Presentations

• F. Bhuiyan, Molecular Mechanisms of Shear-driven Mechanochemical Reactions, ACS Spring Meeting, New Orleans LA (March 2024)
• S. Leventini, Soaring Through Space: New Lubricants for Extreme Environments, CSU Northridge Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northridge CA (February 2024)
• S. Leventini, Environmental Dependence of Dry Film Lubricants, Blue Origin, Kent WA (August 2023)
• A. Martini, Role of Molecular Deformation in Shear-Activated Chemical Reactions: Atomistic Simulations, ACS Fall Conference, San Fransisco CA (August 2023)
• A. Martini, Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Machine Learning for Predicting Lubricant Properties, STLE Virtual Symposium: Digital Tribology, Online(July 2023)
• A. Martini, Novel Ionic Liquids as Grease Lubricant Additives, National Lubricating Grease Institute Annual Meeting, Coronado CA (June 2023)
• F. Bhuiyan, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal and Shear-Driven Tribopolymerization, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA (May 2023)
• A. Kumar, Benchtop Tribological Characterization of Electric Motor Greases for Hybrid Bearings, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA (May 2023)
• A. Martini, Research Collaboration and Outreach Partnership with UC Merced, Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles CA (April 2023)
• A. Martini, Introduction to Liquid Lubricants for Engineers, TriboNet Seminar Series, Online: Check it out on TriboNet (note you will have to register for free) (January 2023)
• I. Padilla Espinosa, Shape-Dependence on the Deformation Mechanism of Small Platinum Nanoparticles at High Temperature, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston MA (December 2022)
• A. Martini, Molecular dynamics simulations: What are they and why tribologists should care, ASME Tribology Division Webinar, Online: Check it out on the ASME website (November 2022)
• F. Bhuiyan, Molecular Mechanisms of Tribochemical Reactions: Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cyclic Organic Molecules, Web Seminar Series on Tribology - Flash Talk, Online: Check it out on YouTube (October 2022)
• A. Martini, Shear-Activated Chemisorption and Association of Cyclic Organic Molecules, Faraday Discussions, Cambridge, England (September 2022)
• A. Martini, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Shear-Driven Chemical Reactions, Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography, Online (June 2022)
• A. Martini, Atomistic Insights into Friction of MoS2 and Beyond, International Centre for Theoretical Physics - Dissipation Mechanisms in Nano/Mesoscale Tribological Systems, Online (May 2022)
• F. Bhuiyan, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal and Shear Driven Tribopolymerization, NorCal STLE, Online (May 2022)
• A. Velasquez, Varnish Removal Efficiency of Commercial Cleaners, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• F. Bhuiyan, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal and Shear Driven Tribopolymerization, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• T. Liu, Structure-Property Relationship of Phosphonium Ionic Liquids: A Molecular Dynamics Study, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• K. Mohammadtabar, Shear-Driven Decomposition of Organosulfur Compounds on Ferrous Surfaces, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• P. Panwar, Modeling the Effect of Polymer Structure and Chemistry on Viscosity Index, Thickening Efficiency, and Traction Coefficient, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• S. Romero Garcia, Modeling Sputtering Deposition of MoS2: Effect of Sputtering Deposition on the Microstructure, Thickening Efficiency, and Traction Coefficient, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• J. Cobeña Reyes, Molecular descriptors determine image contrast in machine learning-assisted atomic force microscopy, ACS Spring Meeting, San Diego CA (March 2022)
• A. Martini, Atomistic Insights into Friction on MoS2 and Beyond, UC Irvine Materials Science and Engineering Department Seminar, Irvine CA (February 2022)
• F. Bhuiyan, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Tribochemical Reactions, Penn State University - Kim Research Group, State College PA (January 2022)
• A. Martini, Viscosity Modifiers: Molecular Mechanisms to Lubricant Additive Function (Keynote), 2nd Virtual International Tribology Research Symposium (December 2021)
• A. Martini, Viscosity Modifier Lubricant Additives: Molecular Mechanisms to Practical Applications, University of Minnesota Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar, Online (December 2021)
• A. Martini, Atomistic Insights into Friction on MoS2 and Beyond, 2D Materials in Tribology, Online: Check it out on YouTube (October 2021)
• A. Martini, Molecular dynamics simulations: What are they and why tribologists should care, Institute of Physics Tribology Group Webinar, Online (September 2021)
• A. Martini, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Shear Stress-Driven Chemical Reactions, World Chemistry Congress and Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Online (August 2021)
