50th Anniversary of the Jost Report

Name: 50th Anniversary of the Jost Report
Start: 2016-03-02T13:30:00
Location: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

02 March 2016
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• Meet key experts in the field of lubrication, friction and wear.

• Listen to world renowned experts discussing the development of tribology from its foundation to the current state of the art.
• Develop awareness of a range of approaches to managing wear and controlling friction.
• Network with engineers in the field of tribology and specialist applications.

Overview

The 9 March 2016 sees the 50th anniversary of the publication of the ground breaking report “Lubrication (Tribology) Education and Research”. This report, commonly referred to as the “Jost Report”, described the findings of a committee, chaired by Prof H Peter Jost and organised on behalf of the UK government.

It also coined the word “tribology” for the first time and outlined dramatic financial savings that could be gained through the correct application of tribological principles, leading to global development and integration of inter-disciplinary studies in friction, wear and lubrication to form the subject of tribology as it is known and understood in 2016.

This celebratory seminar will trace key developments in tribology over the last 50 years as well as look at how the past can help shape the future of the industry.

Day 1

13:30 - Programme

13.30 Registration in the Marble Hall

14.00 Introduction

Session One:
PRESENTATIONS

CHAIR
IAN SHERRINGTON, DIRECTOR OF THE JOST INSTITUTE, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE

(1) HUGH SPIKES
HEAD OF THE TRIBOLOGY GROUP, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, IMPERIAL COLLEGE

Liquid lubrication research, 1966 to present
• Our state of knowledge of elastohydrodynamic and boundary lubrication in 1966
• How elastohydrodynamic lubrication research has progressed sine then
• How boundary lubrication research has progressed since then

(2) PHILIPPA CANN
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW, TRIBOLOGY GROUP, IMPERIAL COLLEGE

Biotribology: Opportunities and Challenges
• Biotribology affects every aspect of our everyday life and is a rapidly growing area of research; particularly healthcare, food technology and personal care products
• Very difficult tribology problem: complex, often two-phase fluids, soft or anisotropic substrates and transient kinematics and loading.
• Need to work with other scientific disciplines to develop physiologically-appropriate tribology research.

(3) KENNETH HOLMBERG
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND

Friction and Energy Saving
• Tribology has an important role in reducing energy use, CO2 emissions and stopping global warming
• One quarter (about 100 million TJ) of the total final energy consumption is used to overcome friction worldwide
• 12% of the global energy losses due to friction could be saved by tribological improvements on short term (5-10 years)

15.10 Networking Refreshment Break

15.25 Session Two:
PRESENTATIONS

CHAIR
MARTIN PRIEST
50TH ANNIVERSARY CHAIR - PROFESSOR OF TRIBOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD

(4) MARK GEE
NPL FELLOW IN THE MATERIALS DIVISION, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABRATORY

Measurement in Tribology
• Importance of Measurement
• Good Measurement in Tribology
• Future Developments in Measurement for Tribology

(5) MICHEL FILLON
CNRS DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, PPRIME INSTITUTE

Development of hydrodynamic journal and thrust bearings during the last half century
• Technological improvements: lubrication type, coating materials, downsizing, ISO standard.
• Modeling development: temperature, deformations, film rupture, turbulence, mixed lubrication, textured surfaces.

16.05 Session Three:
SPEECHES

CHAIR
ROB DWYER-JOYCE
PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MECHNANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

(1) PROFESSOR PETER JOST CBE

(2) EMERITUS PROFESSOR DUNCAN DOWSON CBE FRS FRENG CBE FRS FRSE FRENG FIMECHE (HON. FELLOW) ASME (LIFE FELLOW) STLE (HON. FELLOW)

(3) PROFESSOR ANNE NEVILLE FRENG FRSE
RAENG CHAIR IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND PROFESSOR OF TRIBOLOGY AND SURFACE ENGINEERING, SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

(4) DR MARTIN WEBSTER
PROGRAM LEADER, EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, USA AND 2015-16 STLE President

(5) RICHARD FOLKSON, BSC (ENG) CENG FIMECHE ACGI
PRESIDENT, IMECHE

16.30 End

Professor Peter Jost CBE: Creator, The Jost Report

Peter Jost, generally regarded as Founding Father of Tribology, was trained as an engineer and became a Director and Chairman of industrial and technology public and private companies. He is now Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Michael John Trust and, inter alia, President of the International Tribology Council and a Life Member of Council of the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee at Westminster.

