List of tribology organizations
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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.
Not for Profit Research Institutes
Southwest Research Institute, Tribology Research and Evaluations Group
Government
- Argonne National Laboratory - Energy Systems Division - Tribology Section (USA)
- Austrian Center of Competence for Tribology (AC2T)
- Atomic-scale Friction Research and Education Synergy Hub (AFRESH) (USA)
- National Research Council (Canada) - Tribology Research Group
- NASA - Glenn Research Center - Tribology & Surface Science Branch (USA)
- NASA - International Space Station - TriboLab (USA)
Advocacy and Professional societies
- Austrian Tribology Society
- Austrian Center of Competence for Tribology
- American Bearing Manufacturers Association
- Finnish Society for Tribology
- French Association for Mechanics - Tribology Group (France)
- American Gear Manufacturers Association
- Gesellschaft für Tribologie e.V. (Germany)
- IFToMM TC Tribology
- Institution of Engineering and Technology - Tribology Network (UK)
- International Tribology Council
- Italian Tribology Association
- Japanese Society of Tribologists
- Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
- Malaysian Tribology Society (MYTRIBOS)
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Tribology Group (UK)
- Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (USA)
- Serbian Tribology Society
- Society of Bulgarian Tribologists
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Tribology Group
- South African Institute of Tribology
- Tribology Institute of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
- Tribology Society of India
- Egyptian Society of Tribology
- Asociación Argentina de Tribología
- Red Temática de Ingeniería de Superficies y Tribología, Mexico
Publications
- Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion - Springer
- Journal of Tribology - ASME
- Journal of Engineering Tribology - IMechE
- Jurnal Tribologi - JTrib
- Tribology International
- Tribology Online - TROL
- Wear
- Tribology Transactions - STLE
Tribology Letters - STLE
- Lubrication Science
- Journal of the Egyptian Society of Tribology - EGTRIB
- Tribology News and Forum - tribonet
Higher education
Australia
- Curtin University,Tribology Laboratory - [1]
Belgium
Brazil
- University of Sao Paulo - Surface Phenomena Laboratory [2]
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - Tribology laboratory [3]
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - Group of Tribology Studies and Structural Integrity [www.ufrn.br/]
Canada
- University of Waterloo - Tribology Research Group
- University of Windsor - Tribology of Materials Research Group
- Dalhousie University - Advanced Tribology Lab (ATL)
China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences - State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication
- Hefei University of Technology - Institute of Tribology
- Tsinghua University - State Key Laboratory of Tribology
Colombia
France
- Ecole Centrale de Lyon - Laboratory of Tribology and Dynamics of Systems (LTDS)
- University of Lyon - Contact and Structural Mechanics Laboratory (LaMCoS)
- University of Poitiers - Laboratory of Solids Mechanics
- University of Toulouse - Laboratory for Production Engineering
- Institut Supérieur de Mécanique de Paris (Supméca) - Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Mécaniques et des MAtériaux (LISMMA)
Germany
- University of Technology Munich - Forschungsstelle für Zahnräder und Getriebebau (FZG)
- Berlin Institute of Technology - Fachgebiet Systemdynamik und Reibungsphysik
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT - Microtribology Centre
- RWTH Aachen University - Institute for Machine Elements and Machine Design
Japan
- Niigata University - Tribology Laboratory
- Kanazawa University - Tribology Laboratory
- Nagoya University - Tribology Laboratory
Korea
- Yonsei University - Center for Nano-Wear
- KAIST - Precision Machine Elements and Tribology Laboratory
- Korea University - Functional Materials Research Laboratory
Malaysia
- Universiti Malaya - Tribology Researcher
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Advanced Materials Processing & Integrity Group (AMPI)
- Universiti Teknologi MARA - Tribology Researcher
- Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka - Green Tribology & Engine Performance Research Group (G-TriboE)
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Tribology Researcher
- Universiti Sains Malaysia - Nanofabrication & Functional Materials Research Group (NFM)
- Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology - Tribology and Precision Machining i-Kohza (TRIPREM)
- International Islamic University Malaysia - Dr Maleque
Netherlands
- University of Twente - Laboratory for Surface Technology and Tribology
- Delft University of Technology - Tribology Research Group
Portugal
Sweden
- Luleå University of Technology - Machine Elements Research Group
- Uppsala University - Tribomaterials Research Group
United Kingdom
- Bournemouth University - Sustainable Design Research Centre
- Imperial College London - Tribology Section*
- University of Cambridge - Tribology Research Group
- Cardiff University - Tribology and Contact Mechanics Research Group
- University of Central Lancashire - Jost Institute for Tribotechnology
- University of Leeds - Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces (iETSI)
- University of Loughborough - [4]
- University of Sheffield - The Leonardo Tribology Centre
- University of Southampton - National Centre for Advanced Tribology (nCATs)
- University of Strathclyde - Tribology Group
- National Physical Laboratory - [5]
- National Centre of Tribology - ESR Technology Ltd
- Neale Consulting Engineers
United States of America
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Tribology Research Group
- Louisiana State University - Center for Rotating Machinery
- Northwestern University - Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology
- Purdue University - Materials Processing and Tribology Research Group
- Texas A&M University - Rotor Dynamics Laboratory Tribology Group
- University of Texas at Arlington - Turbomachinery and Energy systems Laboratory
- University of Delaware - Materials Tribology Laboratory
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - Tribology and Microtribodynamics Laboratory
- University of Dayton- [6]
- University of Utah - Nanotribology and Precision Engineering Laboratory
- Auburn University - Multiscale Tribology Laboratory and the Undergraduate Tribology Minor
- Lehigh University - Surface Interfaces and Materials Tribology Laboratory
- University of Akron - Timken Engineered Surfaces Laboratories