• I. Padilla Espinosa, Molecular dynamics modeling of the interactions and friction in cement paste at the nanoscale, Vienna Virtual Materials Tribology Workshop, Online: Check it out on YouTube (June 2021)
• P. Panwar, Critical Shear Rate of Polymer-Enhanced Hydraulic Fluids, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Online (May 2021)
• K. Mohammadtabar, Second order effects of mechanical force on reaction rate of organosulfur additives, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Online (May 2021)
• A. Vellore, Wear Life of Ni-doped MoS2 Dry Film Lubricants for Space Applications, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Online (May 2021)
• D. Sanchez Garrido, Effect of Temperature and Surface Roughness on the Tribological Behavior of Electric Motor Greases on Hybrid Bearing Materials, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Online (May 2021)
• M. Vaziriseresk, Nanoscale Friction Behavior of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Role of the Chalcogenide, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Online (May 2021)
• I. Padilla Espinosa, Atomistic Simulations of the Facet-Dependent Deformation of sub-10-nm Platinum Nanoparticles, Materials Research Society Annual Meeting, Online (April 2021)
• A. Martini, Understanding Interfacial Mechanisms to Design and Manufacture High-Performance Ionic Liquid Lubricants, CCEFP Summit, Online (April 2021)
• A. Martini, Tribochemistry and Shear-Driven Chemical Reactions, DuPont Tribology Community of Practice, Online (December 2020)
• A. Martini, Ni-doped MoS2 Dry Film Lubricant Life, Vienna Virtual Materials Tribology Workshop, Online: Check it out on YouTube (November 2020)
• A. Martini, Mechanics of cellulose nanomaterials across length scales, NSF Convergence Accelerator Workshop on Re-Think Nature for Innovative Solutions to Grand Challenges, Online (October 2020)
• A. Martini, Understanding Interfacial Mechanisms to Design and Manufacture High-Performance Ionic Liquid Lubricants, CCEFP Summit, Online (September 2020)
• M. Vaziriseresk, Nanoscale Friction Behavior of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Role of the Chalcogenide, Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Science, Online (September 2020)
• A. Vellore, Tribology for Space Applications, MBSE Graduate Student Brown Bag Lunch, UC Merced, Online (September 2020)
• P. Panwar, Fluid Effects on Mechanical Efficiency of Hydraulic Pumps, NorCal STLE, Online (June 2020)
• K. Mohammadtabar, Mechanochemical Reactions between Di-Tert-Butyl Disulfide and Ferrous Surfaces, NorCal STLE, Online (June 2020)
• A. Vellore, How to Lubricate Mechanisms in Space, Web Seminar Series on Tribology (June 2020)
• Q. Yang, Nanoscale Friction of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Self-Assembled Monolayers in Water, Web Seminar Series on Tribology (June 2020)
• A. Martini, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Tribochemical Reactions, Web Seminar Series on Tribology (June 2020)
• P. Panwar, Fluid Effects on Mechanical Efficiency of Hydraulic Pumps, STLE Virtual Student Conference (May 2020)
• A. Vellore, Effect of Ni Dopant and Environment on Wear life of MoS2 Dry Film Lubricant, STLE Virtual Student Conference (May 2020)
• M. Vaziriseresk, Insight into Dynamic Sliding Contacts from Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy, STLE Virtual Student Conference (May 2020)
• K. Mohammadtabar, Mechanochemical Reactions between Di-Tert-Butyl Disulfide and Ferrous Surfaces, STLE Virtual Student Conference (May 2020)
• A. Martini, Tribochemistry: Coupling of Mechanical Force and Chemical Reactions in Sliding Contacts, University of Nevada Reno Department of Mechanical Engineering, Reno NV (February 2020)
• A. Martini, From Atomistic Models of Cellulose to Scratch Hardness of Wood (and a Little Tribology), Advanced Wood Nanotechnologies Workshop, College Park MD (November 2019)
• A. Khajeh, Effect of Ambient Chemistry on Friction at the Basal Plane of Graphite, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2019)
• M. Vazirisereshk, Electrical Contact Resistance at Gold/Graphene Interfaces, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2019)
• R. Chen, Formation of MoS2 from elemental Mo and S using reactive molecular dynamics simulations, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2019)
• Q. Yang, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy Probing Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Self-assembled Monolayers in Water, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2019)
• A. Martini, Reactive Simulations Deconvolute the Effects of Heat and Shear on Iron Sulfide Film Formation, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2019)
• A. Khajeh, Investigating Tribochemical Reactions Using Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations, NorCal STLE, Oakland CA (September 2019)
• A. Martini, Tribology Research at UCM: Varnish Removal, Soot Nanoparticles and Film Formation, Afton Chemical, Richmond VA (September 2019)
