For those of you who know me, you likely know I tend to challenge the status quo. My goal as Chair of STLE Chicago is to encourage this mentality within our section. Thankfully, I’m surrounded by committee members who have already begun to embrace this mindset. With that said, you can expect to see a variety of changes within the section this year. You’ll see things like:

• The ability to register for multiple technical meetings at once (Did someone say discount!?)

• Technical Meetings that venture outside of our normal content and geographical radius (Milwaukee, here we come!)

• Scholarships that are available to students in STEM, not just tribology (Who knew this wasn’t the case before!?)

• Webinars that enable additional knowledge exchange (Nerding out is fun!)

• A golf outing that reminds us of when golf was an attitude as much as an activity (Lake Geneva, anyone!?)

• And so much more!

If you find anything that I’ve mentioned uncomfortable, off-putting, alarming, or just downright unacceptable, please let us know! In fact, come to a meeting and tell us, or, better yet, join a committee and help us set it right.

On the other hand, if anything that I’ve mentioned is fun, exhilarating, thrilling, or
even just thought-provoking, we want to hear that too!  

Said another way...

tribology lovers and anyone else who has managed to sail their way to this delightful section of cyberspace!