Ali Erdemir

Educational Background

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology — 1986
M.S., Materials Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology — 1982
B.S., Metallurgy, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul — 1977

- Bridging scientific principles with engineering innovations
- Developing new materials, coatings, and lubricants for a broad range of cross-cutting applications
- Studying mechanisms that control friction, wear and lubrication - including advanced surface technologies and lubricant chemistries
- Upcycling plastic wastes into lubricating oils in a green and continuously recyclable manner
- Designing and manufacturing new materials, coatings, and lubricants for safety, efficiency, and reliability in electric vehicle applications

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, American Vacuum Society, and ASM-International
Elected Fellow, European Academy of Sciences - 2024
Elected Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts - 2022
Elected Fellow, National Academy of Inventors - 2022
Elected Member, The Science Academy -Turkey - 2021
Elected Member, World Academy of Ceramics - 2021
Member, National Academy of Engineering - 2019

Tribology Trust Gold Medal - 2024
Honorary Doctorate, Istanbul Technical University - 2024
Tribochemistry Award, Japanese Tribology Society (JAST) - 2023
International Award, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers - 2020
Distinguished Tribologist Award, Society of Japanese Tribologists - 2020
President, International Tribology Council - 2017-2022
President, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers - 2016
Mayo D. Hersey Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - 2015
R&D-100 Awards, R&D Magazine - 2015, 2012, 2009, 2003, 1998 and 1991
Medal of Distinguished Performance, Argonne National Laboratory - 2011
Al Sonntag Award, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers - 2002, 1992
Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, Georgia Institute of Technology - 2000
Director’s Award, Argonne National Laboratory - 1999
Edmond E. Bisson Award, Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers - 1998

“Electric Vehicle Tribology”, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2024, ISBN: 9780443140747.
2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles, Nature Reviews Materials, (2024): pp. 1-3
Se Nanopowder Conversion into Lubricious 2D Selenide Layers by Tribochemical Reactions, Advanced Materials, 35(2023) 2302076
Achieving ultralow friction and wear by tribocatalysis: enabled by in-operando formation of nanocarbon films, ACS Nano, 15(2021) pp. 18865–18879.
Synthetic lubricants derived from plastic waste and their tribological performance, ChemSusChem, 14(2021) pp. 4181-4189.