List of tribology organizations

This is a list of organizations involved in research in or advocacy of tribology, the scientific and engineering discipline related to friction, lubrication and wear.

Government

• Argonne National Laboratory
• NASA - Glenn Research Center
• National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
• National Research Council (Canada)
• Southwest Research Institute

Advocacy and Professional societies

• American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA)
• American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM)
• Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
• Institute of Physics
• Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) (USA)

Publications

• Lubricants
• Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology
• Tribology Letters
• Tribology Transactions
• Wear

Higher education

Austria

• TU Wien

Australia

• Curtin University
• University of New South Wales
• University of Western Australia

Belgium

• Ghent University
• KU Leuven

Brazil

• University of São Paulo
• Federal University of Uberlandia 
• Federal University of Espírito Santo

Canada

• Dalhousie University
• University of Waterloo
• University of Windsor

China

• Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Tsinghua University
• Qingdao University of Technology

Chile

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)

Czech Republic

• Brno University of Technology

France

• Ecole Centrale de Lyon
• INSA Lyon / University of Lyon
• University of Poitiers

Germany

• Technical University of Clausthal (ITR)
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• Leibniz Universität Hannover (IMKT)
• Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
• RWTH Aachen University
• Technical University of Berlin
• Technical University of Munich

India

• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
• Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
• Indian Institute of Technology Rupnagar
• National Institute of Technology Srinagar
• Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
• Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Japan

• Kanazawa University
• Kobe University
• Nagoya University
• Niigata University
• Tokyo University

Korea

• KAIST
• Korea University
• Yonsei University
• Kookmin University

Malaysia

• International Islamic University Malaysia
• Universiti Malaya
• Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
• Universiti Teknologi MARA
• Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
• Universiti Sains Malaysia

Netherlands

• Delft University of Technology
• University of Twente

New Zealand

• Auckland University of Technology

Norway

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Pakistan

• National University of Science and Technology

Portugal

• Aveiro University
• University of Coimbra

Russia

Slovenia

• University of Ljubljana

Sweden

• Luleå University of Technology
• Uppsala University
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Switzerland

• EPFL
• ETH Zurich

United Kingdom

• Bournemouth University
• Cardiff University
• Imperial College London
• National Physical Laboratory
• University of Bradford
• University of Cambridge - Tribology Research Group
• University of Central Lancashire - Jost Institute for Tribotechnology
• University of Leeds - Institute of Functional Surfaces
• University of Leicester - Mechanics of Materials Research Group
• University of Loughborough - Dynamics Research Group
• University of Oxford - Solid Mechanics & Materials Engineering
• University of Sheffield - The Leonardo Tribology Centre
• University of Southampton - National Centre for Advanced Tribology (nCATs)
• University of Strathclyde

United States

• Auburn University - Multiscale Tribology Laboratory and the Undergraduate Tribology Minor
• Georgia Institute of Technology - Tribology Research Group
• George Mason University - Tribology and Surface Mechanics (TSM) Group
• Gonzaga University - Tribology Research Laboratory
• Iowa State University - Convergent Manufacturing, Processing and Advanced Surface Science (CoMPASS) Laboratory
• Lehigh University - Surface Interfaces and Materials Tribology Laboratory
• Louisiana State University - Center for Rotating Machinery
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan Automotive Laboratory
• Miami University - Ye Research Group
• Northwestern University - Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology
• Pennsylvania State University - Tribology/Materials Processing Lab
• Purdue University - Mechanical Engineering Tribology Laboratory
• Rice University - Additive Manufacturing, Performance and Tribology Center
• Rochester Institute of Technology - Tribology Laboratory
• Texas A&M University - Rotor Dynamics Laboratory Tribology Group
• University at Buffalo - Dynamics, Control and Mechatronics
• University of Akron - Timken Engineered Surfaces Laboratories
• University of California, Berkeley - Tribology Group
• University of California, Merced - Tribology Group
• University of Dayton - Tribology Group
• University of Delaware - Materials Tribology Laboratory
• University of Florida - Tribology Laboratory
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Tribology and Microtribodynamics Laboratory
• University of Pennsylvania - Carpick Group
• University of Texas at Arlington - Turbomachinery and Energy Systems Laboratory
• University of Utah - Nanotribology and Precision Engineering Laboratory
• University of Nevada Reno
• University of Wisconsin - Madison - Eriten Research Group

See also

• Tribology
• Friction
• Wear
• Lubrication

This page was last edited on 17 February 2024, at 22:48