Name: Tribocorrosion International Conference 2025
Start: 2025-10-21T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-23T22:20:00+02:00
Location: Arcotel Wimberger

Tribocorrosion International Conference 2025

from Tuesday, 21 October 2025 (10:00) to Thursday, 23 October 2025 (22:20)

Monday, 20 October 2025
Tuesday, 21 October 2025

13:00 Registation
Registation
13:00 - 14:00

14:00 Opening
Opening
14:00 - 14:10
14:10 Tribocorrosion science: new challenges and opportunities
14:10 - 15:40
Contributions

14:10 NEW CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTIVES FOR TRIBOCORROSION SCIENCE - Anna Igual Munoz (EPFL)

14:30 PLENARY TALK | THE TWO FACES OF HYDROGREN: ENABLER AND EMBRITTLER - Claes OLSSON (SKF Göteborg)

15:00 EFFECT OF HYDROGEN CHARGING ON TRIBOCORROSION PERFORMANCE OF C45CE STEEL - Marcin Kowalski (Warsaw University of Technology)

15:20 INFLUENCE OF DIFFUSED HYDROGEN ON THE SURFACE RESPONSE OF 316L STAINLESS STEEL UNDER CAVITATION-INDUCED LOADING - Morteza Abedini (University Duisburg-Essen)
15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 - 16:10
16:10 Tribocorrosion science: new challenges and opportunities
16:10 - 17:20
Contributions

16:10 PLENARY TALK: INNOVATIVE DUAL-FUEL ENGINES FOR MARITIME DECARBONIZATION—CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS - Andrea Arcifa (WinGD Ltd., tribology expert)

16:40 TRIBOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER COMPOSITE (HPPC) FOR COMPRESSOR PISTON RINGS IN HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT - Andreas Nevosad (AC2T research GmbH)

17:00 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN INTEGRATED REAL-TIME TRIBOCORROSION ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK - Mike Bryant (University of Birmingham)
17:20 Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
17:20 - 19:20
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
09:00 Materials and mechanisms
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 PLENARY TALK : TRIBOCORROSION IN PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS - Carole Falcand (Tribology Senior Expert, Framatome )

09:30 UNDERSTANDING TRIBOCORROSION OF ACTIVE STEELS: A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL APPROACH - Jesus Amador Porras (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM))

09:50 EFFECT OF COMPOSITION AND HEAT TREATMENT STRATEGY ON CORROSION AND TRIBO-CORROSION PROPERTIES OF HIGH-SPEED STEELS - Tadeja Kosec (Slovenian National building and Civil Engineering institute)

10:10 TRIBOCORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF NOBLE ALLOYS - Stefano Mischler (Tribology and Interfacial Chemistry Group, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Bio-tribocorrosion and related phenomena
11:00 - 12:20
Contributions

11:00 ELUCIDATION OF TRIBOCORROSION AND REPASSIVATION DYNAMICS OF STAINLESS STEEL - Laura Louise Elizabeth Mears (TU Wien)

11:20 TRIBOCORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF CoCrMo IN SIMULATED BODY FLUID WITH APPLIED POTENTIAL - Mark Rainforth (The University of Sheffield)

11:40 COMPREHENSIVE PRE-CLINICAL EVALUATION OF SPINAL IMPLANTS: CORROSION AND WEAR UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SIMULATIONS - Mike Bryant (University of Birmingham)

12:00 HEMIARTHROPLASTY AND COBALT CHROMIUM ION RELEASE INTO CARTILAGE - Markus Wimmer (Rush University Medical Center)
12:20 Lunch
Lunch
12:20 - 14:00
14:00 Tribocorrosion in CO2 atmosphere
14:00 - 14:50
Contributions

14:00 PLENARY TALK : SUSTAINABLE CORROSION AND EROSION CONTROL: FROM INHIBITORS TO NOVEL TECH - Wassim Taleb (University of Leeds, Teaching and Research Fellow in Electrochemistry and Corrosion)

14:30 UNVEALING TRIBOCORROSION MECHANISMS IN CO2 ANOXIC ENVIRONMENTS: INSIGHTS FROM CARBON STEELS AND CORROSION-RESISTANT ALLOYS - Manel Rodriguez Ripoll (AC2T research GmbH)
14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:20
15:20 Erosion-corrosion and fatigue corrosion
15:20 - 16:00
Contributions

15:20 EROSION-CORROSION PERFORMANCE OF NICKEL ALUMINIUM BRONZE ALLOYS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS - Robert Wood (nCATS, University of Southampton)

15:40 A NEW LAB SCALE MULTIDEGRADATION TEST RIG TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF FATIGUE BENDING ON THE TRIBOCORROSION PERFORMANCE OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL - Hamid Khanmohammadi (NTNU)
16:00 Tribometrology in Tribocorrosion
16:00 - 16:40
Contributions

16:00 EVOLUTION OF COMBINED TESTING METHODS IN TRIBOMETRY WITH ADDITIONAL SETUP FOR TRIBOCORROSION OR ELECTRIFICATION - Philippe Kempe (Rtec-Instruments SA)

16:20 TRIBOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS UNDER VARYING PRESSURE ATMOSPHERE - Felix S. M. Zak (Optimol Instruments Prüftechnik GmbH)
17:30 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
17:30 - 22:00
Thursday, 23 October 2025
09:00 Electrical and energy systems
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 PLENARY TALK: LUBRICANTS IN ELECTROMOBILITY - TRIBOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS & CHALLENGES - Max Jopen (CARL BECHEM GmBH, Head of Research and Development)

09:30 WATER-BASED LUBRICANTS IN POWER TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION: TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE AND CORROSION CHALLENGES - Jens Kondratiuk (Hilti AG)

09:50 HYDROGEN DIFFUSION & WEC FAILURES FOR LUBRICATED CONTACTS - Jasmin Reinbold (Klüber Lubrication München GmbH & Co. KG)

10:10 TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF POLYMER COMPOUNDS IN GASEOUS HYDROGEN - Mirco Kröll (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM))
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Electrical and energy systems
11:00 - 11:20
Contributions

11:00 IMPACT OF TEST ENVIRONMENTS ON POLYMER TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOURS UNDER RECIPROCATING SLIDING FOR HYDROGEN APPLICATION - Andreas Sheuyange Namwoonde (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM))
11:20 Coatings and surface protection
11:20 - 12:00
Contributions

11:20 TRIBOCORROSION PROPERTIES OF BORIDED AND NbC TREATED COATINGS ON VANADIS 6 COLD-WORK TOOL STEEL - Venu Yarasu (Institute of Metals and Technology)

11:40 TRIBOCORROSION RESPONSE OF PVD Mo-N COATED Ti-6Al-4V - Sarah Galea (University of Malta)
12:00 Closing
Closing
12:00 - 12:10