Center for tribology and technical diagnostics has – in collaboration with Slovenian association for tribology – organized European conference on Tribology – ECOTRIB 2007, Ljubljana, 12th to 15th June 2007. Conference chairman and program manager was prof. Vižintin. The first ECORIB conference accepted 225 participants from 45 countries around the world. There were 138 contributions, including 2 plenary lectures, 5 presentations of associations, 13 invited lectures, 100 oral presentations and 18 posters presented. Conference proceedings and Journal special issues were prepared.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 10090523(i) "Friction and wear properties of oxide ceramics in various aqueous solutions", ITC 2005, symposium "Tribology of ceramics and hard coatings", Kobe, Japan. (ii) Plenary invited lecture: Additive reaction mechanisms on coating surface, LUBMAT 2006, Preston, UK (iii) 3rd International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes in Jokohama, Japan (September 2007): Galling properties of forming tool steels: how to determine and improvements through surface engineering.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 8285467(i) Dr. Kalin is Associate editor of Journal of tribology, one of the fundamental journals in the field of tribology (ii) Prof. J. Vižintin and M. Kalin have been working for several years as Members of editorial board of SCI journal Industrial Lubrication and Tribology (2004-today), and (iii) prof. J. Vižintin is also a member of editorial board of journal Tribotest. (iv) Currently B. Podgornik and M. Kalin are working as Guest editors for special issues of journals Wear and Tribology International, for publication of ECOTRIB 2007 conference proceedings.
C.03 Guest-associated editor
COBISS.SI-ID: 7267077(i) In 2007 prof. Vižintin received Zlata plaketa Univerze v Ljubljani award (Golden plaque of University of Ljubljana), (ii) in 2006 dr. Kalin achieved the Zois award for special scientific achievements in engineering, (iii) in 2006 dr. Kalin received a prestigious intl. award ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award, (iv) in 2007 prof. Vižintin received STLE Fellow award, given by STLE association (v) in 2005 dr. Podgornik received the Bunshah award for the best paper in the area of surface engineering and hard coatings given at ICMCTF conference (San Diego).
E.02 International awards
COBISS.SI-ID: 7267077Center for tribology and technical diagnostics successfully collaborates in different projects and works for Slovenian industry (MS Prodiction Bled, Eti Izlake, Hidria Spodnja Idrija, Nek Krško). In the last period we have conducted studies also for intl. companies like Balzers (Liechtenstein), Hilti (Liechtenstein), Bekaert (Belgium), Atlas Copco Belgium) and Dow Chemicals (USA). Therefore, it is an exceptional achievement for us that such companies search for knowledge and counseling in Slovenia, in our Center.
F.04 Increase of the technological level
COBISS.SI-ID: 7267077(i) Dr. Kalin is Associate editor of Journal of tribology, one of the fundamental journals in the field of tribology (ii) Prof. J. Vižintin and M. Kalin have been working for several years as Members of editorial board of SCI journal Industrial Lubrication and Tribology (2004-today), and (iii) prof. J. Vižintin is also a member of editorial board of journal Tribotest. (iv) Currently B. Podgornik and M. Kalin are working as Guest editors for special issues of journals Wear and Tribology International, for publication of ECOTRIB 2007 conference proceedings.
C.03 Guest-associated editor
(i) In 2007 prof. Vižintin received Zlata plaketa Univerze v Ljubljani award (Golden plaque of University of Ljubljana), (ii) in 2006 dr. Kalin achieved the Zois award for special scientific achievements in engineering, (iii) in 2006 dr. Kalin received a prestigious intl. award ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award, (iv) in 2007 prof. Vižintin received STLE Fellow award, given by STLE association (v) in 2005 dr. Podgornik received the Bunshah award for the best paper in the area of surface engineering and hard coatings given at ICMCTF conference (San Diego).
E.02 International awards
Center for tribology and technical diagnostics successfully collaborates in different projects and works for Slovenian industry (MS Prodiction Bled, Eti Izlake, Hidria Spodnja Idrija, Nek Krško). In the last period we have conducted studies also for intl. companies like Balzers (Liechtenstein), Hilti (Liechtenstein), Bekaert (Belgium), Atlas Copco Belgium) and Dow Chemicals (USA). Therefore, it is an exceptional achievement for us that such companies search for knowledge and counseling in Slovenia, in our Center.
F.04 Increase of the technological level