Wear of Materials 2021

23rd International Conference on Wear of Materials

25-29 April 2021 | Banff, Alberta, Canada

We understand you may be concerned about not being able to attend due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 situation. Rest assured that we will refund your registration fee, with no penalty, should you wish to cancel during the uncertainty of the outbreak.

The Elsevier conference team take the safety and well-being of their entire delegation and community very seriously. We will therefore be implementing a number of enhanced hygiene and cleaning measures, in collaboration with our conference venues, when our events take place. We will also of course, be following appropriate social distancing measures, to keep everyone safe throughout the conference.
This is coupled with our promise to refund your registration fee, with no penalty, should you wish to cancel during the uncertainty of the outbreak.

Welcome to the 23rd International Conference on Wear of Materials, which will take place in majestic Banff, Alberta, Canada from 25-29 April 2021. We are pleased to announce that this edition of the conference will be held jointly with The 5th International Conference on BioTribology (ICoBT).

In 2021 the 23rd International Conference on Wear of Materials and the 5th International Conference on BioTribology will join forces to develop an integrated program that allows delegates to participate at both conferences, switch easily between lectures and broaden their research and professional network. More information on the program for each event is coming soon. Sign up for updates. We hope to see you at this exciting event next year.

The conference will focus on advances in the understanding of both the fundamental and applied aspects of wear and friction of materials and will provide an international forum for researchers and practicing engineers from different disciplines to interact and exchange their latest understandings. The conference is also unique for its paper submission process with full peer review in collaboration with the Elsevier journal Wear to ensure technical quality of presentations.

This edition of the conference will include special sessions on wear and related topics in aviation and aerospace applications, renewable and sustainable technologies, biotribology, engine tribology, tool wear, modeling and simulation and surface texturing for wear reduction. A full list of topical areas are listed below.

Conference Topics:

Poster abstracts are now invited on the following topics. They should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.

Poster abstract submission deadline: 5 February 2021

Abrasive Wear
*NEW Aviation and Aerospace Wear
Biotribology
Ceramics and CMCs
Coatings and Surface Treatment
Cutting and Tool Wear
Elevated Temperature Wear
Engine Tribology
Erosion and Erosion-Impact
Fretting Wear
Lubricated Wear, Scuffing, Rolling
Metals and MMCs
Modeling and Simulation
Polymers and PMCs, Friction Materials
Role of Third Bodies
Sliding Wear
Surface Texturing
Tribocorrosion (including erosion-corrosion)
*NEW Wear in Renewable and Sustainable Technologies
Wear Testing and Monitoring
Wheel/Rail Contact
Other topics

Speakers

Dongyang Li, University of Alberta, Canada
Hong Liang, Texas A&M University, USA
Hugh Spikes, Imperial College London, UK
Margaret Stack, University of Strathclyde, UK

Committee

Conference Chair

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University, USA

Program Chair

Jun Qu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Editorial Chair

Martin Dienwiebel, KIT and Fraunhofer IWM, Germany

Editorial Co-Chair

Stefanie Hanke, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Secretary

Richard Chromik, McGill University, Quebec, Canada

Treasurer

Steve Shaffer, Shaffer Tribology Consulting, CA, USA

Liaisons for the journal Wear

Marcello Papini, Ryerson University, Canada
Alfons Fischer, Max-Planck-Institute for Eisenforschung, Germany

Immediate Past Chair

Thomas Scharf, University of North Texas, TX, USA

Conference Historian

Peter Blau, Blau Tribology Consulting, NC, USA

Publicity Chair

Laura Peña Parás, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico

Poster/Awards Chairs

Stefanie Hanke, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Wenjun Cai, Virginia Tech, VA, USA

Tutorial Chair

Mark Gee, National Physical Lab (NPL), UK Tutorial Session

Exhibit Advisor

Ken Budinski, Bud Labs, USA

Session Co-Coordinators: Abrasive Wear

Alfons Fischer, Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, Düsseldorf, Germany
Carsten Gachot, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Session Co-Coordinator: Biotribology

Markus A. Wimmer, Rush University Medical University, Chicago, USA

Session Co-Coordinator: Ceramics and CMCs

Thomas Scharf, University of North Texas, TX, USA

Session Co-Coordinators: Surface Texturing

Carsten Gachot, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Patricia Iglesias, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA

Session Co-Coordinator: Coatings and Surface Treatment

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University, USA

Session Co-Coordinator: Cutting and Tool Wear

Dirk Biermann, TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Session Co-Coordinator: Elevated Temperature Wear

Jens Hardell, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

Session Co-Coordinator: Engine Tribology

Peter Lee, Southwest Research Institute, TX, USA

Session Co-Coordinators: Erosion and Erosion-Impact

Robert Wood, University of Southampton, UK
Stefanie Hanke, Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Session Co-Coordinator: Fretting Wear, Friction and Wear under Vibratory

Siegfried Fouvry, Ecole Centrale Lyon, France

Session Co-Coordinators: Lubricated Wear, Scuffing, Rolling

Jun Qu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Mitjan Kalin, University of Ljublijana, Ljublijana, Slovenia

Session Co-Coordinator: Metals and MMCs

Sebastian Weber, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

Session Co-Coordinator: Modeling and Simulation

Gianandrea Vittorio Messa, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Session Co-Coordinator: Polymers and PMCs, Friction Materials

Emile van der Heide, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Session Co-Coordinator: Renewable Energy Applications

Martin Dienwiebel, KIT and Fraunhofer IWM, Germany

Session Co-Coordinator: Role of Third Bodies

Sylvie Descartes, INSA Lyon, France

Session Co-Coordinators: Sliding Wear

Richard Chromick, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Jun Qu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Session Co-Coordinators: Tribocorrosion (including erosion-corrosion)

Anna Igual Munoz, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Stefano Mischler, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Session Co-Coordinator: Wear Testing and Monitoring