Alpha Sigma Mu. (Present).
American Ceramic Society (ACerS). (Present).
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). (Present).
The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS). (Present).
ASM International. (January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2023).
Microanalysis Society. (January 2013 – January 2020).
Peter J. Blau Award for Best Poster Presentation at the 19th International Conference on Wear of Materials, Wear of Materials, Inc.. (2013 – 2013).
Chairman's Fund Award (Speaker) Gordon Research Conference on Tribology, Gordon Research Conference (GRC). (2012 – 2012).
Distinguished Alumni Award, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama. (2011 – 2011).
Member, Alpha Sigma Mu. (2010 – 2010).
Chairman's Fund Award (Speaker) Gordon Research Conference on Tribology, Gordon Research Conference (GRC). (2008 – 2008).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (August 2023 – Present).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (August 2023 – Present).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (January 2023 – Present).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (January 2023 – Present).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (June 1, 2022 – Present).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (August 22, 2020 – Present).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (June 1, 2020 – Present).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (June 1, 2020 – December 12, 2022).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"PROCESSING-STRUCTURE RELATIONSHIPS OF REACTIVE SPARK PLASMA SINTERED DIAMOND COMPOSITES," Materials Science and Engineering. (August 2022).
Supervised Research, Materials Science and Engineering. (2019 – 2020).
Supervised Research, Materials Science and Engineering. (2018 – 2020).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"HIGH TEMPERATURE SLIDING WEAR BEHAVIOR AND MECHANISMS OF COLD-SPRAYED Ti AND Ti-TiC COMPOSITES," Materials Science and Engineering. (2017 – 2020).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"PROCESSING-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS OF REACTIVE SPARK PLASMA SINTERED BORON CARBIDE-TITANIUM DIBORIDE," Materials Science and Engineering. (2017 – 2019).
Supervised Research, Materials Science and Engineering. (2017 – 2019).
Supervised Research, Materials Science and Engineering. (2017 – 2018).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"ROOM AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SLIDING WEAR BEHAVIOR OF COLD SPRAYED NI-WC COMPOSITE COATINGS," Materials Science and Engineering. (2016 – 2018).
Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Materials Science and Engineering. (2016 – 2018).
Major Professor, Materials Science and Engineering. (2015 – 2018).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"PROCESSING – STRUCTURE – PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS OF SPARK PLASMA SINTERED BORON CARBIDE AND TITANIUM DIBORIDE CERAMIC COMPOSITES," Materials Science and Engineering. (2015 – 2018).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Sliding Friction and Wear Behavior of High Entropy Alloys at Room and Elevated Temperatures," Materials Science and Engineering. (2014 – 2016).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Microstructural Phase Evolution in Laser Deposited Compositionally Graded Titanium-Chromium Alloys," Materials Science and Engineering. (2014 – 2016).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"Stable Nanocrystalline Au Film Structures for Sliding Electrical Contacts," Materials Science and Engineering. (2013 – 2016).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"The Role of Crystallographic Texture in Achieving Low Friction Zinc Oxide Nanolaminate Films," Materials Science and Engineering. (2013 – 2015).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Effect of Friction Stir Processing on the Wear Behavior of Titanium (Ti-1Al-8V-5Fe) and Stainless Steel (A-286) Alloys," Materials Science and Engineering. (2013 – 2015).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2010 – 2014).
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2009 – 2014).
Other, Materials Science and Engineering. (2011 – 2013).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2011 – 2013).
Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Materials Science and Engineering. (2011 – 2013).
Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2010 – 2013).
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2009 – 2013).
Other. (2010 – 2012).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2010 – 2012).
Other. (2009 – 2011).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2008 – 2011).
Other, Materials Science and Engineering. (2008 – 2010).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2007 – 2010).
Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Materials Science and Engineering. (2008 – 2009).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2007 – 2009).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Materials Science and Engineering. (2005 – 2008).
Supervised Research,"Factors Affecting Removal Rate and Non-Uniformity in a Production Process in Shallow Trench Isolation CMP," Materials Science and Engineering. (2006 – 2007).
