Performance Characterization of Lubricants
暫譯: 潤滑劑性能特徵分析

這段文字討論了潤滑科學與技術的基本原理，將科學概念與工程實踐相連結。它還探討了潤滑系統的性能特徵，通過利用先進的實驗來進行分析，並激勵讀者根據現代工具和技術來發展結論和解決方案。

Abhishek Kumar is currently working as a Graduate Assistant (Ph.D. Scholar) in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2023) from the University of California Merced, USA, M.Tech. in Design Engineering (2016) from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India in 2016, and Bachelor of Engineering degree (honors) in Mechanical Engineering (2014) from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal. He has worked as an Assistant Professor at Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur (2018-2020), Galgotias University, Greater Noida (2017), and Parul University, Vadodara (2016-2017). He was a summer visiting researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2018). He qualified GATE-2014 with 99.25 percentile in 2014 and was awarded GATE fellowship by the Government of India. His M.Tech. thesis was based on the investigation of nano-wear in Mg-based composites in collaboration with National University of Singapore, Singapore. He has a very keen interest to work on the tribological characterization of interacting surfaces. He has experience of more than eight years as an Assistant Professor and a Graduate Student Researcher to work with tribological systems, and their surface and wear characterization. He has gained hands-on experience of working with sophisticated experimental equipment in the past eight and half years and has utilized his experimental skills to successfully complete more than ten research projects with reputed industrial partners such as Chevron Corporation, SpaceX, Chevron-Phillips, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, etc. and academic collaborators such as National University of Singapore, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, California State University Chico, Illinois State University Normal, etc. He has utilized his exposure to demanding and challenging projects by publishing four peer-reviewed articles in peer-reviewed journals and presenting his work in five international conferences and publishing articles in two conference proceedings. He has worked as Book Editor and Book Proposal Reviewer for CRC Press, Taylor & Francis USA, and reviewed two book proposals, edited one book and authored six book chapters. He has enthusiasm to learn about the advanced research and he frequently volunteers as a peer-reviewer for more than six high impact journals (Journal of Magnesium and Alloys (IF=17.6), Lubricants (IF=3.584), Journal of Composites Science (IF=3.3), Tribology Transactions (IF=2.056), Inorganic Chemistry Communications (IF = 3.8), and Materials Today: Proceedings (CS = 3.2), and has been recognized as a Certified Peer Reviewer by Elsevier and MDPI. He has been selected as the Outstanding Reviewer twice by the Journal of Magnesium and Alloys (17.6 impact factor) due to his extraordinary contributions to the journal. He is also member of several professional societies such as The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME, The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers - STLE, The American Ceramic Society - ACerS, The Association for Iron and Steel Technology - AIST, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society - TMS, and ASM International - ASM. His research contributions have been acknowledged by STLE and he has been selected as the Technical Editor for Tribology & Lubrication Technology (TLT) magazine by STLE. He is also the recipient of several awards and honors, including 2024 Houston Section Scholarship by STLE. He is currently involved in the research which involves Tribology, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Material Characterization, Mechanical Testing, Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Nanomaterials, Material Characteristics, Materials and Materials Processing.

