List of tribology organizations

This is a list of organizations involved in research in or advocacy of tribology, the scientific and engineering discipline related to friction, lubrication and wear.

Government

 * Argonne National Laboratory
 * NASA - Glenn Research Center
 * National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
 * National Research Council (Canada)
 * Southwest Research Institute

Advocacy and Professional societies

 * American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA)
 * American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA)
 * American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
 * International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM)
 * Institution of Engineering and Technology
 * Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
 * Institute of Physics
 * Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) (USA)

Publications

 * Lubricants
 * Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology
 * Tribology Letters
 * Tribology Transactions
 * Wear

Austria

 * TU Wien

Australia

 * Curtin University
 * University of New South Wales
 * University of Western Australia

Belgium

 * Ghent University
 * KU Leuven

Brazil

 * University of São Paulo
 * Federal University of Uberlandia
 * Federal University of Espírito Santo

Canada

 * Dalhousie University
 * University of Waterloo
 * University of Windsor

China

 * Chinese Academy of Sciences
 * Chinese Academy of Sciences
 * Tsinghua University
 * Qingdao University of Technology

Chile

 * Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)

Czech Republic

 * Brno University of Technology

France

 * Ecole Centrale de Lyon
 * INSA Lyon / University of Lyon
 * University of Poitiers

Germany

 * Technical University of Clausthal (ITR)
 * Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
 * Leibniz Universität Hannover (IMKT)
 * Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
 * RWTH Aachen University
 * Technical University of Berlin
 * Technical University of Munich

India

 * Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
 * Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
 * Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
 * Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
 * Indian Institute of Technology Rupnagar
 * National Institute of Technology Srinagar
 * Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
 * Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Japan

 * Kanazawa University
 * Kobe University
 * Nagoya University
 * Niigata University
 * Tokyo University

Korea

 * KAIST
 * Korea University
 * Yonsei University
 * Kookmin University

Malaysia

 * International Islamic University Malaysia
 * Universiti Malaya
 * Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
 * Universiti Teknologi MARA
 * Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
 * Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
 * Universiti Sains Malaysia

Netherlands

 * Delft University of Technology
 * University of Twente

New Zealand

 * Auckland University of Technology

Norway

 * Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Pakistan

 * National University of Science and Technology

Portugal

 * Aveiro University
 * University of Coimbra

Slovenia

 * University of Ljubljana

Sweden

 * Luleå University of Technology
 * Uppsala University
 * KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Switzerland

 * EPFL
 * ETH Zurich

United Kingdom

 * Bournemouth University
 * Cardiff University
 * Imperial College London
 * National Physical Laboratory
 * University of Bradford
 * University of Cambridge - Tribology Research Group
 * University of Central Lancashire - Jost Institute for Tribotechnology
 * University of Leeds - Institute of Functional Surfaces
 * University of Leicester - Mechanics of Materials Research Group
 * University of Loughborough - Dynamics Research Group
 * University of Oxford - Solid Mechanics & Materials Engineering
 * University of Sheffield - The Leonardo Tribology Centre
 * University of Southampton - National Centre for Advanced Tribology (nCATs)
 * University of Strathclyde

United States

 * Auburn University - Multiscale Tribology Laboratory and the Undergraduate Tribology Minor
 * Georgia Institute of Technology - Tribology Research Group
 * George Mason University - Tribology and Surface Mechanics (TSM) Group
 * Gonzaga University - Tribology Research Laboratory
 * Iowa State University - Convergent Manufacturing, Processing and Advanced Surface Science (CoMPASS) Laboratory
 * Lehigh University - Surface Interfaces and Materials Tribology Laboratory
 * Louisiana State University - Center for Rotating Machinery
 * Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan Automotive Laboratory
 * Miami University - Ye Research Group
 * Northwestern University - Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology
 * Pennsylvania State University - Tribology/Materials Processing Lab
 * Purdue University - Mechanical Engineering Tribology Laboratory
 * Rice University - Additive Manufacturing, Performance and Tribology Center
 * Rochester Institute of Technology - Tribology Laboratory
 * Texas A&M University - Rotor Dynamics Laboratory Tribology Group
 * University at Buffalo - Dynamics, Control and Mechatronics
 * University of Akron - Timken Engineered Surfaces Laboratories
 * University of California, Berkeley - Tribology Group
 * University of California, Merced - Tribology Group
 * University of Dayton - Tribology Group
 * University of Delaware - Materials Tribology Laboratory
 * University of Florida - Tribology Laboratory
 * University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Tribology and Microtribodynamics Laboratory
 * University of Pennsylvania - Carpick Group
 * University of Texas at Arlington - Turbomachinery and Energy Systems Laboratory
 * University of Utah - Nanotribology and Precision Engineering Laboratory
 * University of Nevada Reno
 * University of Wisconsin - Madison - Eriten Research Group