College of Engineering Faculty Teaching Award, UNT. (September 11, 2020 – Present).
Outstanding Lecturer Award, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas. (May 10, 2018 – Present).
Mohseni, H. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author & Presenter), 20th International Conference on Wear of Materials (WOM), Role of Atomic Layer Deposited Solid Lubricants in the Sliding Wear Reduction of Carbon–Carbon Composites at Room and Higher Temperatures, Toronto, Canada, Canada. (2015 – 2015).
Mantri, S. A. (Author), Majumder, T. (Author), Soni, V. (Author), Mikler, C. (Author), Torgerson, T. (Author), Ivanov, E. (Author), Birbilis, N. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author & Presenter), Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) Annual Conference, Additive Manufacturing of Low Modulus Titanium Alloys for Biomedical Devices, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Borkar, T. (Author & Presenter), Yennm, P. R. (Author), Sosa, J. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Tiley, J. (Author), Fraser, H. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) Annual Meeting, Laser Deposited In Situ TiC Reinforced Nickel Matrix Composites: 3D Microstructure and Tribological Properties, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Scharf, T. W. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), Low Friction Surfaces: ‘The-Deck-of-Cards’ Theory, San Diego, California, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Nartu, M. S. (Author), Mantri, S. A. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Dahotre, N. B. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) Annual Meeting, Additive Manufacturing of Titanium – Boron Carbide In-situ Composites, TMS, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2022 – ).
Jacques, K. (Author), Voevodin, A. A. (Author), Aouadi, S. M. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), Pesce-Rodriguez, R. (Author), Berkebile, S. (Author), STLE Annual Meeting, Investigation of the Evolution in Chemistry and Physical Steel Contacts During the Scuffing Process, STLE, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (2022 – ).
Nartu, M. (Author & Presenter), Mantri, S. A. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), McWilliams, B. (Author), Cho, K. (Author), Dahotre, N. B. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) Annual Meeting, Additive Manufacturing of Titanium – Boron Carbide In Situ Composites, TMS, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2021 – ).
Koricherla, M. V. (Author), Torgerson, T. B. (Author), Alidokht, S. A. (Author), Mungala, V. (Author), Chromik, R. R. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author & Presenter), Wear of Materials, High Temperature Sliding Wear Behavior and Mechanisms of Cold-sprayed Ti and Ti–TiC Composite Coatings, WoM, Inc., Virtual, United States of America. (2021 – ).
Jacques, K. (Author & Presenter), Shirani, A. (Author), Smith, J. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Walck, S. D. (Author), Berkerbile, S. (Author), Eryilmaz, O. L. (Author), Voevodin, A. A. (Author), Aouadi, S. M. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), 77th Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition, High-Frequency Reciprocating Tribological Assessment of MoVN-Cu Coating in Low-Viscosity Fuel Environments under Various Load, Temperature, and Sliding Velocity Conditions, STLE, Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).
Mohseni, H. (Author), Mensah, B. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author & Presenter), Wear of Materials Conference, Sliding Wear and Rolling Contact Fatigue Behavior of M50 Steel Coated with Atomic Layer Deposited Lubricious Oxide Nanolaminates, WoM, Inc., Banff, Canada, Canada. (2023 – 2023).
Nartu, M. (Author & Presenter), Mantri, S. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Mcwilliams, B. (Author), Cho, K. (Author), Dahotre, N. B. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), TMS Annual Meeting, Additive Manufacturing of Titanium – Boron Carbide In situ Composites, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).
Jacques, K. (Author & Presenter), Voevodin, A. (Author), Aouadi, S. (Author), Scharf, T. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), Pesce-Rodriguez, R. (Author), Berkebile, S. (Author), 2023 STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Investigation of the Evolution in Chemistry and Physical Steel Contacts During the Scuffing Process, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).
Torgerson, T. (Author & Presenter), Mantri, S. A. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Laser Additive Manufacturing of Ni-Al-Cr-C Alloys: A High Temperature Sliding Wear Study, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).
