The 1st International Online Conference on Lubricants and Tribological Contacts

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA;Dr. Seong H. Kim is the Department Head and Walter L. Robb Family Endowed Chair in the Robert V. Waltemyer Department of Chemical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. A globally recognized expert in surface science and tribology, Dr. Kim’s research spans a wide range of materials including silicate glasses, natural biopolymers, and advanced carbon coatings. His work has significantly advanced the understanding of surface chemistry, mechanochemistry, and the durability of materials under environmental and mechanical stresses. His recent research focuses on characterizing invisible subsurface damage in glass, tribochemical reactions at sliding interfaces, and the structural analysis of natural materials using advanced spectroscopic techniques. Dr. Kim earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northwestern University and completed postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley. Since joining Penn State in 2001, he has held numerous leadership roles and was named a Distinguished Professor in 2021. He has authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications (with an h-index of 78), wrote the textbook Surface and Interface Analysis: Principles and Applications, and is a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.

School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China;Talk: Bio-tribology and Tribo-biology. Zhongmin JIN is a Professor of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University. His current research interests are mainly in the area of Biotribology and Biomechanics of natural and artificial joints, including multibody dynamics analysis of musculoskeletal systems, finite element modelling and experimental testing of the contact mechanics, lubrication and wear of the hip, the knee, the ankle, etc.