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- The Swanson School team won the 2025 ASME Journal of Tribology Best Paper Award for their friction model.
- They validated a multiscale hysteresis mechanics model predicting shoe-floor friction on oily floors.
- The study tested three shoe types across ten tile surfaces to ensure reliability.
- Results could help footwear and floor makers design safer products and reduce slip risks.
- Henry Ing led the work as part of his master's thesis under supervision from Beschorner and Jacobs.
- The research was built in the Human Movement & Balance Laboratory at Pitt.
- The model helps predict friction when contaminants are present on floors.
- Ing will begin work as a perception researcher at Brooks Running.
- The award underscores the model’s potential to guide material choices for safety.
- The Pitt team’s work has implications for workplace safety and product design.
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