Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition Program Guide May 17-20, 2021 Plus: Annual Meeting Exhibitor Directory, pg. 75 WE’RE BRINGING THE LUBRICANT INDUSTRY’S PREMIER EVENT TO YOU! #STLE2021 Contents 04 Welcome Message 19 075 2021 STLE Annual Meeting 05 Networking & Special Events MONDAY OVERVIEW Exhibitor Directory 05 Annual Meeting Exhibitors Program Time Grid Schedule, pg. 20 085 Early Career & Student Posters 06 Know Before You Go 24 Monday Technical Sessions & 088 2020-2021 STLE Annual Meeting 07 Annual Meeting Sponsors Commercial Marketing Forum Committees & Industry Councils 08 Program Schedule at a Glance • STLE Board of Directors 10 Keynote & Plenary Speakers 31 • Annual Meeting Program TUESDAY OVERVIEW 14 Education Courses Committee Program Time Grid Schedule, pg. 32 16 2021 STLE Award Recipients • Annual Meeting Education 36 Tuesday Technical Sessions & Course Committee Commercial Marketing Forum • Awards Committee • Education Committee 47 • Fellows Committee WEDNESDAY OVERVIEW • Technical Committees/Industry Program Time Grid Schedule, pg. 48 Councils 52 Wednesday Technical Sessions & • Student Posters Commercial Marketing Forum 096 Committee Business Meetings 63 098 Participants Index THURSDAY OVERVIEW 102 Advertisers Index Program Time Grid Schedule, pg. 64 68 Thursday Technical Sessions & Commercial Marketing Forum The 2021 STLE Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition is sponsored by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, an international organization headquartered at 840 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois (USA) 60068-2376. Telephone: (847) 825-5536. Fax: (847) 825-1456. Email: [email protected]. Web: www.stle.org. STLE is a not-for-profit professional society founded in 1944 to advance the science of tribology and best practices in lubrication engineering. www.stle.org | STLE 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition | 3 Message from the STLE president Hello STLE Members and Friends, As STLE President, it is my pleasure the conclusion of the meeting. provide you with solutions and strategies to welcome the more than 1,000 In addition to the technical sessions, to to improve your company’s bottom line. participants from nearly 40 countries better accommodate and maximize the Another positive with the virtual format is that will be attending the 2021 STLE opportunities, the education courses that you can spend extra time during the Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition usually held the same week as the Annual week engaging with the exhibitors and during the week of May 17-20. First, I Meeting will be segregated in the weeks still be able to catch up on all of the would like to congratulate the STLE before and after the meeting. STLE’s recorded technical presentations on Annual Meeting Program Committee Education Committee has converted five demand for the next 90 days. In theory, (AMPC), and especially chair Dr. Min Zou courses dealing with basic and advanced there are no lost opportunities with the (University of Arkansas), for the great lubrication and metalworking fluids to be virtual format compared to traditional in- work in organizing this event. The AMPC presented online, starting in early May person meetings. has assembled a superb technical and concluding during the first full week Details on the technical program and program featuring 300 papers, eight of June. No course will be presented other aspects of the Annual Meeting are keynote and plenary speakers, poster during the Annual Meeting dates, allowing included in this convenient Program presentations, the popular Commercial you greater flexibility to attend the Guide to help you prepare in advance, Marketing Forum sessions, virtual exhibit meeting, trade show, and take as many with up-to-date information available on booths and an array of networking courses as you desire. If you haven’t done the STLE website and in the virtual opportunities to connect with lubricant so, visit the STLE website (www.stle.org) platform when the meeting starts. industry professionals from around the to register for courses still available. world during the four-day meeting. This is going to be a great week and Don’t forget to make time in your I look forward to following many of the STLE is excited and proud to be offering schedule to check out the 2021 trade technical presentations, keynote and you our first Virtual Annual Meeting! show and visit with the more than 65 plenary talks, and visiting the exhibits While we would have preferred to see exhibitors with virtual booths displaying from my home office in British Columbia. you in New Orleans for the 75th STLE the lubricant industry’s newest Look forward to connecting with you Annual Meeting, providing you with technologies, products and services. You’ll