List of tribology organizations explained

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

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

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