In addition to his CBE, he has also received state honours from the Heads of State of France, Germany, Poland and Austria. In 2011 the Order of the Rising Sun was conferred upon him by the Emperor of Japan. He holds two honorary professorships and 11 honorary doctorates including, in January 2000, the first Millennium honorary science doctorate. He has received professional awards and honours in 15 countries.

Professor Jost joined the Institution in 1943 and has been a Vice-President, Chairman of Council Committees and Founder Member of the Institution’s Tribology Group. He is now an Honorary Fellow of the Institution.

Emeritus Professor Duncan Dowson: Emeritus & Part-Time Research Professor in Mechanical Engineering, University Court, Leeds University

Duncan Dowson is Emeritus & Part-Time Research Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a Member of the University Court, Leeds University.

His PhD (Leeds) on Cavitation and experience in the Aircraft Industry was followed by a Lecturership (1954) and Professorship (1966) at Leeds. In 1967, he founded the Leeds Institute of Tribology. He was Pro-Vice Chancellor (1983-1985); Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering (1987-1992) and Dean for International Relations (1988-1992).

Major Research interests embrace Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication and Bio-tribology. He is author/co-author of six books and some 600 research papers. The research has been recognised by awards from UK and International Institutions these include the Thomas Hawkesley Gold Medal (IMechE 1966); British Society of Rheology Gold Medal with Professor Higginson (1969); National Award of the ASLE (1974); ASME Lubrication Division’s Best Paper Awards (1975;1976); ASME Melville Medal with Professor Hamrock and the ASME Mayo D Hersey Prize (1979). He has been awarded with Honorary Degrees by Chalmers (Sweden); INSA-Lyon, (France); Liege (Belgium); Waterloo (Canada); Bradford (U.K.); Leeds (U.K.) and Loughborough (U.K.). Dowson and Godet launched the “Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology” in 1974. He is former Editor of IMechE-Parts ‘C’ and ‘H’; WEAR and Elsevier Tribology Book Series. From 1992-1993 Professor Dowson served as President of the IMechE. “The Tribology Trust Gold Medal” was awarded to Duncan in 1979.

Professor Ian Sherrington: Director, The Jost Institute, School of Engineering, University of Central Lancashire

Ian Sherrington founded the Jost Institute for Tribotechnology, where he is Director, at the University of Central Lancashire. Over his career he has been Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator in over 80 successful engineering research projects, involving many types of tribological systems leading to over 150 publications including a number of patents and book chapters. He is on the Editorial Board of two highly respected international journals, serves on the Tribology Group Committee of the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and is Secretary to the International Tribology Council (ITC), a federation of national tribology societies from around the world. His main area of technical expertise is the measurement of physical variables, particularly: friction, wear, lubricant leakage and lubricating film thickness. He is currently working to develop awareness of the potential for “tribotronics” which are actively controlled tribological systems and components.

Martin Priest: 50th Anniversary Chair, Professor of Tribology, University of Bradford, University of Bradford

Martin Priest is an experienced engineering academic and industrial consultant involved in the multidisciplinary field of tribology for almost 30 years. Major research interests are fundamental mechanisms of lubrication, friction and wear and their application in engineering system design, efficiency and reliability; the tribology of internal combustion engines and polymer tribology. In 2015, Martin took up the 50th Anniversary Chair – Professor of Tribology at the University of Bradford and was subsequently appointed to be Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Transfer for the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics. Prior to that he held the Jost Chair of Engineering Tribology at the University of Leeds, where he was based from 1987 to 2015. Martin has an established publication and funding track record with the UK research councils, the EU and industry and was recently awarded the 2015 Tribology Silver Medal by the Tribology Trust (administered by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)). He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Tribology (Proc. IMechE Part J, SAGE) and Tribology Transactions (STLE, Taylor & Francis), Vice Chairman of UK Tribology and Chairman of the IMechE Automobile Division Yorkshire Centre.

Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield

Rob Dwyer-Joyce is a Professor and former Head of Department in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. He has a first degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Tribology from Imperial College. Rob manages the Centre for Doctoral Training in Integrated Tribology and the Leonardo Centre for Tribology that specialises in industrial wear and lubrication problems and the development of sensors for tribology. His research on ultrasonic sensors for tribology and the monitoring of machine elements has led to the formation of a successful spin-out company Tribosonics Ltd. He has written over 100 journal papers of which 6 have been awarded international prizes. Rob is editor-in-chief of the IMechE Journal of Tribology, and a board member of Lubrication Science, Friction, and Biotribology.

Hugh Spikes: Head of Tribology Group, Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College

Hugh Spikes graduated in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1968 and obtained his PhD for research in boundary lubrication at Imperial College in 1972. He is currently head of the Tribology Group in the Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College London. His research interests span a wide range of liquid lubrication research including hydrodynamic, elastohydrodynamic and boundary lubrication. He has received a number of recognitions for his research achievements including the ASME Mayo D Hersey Award and the STLE International Award. In 2004 he was awarded the Tribology Trust Tribology Gold Medal.

Dr Philippa Cann: Principal Research Fellow, Tribology Group, Imperial College

Philippa Cann (PI) is a Principal Research Fellow in the Tribology Group at Imperial College. Her main research interests are in experimental studies of complex fluid lubrication and biotribology. Dr Cann was awarded the Tribology Trust Silver Medal in 2004 and has received a number of best paper awards. She was the Editor-in-Chief of Tribology International from 2009-2015 and is currently Co-Editor of the journal Biotribology. In 2011 Dr Cann inaugurated the International Conference on Biotribology (ICoB); a 3rd ICoBT will take place in London 2016.

Kenneth Holmberg: Research Professor, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Kenneth Holmberg, Dr Tech, is Research Professor in tribology, condition monitoring and operational reliability at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He is the author and editor of several books and he has given 45 invited keynote lectures at international conferences, he has published 200 scientific papers mainly in areas of tribology, surface engineering, lubrication, computational material modelling and simulation, operational reliability, maintenance and diagnostics. He is Vice President of the International Tribology Council and was President of the OECD IRG Wear group 1992-2006. At VTT he is presently coordinating the strategic computational materials modelling and simulation research.

Mark Gee: NPL Fellow, Materials Division, National Physical Laboratory

Mark Gee is an NPL Fellow in the Materials Division at the National Physical Laboratory. He is visiting Professor at both the University of Southampton and the University of Sheffield. He leads projects that are concerned with the development of an improved metrology for friction and wear testing in the UK. Particular research interests are the mechanisms of abrasive and erosive wear for ceramics and other hard materials, and the development of in situ real-time measurement techniques. He was awarded the Donald Julius Groen Prize for Tribology in 1992, and the IMechE Tribology Trust Silver Medal for Tribology in 2003. He has published over 200 papers and reports. In the past he was Chairman of the Institute of Physics Tribology Group, and is a member of the Surface Engineering Division of the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals. He is also a member of the Editorial Boards of Tribology International, Tribology – Materials Surfaces and Interfaces. He is a member of various standards committees including ASTM Committee G2 on Wear, ISO TC 206 Advanced Ceramics, BS NTI/1 Nanotechnology, and ISO TC 229 Nanotechnologies where he lead a project that recently published the first international standard on nanotechnologies.

