Thank you for making WOM 2013 a success. We are now pleased to announce the dates and venue for the next conference and look forward to seeing you there.

The 20th International Conference on Wear of Materials will take place at the Sheraton, Toronto, Canada | 12-16 April 2015

Organised every two years, the Wear of Materials Conference provides a unique international forum for researchers and practicing engineers from different disciplines to interact and exchange their latest results.

More information will follow.

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WOM 2013 in Pictures:

WOM 2013 Awards:

Ken Ludema Best Paper Awards
Winner Authors: H. Nyberg, S. Hogmark, S. Jacobson Title: The asymmetrical friction mechanism that puts the curl in the curling stone
Second Prize Authors: S.M. Lee, M.W. Shin, H. Jang Title: Correlation between contact stiffness and stick-slip of brake friction materials
Third Prize Authors: H. Zahouani, S. Mezghani, R. Vargiolu, T. Hoc, M. El Mansori Title: Effect of roughness on vibration of human finger during a friction test
Peter J. Blau Best Poster Awards
Winner Authors: D. Kinkenon, J.E. Mogonye, H. Mohseni, R. Banerjee, T.W. Scharf Title: Tribological behavior of spark plasma sintered titanium carbide/graphite/nickel composites
Second Prize Authors: M.P. Laurent, M.T. Mathew, C.V. Nagelli, J.J. Jacobs, M.A. Wimmer Title: Carbon content influences the tribocorrosion behavior of a CoCrMo alloy
Third Prize Authors: K.K. Kowsari, D.F.J. James, J.K.S. Spelt, M.P. Papini Title: The effects of dilute polymer solutions on the shape, roughness and resolution of abrasive slurry jet micro-machined channels
More pictures from the Conference:
WOM 2013: Steering Committee
Conference Organisers: Marie-Claire Morley, Project Lead (centre), Lina Guo (left) and Laney Zhou, Executive Publisher (right)
The conference was supported by the journal Wear: Ian Hutchings, its Editor-in-Chief from 1998 to 2012, was presented a gift for his contribution to the journal by Peter Blau and Phil Shipway, the new Co-editors-in-Chief