Each month TLT publishes a short interview with an STLE member or intriguing person in the lubricants/tribology community. The person should have an interesting job or be considered a leading figure in his or her field.

There are no restrictions on who is a good candidate. Subjects can come from any area involving lubrication engineering or tribology—manufacturers, engineers, sales/marketing personnel, academicians, researchers, search-firm executives or industry leaders.

Please identify an interesting person whom you think would make a good subject for a 20 Minutes interview. Contacting this individual to see if he or she is willing to be profiled is mandatory before submitting their name. This also is a good time to ask the individual about key topics to discuss.

You should provide the person’s name, organization, job title and the reasons why you think this individual would make a good interview subject. In addition, please provide 4-5 “starter” questions to get the interview rolling. The questions you submit should relate to the person’s work or research. The idea is to find an engaging person and get him or her to discuss the technical aspects of their work. Please let your candidate know that he or she also will submit questions, guiding the direction of the article, and have final approval of the content. Click here to read a 20 Minutes interview article from 2022.

Questions should not relate to the person’s hobbies, family or non-work related interests. 20 Minutes is designed to be an informative article that provides technical information.