• A. Martini, Friction on graphite in the presence of adsorbates: Physical and chemical effects on the basal plane and at step edge defects, ACS Conference, San Diego CA (August 2019)
• R. Chen, Formation of MoS2 using reactive molecular dynamics simulation, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Annandale NJ (July 2019)
• A. Martini, Recent progress, challenges and opportunities in reactive molecular dynamics simulations of tribochemistry, ECOTRIB Conference, Vienna Austria (June 2019)
• A. Martini, Reactive molecular dynamics simulations of thermal and tribochemical film growth from di-tert-butyl disulfide on an Fe(100) surface, ECOTRIB Conference, Vienna Austria (June 2019)
• M. Vazirisereshk, Friction on 2D materials: Friction contrast between graphene, MoS2 and graphene-MoS2 heterostructures, STLE Annual Meeting, Nashville TN (May 2019)
• K. Mohammadtabar, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal and Tribochemical Film Growth from Di-tert-butyl Disulfide on an Fe(100) Surface, STLE Annual Meeting, Nashville TN (May 2019)
• A. Martini and M. Len, Polymer-Enhanced Fluid Effects on Mechanical Efficiency of Hydraulic Pumps, STLE Annual Meeting, Nashville TN (May 2019)
• A. Martini, Interactions between Tricresyl Phosphate and Iron Oxide Explored using Statistical Analysis of Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations, STLE Annual Meeting, Nashville TN (May 2019)
• A. Martini, Tribochemical Reaction Pathways Explored with Reactive Atomistic Simulations, STLE Annual Meeting, Nashville TN (May 2019)
• A. Martini, Friction, Wear, and Lubrication: Traditional Applications and Relevance to Consumer Products, Clorox, Pleasanton CA (April 2019)
• A. Martini, Shear-driven polymerization: critical roles of chemisorption and molecular deformation, American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Boston MA (March 2019)
• A. Khajeh, Friction at a single layer graphene edge on graphite: Part 2 - Simulation study with molecular dynamics, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2018)
• A. Martini, Coils in Oils: Molecular-Scale Mechanisms of Viscosity Modifier Function, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2018)
• A. Martini, Tribochemistry: Shear-Induced Reaction Pathways Explored via Reactive Atomistic Simulation, Northwestern University, Evanston IL (September 2018)
• A. Martini, Tribochemistry: Shear-Induced Reaction Pathways Explored via Reactive Atomistic Simulation, Argonne National Lab - Center for Nanomaterials, Argonne IL (September 2018)
• A. Martini, Mechanochemistry: Shear-Induced Reaction Pathways Explored via Reactive Atomistic Simulation, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Annandale NJ (September 2018)
• M. Vazirisereshk, Temperature dependence of atomic scale friction, Gordon Research Seminar, Lewiston ME (June 2018)
• X. Hu, A Combined Experimental and Simulation Study of Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Self-Assembled Monolayers in Water, Gordon Research Seminar, Lewiston ME (June 2018)
• A. Khajeh, Mechanochemical Association Reaction of Interfacial Molecules Driven by Shear, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• D. Johnson, New Method to Compare Varnish Removal Fluids, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• M Len, Thickening Mechanisms of Polyisobutylene in Polyalphaolefin, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• A Martini and P Michael, Temporary and Permanent Viscosity Loss Correlated to Hydraulic System Performance, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• A Martini and F Dassenoy, Mechanical characterization of diesel soot nanoparticles: in situ compression in the transmission electron microscope and simulations, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• A. Martini, Single Asperity Contact and Sliding, AVS International Symposium and Exhibition, Tampa FL (November 2017)
• A. Martini, Mechanistic Insights into the Function and Performance of Polymeric Viscosity Modifiers, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA (October 2017)
• A. Martini, Mechanistic Insights into the Function and Performance of Polymeric Viscosity Modifiers, Leeds/Lyon Symposium on Tribology, Lyon France (September 2017)
• U. Ramasamy and A. Martini, Simulation, Rheology and Efficiency of Polymer Enhanced Solutions, STLE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (May 2017)
• A. Martini, Lubricant Additive Effects on Optically-Detected Particle Counts, STLE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (May 2017)
• J. Yeon, Development of a ReaxFF reactive force field for modeling tribochemical reactions of Cu-S and Cu-thiol system, American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, San Francisco CA (April 2017)
• A. Martini, Nanocontacts, American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exhibition, San Francisco CA (April 2017)
• X. Hu, Surface characterization using atomistic models of amplitude modulation atomic force microscopy, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (November 2016)
