April Technical Meeting – Metalworking Fluids

Registration: https://buytickets.at/philadelphiastle/1659041

The STLE Philadelphia Section is proud to announce that the 6th Annual George Arbocus Education Course will be held on Thursday, April 24, starting at 1:30 PM. The meeting will be held at Sandy Run Country Club in Oreland PA. Our April Education course will honor friend George Arbocus and will feature 2 expert speakers on the topic of metalworking fluids.

Schedule: 
On-site Registration opens, Student Poster Session begins at 11:30 AM EDT
Lunch will be served at 12:00 PM EDT
Virtual Meeting Link Active at 1:00 PM EDT (Virtual participants should receive an email by 8 AM on April 18th with the access code for the Microsoft Teams meeting.  The e-mail will be from admin@philadelphia-STLE.org. If not received, please check your spam folder.)

Featuring:

1:15 PM Introduction and Announcements – Neil Canter, Program Chair, STLE Philadelphia Section

1:30 PM –Dr. Yixing (Philip) Zhao, Senior Manager and Senior Research Scientist,Quaker Houghton; “Investigation of Tribological Properties of Water Based Metal Removal Fluids and Lubricity Additives on Titanium.”

2:00 PM – Yu-Sheng Li, Graduate Student, Penn State University,“ Elucidating Tribochemical Reaction Mechanisms: Insights into Tribofilm Formation from Hydrocarbon Adsorbates Coupled with Tribochemical Substrate Wear”

2:15 PM – Break

2:25 PM – Dr. Julius Schoop, Erwin J. Nutter Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky; “In-situ Characterization of Metal Cutting for Sustainable Manufacturing.”

Student Poster Session – 11:30 AM-1:15PM – Ali Kamali, Graduate Student, University of Delaware; “Two-Dimensional (2D) MXene Supported Ruthenium Catalysts for Plastic Waste Hydrogenolysis.”

Registration: https://buytickets.at/philadelphiastle/1659041

• EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION Lecture and buffet style lunch: $40 ($20 retirees and unemployed colleagues if registration received by the end of the day on Monday, April 21st
• Lecture and buffet style lunch: $45 ($20 retirees and unemployed colleagues) for registrations between Tuesday, April 22nd and the meeting on Thursday, April 24th. This includes walk-ins.
• Lecture only: $20 (includes those attending virtually)     

All meeting proceeds go to our Scholarship Fund, encouraging local students to pursue careers and Tribology and Lubrication.