Institute for Tribotechnology, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
Prof Ian Sherrington is Director of the Jost Institute for Tribotechnology at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK and an Affiliate Professor of Tribotronics at the Royal technical Institute (KTH) in Stockholm. He serves as the Executive Director of the International Tribology Council (ITC) and is the immediate past Chair of the UK IMechE Tribology Group Committee. His research in tribology addresses a range of theoretical and experimental topics in lubrication and wear as well as the design, development and testing of autonomous, self-adjusting machine elements, a subject called “tribotronics”.
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Tomas Polcar is a Professor of Materials Science and Tribology at the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, UK, and Full professor in Applied Physics, Head of Advanced Materials Group, Department of Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Czech Republic. His research covers large area of surface engineering, particularly design, deposition and characterisation of thin films, radiation damage, nanoscale mechanical properties and interface phenomena. He pioneers novel self-lubricant coatings with self-adaptive nanostructure and high temperature tribology of thin films.
Tomas has extensive funding track record from bodies in the Czech Republic (GAAV,GACR, MPO), Portugal (FCT), UK (TSB, EPSRC, DSTL, Innovate UK). He was successful with European bids (FP7: Radinterfaces; HardAlt; AgriSenSact, mERA Net (Lubricoat - coordinator), and H2020 (MSCA ITN Solution - coordinator, FET OPEN Icarus). His total funding portfolio is over £10m and he has a high number of industrial collaborators.