Peter Jost

Peter Jost, (also known as Hans Peter Jost) CBE (25 January 1921 – 7 June 2016)[1] was a British mechanical engineer. He was the founder of the discipline of tribology,[2][3] the science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion. In 1966, Jost published a report which highlighted the cost of friction, wear and corrosion to the United Kingdom economy (1.1-1.4% of GDP).[4] It was in this eponymous report that he coined the term tribology, which has now been widely adopted.[5]

Education and career

Jost was educated at Liverpool Technical College and Manchester College of Technology. He began his career as an apprentice at Associated Metal Works, Glasgow. At 29, he became general manager of Trier Brothers, an international lubricants company, and he went on to serve as a director and chairman of several technology and engineering companies.

He served on numerous industry councils, and until his death was president of the International Tribology Council[6] and a life member of the council of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.

Awards and recognition

The Royal Academy of Engineering noted that "there can hardly be another British engineer with more worldwide honours and decorations".[7]

He was appointed a CBE in 1969, and was also honoured by the heads of state of France, Germany, Poland, Austria and Japan, and in 1992 became the first honorary foreign member of the Russia Academy of Engineering.[8] He held two honorary professorships and 11 honorary doctorates including, in January 2000, the first Millennium honorary science doctorate.[8] He was an honorary fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Institute of Materials.[8]

Shortly before his death, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering but he died before the Academy's AGM at which this was announced.[9]

He established The Peter Jost Charitable Foundation which promotes the advancement of public education in science and technology through teaching and research, particularly the increase of public knowledge in tribology.[10]

References
  1. "Professor H Peter Jost, CBE Authorised Biography - Debrett's People of Today". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. Jim Fitch, Noria Corporation (9 March 1966). "Interview with Luminary Professor H. Peter Jost - The Man who Gave Birth to the Word "Tribology"". Machinerylubrication.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. "Founding Father of tribology' Peter Jost wins top Academy Award - Royal Academy of Engineering". Raeng.org.uk. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. Jost, Peter (1966). "Lubrication (Tribology) - A report on the present position and industry's needs". Department of Education and Science, H. M. Stationery Office, London, UK.
  5. Ciulli, Enrico (2019). "Tribology and Industry: From the Origins to 4.0". Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. 5. doi:10.3389/fmech.2019.00055. ISSN 2297-3079.
  6. http://www.itctribology.net/ International Tribology Council
  7. "Peter Jost". Royal Academy of Engineering.
  8. "Peter Jost, mechanical engineer – obituary". The Telegraph. 15 June 2016.
  9. "Academy elects top engineers as Fellows at its 40th anniversary AGM". Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  10. "Charity Details". beta.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2019.


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