P E O P L E

Emerson Escobar Nunez  (eescoba2@uiuc.edu)

Education

• B.S.Mechanical Engineering, University Autonoma de Occidente, Cali-Colombia (1998)

• M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Los Andes, Bogotá-Colombia (2000)

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (2010)

Research

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Escobar, E. N., Demas, N.G., Polychronopoulu, K., Polycarpou, A. A., 2008, “Tribological Study Comparing PAG and POE Lubricants Used in Air-Conditioning Compressors under the Presence of CO2,” Tribology Transactions, 51: 790-797, 2008. ISSN: 1547-397X (electronic) 1040-2004 (paper).

Escobar, E. N., Yeo, C-D., Katta, R.R., and Polycarpou, A.A., 2008, “Effect of Planarization on the Contact Behavior of Patterned Media”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 44, No. 11, November 2008. ISSN: 0018-9464.

Katta, R. R., Escobar, E.N., and Polycarpou, A. A., 2008, “Plane Strain Sliding Contact Analysis of Multilayer Thin-films by a  Rigid Cylinder using Finite Element Analysis,” Microsystem Technologies Volume 15, Number 7 / July, 2009.

Escobar, E. N., Demas, N.G., Polychronopoulu, K., Polycarpou, A. A., 2010, “Tribological Study of Metallic Interfaces for Air-Conditioning Compressors in the Presence of CO2 Refrigerant,” Wear , Vol. 268,  668–676.

Escobar, E. N., Yeo, S-M., Polychronopoulu, K., Polycarpou, A. A., 2010, "Tribological Study of High Bearing Blended Polymer-Based Coatings for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Compressors" Surface and Coating Technology (in review).

Selected Conference Presentations

Escobar, E. N., Demas, N.G., Polycarpou, A. A., 2007, “Tribological Studies Under Starved Lubrication Conditions Using CO2 as a Refrigerant,” STLE 62nd Annual Meeting - May 6-10, 2007 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Escobar, E. N., Demas, N.G., Polycarpou, A. A., 2007, “Tribological Study of Different Metallic Interfaces for Air-Conditioning Compressor in the Presence of CO2,” 63rd Annual Meeting May 18 – May 22, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Escobar, E. N., Polycarpou, A. A., 2008, “Tribological Study of Aluminum 390-T6, Gray Cast Iron, and Manganese-Silicon Brass as Metallic Interfaces for Air-Conditioning Compressors in the Presence of CO2,” International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, July 14-17, 2008. West-Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

Escobar, E. N., Yeo, C-D., Katta, R.R., and Polycarpou, A.A., 2008, “Effect of Planarization on the Contact Behavior of Patterned Media”, IEEE International Magnetics Conference May 4-8, 2008 Madrid, Spain.

Escobar, E. N., Polycarpou, A. A., 2009, “The Effect of Carbon Dioxide Pressure on the Tribological Behavior of Interfaces Used in Air-Conditioning Compressors,” STLE 64th Annual Meeting - May 17-21, 2009 Orlando, Florida, USA.

Escobar, E. N., Polycarpou, A. A., 2009, “Tribological Performance of Polymeric Coatings in the Presence of CO₂,” ASME/STLE, IJTC  Annual Meeting - October 19-21, 2009, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.