THE TRIBOCHEMISTY AWARD

“THE TRIBOCHEMISTRY AWARD” has been established for a scientist who made an outstanding contributions to the science and technology in the fields of Tribochemistry by The Tribochemistry Technical Committee (TTC, Chair: Dr. Keiji Nakayama), Japanese Society of Tribologists (JAST) in 2019. The laureates of the award will gain the world’s highest honor in the field of tribochemistry by a certificate with a medal.The award laureates are selected every 4 years and the award is presented to them in The Tribochemistry Conference held every 4 years in Japan.

The Tribochemistry Award for 2023
The Tribochemistry Award recipients for 2023 have been selected by the Selection Committee and detemined by the Award Committee under the Tribochemistry Technical Committe (Chair: Dr. Keiji Nakayama), JAST. They are the following three well-known tribochemists in the world.
The award will be presented to them in the Award Ceremony to be held in the Banquet of "Tribochemistry Beppu 2023" in the evening on Saturday, September 23, 2023.


Dr. Ali Erdemir
Professor of Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
(Citation for Dr. A. Erdemir)



Dr. Antonella Rossi
Professor of University of Cagliary, Italy
(Citation for Dr. A. Rossi)



Dr. Nicholas D. Spencer
Emeritus Professor of ETH Zurich, Swizerland
(Citation for Dr. N.D. Spencer)



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The First Tribochemistry Award for 2019
The first Tribochemistry Award has been presented to the following three tribochemists, for 2019”. They are, 1) Dr. Stephen M. Hsu, Professor of George Washington University, U.S. A., 2) Dr. Jean-Michel Martin, Emeritus Professor of Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, 3) Dr. Hugh Alexnder Spikes, Emeritus Professor of Imperial College, U.K..

(Citation for Dr. S.M. Hsu)	((Citation for Dr. J.M. Martin)
( Citation for Dr. H.A. Spikes)

Their citations have been published in the following Book of Abstracts of "The Tribochemisry Hakodate 2019".