• U. Ramasamy and P. Michael, Simulation, Rheology and Efficiency of Polymer Enhanced Solutions, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (November 2016)
• A. Martini, Effect of Coupled Stresses on Nanoscale Interfaces, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (November 2016)
• A. Martini and P. Michael, Simulation, Rheology and Efficiency of Polymer Enhanced Solutions, Fluid Power Innovation and Research Conference, Minneapolis MN (October 2016)
• Z. Ye, Load Dependent Friction Hysteresis on Graphene, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• A. Martini, Filtration Effects on Foam Inhibitors and Optically-Detected Oil Cleanliness, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• A. Martini, Viscosity and Structure of Model Viscosity Index Improvers, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• A. Martini and L. Pena Paras, Effect of nanoparticle size on the tribological properties of nanolubricants, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• A. Martini, In silico and In situ Studies of the Formation and Separation of Contacts Between Nanoscale Bodies, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix AZ (March 2016)
• U. Ramasamy, Viscosity and Structure of Model Viscosity Index Improvers, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Denver CO (October 2015)
• X. Hu, Modeling Nanoscale Wear of an Atomic Force Microscope Tip during Run-in, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Denver CO (October 2015)
• Z. Ye, Temperature dependence of atomic-scale friction on two-dimensional materials, AVS Annual Meeting, San Jose CA (October 2015)
• H. Gao, Investigation of epitaxy growth of potassium chloride on iron on friction, AVS Annual Meeting, San Jose CA (October 2015)
• A. Martini, Atomic-scale Mechanisms of Single Asperity Sliding, AVS Annual Meeting, San Jose CA (October 2015)
• A. Martini / S. Lantz / C. Mercer, Filtration Effects on Foam Inhibitor Performance, Chevron, Richmond CA (August 2015)
• X. Hu, Molecular dynamics simulation of amplitude modulation atomic force microscopy, STLE Annual Meeting, Dallas TX (May 2015)
• Z. Ye, Temperature Dependence of Atomic Friction on Two-Dimensional Materials, STLE Annual Meeting, Dallas TX (May 2015)
• A. Martini, Frictional Sliding at the Atomic Scale, Wear of Materials Conference, Toronto Canada (April 2015)
• U. Ramasamy, Estimating Pressure-Viscosity Coefficients using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2014)
• H. Gao, Chemical Basis of the Tribological Properties of AgTaO₃ Crystal Surfaces, STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2014)
• Z. Ye, Load Dependence of Atomic Friction on Graphene, STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2014)
• X. Hu, Modelling of Nanoscale Wear and Adhesion of an Atomic Force Microscope Tip, STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2014)
• A. Martini, Temporal Parallelization of Infrequent-Event Friction Processes, Molecular Foundry, Berkeley CA (October 2014)
• A. Martini, Atomic-Scale Modeling of Sliding Contact, 2014 Gordon Conference on Tribology, Waltham MA (July 2014)
• U. Ramasamy, Predicting Pressure – Viscosity Coefficients using MD Simulations, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2014 Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2014)
• H Gao, Load Dependence of Silver Tantalate as a High-Temperature Solid Lubricant, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2014 Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2014)
• Z. Ye, Friction and oscillatory motion of bilayer graphene, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2014 Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2014)
• A. Martini, Temporal Parallelization of Infrequent-Event Friction Processes, 2014 Mach Conference, Annapolis MD (April 2014)
• A. Martini, Frictional Sliding at the Atomic Scale, Iowa State Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar, Ames IA (March 2014)
• A. Martini, Understanding Friction, UC Merced Applied Math Seminar, Merced CA (December 2013)
• A. Martini, Effect of Molecular Structure on Liquid Slip, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress, San Diego CA (November 2013)
• Z. Ye, Speed-Dependence of Atomic-Scale Friction, American Vacuum Society International Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach CA (October 2013)
• A. Martini, Speed Dependence of Atomic Friction: Experimental Measurements and Accelerated Atomistic Simulations, World Tribology Congress, Turin Italy (September 2013)
• A. Martini, Nanotribology: What is it and who cares, Northern California Section of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, Berkeley CA (June 2013)
• A. Martini, Mechanistic Studies of High Temperature Friction Reduction in Silver Tantalate, UCLA Materials Engineering Department Seminar, Los Angeles CA (May 2013)
• H. Gao, Atomistic Simulation of Silver Tantalate as a High-Temperature Solid Lubricant, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2013 Annual Meeting, Detroit MI (May 2013)
• Z. Ye, Investigation of Atomic-Scale Friction on Few-Layer Graphite using Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2013 Annual Meeting, Detroit MI (May 2013)
