Tribo-Corrosion of Bio-Materials

Sponsored by EPSRC Tribo-Corrosion Network

and Tribology Group of the Institute of Physics, UK

Washington DC, US,

4th April 2003

Venue: Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Rooms (Opposite Renaissance Hotel, WOM03 Venue)

8.30 Coffee

9.00 Welcome and aims of the EPSRC Tribo-Corrosion Network

9.15 "Bio-ferrorgraphy as a diagnostic tool for wear in total joint replacements", Dr. Donna Meyer, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island, US.

10.00 "Surface studies of alumina for hip joint prostheses", Prof. Mark Rainforth, Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, UK.

10.45 Coffee

11.00 "Tribo-corrosion of bio-materials: in-vitro investigation of stem-bone interface in hip joint prostheses, Dr. Stefano Mischler, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

11.45. "Micro-abrasion-corrosion of Co-Cr alloys in simulated artificial hip joint environments", Dr.Robert Wood, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.

12.30 Lunch

1.30 "Degradation of s phase coatings in orthapaedic environments", Mr. Gabriel Pina, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, UK

2.15 "Wear maps and tribo-corrosion of bio-materials", Prof. Margaret Stack, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK.

3.00 Open Forum

3.15 Close

This is a sponsored meeting of the EPSRC tribo-corrosion network (www.tricorrnet.strath.ac.uk) . Admission is free but numbers will be restricted. For details of registration: contact: m.m.stack@mecheng.strath.ac.uk