Dr Michel Fillon: CNRS Director of Research, Pprime Institute

Michel Fillon received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Poitiers, France, in 1985. He is a CNRS Director of Research at the Pprime Institute. From 2002 to 2010, he has been Manager of the “Lubricated Contact Mechanics” team. His current research interests are both experimental and theoretical investigations of hydrodynamic journal and thrust bearings. He is a Fellow of ASME and of STLE. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Chair of Research Committee of ASME Tribology Division. He is currently co-Editor-in-Chief of Tribology International. He is organizing the EDF/Pprime Workshop on Bearings since 2002.

Professor Anne Neville: RAENG Chair in Emerging Technologies and Professor of Tribology and Surface Engineering, University of Leeds

Anne Neville currently holds the inaugural 10-year Research RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies. Anne’s areas of expertise are tribocorrosion, tribochemistry and surface engineering. She is the founding Director of the newly formed Institute of Functional Surfaces (iFS) in the School of Mechanical Engineering. The Institute has a funding portfolio that spans many agencies and industrial sectors including medical, oil and gas and automotive. Anne was elected FRSE in 2005 and FREng 2010. She was awarded the Donald Julius Groen Prize for Tribology in 2012, the 2014 STLE Wilbert Shultz Prize and delivered the 2015 Biomedical Engineering Association Annual Lecture, Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Anne was awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2013 and was selected as an EPSRC RISE Fellow in 2014. To date she has published >300 peer-reviewed papers. She Co-Directs the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Integrated Tribology (iT-CDT) with Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce from Sheffield University.

Dr Martin Webster: Program Leader, ExxonMobil

Martin Webster holds BSc and MSc degrees in Aeronautical Engineering and a PhD in Tribology all from Imperial College London. In 1986 he received the Tribology Bronze medal from the IMechE. for his work on rough surface contact mechanics. Following spells as a Post Doctoral intern at Shell Research and an engineering position at Taylor Woodrow’s Wind Energy Group he moved to the USA to join Mobil’s Central Research Laboratory. He is currently a Program Leader at ExxonMobil’s Corporate Strategic Research Laboratory based in Clinton, New Jersey, USA. Martin has published papers and book chapters on contact mechanics, EHL, traction, gear and bearing fatigue, micropitting, gear oil development, lubrication of DLC coatings, mixed lubrication and hydrodynamics. Martin is a co-author of the 3rd edition of ExxonMobil’s Lubrication Fundamentals textbook due to be published in 2016. He also holds patents on new lubricant components, novel lubrication mechanisms and test methods. Martin’s industry activities has included serving on the ASME Bearings committee and the AGMA gear rating committee among others. Over the last 26 years he has also been highly active within the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). He has served as chairman of the Gears and Gear Lubrication Technical committee and the Editorial and Publications committee. In 2006 he was elected to join the STLE Board of Directors and in May 2015 he started a one year term serving as the STLE President.

Richard Folkson: President, IMechE

Richard Folkson joined as a student member and has played a committed and active role in the Institution for around 40 years. He served as Chairman of the Automobile Division from 2008-09, Eastern Region Chairman from 2010-12 and has been Chief Judge for the Formula Student competition since 2010. He worked in product development at Ford Motor Company for 30 years on all aspects of car and truck design, rising to the position of Chief Engineer. His career at Ford included roles as the Project Manager for the original Ford Focus and the last two Ford Transit van programmes. Then he was responsible for all product verification and test facilities in Europe, followed by appointment as Chief Engineer for global technical standards and alignment across all Ford owned brands including Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, Volvo and Mazda. He was Chairman of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Engineering Committee during his time at Ford with regular interface with Government Departments at a senior level. After taking early retirement in 2006 he has pursued his personal interests in education: he has taught Automotive Design at Loughborough University and serves as a Visiting Professor in Innovation and Design at the University of Hertfordshire. He is also an assessor for Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board) on technology projects and works as a consultant advising on how future vehicle designs can reduce usage of fossil fuels. He initiated the organisation of the Institution’s Sustainable Vehicle Technology Conference and has organised seminar events on lightweighting for low carbon and electric vehicles.

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