• C. Tang, Wrapping Behavior and Structural Stability of C60-Coated Graphene-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco CA (April 2013)
• A. Martini, Silver Tantalate as a Novel High-Temperature Solid Lubricant, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco CA (April 2013)
• Z. Ye, Atomic Friction on Graphene, MEAM Graduate Program Seminar Series, Merced CA (October 2012)
• A. Martini, Atomic Friction on Imperfect Surfaces, STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference, Denver CO (October 2012)
• C. Tung, Self-assembly of Carbon Nanotubes, C60 and graphene nanostructures for photovoltaic applications, MEAM Graduate Program Seminar Series, Merced CA (September 2012)
• H. Gao, Empirical Model Development and Atomistic Simulation of Silver Tantalate as a Solid Lubricant, MEAM Graduate Program Seminar Series, Merced CA (September 2012)
• A. Martini, Start Up Friction Reduction through Surface Patterning and Hydraulic Fluid Selection, ASTM Workshop on Energy Efficient Hydraulic Fluids, San Fransisco CA (June 2012)
• X. Wu, Surface friction of I-beta cellulose nanocrystals by molecular dynamics simulation, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2012 Annual Meeting, St. Louis MO (May 2012)
• Y. Dong, Thermal and athermal effects in AFM measurements of atomic friction, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2012 Annual Meeting, St. Louis MO (May 2012)
• A. Martini, Atomic-Scale Friction of Surfaces and Coatings, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego CA (April 2012)
• Y. Dong, Atomic Stick-Slip Friction Studied by Optimally-Matched Accelerated MD Simulations and AFM Experiments, American Vacuum Society International Symposium, Nashville, TN (November 2011)
• A. Martini, Atomic Friction Behavior of Metal-Metal Contacts, 2011 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, Los Angeles, CA (October 2011)
• A. Martini, Effect of Molecular Structure on Liquid Slip, 2011 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, Los Angeles, CA (October 2011)
• A. Martini, Physically Representative Atomistic Modeling of Atomic-scale Friction, 2011 Leeds/Lyon Tribology Symposium, Lyon France (September 2011)
• A. Martini, Relating Food Fats to Human Sensory Perception Through Tribological Behavior, International Conference on Biotribology, London England (September 2011)
• A. Martini, Modeling Atomic-Scale Indentation of Crystalline Cellulose, 2011 TAPPI International Conference on Nano for Renewable Materials, Washington, DC (July 2011)
• A. Martini, Physically Representative Atomistic Modeling of Atomic-scale Friction, ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, Chicago, IL (July 2011)
• Y. Dong, Atomic stick-slip friction studied by optimally-matched simulations and experiments, STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, GA (May 2011)
• A. Vadakkepatt, Compressibility of Confined Thin Films using Atomistic Simulation, STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, GA (May 2011)
• A. Udupa, Study of friction on graphene using simulation, STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, GA (May 2011)
• J. Garcia, Static friction characterization of metallic contacts with hydraulic fluids, International Fluid Power Exposition, Las Vegas, NV (March 2011)
• J. Garcia, Characterization of static friction for metallic interfaces in line contacts for various force inputs,2010 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, San Fransisco, CA (October 2010)
• Y. Dong, Phenomena in the buried interface during atomic friction studied by molecular dynamics simulation, 2010 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, San Fransisco, CA (October 2010)
• J. Garcia, Experimental Measurements of Static Friction for Line Contacts at High Speed Step Inputs, 6th Fluid Power Net International PhD Symposium, West Lafayette, IN (June 2010)
• A. Vadakkepatt, Molecular Structure and Film Thickness Effects on TFL using Atomistic Simulation, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• H. Gylfadottir, Effect of molecular structure on tribological properties of free fatty acids, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• J. Garcia, Multi-contact high load static friction measurements, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• Y. Dong, Quantitative study of atomic-scale stick-slip friction: Simulation, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• A. Martini and S. Kim, Ciphers, Riddles, and the Recreational Mathematics of the Propositiones ad Acuendos Iuvenes, 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI (May 2010)
• A. Martini, The Role of Entrapment in EHL Fragility, STLE/ASME Joint International Tribology Conference, Memphis, TN (Oct 2009)
• Y. Dong, Atomic Stick Slip Friction Study by MD Simulation, STLE/ASME Joint International Tribology Conference, Memphis, TN (Oct 2009)
• A. Vadakkepatt, Compressibility of Thin Film Lubricants Characterized Using Atomistic Simulation, STLE/ASME Joint International Tribology Conference, Memphis, TN (Oct 2009)
