All prospecting students, both undergraduate and post-graduate, are invited to attend a public lecture from a world-renowned tribologist. Details are as follows.
Lecture: Applying Microfabrication Technologies to Tribology Study
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Yasuhisa Ando, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Abstract: Recently, progress in micro/nano-tribology has grown considerably due to technologies on SPMs, including AFM (atomic force microscope), FFM (friction force microscope). There are, however, limitations in SPM. For example, there are no alternative to a piezoelectric actuator for the scanning device, and friction force can be only detected by torsion of the cantilever. Thus, micro-fabrication technologies were applied to enhance the potential of SPM for tribology study. In this presentation, the author introduces two kinds of micro devices in order to improve SPM measurement; FIB processed micro-cantilevers, micro lateral force sensors and three-dimensional (3D) micro stages. In addition, two kinds of micro/nano patterning for studying tribological properties will be introduced; periodic asperity arrays and nano-stripes.
Date: 1st August 2013
Time: 2.30pm
Venue: Mechanical Precision Laboratory, Level 4, MJIIT Building, UTM Kuala Lumpur, 54100 Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur