The Italian Association of Tribology AIT organizes the Fifth edition of the AIT’s School on Tribology under the patronage of Politecnico di Bari and Department of Mechanics, Mathematics & Management.
The school will be held from April 14th through April 18th 2025 in the old town of Bari according to the planning of the organizing committee at Politecnico di Bari, with an unprecedented placement in spring season.
The school venue is Isolato 47, Bari, old town.
https://www.poliba.it/it/ateneo/bari-%E2%80%93-isolato-47
The Spring School is addressed to master degree and doctoral students, as well as to post-doc students, technical staff of companies/research centres/universities, etc. The school program is scheduled with more modules which deal with different topics within the broad field of tribology science.
Teachers, lectures' titles, and program are listed here:Monday April 14th, 9.00-12.30
prof. dr. Daniel Nelias - Structural Mechanics Laboratory (LaMCoS) Campus LyonTech, Lyon
"Contact mechanics outside the Hertz solution"
Tuesday April 15th, 9.00-12.30
prof. dr. Antoine Chateauminois - Laboratory of Soft Matter Science and Engineering, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris
"Soft Matter Friction"
Wednesday April 16th
- AIT members' meeting, 11.00-13.00
- Celebration of AIT's 20th year, 15.00-17.30
Cerimony of AIT Award and lectio magistralis by the award recipient, prof. dr. Michel Fillon
AIT Master thesis prize, AIT Ph.D. thesis prize - AIT members and school participants dinner, 19.30
Thursday April 17th, 9.00-12.30
prof. dr. Carsten Gachot, Head of Tribology Division, TU Wien
"2D Materials as Solid Lubricants for Aerospace Applications"
Thursday April 17th, 14.30-17.00
prof. dr. Daniele Dini, Head of Tribology Group at Imperial College, London
"Overview of Simulation Tools and Models for Tribology-based Design: from Molecules to Friction Control"
Final discussion, school concluding remarks and (optional) final test for the assessment certificate (Ph.D. course credits) is scheduled on April 18th 2025, 9.30-12.00.
All the participants will receive the certificate of attendance.
Registration fee: 250,00 € for AIT non-members, 50,00 € for AIT members (25,00 €/year AIT membership fee for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students):
https://www.aitrib.it/it/soci/come-associarsi
For more details, please contact the organizers:
Some suggestions for your accommodation:
https://www.bostonbari.it/ 10min walking from the school
https://jr-hotels.com/it/collection/jr-hotels-oriente-bari 11 min walking from the school
https://excelsiorbari.it/ 20min walking from the school
