national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS)

National Centre for Advanced Tribology formally launched Nov '09

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Overview

introduction to nCATSThe national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) is funded by a successful bid to the Science and Innovation Awards 2007.

Thrusts

strategic research areas of nCATSThe main broad areas of research thrust of nCATS will be the advanced tribology associated with: Transport, Environment, Energy, Quality of life/health care and Tiny-Technologies

Collaborations

building bridges...nCATS is growing a portfolio of national and international collaborations with other strategic partners in the relevant research areas.

2nd UK-China Summer School on Tribology and Surface Engineering

follow the link to registerInformation, abstract and registration details for the UK-China Summer School on Tribology 2010.

Mission

nCATS mission

nCATS is the first truly multi-disciplinary tribology centre linking with world class research groups at the University of Southampton.

nCATS - RSC Joint Symposium on Tribochemistry (12 May 2009)

RSC - nCATS Symposium 12 May 2009This event, jointly hosted by nCATS and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) was a symposium featuring a range of internationally renowned speakers from the area of tribochemistry, including Prof Colin Bain from Durham University, who was awarded RSC Tilden Lectureship for his novel research on thin films and interfaces at the end of the event in an official award ceremony.