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, October 21, 2025 (10:00 AM) to Thursday, October 23, 2025 (10:20 PM)

Monday, October 20, 2025
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

1:00 PM Registation
Registation
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM Opening
Opening
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM Tribocorrosion science: new challenges and opportunities
2:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:10 PM NEW CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTIVES FOR TRIBOCORROSION SCIENCE - Anna Igual Munoz (EPFL)

2:30 PM PLENARY TALK | THE TWO FACES OF HYDROGREN: ENABLER AND EMBRITTLER - Claes OLSSON (SKF Göteborg)

3:00 PM EFFECT OF HYDROGEN CHARGING ON TRIBOCORROSION PERFORMANCE OF C45CE STEEL - Marcin Kowalski (Warsaw University of Technology)

3:20 PM INFLUENCE OF DIFFUSED HYDROGEN ON THE SURFACE RESPONSE OF 316L STAINLESS STEEL UNDER CAVITATION-INDUCED LOADING - Morteza Abedini (University Duisburg-Essen)
3:40 PM Coffee Break

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM Tribocorrosion science: new challenges and opportunities
4:10 PM - 5:20 PM
Contributions

4:10 PM PLENARY TALK: INNOVATIVE DUAL-FUEL ENGINES FOR MARITIME DECARBONIZATION—CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS - Andrea Arcifa (WinGD Ltd., tribology expert)

4:40 PM TRIBOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER COMPOSITE (HPPC) FOR COMPRESSOR PISTON RINGS IN HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT - Andreas Nevosad (AC2T research GmbH)

5:00 PM DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN INTEGRATED REAL-TIME TRIBOCORROSION ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK - Mike Bryant (University of Birmingham)
5:20 PM Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
5:20 PM - 7:20 PM
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
9:00 AM Materials and mechanisms
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM PLENARY TALK : TRIBOCORROSION IN PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS - Carole Falcand (Tribology Senior Expert, Framatome )

9:30 AM UNDERSTANDING TRIBOCORROSION OF ACTIVE STEELS: A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL APPROACH - Jesus Amador Porras (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM))

9:50 AM 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 AM TRIBOCORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF NOBLE ALLOYS - Stefano Mischler (Tribology and Interfacial Chemistry Group, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Bio-tribocorrosion and related phenomena
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Contributions

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

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

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

12:00 PM HEMIARTHROPLASTY AND COBALT CHROMIUM ION RELEASE INTO CARTILAGE - Markus Wimmer (Rush University Medical Center)
12:20 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:20 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Tribocorrosion in CO2 atmosphere
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM 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)

2:30 PM UNVEALING TRIBOCORROSION MECHANISMS IN CO2 ANOXIC ENVIRONMENTS: INSIGHTS FROM CARBON STEELS AND CORROSION-RESISTANT ALLOYS - Manel Rodriguez Ripoll (AC2T research GmbH)
2:50 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM Erosion-corrosion and fatigue corrosion
3:20 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

3:20 PM EROSION-CORROSION PERFORMANCE OF NICKEL ALUMINIUM BRONZE ALLOYS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS - Robert Wood (nCATS, University of Southampton)

3:40 PM 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)
4:00 PM Tribometrology in Tribocorrosion
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM EVOLUTION OF COMBINED TESTING METHODS IN TRIBOMETRY WITH ADDITIONAL SETUP FOR TRIBOCORROSION OR ELECTRIFICATION - Philippe Kempe (Rtec-Instruments SA)

4:20 PM TRIBOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS UNDER VARYING PRESSURE ATMOSPHERE - Felix S. M. Zak (Optimol Instruments Prüftechnik GmbH)
5:30 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, October 23, 2025
9:00 AM Electrical and energy systems
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM PLENARY TALK: LUBRICANTS IN ELECTROMOBILITY - TRIBOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS & CHALLENGES - Max Jopen (CARL BECHEM GmBH, Head of Research and Development)

9:30 AM WATER-BASED LUBRICANTS IN POWER TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION: TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE AND CORROSION CHALLENGES - Jens Kondratiuk (Hilti AG)

9:50 AM HYDROGEN DIFFUSION & WEC FAILURES FOR LUBRICATED CONTACTS - Jasmin Reinbold (Klüber Lubrication München GmbH & Co. KG)

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

11:00 AM 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 AM Coatings and surface protection
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

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

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