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1. An Apology Due to a computer problem our www.itctribology.org website was out of order for the Christmas holiday period. We would therefore be obliged if you could fax or email any news you wish to have incorporated in the next ITC Information Sheet and - above all - details of forthcoming international meetings. 2. 2001 Tribology Gold Medal Winner Professor Dr-Ing Wilfried J Bartz, one of the world's best known and highly regarded tribologists, received the 2001 Tribology Gold Medal from His Excellency Sir Paul Lever KCMG at a ceremony at the British Embassy in Berlin on Monday 4th February 2002. The presentation of the Parchment and Gold Medal was followed by a luncheon at the Embassy, hosted by Mr Julian Farrell, Counsellor Research and Technology. Amongst those present were Dr Klaus Dobler, Engineering Director of Robert Bosch GmbH and President of the German Tribology Society (GfT); Professor H Peter Jost, President of the International Tribology Council and Professor Dieter Wissussek of the University of Essen. The ceremony can be seen on website: www.britischebotschaft.de/en/news/events/tribology_medal.htm
3. Tasks of Tribology Societies in a Challenging World Copies of the text of the President's Opening Address of the 2nd World Tribology Congress in Vienna are available on request from the ITC Secretariat. Please fax (020 8807 2023) or email (itcsecretariat@aol.com) giving details of the address to which it should be sent. If you wish a number of copies to distribute to members of your Tribology Society, Group or interested friends, please do not hesitate to let the secretariat know. 4. Austrian Government Approves Tribology Center The Austrian Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Mrs Dr Monika Forstinger, has approved the application by the Austrian Tribology Society to establish the Austrian Center of Competence for Industrial Tribology. It is expected that project work can be started in Spring 2002 as a pilot phase. It is intended to run the Center of Competence from Autumn 2002 by a limited company (GmbH) owned by a consortium of institutions and companies. Construction work of the new Technology Centre building has already been started and is expected to be completed by the end of August. The new building will be located at Wiener Neustadt, approx. 45 km (30 miles) South of Vienna. It will be near the existing Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt fur Wirtschaft und Technik (University of Applied Sciences for Economy and Technics), which already offers specialisation in reliability engineers, maintenance and tribology. The budget for the Center, called AC2T, will be about €10 million for 4 years. The new Center will be a remarkable challenge for the Austrian Tribology Society and the Tribology Group at the Vienna University of Technology, which were involved in the organisation of the highly successful 2nd World Tribology Congress in Vienna in September 2001. Professor Franek and all his collaborators are to be congratulated on this great step forward in Tribology. 5. Tribology Transactions - Tribology Letters STLE Publications Provide Cutting Edge Research Reports. Tribology Transactions is the quarterly publication of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Tribology Transactions is the perfect complement to the well-known Lubrication Engineering. Tribology Transactions is a must read for engineers and scientists who need to stay abreast of the latest research developments and technology. Since its beginning over 40 years afo, approximately 2,000 technical papers have been published. Sample issue contents are available on-line at: The 2002 annual subscription rate for STLE members is $95 (International $114). The non-member rate is $190 (International $228). All orders are prepaid in U.S. dollars by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), International Money Order or cheque drawn on a U.S. bank. Visit www.stle.org for further information on STLE publications, events and member services. The newest addition to STLE publications, Tribology Letters, is available beginning 2002. Members of STLE may order a subscription to this top-rated journal at the discounted price of just $85 U.S. (regular price $609 U.S.) for 8 issues per year. Note: STLE membership dues are $85 annually. For full information on all STLE publications, journals, events and activities: 6. Groupe Scientifique et Technique "Tribology" The Groupe Scientifique et Technique "Tribology" (Societe Tribologique de France) has published a volume "Roulements et Tribologie" which deals with lubrication and the thermal effects of lubrication, materials and life as well as industrial aspects, all related to Rolling Bearings. Roulements et Tribologie is a volume of 300 pages, that makes worthwhile reading. It is obtainable from: A sixth volume "Tribology and Micro Systems" is in the course of preparation and expected to be published in Spring of this year. 7. WTC 2001 The Austrian Tribology Society who was responsible for the highly successful Second World Tribology Congress in Vienna last September has now issued an "Epilogue" leaflet showing many illustrations of participants and of those who received honours at the Congress. Subject to availability this splendid leaflet called "The Definitely Last Call" is available from the Austrian Tribology Society at the following address: Osterreichische Tribologische Gesellschaft 8. TSI News Letter The Tribology Society of India has published its latest News Letter. In addition to details of personalities and central and local chapter activities, an editorial called "Tribology: A Multi-disciplinary Approach" is of particular interest. The Tribology Society of India is also planning to launch its quarterly journal "Indian Journal of Tribology" during the ICIT Congress at Jamshedpur. It will be distributed to all life members as part of the benefit of being a member of the Indian Tribology Society. 