Tribology Research Journal (TRJ)

Editorial Board

Dr. Ing. Bernd Wetzel, Research Director Materials Science and Manager Tailored Thermosets & Biomaterials, The Institute for Composite Materials, the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Research Interests: tribology of polymers; polymer composites and nanocomposites; Fracture mechanics; Biomimetics.




Dr. Zhang Junyan, Professor of Material Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, P.R. China.

Research Interests: Nanostructure Thin Films; Nanolubrication.





Dr. Patrick De Baets, Professor of Machine Elements and Tribology, Department of Electromechanical Systems and Materials, Ghent University, Belgium.

Research Interests: Machine elements; Self-lubricating materials; Friction; Wear; Lubrication.






Dr. Min Zou, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, USA.

Research Interests: Nano-surface-engineering; Nanomechanics; Nanotribology.






Dr. Ling Wang, Professor of Tribo-Sensing, Head of the national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS), Mechanical Engineering Department, the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, UK.

Research Interests: Structured Surfaces for Tribological Applications; Bearing failure detection; Thick-film sensor development for oil degradation monitoring; Surface Engineering: friction modification using self-assembled monolayer, polymer brushes and surface texturing.



Dr. Kanao Fukuda, Professor, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM KL Campus, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Research Interests: Tribology; Lapping; Polishing; Humidity control.