Avinash Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITD&M) Kancheepuram, Chennai (An Institute of National Importance under Ministry of Education, Government of India). He is Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University, California, USA. Here, he is working on two projects i.e. (1) "theoretical and experimental quantification of uncertainty in enzyme kinetics parameter of CRISPR-Cas12 and Cas13" and (2) "desalination of water using novel microfluidic-based mixers in FCDI (Flow-electrode Capacitive Deionization)". His research interests include Micro/Nanofabrication, Laser Machining, and Surface Engineering for Micro-fluidics, Bio-fluidics, MEMS/Micro/Bio-devices and Healthcare. He has published more than 14 international journals, 3 books, 12 chapters and 11 international conference papers. His google scholar ID is eiJdMdoAAAAJ, ORCID ID is 0000-0002-8071-5748, Scopus ID is 56564412000 and Web of Science Researcher ID is P-6124-2018. He is a guest editor in "MDPI: Bioengineering" (International Journal) and "JoVE" (Journal of Visualization Experiments). He is a review editor in "Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies - Medical Diagnostics" (International Journal). He is a reviewer in ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Journal of Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Journal of Physics of Fluids, and many more. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur until 2019. His post-PhD research experience includes Early Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He also worked as Assistant Professor (TEQIP faculty) in a World Bank and MHRD-(Government of India) project (NPIU) for a semester (2018) at THDC-Institute of Hydropower Engineering & Technology Tehri (Uttarakhand). He obtained his PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2018. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal in 2010 and M. Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India in 2012. He was Research Associate at the Bio-MEMS and Micro-fluidics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, from August 2012 to November 2012. He worked as Research Associate with Prof. G. K. Ananthsuresh and Prof. Ashitava Ghoshal in Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical system, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore for a year (2013). He qualified Indian Engineering Services in 2010. He qualify GATE-2010 with 98.20 % in 2010. His PhD thesis was nominated for best thesis award by the foreign and Indian examiner. He was selected in India-Sri Lanka youth exchange program 2017, organized by the Ministry of youth affairs and sports, Government of India. He was awarded DST-International Travel Fellowship in 2018 to visit Hawaii, USA. He is currently working on the various research projects by CSIR and DST-GOI. He have coordinated and organised many conferences and workshops at IIITDM Kanchipuram-Chennai, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and AIIMS Delhi. He has delivered many talks in Webinars, Faculty Development Programs and workshops in the institute like (a) B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai, (b) Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, (c) SRM University Chennai, (d) VIT Vellore and (e) Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, New Delhi. He has examined many M.Tech. and Ph.D. students at SRM University Chennai. He has guided more than 20 B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. students for their thesis.

Ashwani Kumar holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Mechanical Vibration and Design. Currently serving as a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (Gazetted Officer Group B) at the Technical Education Department of Uttar Pradesh, India, under the Government of Uttar Pradesh, he assumed this role in December 2013. Prior to this, Dr. Kumar worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India, with an NIRF Ranking of 55, from July 2010 to November 2013. With over 13 years of combined experience in research, academia, and administration, Dr. Kumar has undertaken various roles, including Coordinator for AICTE-Extension of Approval, Nodal Officer for PMKVY-TI Scheme (Government of India), Internal Coordinator for the CDTP scheme (Government of Uttar Pradesh), Industry Academia Relation Officer, Assistant Centre Superintendent (ACS) in the Institute Examination Cell, and Zonal Officer for conducting the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Diploma), and Sector Magistrate for State Assembly Election held in Uttar Pradesh. As an academician and researcher, Dr. Kumar serves as the Series Editor for five book series published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis USA) and Wiley Scrivener Publishing, titled as Advances in Manufacturing, Design and Computational Intelligence Techniques, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Developments, Smart Innovations and Technological Advancements in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Solar Thermal Energy Systems, and Computational Intelligence and Biomedical Engineering. Furthermore, he is the Guest Editor of a special issue titled "Sustainable Buildings, Resilient Cities, and Infrastructure Systems" in Buildings (ISSN: 2075-5309, I.F. 3.8). Dr. Kumar holds the position of Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies (IJMMST, ISSN: 2583-6625) and serves as the Editor of the International Journal of Energy Resources Applications (IJERA, ISSN: 2583-6617). Additionally, he acts as a Guest Editor and Editorial Board Member for eight international journals and is a Review Board Member for 20 prestigious international journals indexed in SCI/SCIE/Scopus, including Applied Acoustics, Measurement, JESTEC, AJSE, SV-JME, and LAJSS. Dr. Kumar has a prolific publication record, with more than 100 articles in journals, book chapters, and conferences. He has authored, co-authored, and edited more than 30 books in Mechanical, Materials, and Renewable Energy Engineering. Holding three patents, he is recognized for his contributions to academia and research, earning the title of Best Teacher for excellence in both fields. Actively engaged in academic pursuits, Dr. Kumar has successfully supervised 15 B.Tech., M.Tech., and Ph.D. theses and serves as an external doctoral committee member of S.R.M. University, New Delhi. His current research interests encompass AI & ML in Mechanical Engineering, Smart Materials & Manufacturing Techniques, Thermal Energy Storage, Building Efficiency, Renewable Energy Harvesting, and Sustainable Mobility. Dr. Kumar's Orcid is 0000-0003-4099-935X, and Google Scholar web link is https: //scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KOILpEkAAAAJ.

