he served the heavy machine industry as a tribological thin films expert for nearly two decades. He is interested in the innovations and the industrial applications of surface engineering solutions.
Sheyla Santana de Carvalho
International Ambassador,
Brazil
Sheyla received her PhD in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from UFRJ and University of Leeds in 2019. She is interested in the evaluation and monitoring of corrosion in Oil and Gas, materials characterization (SEM-EDS and EBSD) and failure analysis.
Yuki Hirata
International Ambassador,
Japan
Yuki is Assistant Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research field is to synthesize Diamond-Like Carbon film and its application to tribology. He also interested in science and engineering challenges in global area through international activities.
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