November 18 2021 Program – STLE Philadelphia Technical Program Focus on Synthetic Lubricants/ STLE President’s Update

Educational Meeting Announcement – November 18, 2021

Focus on Synthetic Lubricants/ STLE President’s Update

Hybrid Meeting Starting at 1:00 PM EST with poster session on display at 11:30 AM

Featuring:

1:00 PM – Introduction and Announcements – Neil Canter, Program Chair – STLE Philadelphia Section

1:15 PM – Dr. Ken Hope, STLE President, Global PAO Technical Services Manager, Chevron Phillips Chemical;  “ Status of the STLE & PAO and Electric Applications.”

2:00 PM – Parker LaMascus, Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania, “High Performance and Low Viscosity: Mechanisms of Cooperation between Zirconia Nanoparticles and Extreme Pressure Additives.”

2:15 PM – Yiwei Qiang, Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania, “Role of Polymer Bridging and Entanglement in Toughening Polymer-Infiltrated Nanoparticle Films,”    Virtual Presentation

2:45 PM – Mark Pastore, Director of Business Development, Santolubes Manufacturing LLC, “Extreme Lubrication – Unique Properties of Polyphenol Ethers.”

11:30 AM Poster Session, Daniel Delghandi, Undergraduate Student, University of Pennsylvania, “Nanocrystals and Extreme Pressure Additives: A Case Study for a Comprehensive Method of Tribofilm Performance Characterization.”