Munagala, V. N. (Author & Presenter), Torgerson, T. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Chromik, R. R. (Author), Wear of Materials Conference, High Temperature Friction and Wear Behavior of Cold-Sprayed Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al4V-TiC Composite Coatings, Miami, FL, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).
Torgerson, T. (Author & Presenter), Mantri, S. A. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Wear of Materials Conference, Room and elevated temperature sliding wear behavior and mechanisms of additively manufactured novel precipitation strengthened metallic composites, Miami, FL, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).
Thomas, J. (Author), Choudhuri, D. (Author), Mogonye, J. E. (Author), Mantri, S. A. (Author & Presenter), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) Annual Meeting, Role of Composition on Microstructure of Additively Manufactured Functionally Graded Titanium-chromium Alloys, TMS, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Torgerson, T. B. (Author & Presenter), Munagals, V. (Author), Chromik, R. R. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, High Temperature Friction and Wear Behavior of Cold Sprayed Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al4V-TiC Composite Coatings, STLE, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Torgerson, T. (Author & Presenter), Michael, H. (Author), S.A., A. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Aouadi, S. M. (Author), Richard, C. (Author), Jeffrey, Z. (Author), Voevodin, A. A. (Author), Room and elevated temperature sliding wear behavior and mechanisms of a cold sprayed Ni-WC composite coating, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Borkar, T. (Author & Presenter), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), TMS Annual Meeting, Titanium Based Metal-matrix Composites via In-situ Nitridation: Microstructure and Tribological Properties, TMS, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Faierson, E. (Author & Presenter), Ageh, V. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), 42nd International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Synthesis, Characterization, and Bonding of Ti3SiC2 through Spark Plasma Sintering, Additive Manufacturing, and Cold Spray, The American Ceramic Society, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Torgerson, T. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author & Presenter), Korenyi-Both, A. (Author), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Self-Adaptive Friction Behavior and Thermal Stability of MoS2-Sb2O3-C Coatings, STLE, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Tinubu, O. O. (Author), Das, S. (Author), Dutt, A. (Author), Mogonye, J. (Author), Ageh, V. (Author), Xu, R. (Author), Forsdike, J. (Author), Mishra, R. S. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author & Presenter), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Friction Stir Processing of A-286 Stainless Steel: Microstructural Evolution during Wear, STLE, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Fouts, J. A. (Author), Tury, B. (Author), Shiller, P. J. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Doll, G. L. (Author & Presenter), Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Techcon Annual Meeting, Evaluation of ZnO and Al-doped ZnO Thin Films as Sensor Materials for Sulfur Concentrations in Fuel, SVC, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Aouadi, S. M. (Author), Gu, J. (Author & Presenter), Steiner, D. (Author), Mogonye, J. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), ICMCTF, Self-Healing Mechanisms in Niobium Based Oxides, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Scharf, T. W. (Author & Presenter), Argibay, N. (Author), Radovic, M. (Author), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Spark Plasma Sintered MAX Phase Ternary Alloys for Sliding Electrical Contacts, STLE, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).
Aouadi, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Stone, D. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Gao, H. (Author), Martini, A. (Author), European Materials Research Society (MRS), Ternary Oxide Solid Lubricants for High Temperature Moving Assemblies, Lille, France, France. (2015 – 2015).
Scharf, T. W. (Author), Prasad, S. V. (Author & Presenter), Kotula, P. G. (Author), Michael, J. R. (Author), Robino, C. V. (Author), 20th International Conference on Wear of Materials (WOM), Elevated Temperature Tribology of Cobalt and Tantalum-based Alloys, Toronto, Canada, Canada. (2015 – 2015).
Ageh, V. (Author), Choudhuri, D. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author & Presenter), 20th International Conference on Wear of Materials (WOM), High Frequency Reciprocating Sliding Wear Behavior and Mechanisms of Quaternary Metal Oxide Coatings, Toronto, Canada, Canada. (2015 – 2015).
