| Member | Research Field | Laboratory | Description | Tools | Web Link |
| Giuseppe Carbone | Boundary and Mixed Lubrication, Coatings and surface treatments, Contact Mechanics, Dry Contacts Wear, Dry Friction, Hydrodynamic and Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication, Lubricated Contacts Wear, Lubricated Friction, Micro and NanoTribology | Tribology lab (TRIBOLab) - Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management - Technical University of Bari. | 1) High Temperature Tribometer 2) Nanoindenter 3) Microscratcher 4) Optical microscope 4) Confocal microscope 5) Atomic force microscope | http://tribolab.poliba.it | |
| Lorenza Mattei | Biotribology, Contact Mechanics, Dry Contacts Wear, Dry Friction, Hydrodynamic and Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication, Lubricated Contacts Wear, Lubricated Friction | Tribology laboratory of Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa. | Numerical simulations of wear in hip and shoulder joint prostheses (analytical and FE modelling); Experimental studies on wear and friction; Numerical contact analysis of articular cartilage (FE modelling); Numerical simulation of elastohydrodynamic lubrication of hip prostheses. | Test-rig for investigations on non-conformal lubricated contacts (ball-on-plane, cam-follower); Pin-on-disc for investigations on wear; Test rig for analysis on static and dynamic coefficient of friction; Profilometer; Coordinate measuring machine; Rotational viscometer; Optical microscope; Scanning electron microscope. |