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Name The Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers(KSTLE)
President Young Ze Lee
Purpose of Establishment To promote the development of science and technology as the joint community of production, research, and academics of tribology, and also contribute to industrial development
Major Businesses 1. Publication of KSTLE Journal and Books
2. Host of Conference and Symposium
4. Discussion of research trends on tribology
5. Award meritorious service and Promotion of Study
6. Discoveries of new industrial, academic, research tasks
7. Committee Activities
• Lubricants Committee
• Industry-Academic Cooperation Committee
• International Cooperation Committee
• Automobile Committee
• Standard Bearing Committee

KSTLE-Committee

1. Industrial-Educational Cooperation Committee
Chairman : Si Youl Jang (Kookmin Univ) / jangs@kookmin.ac.kr

• Joint execution of core tasks and national projects with connections to member companies and related enterprises
• Question and answer through consulting sessions on bottleneck techniques
• Technology diagnosis and solution through field inquiry



2. International Cooperation Committee
Chairman : Dae Eun Kim (Yonsei Univ) / kimde@yonse.ac.kr

• Participate/ invite/ host/ manage member companies in international conferences on tribology



3. Automobile Committee
Chairman : Pyung Hwang (Yeungnam Univ) / pywhang@yu.ac.kr

• Exchange of information and presentation of techniques and research results of automobile tribology
• Discussion of research trends on automobile tribology
• Discoveries of new industrial, academic, research tasks
• Operation of international automobile contests for undergraduates
• Sponsor and support for Shell Eco-Marathon (international fuel-efficiency contest)



4. Standard Bearing Committee
Chairman : Choong Hyun Kim (KIST) / nems.kim@gmail.com

• ISO/TC 4 (Rolling bearing) ISO/TC123 (Plain bearing) Assistant Administrative Agency of Bearings for Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
• Revision of KS and ISO standards based on collected comments from domestic bearing companies
• Technical review and submission of comments to Korean Agency for Technology and Standards on KS and ISO standards of bearing
• Continuation of research and bearing-related technical advance through cooperation with Industrial-Educational Cooperation Committee



5. Lubricants Committee
Chairman : Seog Joo Kang (GS Caltex) / sjkang@gscaltex.com
6. Committee for Operation of Fund
Chairman : Ung Soo Choi (KIST) / uschoi@kist.re.kr

• Contribute to social and academic developments with fund set up by private donation or staff contributions