SMVDU Katra, April 2019. Er. Ankush Raina, Faculty Member, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, presented papers in 22nd International Conference on Wear of Materials from 14th to 18th April, 2019 at Miami, Florida, USA. The conference was organised by Elsevier and Wear of Materials, USA. The faculty member presented two papers in the area of Lubrication. The first presentation was on “Friction and wear performance of olive oil containing nanoparticles in boundary and mixed lubrication regimes”. The paper was co-authored by Er. Love Kerni and Er. Mir Irfan Ul Haq, Assistant Professor, SME, SMVDU. The second presentation was on “Friction and wear characteristics of diamond nanoparticles mixed with copper oxide for steel/Al alloy contacts” which was co-authored by Dr. Ankush Anand, Associate Professor, SME, SMVDU. Er. Mir Irfan Ul Haq, Assistant Professor, SME, SMVDU, and Dr. Sanjay Mohan Sharma, Assistant Professor, SME, SMVDU. The conference was attended by leading researchers from academia and industry working in the field of Friction, Wear and Lubrication of Mechanical components. Er. Raina got a chance to interact with the speakers from different countries which includes USA, Russia, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, UK, Canada, France, China, Malaysia, Chile, Netherlands, Austria Sweden, Belgium, Portugal, and Italy. Head, SME Dr. R. K. Mishra congratulated Er. Raina for successful representation of SMVDU at the international level. Er. Raina expressed his gratitude to university authorities for funding his visit.
