Tribomechadynamics 2021
The Tribomechadynamics Conference is hosted at Rice University every odd year as the conclusion of the summer of Tribomechadynamics Research Camp. The Tribomechadynamics Conference is organized into four tracks:
- Tribology
- Contact Mechanics
- Structural/Nonlinear Dynamics
- Multidisciplinary Research
The fourth track, multidisciplinary research, is intended to highlight research projects that span Tribology, Contact Mechanics, and Dynamics (i.e. research that can be categorized as Tribomechadynamics). While the major thrust of the conference comes from the study of interfaces and jointed structures, all researchers in these fields are welcome to and encouraged to submit an abstract and to attend.
Special Sessions/Activities
There will be several special activities at this year’s conference:
- Keynote presentations. These will be live, invitation-only, full-length presentations. More information on these talks will be announced soon.
- Discussion sessions. These will be live sessions with a moderated discussion on a topic germane to Tribomechadynamics. These sessions will be led by an invited speaker who will provide a viewpoint article in advance for the audience to read. Discussion of opposing views will be moderated to promote a healthy, interactive experience. More information will be provided soon.
- Poster sessions. The majority of presentations this year will occur as poster presentations. Videos will be uploaded in advance, and during the sessions, attendees will be able to tour a virtual poster hall and have focused discussions with the authors. These poster halls will also be available for virtual coffee breaks.
- Student paper award presentations will occur during a live session to highlight the award-winning papers.
- Multiple pre-conference short courses. More information will be provided soon.
- A young engineer networking event. More details to come soon.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions are now open. Please click here to proceed. Note that most talks will be conducted as part of a poster session. Each poster session will contain 5-6 talks (depending on the number of submissions) with full-length presentations uploaded in advance. During the poster sessions, participants will be able to interact with the poster presenters in small groups to learn more about the project, just as in a real poster session. The exceptions to this will be the student paper competition winners, who will give live presentations, and the invited talks, who will also give live presentations.
Important Dates
The important dates for the conference are, tentatively:
Abstracts due June 1st, 2021. Submit here Registration Opens June 1st, 2021. Register here
Acceptance notification by June 16th, 2021
Extended Abstracts due July 23rd, 2021 (non-student paper competition submissions)
Full Papers due July 9th, 2021 (student paper competition submissions)
The registration deadline (for the advanced registration rate) is July 23rd, 2021
Pre-Conference Workshops will be on August 2nd, 2021.
Conference dates are August 3rd through 5th, 2021.
Conference Venue
The Tribomechadynamics 2021 Conference will be a virtual event. Registered attendees will be provided links and access codes for the various conference activities.
Registration Information
Registration will be open June 1st for Tribomechadynamics 2021. There are five different registration rates (these are estimated for now, pending costs of the online platforms that we will be using to host the conference):
Standard Registration (applicable for all participants): $40. Speaker Registration (applicable for all presenters): $25. Student Registration (applicable for all registered students): $10. Rice Registration (applicable for all students/employees at Rice): $0. Workshops Only (not applicable for attending the conference itself): $0. Register now!
Proceedings
Extended abstracts will be made available to participants of the conference. In addition, we are working to have the top presentations and winners of the student paper competition published in a special issue of the ASME Journal of Computation and Nonlinear Dynamics.
Student Paper Competition
All papers with a student as the first author are eligible for the student paper competition. The winning entries (as judged by a panel of reviewers in advance of the conference) will be asked to give the student keynote as their presentation during the conference. More information will be made available soon.