Torgerson, T. (Author & Presenter), Mantri, S. A. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Room and Elevated Temperature Sliding Wear Behavior and Mechanisms of Additively Manufactured Novel Precipitation Strengthened Metallic Composites, STLE, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Torgerson, T. (Author & Presenter), Harris, M. (Author), Alidokht, S. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Aouadi, S. M. (Author), Chromik, R. (Author), Zabinski, J. (Author), Voevodin, A. A. (Author), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers North Texas Student Chapter Meeting, Room and Elevated Temperature Sliding Wear Behavior of Cold Sprayed Ni-WC Composite Coatings, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Torgerson, T. (Author & Presenter), Korenyi-Both, A. (Author), Scharf, T. W. (Author), Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting, Self-Adaptive Friction Behavior and Thermal Stability of MoS2-Sb2O3-C Coatings, STLE, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Nominated for: Chairman's Fund Award (Speaker) Gordon Research Conference on Tribology, Gordon Research Conference. (2022 – Present).
Lists of top 2% cited Researchers in the world for Annual Index and Career Index according to Stanford University study, none. (January 2022 – Present).
Fellow, ASM International. (May 8, 2020 – Present).
Fellow, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). (May 22, 2018 – Present).
Al Sonntag Award for Best Paper in Solid Lubricants, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). (May 2017 – Present).
Division Editor, ASM Vol. 18, 2nd edition, “Friction, Lubrication and Wear Technology”. (2017 – Present).
UNT Teacher Scholar Award, UNT. (September 2016 – Present).
Al Sonntag Award for Best Paper in Solid Lubricants, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. (2017 – 2017).
Al Sonntag Award for Best Paper in Solid Lubricants, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). (2011 – 2011).
Member, Promotion/Tenure and PAC Chair. (2021 – Present).
Committee Member, Search Committee for Materials Science and Engineering Chair. (January 2021 – Present).
Chairperson, Advisory Board Materials Research Facility (MRF). (2020 – Present).
Committee Member, Research and Teaching Awards Committee. (2018 – Present).
Member, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes Institute (AMMPI). (2016 – Present).
Faculty Mentor, Mentor to Assistant Professor Diana Berman. (2016 – Present).
Committee Member, ABET. (2014 – Present).
Committee Member, Strategic planning committee. (2012 – Present).
Committee Member, UNT Goldwater Scholarship Committee. (2009 – Present).
Committee Member, Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Affairs Committee. (2008 – Present).
Committee Member, Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Affairs Committee. (2006 – Present).
Chairperson, Assistant Professor hiring committee. (August 2022 – August 2023).
Committee Member, Search Committee for Physics Chair. (May 2017 – August 2019).
Committee Member, Search Committee for Dean of Engineering. (August 2018 – July 2019).
Committee Member, Search Committee for Dean of Engineering. (2017 – 2018).
Committee Member, Proposal review committee “Red Team”. (2016 – 2018).
Committee Member, College of Engineering reappointment committee for Dean Costas Tsatsoulis. (May 2017 – December 2017).
Committee Member, Distinguished Teaching Award Committee. (2013 – 2015).
Committee Member, Assistant Director of CART (Center for Advanced Research and Technology. (2010 – 2015).
Committee Chair, PhD qualifying exam committee. (2007 – 2015).
Committee Member, Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Search Committee (Structural Materials). (2010 – 2013).
Other, UNT Surface Engineering and Science Cluster. (2010 – 2013).
Faculty Advisor, Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate advisor. (2006 – 2012).
Committee Member, College of Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (2005 – 2012).
Committee Member, Wear of Materials, Inc.. (2021 – Present).
Editor, Associate Editor, Tribology Transactions. (2016 – Present).
Board of Directors, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. (2015 – Present).
Editor, Associate Editor, Wear. (2015 – Present).
Editor, Associate Editor, Lubrication Science. (2013 – Present).
Editor, Associate Editor, Nanomaterials and Energy. (2012 – Present).
Board of Directors, Wear of Materials, Inc.. (2013 – 2022).
Chairperson, Wear of Materials, Inc., Miami, Florida. (2018 – 2019).
Board of Directors Wear of Materials, Inc. that organizes Wear of Materials International Conferences, Wear of Materials, Inc.. (2013 – 2022).
Board of Directors Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. (June 2015 – May 2022).