Abhishek Kumar目前在德州農工大學（Texas A&M University）J. Mike Walker '66 機械工程系擔任研究生助理（博士生）。他於2023年在美國加州大學梅塞德分校（University of California Merced）獲得機械工程碩士學位，2016年在印度德里印度理工學院（Indian Institute of Technology Delhi）獲得設計工程碩士學位，並於2014年在印度博帕爾的拉吉夫甘地技術大學（Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya）獲得機械工程（榮譽）學士學位。他曾在賈巴爾普爾工程學院（Jabalpur Engineering College）擔任助理教授（2018-2020）、加爾戈提亞大學（Galgotias University）擔任助理教授（2017年）以及帕魯爾大學（Parul University）擔任助理教授（2016-2017）。他於2018年在印度理工學院坎普爾分校（Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur）擔任夏季訪問研究員。他在2014年以99.25百分位數通過GATE-2014考試，並獲得印度政府頒發的GATE獎學金。他的碩士論文基於與新加坡國立大學（National University of Singapore）合作的鎂基複合材料中的奈米磨損研究。他對互動表面的摩擦學特性有濃厚的興趣，並擁有超過八年的助理教授和研究生研究員經驗，專注於摩擦系統及其表面和磨損特性。他在過去八年半中獲得了使用先進實驗設備的實踐經驗，並利用他的實驗技能成功完成了十多個與知名工業夥伴（如Chevron Corporation、SpaceX、Chevron-Phillips、Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory等）及學術合作者（如新加坡國立大學、印度理工學院坎普爾分校、加州州立大學奇科分校、伊利諾伊州立大學諾曼分校等）合作的研究項目。他通過在同行評審期刊上發表四篇文章、在五個國際會議上展示他的工作以及在兩個會議論文集中發表文章，充分利用了他在高要求和挑戰性項目中的經驗。他曾擔任CRC Press、Taylor & Francis USA的書籍編輯和書籍提案審稿人，審查了兩個書籍提案，編輯了一本書並撰寫了六個書章。他熱衷於學習先進研究，並經常作為超過六本高影響力期刊的同行評審（如《Journal of Magnesium and Alloys》（影響因子=17.6）、《Lubricants》（影響因子=3.584）、《Journal of Composites Science》（影響因子=3.3）、《Tribology Transactions》（影響因子=2.056）、《Inorganic Chemistry Communications》（影響因子=3.8）和《Materials Today: Proceedings》（CS=3.2））的志願者，並被Elsevier和MDPI認證為合格的同行評審。他因對《Journal of Magnesium and Alloys》（影響因子=17.6）的卓越貢獻而兩次被選為優秀審稿人。他還是多個專業學會的成員，如美國機械工程師學會（ASME）、摩擦學與潤滑工程師學會（STLE）、美國陶瓷學會（ACerS）、鐵鋼技術協會（AIST）、礦物、金屬與材料學會（TMS）和ASM國際（ASM）。他的研究貢獻得到了STLE的認可，並被選為STLE的《Tribology & Lubrication Technology》（TLT）雜誌的技術編輯。他還獲得了多個獎項和榮譽，包括STLE的2024休斯頓分會獎學金。他目前參與的研究包括摩擦學、材料的機械行為、材料表徵、機械測試、機械性能、微觀結構、奈米材料、材料特性及材料加工。

