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Scott Bair Regents' Researcher Tribology

Education

Research Areas and Descriptors

Tribology: Tribology, rheology, properties of liquids at high pressure, and machine design

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Fellow, 2002
- Tribilogy Division Best Paper of the Year, 1991 and 1983
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
- International Award (the Society's highest technical honor), 2009
- Captain Alfred E. Hunt Memorial Award, 2007 and 2000
- Fellow, 2003
Naval Research Laboratory (Chemistry Division) Alan Berman Award--Basic Research Category, 2009 and 2006

Instrument and Method for Phacoemulsification by Direct Thermal Irradiation, U. S. Patent 6,527,766, March 4, 2003
Microkeratome, U. S. Patent 6,126,668, with Igor Gradov, Ronald L. Rabie, and Edward L. Hicks, October 3, 2000
Method and Apparatus for Thermal Phacoemulsification by Fluid Throttling, U. S. Patent 5,865,790, February 2, 1999
Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool and Aspiration Device, U. S. Patent 5,853,384, December 29, 1998
Method of Using Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool, U. S. Patent 5,735,815, April 7, 1998
Hydrojet Apparatus for Refractive Surgery, U. S. Patent 5,643,299, July 1, 1997
Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool, U. S. Patent 5,562,692, October 8, 1996
Drinking Water Filter, U. S. Patent 4,998,228, with Douglas R. Eger, March 5, 1991
Vacuum Cleaner With Wheel and Nozzlel Height Adjusting Mechanism, U. S. Patent 4,391,018, with Don W. Vermillion and Francis S. Gromek, July 5, 1983
Liquid Metering Pump, U. S. Patent 4,349,130, September 14, 1982
Power Assist Drive Upright Vacuum Cleaner and Power Assist Drive System Therefor, U. S. Patent 4,347,643, September 7, 1982