Our lab is an interdisciplinary research group focused on materials, tribology, and corrosion science. We are dedicated to conducting fundamental and applied research to address challenges in tribology and corrosion.
Research Area
We study materials friction, wear and lubrication with the goal of developing advanced materials and lubrication technologies that improve energy efficiency, mechanical reliability, and environmental sustainability.
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Research Area
We study chemical and electrochemical degradation, including the coupled effects of wear and corrosion, to improve material and component reliability.
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Research Area
We design and modify material surfaces through coatings, surface treatments, and texture engineering to improve mechanical, chemical, and tribological performance under specific service conditions.
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Laboratory capabilities
Rotary and reciprocating tribological testing under dry, lubricated, and corrosive environments, including friction and wear, lubricant evaluation, rolling contact fatigue, and tribocorrosion.
Rotary: 0.001–10,000 rpm Reciprocating: up to 80 Hz Load: up to 1,000 N Temperature: up to 500 °C
Electrochemical characterization of materials, coatings, and lubricants, including corrosion testing, polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and tribocorrosion measurements.
Applied potential: ±11 V EIS: 10 μHz–5 MHz
Non-contact 3D surface characterization for surface topography, roughness, wear depth, wear volume, texture, and defect analysis before and after tribological or corrosion testing.
Vertical resolution: <0.01 nm Lateral resolution: ~0.38 μm