TriPreM wishes to congratulate Prof Dr. Kanao Fukuda for being awarded the Tribology Online Best Paper Award of 2012 for his research paper, “Influences of Trace Water in a Hydrogen Environment on the Tribological Properties of Pure Iron”.
The award was conferred by the Japanese Society of Tribologists (JAST), during 2013 Spring Tribology Conference in Tokyo.
Awarded paper: Fukuda, K., Hashimoto, M. and Sugimura, J., “Friction and Wear of Ferrous Materials in a Hydrogen Gas Environment,” Tribology Online, 6, 2(2011)142-147.
Award ceremony and lecture: 20-22 May, Japanese Society of Tribologists Conference 2013 May, Tokyo.
No more than 2 papers are selected for this award each year from papers published in last 3 years on “Tribology Online” http://www.tribology.jp/trol/index.html which is an electronic online journal issued by Japanese Society of Tribologists.
The link to the paper abstract can be found here, and the link to the photo gallery can be found here.