online at the 75th STLE Annual timely content and the ability to network be able to talk directly with technical Meeting! with your peers is the ultimate goal of experts and engage with the industry’s any meeting—be it in-person or virtual. leading companies looking to help We know we will accomplish both by leveraging a user-friendly, virtual platform that will safely provide attendees with a full conference experience from the comfort of your local office or home. This year’s virtual format makes it possible for many of our members and industry colleagues to attend the Annual Meeting, maybe for the first time. Also, all sessions Paul Hetherington, STLE President will be recorded and made available to (HollyFrontier Lubricants & Specialties) participants for up to 90 days following 4 | STLE 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition | www.stle.org 2021 STLE Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition NETWORKING & SPECIAL EVENTS Attending an in-person meeting is more exchange discussing the latest hot topics STLE Virtual Business than just education, it’s catching up with in the field of tribology and lubrication. Meeting – May 18 old friends and meeting new faces. Virtual Networking Reception will While the STLE Virtual Annual Meeting & occur on Monday evening, May 17 Exhibition changes the way we network, (6:30-8 pm EDT). Bring your libation it’s not impossible. of choice and plan to add to the Virtual Networking Breaks have been conversation! This isn’t your traditional scheduled in the mornings & afternoons networking setting, but it’s designed between each breakout technical to really get people to engage and find sessions and will last for 30 minutes. real value in connecting with your While this does allow for you to catch up colleagues in the field. on work or at-home responsibilities, it’s Exhibitor Appreciation Hours will occur also a chance to recap the previous with 90 minutes of dedicated exhibit Paul Hetherington Ken Hope sessions, ask a burning question, or just time: Monday, May 17 (3-4 pm EDT) say “hello!” and connect virtually with a and Tuesday, May 18 (3-3:30 pm EDT)— The annual meeting’s major business colleague. In addition to networking with no need to worry about missing a function goes virtual on Tuesday, May 18 your peers, be sure to visit the virtual Commercial Marketing Forum (1-2 pm EDT) honoring STLE’s incoming exhibit booths and view the student presentation or technical session! This and outgoing presidents, award winners research posters in the Poster Gallery. year’s virtual setting will feature three and top volunteers. “Industry Insights” Chat Sessions halls of booths that will link attendees to Join us as we salute 2020-2021 STLE will be hosted in the mornings or the industry’s latest new products and President Paul Hetherington with afternoons each day where you can technologies with more than 60 HollyFrontier Lubricants & Specialties and connect with industry and academic companies that will be represented 2021-2022 STLE President Ken Hope leaders for a more informal networking looking to do business with you. with Chevron Phillips Chemical. Visit www.stle.org/annualmeeting for the most up-to-date list on additional exhibitors that will be participating. ANNUAL MEETING EXHIBITORS • Preliminary as of April 12, 2021 STLE’s annual trade show is where you can catch up on the lubricant industry’s latest products, services and technologies. This year’s event features more than 60 companies with virtual booths. Check out the Exhibitor Directory on page 75 for details about each of these companies. Acme-Hardesty Company Emery Oleochemicals Oil Filtration Systems ADEKA Corporation Ergon, Inc. Optimol Instruments Prüftechnik GmbH Advanced Chemical Concepts Inc. Evonik Oil Additives USA, Inc. OQ Chemicals Corporation Afton Chemical Corporation ExxonMobil Chemical Company Palmer Holland Inc. Analytik Jena US Falex Corporation PCC Chemax, Inc. ANGUS Chemical Company FedChem/Federal Process PCS Instruments BASF Corporation Functional Products, Inc. PerkinElmer, Inc. Beckman Coulter GREEN FRIX Pilot Chemical Company Biosynthetic Technologies Huntsman Ravago Chemicals North America Bruker INEOS Oligomers Savant Labs BYK USA Inc. Italmatch Chemicals Sea-Land Chemical Company Cannon Instrument Company Kao Chemicals GmbH Shanghai Million Chemical Limited Chevron Phillips Chemical Company King Industries, Inc. Soltex, Inc. Clariant Koehler Instrument Company Inc. SONGWON Industrial Group Colonial Chemical Inc. LANXESS Corporation Tannas Company & King Refrigeration Compass Instruments LSI Chemical Teknor Apex Company CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Microtap USA, Inc. The Lubrizol Corporation Croda Inc. Münzing Troy Corporation Dow Napoleon Engineering Services United Soybean Board Eastman OilDoc