9. Death of Tribology Laureate Robert Lawrence Johnson It is with great regret we have to report the death of Robert Lawrence Johnson the 1976 Tribology Gold Medallist. Robert Johnson was until 1975 Chief of the lubrication branch of the National Aeronautics in Space Administration where his contribution to tribological applications in Aerospace were outstanding. Robert Johnson qualified for a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Montana State University after which he joined the National Advisory Commission for Aeronautics - NACA (NASA's predecessor). His fundamental approach to friction and lubrication under simulated aerospace conditions i.e. cryogenics, extreme temperatures, hostile media conditions, has brought many results applicable to many real tribological problems and was a factor in the success of the Apollo Mission. Robert Johnson possessed, to an extraordinary degree, two valuable talents which were keys to his many contributions to tribology. One was the ability to identify problems with interacting surfaces in relative motion and use of very basic studies and of unconventional lubricating systems to give solutions, the other to pick an interdisciplinary group and synthesise it into a team to cover this broad spectrum. Robert Johnson did not limit his activities to space tribology, he participated in Medical Tribology of internal prostheses and was involved in studies of fretting. The support of the younger members of his team was outstanding, a few of them have since become internationally known in their own right. His activities resulted in over 150 first-rate papers, ranging from the fundamentals of friction and lubrication to - most importantly - their application to practical problems for mechanical components. Robert Johnson was a National Director of the American Society of Lubrication Engineers and later on its President. Many honours and awards were bestowed upon him. In addition to the Tribology Gold Medal he was a recipient of the ASLE Alfred E. Hunt Award in 1961 and again in 1965. He received the Great Cleveland Growth Associations Federal Career Service Award in 1970, the ASLE National Award in 1971 and the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 1973. In 1987 he received the PMQ Meritorious Award. His death has deprived all of us of a distinguished and valuable member. 10. Death of Founder Member of the ITC Professor Bengt Jakobsson Professor Emeritus K N O (Commander of Swedish North Star Order) Bengt Jakobsson a Founder Member of the International Tribology Council, died on 5th September 2001 at the age of 85. His closest relatives are son Håkan with wife Emma in Stockholm. Bengt Jakobsson, from his beginning of studies at Chalmers University of Technology until his death in many ways impersonated the Chalmers student and the special Chalmers spirit. Many generations of Chalmers students and colleagues will remember him as Big Bengt, an honorary nickname given to him for his, primarily spiritual, size. His relations to Chalmers started in the autumn 1934 after his Certificate from the Vasa High School in Gothenburg. At that time Chalmers was also transformed from a Technical Institute to a Technical University, so at the age of 21 he belonged to the first group of Masters of Engineering that graduated from Chalmers in 1937. Later he was engaged there as Exercise Assistant and Special Teacher. In 1948 he defended his thesis for a doctorate and in 1950 he was appointed Professor of the Science of Machine Elements. He was also Dean and Vice-Principal and, for several years, Inspector of the Students' Association. Later he was elected Honorary Member of both the Students' Association and the Students' Comrades' Association CS. In 1983 he received the Chalmers Medal and was in 1998 promoted Jubilee Doctor. Before the Professorate he had been working with SKF (Swedish Ball Bearing Company), tvidabergs Industrier (making Facit mechanical calculators), Gothenburg Technical Upper School and Svenska Flygmotor (later renamed Volvo Aero and designing jet motors). Beside his ordinary job Bengt Jakobsson was also committed to many idealistic associations. In 1962 he was elected Member of IVA, the Swedish Engineering Science Academy, Department 1 Machine Technology, and was the Department's President for one period of mandate. By IVA he became President of it's Welding Commission and remained so for 22 years. During 4 of these years he was also President of the International Institute of Welding. Bengt was a very faithful Rotarian, seldom missing the weekly luncheon, a member of the Royal Science and Literature Academy in Gothenburg and Presidency member of the Technical Society in Gothenburg. Last but not least he was a most interested member of the Chalmers Alumni Association and was elected an Honorary Member. Bengt Jakobsson had a long and happy marriage with his wife Margareta who vigorously supported him in all his activities. She passed away almost five years before him leaving a great emptiness in his life. With his big, strong and versatile personality Bengt Jakobsson belongs to Chalmers' most prominent personages, and this is gladly affirmed by "Bengt's boys" the around 40 licentiates and doctors trained by him. Bengt Jakobsson will be missed by his many friends, colleagues and former students. |
