1. Lubrication Fundamentals
2013 STLE Annual Meeting, May 5-9, 2013, Detroit, MI, USA
Lubrication Fundamentals technical committee is soliciting papers for presentation and/or Posters
for the 2013 STLE Annual Meeting and Exhibition, May 5 – 9, 2013 at Detroit, MI (USA).
2012 was an extremely successful year with 27 presentations from leaders in Industry, National
Laboratory and University. In addition a significant fraction of the presentations and attendees
came from researchers overseas (Great Britain, China, Japan, Austria, France, Czech Republic, India
among others) making it a truly international meeting. The following focus areas of lubrication are
highlighted along with a general session that will include presentations that do not fit into any of
the listed categories:
We would like to highlight that this year we have Special Session on Ionic Liquids for
Lubrication (under Emerging Technologies Section: Lubrication Fundamentals).
Emerging Technologies Section: Ionic Liquids for Lubrication
Boundary lubrication
Nanolubrication
Texturing and lubrication
Elastohydrodynamic lubrication
Lubrication of MEMS structures
Role of additives in tribology and lubrication
Solid state lubrication
General Session on lubrication fundamentals
Nanotribology
Contact mechanics
Papers can be based on experimental, theoretical and/or case studies. The first step is logging on to
www.stle.org <http://www.stle.org/>. To learn more about the process and topic areas, click on
the
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STLE
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Abstracts
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http://www.stle.org/events/annual/featuredprograms.aspx>. To submit your abstract, click on
the link that says Submit Your 2013 Abstract <http://stle2013.abstractcentral.com/>. You'll access
a set of instructions that direct you on how to create your own account. Please check the Session
that says “Lubrication Fundamentals”.
Deadline: October 1st 2012 – Submission of Presentation Abstract.
You are strongly encouraged to submit a 2-3 page extended abstract for inclusion on the Annual
Meeting Proceedings CD. The deadline for submission of the extended abstract is March 15th 2013.
You do not need to prepare a full manuscript to be included on the Annual Meeting program.
However, you are invited and encouraged to submit a manuscript for review and possible
publication in STLE's peer-reviewed journal, Tribology Transactions.
For questions related to Lubrication Fundamentals abstract submissions, please contact Kuldeep
Mistry (PSC), Argonne National Laboratory: koolsaideep@yahoo.com; Jun Qu, Oak Ridge National

2. Laboratory (Vice-PSC): qujn@ornl.gov or Thomas Zolper, Northwestern University (Vice-PSC): tzolper@northwestern.edu
For questions on general information of the 2013 STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, please contact
Mr. Merle Hedland at mhedland@bacon-hedland.com