Avinash Kumar目前在印度信息技術設計與製造學院（Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, IIITD&M）坎奇普拉姆（Kancheepuram）擔任助理教授（機械工程系）。他是美國加州斯坦福大學的訪問助理教授。在這裡，他正在進行兩個項目，即（1）“CRISPR-Cas12和Cas13酶動力學參數不確定性的理論和實驗量化”，以及（2）“使用新型微流體混合器進行水的脫鹽（FCDI，流電極電容去離子化）”。他的研究興趣包括微/納米製造、激光加工和微流體、生物流體、MEMS/微型/生物設備及醫療保健。他已發表超過14篇國際期刊文章、3本書籍、12章和11篇國際會議論文。他的Google Scholar ID是eiJdMdoAAAAJ，ORCID ID是0000-0002-8071-5748，Scopus ID是56564412000，Web of Science Researcher ID是P-6124-2018。他是《MDPI: Bioengineering》（國際期刊）和《JoVE》（可視化實驗期刊）的客座編輯。他是《Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies - Medical Diagnostics》（國際期刊）的審稿編輯。他還是ASME《Journal of Solar Energy Engineering》、《Journal of Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics》、《ASME Journal of Heat Transfer》、《Journal of Physics of Fluids》等多個期刊的審稿人。他在印度理工學院坎普爾分校擔任博士後研究員，直到2019年。他的博士後研究經驗包括在印度理工學院德里分校的機械工程系擔任早期博士後研究員。他還在THDC水電工程與技術學院（Uttarakhand）擔任助理教授（TEQIP教職員），參與世界銀行和印度政府人力資源發展部（MHRD）項目（NPIU）為期一學期的工作（2018年）。他於2018年在印度理工學院德里分校的機械工程系獲得博士學位。他於2010年在拉吉夫甘地技術大學（Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya）獲得機械工程學士學位，並於2012年在印度理工學院坎普爾分校獲得機械工程碩士學位。他曾在2012年8月至11月期間擔任印度理工學院坎普爾分校生物MEMS和微流體實驗室的研究助理。他在2013年與G. K. Ananthsuresh教授和Ashitava Ghoshal教授在印度科學研究院（Indian Institute of Science Bangalore）的羅伯特·博世網絡物理系（Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical system）工作了一年。他於2010年通過印度工程服務考試，並在2010年以98.20%的成績通過GATE-2010考試。他的博士論文被外國和印度考官提名為最佳論文獎。他於2017年被選入印度-斯里蘭卡青年交流計劃，由印度政府青年事務和體育部組織。他於2018年獲得DST國際旅行獎學金，前往美國夏威夷訪問。他目前正在參與CSIR和DST-GOI的各項研究項目。他在IIITDM坎奇普拉姆-金奈、IIT德里、IIT坎普爾和AIIMS德里協調和組織了多個會議和研討會。他在多個網絡研討會、教職員發展計劃和研討會中發表了多次演講，包括（a）B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai，（b）Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai，（c）SRM University Chennai，（d）VIT Vellore和（e）新德里的Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women。他已對SRM University Chennai的多名M.Tech.和Ph.D.學生進行了考核，並指導了超過20名B.Tech.、M.Tech.和Ph.D.學生的論文。

Ashwani Kumar擁有機械工程博士學位，專攻機械振動和設計。目前在印度北方邦技術教育部（Uttar Pradesh Technical Education Department）擔任高級講師（公務員B組），自2013年12月起擔任此職位。在此之前，Kumar博士曾在印度德拉敦的Graphic Era University機械工程系擔任助理教授（2010年7月至2013年11月），該校在NIRF排名中位列第55位。Kumar博士在研究、學術和行政方面擁有超過13年的綜合經驗，擔任過多個角色，包括AICTE批准延長的協調員、PMKVY-TI計劃的聯絡官（印度政府）、CDTP計劃的內部協調員（北方邦政府）、產業學術關係官、學院考試小組的助理中心主任（ACS）以及負責在北方邦舉行的聯合入學考試（JEE-Diploma）的區域官員，還擔任過州議會選舉的區域法官。作為學者和研究人員，Kumar博士擔任CRC Press（Taylor & Francis USA）和Wiley Scrivener Publishing出版的五本書系列的系列編輯，這些書籍的主題包括製造、設計和計算智能技術的進展、可再生和可持續能源發展、機械和材料工程中的智能創新和技術進步、太陽熱能系統以及計算智能和生物醫學工程。此外，他還是《Buildings》（ISSN: 2075-5309，影響因子3.8）特刊“Sustainable Buildings, Resilient Cities, and Infrastructure Systems”的客座編輯。Kumar博士擔任《International Journal of Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies》（IJMMST，ISSN: 2583-6625）的主編，並擔任《International Journal of Energy Resources Applications》（IJERA，ISSN: 2583-6617）的編輯。此外，他還擔任八本國際期刊的客座編輯和編輯委員會成員，並是20本在SCI/SCIE/Scopus中索引的著名國際期刊的審稿委員，包括《Applied Acoustics》、《Measurement》、《JESTEC》、《AJSE》、《SV-JME》和《LAJSS》。Kumar博士擁有豐富的出版記錄，發表了超過100篇期刊文章、書章和會議論文。他在機械、材料和可再生能源工程方面撰寫、合著和編輯了超過30本書籍。擁有三項專利的他因對學術和研究的貢獻而獲得最佳教師的稱號，並積極參與學術活動，成功指導了15篇B.Tech.、M.Tech.和Ph.D.論文，並擔任新德里SRM大學的外部博士委員會成員。他目前的研究興趣包括機械工程中的AI和ML、智能材料和製造技術、熱能儲存、建築效率、可再生能源收集和可持續移動性。Kumar博士的ORCID是0000-0003-4099-935X，Google Scholar的網頁鏈接是https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KOILpEkAAAAJ。