The economic recovery act has identified substantial growth of jobs in energy and green technology related fields as a quick and sustainable way to stabilize employment today and grow good quality domestic jobs in a world economy. As a not-for-profit organization that specializes in the sciences that form tribology -- the study of lubrication, fuels, and materials as related to friction and wear -- ITC is dedicated to developing the knowledge and standards that are required to put new green technologies in the stream of commerce, and to act as a clearinghouse of information that is central to student and workforce training in green technologies and industry. Click a picture to learn more.