Join your peers and the tribology community for the 79th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, May 18-22, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Each year STLE's conference showcases some 500 technical presentations, application-based case studies, best practice reports and discussion panels on technical and market trends.

Helios Gear Products (South Elgin, IL) proudly welcomes engineer, Caeden Keith. Caeden earned his degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Northern Illinois University (NIU). During his time at NIU, he demonstrated his passion for innovation and mentorship by mentoring his high school’s FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5934 and leading NIU’s team in NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge.

LIFT, the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), today announced that it will introduce its new state-of-the-art Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center (AMPP) in the new year solving a critical gap in addressing advanced materials challenges across the U.S. industrial base.