Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
Lehigh University Student Receives Philadelphia STLE Scholarship The Philadelphia STLE is pleased to award a $1,000 scholarship to Lehigh University graduate student Kasey Campbell. Working under the direction of Prof. Brandon Krick, Campbell is investigating the fundamental tribological questions regarding the chemistry, physics, and mechanics of surface contacts. Trained as a polymer scientist, Campbell is Read More …
University of Maryland Doctoral Student Receives Philadelphia STLE Scholarship The Philadelphia Section of the STLE is pleased to award a scholarship to Preethi Ravula, a doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. Preethi is studying granular media interactions with different legged robots using numerical and experimental methods. Granular media exhibit complex behavior Read More …
Lehigh University Student Receives Philadelphia STLE Award The Philadelphia Section of the STLE is pleased to recognize Lehigh University student Brantley Balsamo as the recipient of a $500 scholarship. Balsamo is a Bioengineering major with a minor in Mechanics of Materials. Balsamo has conducted tribology research under the direction of Prof. Brandon Krick both in Read More …
Lehigh University Graduate Student Earns Philadelphia STLE Scholarship Tomas Grejtak, a Lehigh graduate student working under the direction of Prof. Brandon Krick, has been named as the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the Philadelphia STLE. Grejtak’s research focuses on predicting material removal, topographical evolution, and topology optimization of composite surfaces. Specifically focusing on multi-material Read More …
The College of New Jersey Student Receives Philadelphia STLE Award The Philadelphia Section of the STLE is pleased to award a $500 scholarship to Kristen Zozulia, a biomedical engineering major at The College of New Jersey. In addition to having an outstanding academic record, Zozulia is participating in research on the fluid dynamics of blood Read More …
Rutgers Student Receives Philadelphia STLE Award The Philadelphia Section of the STLE is pleased to award a $1,000 scholarship to Fernando Antonio Rebolledo Uscanga, a third-year PhD candidate in biomedical engineering working with Prof. Jeffrey Zahn at Rutgers University. Rebolledo Uscanga’s work is focused on applying microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) into the biomedical field. In lieu Read More …
Drexel University Doctoral Student receives Philadelphia STLE Scholarship The Philadelphia Section of the STLE is pleased to award a scholarship to Hannah Spece, a doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University. Recent innovations in extrusion-based 3D printing (fused filament fabrication; FFF) have allowed for the manufacturing of high-temperature biopolymers such as polyetheretherketone (PEEK). Due Read More …
U Penn Engineering Student Receives Philadelphia STLE Award The Philadelphia Section of the STLE is pleased to award a scholarship to U Penn Materials Science & Engineering student Haihuan Wang. Wang, who completed his first year as a Master degree candidate, is working under the direction of Prof. Shu Yang in collaboration with Prof. Rob Read More …
STLE Section Awards Scholarship to Drexel University Undergraduate Student The Philadelphia Section of the STLE is pleased to award a scholarship to Michael Algarra, an undergraduate student in Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University. As a student focusing directly on Tissue Engineering, Michael finds that tribology is a huge driving factor in the design of any Read More …
STLE Section Awards Scholarship to University of Pennsylvania Doctoral Student The Philadelphia Section of the STLE is pleased to award a scholarship to Jing Yang, a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania. Yang completed her studies under the direction of Blanchard Chemistry Professor Andrew Rappe with STLE Member Dr. Robert Carpick serving on her Read More …