For the 2019 conference, there will be three conference wide talks:
- Tribology Keynote – this year’s tribology keynote will be given by Prof. Itzhak Green on the Diagnostics of Rotordynamic Systems. Dr. Green has authored and co-authored more than 200 papers and reports in tribology and design, primarily in the fields of gas/liquid triboelements design, rotordynamics, integrated diagnostics, dynamic analysis of mechanical face seals, mechanics of viscoelastic dampers and seals, finite element analysis of elastic-viscoelastic vibrating structures, elastoplastic hemispherical contact, and computer aided design of machine elements. Dr. Green chaired twice the ASME Tribology Division Awards Committee, then its Nominations and Oversight Committee, the STLE Fellows Committee, the STLE Awards Committee, and served on the STLE board. He is a recipient of many awards and recognitions most notably the ASME 2006 Machine Design Award. At Georgia Tech, Dr. Green chairs the Tribology Research Area Group and the Rotordynamics Research Laboratory.
- Contact Mechanics Keynote – this year’s contact mechanics keynote will be given by Prof. Greg Sawyer on contact mechanics and cancer engineering. Prof. Greg Sawyer is the Ebaugh Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida. Prof. Sawyer’s research interests include soft interfaces, molecular simulation, contact mechanics, and surface science with a strong focus in tribology.
- Structural Dynamics Keynote – this year’s structural dynamics keynote will be given by Dr. Christoph Schwingshackl of Imperial College London, who will focus on the structural dynamics modeling and measurement of jointed structures.
- Student Plenary Talks – the top two student paper competition winners will be honored with the third keynote slot at the conference. The winners were Mengshi Jin and Oezge Akar.
Additionally, there will be a special government/industry-centric panel that focuses on the state of practice for modeling nonlinearities in industrial applications, the major needs for industrial and government researchers, and paths forward for successful collaborations with academia. This panel currently has representatives from Sandia National Laboratories, the Atomic Weapon Establishment, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Fiat Chrysler Automotive.
More information, including abstracts and bios, will be made available soon.