• A. Martini, Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Atomic Stick Slip Friction, World Tribology Congress IV, Kyoto, Japan (Sept 2009)
• A. Martini, Understanding Atomic Stick-Slip Friction of Metals through Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation, 2009 STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (May 2009)
• J. Garcia, Modeling Start Up Friction in Hydraulic Components, 2009 STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (May 2009)
• A. Martini, Slip: How it Happens, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 60th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (November 2007)
• A. Martini, Liquid-Solid Interface Slip as a Rate Process, STLE/ASME Joint International Tribology Conference, San Diego, CA (October 2007)
• A. Martini, Relating Solvation Pressure to Wall-Fluid Layer Distance in Nano-Confined Films, 2007 STLE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (May 2007)
• A. Martini, Rapid Prediction of Maximum Subsurface Stress, 2007 STLE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (May 2007)
• A. Martini, Friction Reduction in Mixed Lubrication, 2007 STLE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (May 2007)
• A. Martini, A Rapid Method of Estimating Solvation Pressure for Nano-confined Films, STLE/ASME Joint International Tribology Conference, San Antonio, TX (October 2006)
• A. Martini, Molecular Simulation Analysis of Density, Pressure and Viscosity in Ultra Thin Lubricating Films, World Congress on Computational Mechanics VI, Los Angeles, CA (July 2006)
• A. Martini, Molecular Characterization of Viscosity for Thin Film Lubrication, 2006 STLE Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada (May 2006)
• A. Martini, Prediction of Subsurface Stress in Elastic Perfectly Plastic Rough Components, World Tribology Congress III, Washington, D.C. (September 2005)
• A. Martini, A 3-D Transient Solution for Thermoelastic Displacement Due to Surface Heating and Convective Cooling, 2005 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada (May 2005)
• A. Martini, Integration of Continuum and Molecular Models for Simulation of Thin Film Lubrication, 2005 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada (May 2005)
• A. Martini, Integration of Continuum and Molecular Models for Thin Film Lubrication, NSF-IGERT Annual Symposium on Virtual Tribology, Evanston, IL (April 2005)
• A. Martini, Subsurface Stress Fields of Real Machined Surfaces, World Congress on Computational Mechanics IV, Beijing, China (September 2004)
• A. Martini, Mixed Lubrication Simulation and Animation, NSF-IGERT Annual Symposium on Virtual Tribology, Evanston, Illinois (May 2003)

Posters

• S. Romero Garcia, Reactive Simulations of Silica Functionalization with Aromatic Hydrocarbons, ACS Spring Meeting, New Orleans LA (March 2024)
• D. Zhang, Simulations of the Effect of Temperature on Deformation Behavior of Small Metal Nanoparticles, TMS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Orlando FL (February 2024)
• F. Bhuiyan, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal and Shear-Driven Tribopolymerization, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA (May 2023)
• A. Kumar, Benchtop Tribological Characterization of Electric Motor Greases for Hybrid Bearings, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA (May 2023)
• C. Moustafa, Tribological Performance Of Lithium Complex Greases With Pyrylium- And Pyridinium-Based Ionic Liquids, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA (May 2023)
• S. Leventini, Tactile Perception of Vellum Quantified by Friction and Surface Roughness, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA (May 2023)
• J. A. Morales, Effect of Chemical Cleaners on Varnish Removal and Elastomeric Seals, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA (May 2023)
• D. Miliate, Thermal Degradation of MAC Lubricants for Aerospace Applications, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Long Beach CA (May 2023)
• M. Rabbani, Simulations of deformation mechanisms in coated and uncoated platinum nanoparticles, MRS Spring Meeting, San Fransisco CA (April 2023)
• A. Velasquez, Varnish Removal Efficiency of Commercial Cleaners, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• T. Liu, Effect of cation-anion pair on contact angle for phosphonium ionic liquids, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• P. Panwar, Modeling the Effect of Polymer Structure and Chemistry on Viscosity Index, Thickening Efficiency, and Traction Coefficient, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• S. Romero Garcia, Modeling Sputtering Deposition of MoS2: Effect of Sputtering Deposition on the Microstructure, Thickening Efficiency, and Traction Coefficient, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2022)
• F. Bhuiyan, Reactive MD Simulations of Thermal and Shear-Driven Oligomerization, ACS Spring Meeting, Online (March 2022)
• M. Vazirisereshk, Friction Anisotropy of MoS2: Effect of Tip-Sample Contact Quality, AVS 2020 International Twitter Poster Competition, Twitter (July 2020)
• M. Vazirisereshk, Friction Anisotropy of MoS2: Effect of Tip-Sample Contact Quality, Web Seminar Series on Tribology, Twitter (June 2020)
• S. Romero Garcia, Wear Life of Ni-doped and Undoped MoS2 Dry Film Lubricants in Air: Wear Mechanisms, Web Seminar Series on Tribology, Twitter (June 2020)
• A. Vellore, How to Lubricate Mechanisms in Space, Web Seminar Series on Tribology, Twitter (June 2020)
• Q. Yang, Nanoscale Friction of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Self-Assembled Monolayers in Water, Web Seminar Series on Tribology, Twitter (June 2020)
• A. Vellore, Grease Lubrication of Self-Mated 60NiTi Bearing Materials, STLE Annual Meeting, Nashville TN (May 2019)
• D. Sanchez Garrido, Effects of Temperature and Flow Rate on Varnish Removal by Chemical Flushes, STLE Annual Meeting, Nashville TN (May 2019)
• P. Panwar, Polymer-Enhanced Fluid Effects on Mechanical Efficiency of Hydraulic Pumps, STLE Annual Meeting, Nashville TN (May 2019)
• R. Chen, Simulations of the effect of an oxide on contact area measurement using C-AFM, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2018)
• K. Mohammadtabar, Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal Film Growth from Di-tert-butyl disulfide on an Fe(100) Surface, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (October 2018)
• M. Len, Thickening Mechanisms of Polyisobutylene in Polyalphaolefin, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• N. Walters, Roughness Dependence of Castor Oil Lubricated NiTi Alloy, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• A. Vellore, Lubricated Sliding of Textured Surfaces with Nanoparticle Additives, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• M. Ades, New Method to Compare Varnish Removal Fluids, STLE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN (May 2018)
• A. Khajeh, Analysis of Mechanical Behavior in Soot Nanoparticles Under Consecutive Compression Tests Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation, STLE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (May 2017)
• M. Len, Viscosity Simulation of Polymer-Enhanced Fluids, STLE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (May 2017)
• M. Vazirisereshk, Atomic Insights into the Physics of Structural Lubricity at Gold/HOPG Interfaces, STLE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (May 2017)
• A. Vellore, Atomistic Modeling and Experimental Study of Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles as Lubricant Additives, STLE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (May 2017)
• D. Johnson, Flow Loss and Rheology of Polymer Enhanced Solutions, STLE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (May 2017)
• R. Chen, Investigating the Application of Continuum Mechanics Models to Describe Contact Area at the Nanoscale, STLE Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (May 2017)
• R. Chen, The Area of Contacts Between Nanoscale Bodies in Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Chicago IL (November 2016)
• R. Chen, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nanoscale Contacts in Atomic Force Microscopy, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• H. Gao, Modeling the Effects of Nanoparticle Size and Surface Roughness on Friction in Boundary Lubrication, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• U. Ramasamy, Effect of Molecular Features on the Coil Size of Model Viscosity Index Improvers, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• M. Len, Effect of Nanoscale Fluid Confinement on Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• X. Hu, Modeling Nanoscale Wear of an Atomic Force Microscope Tip during Run-in, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• A. Vellore, Atomistic Modeling of Cold Sprayed Titanium Coatings, STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV (May 2016)
• M. Len, Investigation of the Relationship between Viscosity and Film Thickness Using Simulations, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Denver CO (October 2015)
• R. Chen, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Contacts in Atomic Force Microscopy, Tribology Frontiers Conference, Denver CO (October 2015)
• S. Lantz, An Investigation of Oil–Foam Inhibitor Dispersion Characteristics, STLE Annual Meeting, Dallas TX (May 2015)
• H. Gao, A Comparison of (Ag,Cu)-Ta-O Ternaries as High-Temperature Solid Lubricants, STLE Annual Meeting, Dallas TX (May 2015)
• U. Ramasamy, Temperature-Dependent Conformations of Model Viscosity Index Improvers, STLE Annual Meeting, Dallas TX (May 2015)
• M. Len, Simulation of the Effect of Molecular Structure on Shear Thinning Behavior, STLE Annual Meeting, Dallas TX (May 2015)
• Z. Ye, Atomistic simulation of frictional anisotropy on quasicrystal approximant surfaces , STLE Annual Meeting, Dallas TX (May 2015)
• U. Ramasamy, Estimating Pressure-Viscosity Coefficients using Molecular Dynamics, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2014 Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2014)
• X. Hu, The effect of roughness on nanoscale adhesion and wear, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2014 Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2014)
