Dr. Jun Qu currently is a Corporate Fellow and the Group Leader of Surface Engineering & Tribology in the Materials Science and Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research interests include: advanced lubrication, surface engineering, materials tribology, nanostructured materials, and manufacturing. He has developed 2 ASTM standards, published 3 book chapters and 150+ peer-reviewed journal papers, and received 11 U.S. patents. Dr. Qu’s publications have received 10,000+ citations (h index 55) and is among the top 1% of the most-cited scientists of all fields on ScholarGPS. Dr. Qu has received multiple national awards including the UT-Battelle Distinguished Researcher Award, a DOE Vehicle Technologies Office R&D Award, and three R&D 100 Awards or Finalists. He is a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) and serves on the STLE Board of Directors. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the co-Editor-in-Chief for the Encyclopedia of Tribology and Lubrication by Elsevier.
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Jun, 2026
ORNL Report
Tribological behavior of nuclear graphite in high-temperature inert environment