• H. Gao, Load Dependence of Silver Tantalate as A High-Temperature Solid Lubricant, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2014 Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2014)
• Z. Ye, Oscillatory motion of bilayer graphene, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2014 Annual Meeting, Orlando FL (May 2014)
• U. Ramasamy, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Structure and Stability of PFPE Lubricants, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2013 Annual Meeting, Detroit MI (May 2013)
• X. Hu, Modeling of Nanoscale Wear between Metals, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2013 Annual Meeting, Detroit MI (May 2013)
• H. Gao, High-Temperature Tribological Properties of Silver Tantalate, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2013 Annual Meeting, Detroit MI (May 2013)
• Z. Ye, Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Velocity-Dependence of Atomic Friction, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2013 Annual Meeting, Detroit MI (May 2013)
• X. Wu, Surface Friction of I-beta Cellulose Nanocrystals by Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Gordon Research Conference on Tribology 2012, Waterville, ME (July 2012)
• Y. Dong, Thermal and athermal effects in AFM measurements of atomic friction: a theoretical investigation, Gordon Research Conference on Tribology 2012, Waterville, ME (July 2012)
• Z. Ye, Atomic Friction at a Graphite Step Edge, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2012 Annual Meeting, St. Louis MO (May 2012)
• H. Gao, Modeling an Ultra-High Temperature Solid Lubricant, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers 2012 Annual Meeting, St. Louis MO (May 2012)
• Z. Ye, Atomic Friction at Graphite Step Edges, 2011 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, Las Angeles, CA (October 2011)
• H. Gao, Analytical Models and Numerical Methods for Perovskite Atomic Friction, 2011 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, Las Angeles, CA (October 2011)
• Y. Dong, Atomic stick-slip friction studied by optimally-matched simulations and experiments, STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, GA (May 2011)
• A. Vadakkepatt, Compressibility of Confined Thin Films using Atomistic Simulation, STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, GA (May 2011)
• D. Brandt, Surface Effects on Start-up Friction and Their Application to Compact Hydraulic Motor Design, STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, GA (May 2011)
• A. Udupa, Atomistic simulation study of frictional behavior of multi-layered graphene, STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, GA (May 2011)
• J. Garcia, Static friction measurements of metallic surfaces for line contacts and varying loads, 2010 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, San Fransisco, CA (October 2010)
• Y. Dong , Atomic friction understood by modeling the buried interface, 2010 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, San Fransisco, CA (October 2010)
• A. Vadakkepatt, Molecular Scale Effects on Thin Film Compressibility using Molecular Dynamics Simulation, 2010 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, San Fransisco, CA (October 2010)
• A. Vadakkepatt, Effect of Molecular Structure on Liquid Slip Characterized by Atomistic Simulation, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• A. Udupa, Atomic Scale friction between Two Graphene Sheets, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• H. Gylfadottir, Effect of molecular structure on free fatty acid properties and correlation to human detection thresholds, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• J. Wu, The Atomic Stick-Slip Toolkit on nanoHUB, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• J. Garcia, Predicting Static Friction in Line and Point Contacts to Improve Start-Up Efficiency in Hydraulic Motors, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• X. Wu, Elastic Deformation Mechanics of Cellulose Nanocrystals, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• Y. Dong, Quantitative study of atomic stick-slip friction, 2010 STLE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (May 2010)
• A. Vadakkepat, Molecular-scale Characterization of Thin Film Lubrication, 2009 STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (May 2009)
• Y. Dong, Low Speed Atomistic Simulation of Stick-Slip Friction Using Parallel Replica Dynamics, 2009 STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (May 2009)
• Z. Gao, Systematic Molecular Dynamics Study of Load, Speed, and Temperature Effects on Atomic Stick-Slip Friction, 2009 STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (May 2009)
• H. Gylfadottir, Effect of Trigylceride Molecular Structure on Frictional Properties of Fat, 2009 STLE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (May 2009)
• J. Garcia, Surface Roughness Effects on Start-up Friction in Elastic-Plastic Contact, 2008 STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference,Miami, FL (October 2009)