5^th World Congress on Smart and Emerging Materials April 19-20, 2018 Dubai, UAE

Dr. (Ms) T.Theivasanthi of Kalasalingam University doing research in nanomaterials / nanotechnology; has 14 years of teaching experience; published many research articles/ books and h-index 9; life member of Indian Science Congress Association and Magnetics Society of India; member of International Association of Advanced Materials; serving as Editorial Board Member/ reviewer for some scientific journals; lead editor in JNNN special issue (SAGE Publications, UK); achieved many awards/ honours/ recognitions including - Madurai Women Achievers Award - 2013, Motivational Award - 2015 and 2015 Women’s Day Award of St.Annes College; achieved World Record in LIMCA Book of Records-2015 for nanotechnology invention “World’s first superparamagnetic plants materials” – named “Santhi Particles”, World Record– 2016 for innovative products "The World’s lowest priced graphene" & "World’s Smallest Particles of Vegetables" and World Record– 2017 for the invention "The World’s Smallest Anti-Viral Plant Particles". Other innovative products- Superparamagnetic lead nanoparticles, semiconducting lead Nanoparticles, Low cost-mass production of graphene, agricultural nanofertilisers, vegetable powder for diabetes, plants materials for diabetes & psoriasis and nanoparticles for treatment of EBOLA, DENGUE, HIV & H1N1 virus infection. Govt. of India shows interests to develop her inventions for the benefits of public; since Dec-2014, she has delivered lectures (more than 105) in International / National scientific conferences, foreign countries and renowned institutes like National Institute of Technology, Anna University, Central University of all over India; she delivered Motivational Lectures for women, students and staff of institutes / Multi-national corporate companies (Cognizant Technologies); Artha Nyana Academy (Malaysia), Intelligent Society of Malaysia etc. NanoDigest, Economic Times and Telegraph have published news about her research; Thanthi TV, All India Radio, Minnal FM (Malaysia) and Bernama TV (Malaysia) have broadcasted her interviews.

Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Particle Science, Graphene, Chemistry, Biomaterials, Nanomaterials, semiconductors

Safeer Ahmad Arbab is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, founder and project Director of center for Material sciences at Islamia College Peshawar, Pakistan. He earned an MSc in Physics from the University of Peshawar, M.Phil. in Nuclear Physics, and a Ph.D. in Material science. Dr Safeer is also serving as a director of ORIC (office of research, innovation and commercialization) at Islamia College Peshawar since 2015. He organized different seminars, workshop etc for the Encouraging of entrepreneurship in university, research outputs and Building successful partnerships between academia and industry at national and international level. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals.

Ceramics, Eco efficient blocks and composite materials

Professor Moatamedi completed his MSc and PhD at The University of Sheffield, MBA at Manchester Business School of The University of Manchester; and LLM International Business Law at The University of Leeds. He holds the Chair of Multiphysics at University of Tromso in Norway. Prior to his current post he was the Technical Manager for the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London. Previously at Narvik University, Cranfield University, The University of Salford and The University of Sheffield, he held senior managerial positions and also carried out research and teaching in the areas of Multiphysics, Fluid Structure Interaction, Modelling and Simulations and Engineering Design. During his stay in Narvik he was the Founding Director of High North Technology Centre; at Cranfield the Director of Motorsport Engineering and Management; and at Salford the Director of the Centre for Engineering Materials and the Director of Aerospace Engineering. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications, commercial reports and presentations including keynote addresses at international symposiums and conferences. He has risen substantial funding for research and innovation projects from the UK and overseas research councils, European Union, industry and other sources. He successfully supervised many PhD students to completion and many more graduate projects. He has extensive teaching experience on a wide range of engineering, management and law subjects including modelling and simulations, project management and intellectual property. He has been an external examiner for many research and teaching programmes internationally including the current engineering courses at Emirates Aviation University. His stakeholders’ management, industrial research and engineering experience includes working with the Ministry of Defence, the Health and Safety Executive, Electrolux, Shell, Hitachi, Rolls Royce, Jaguar, BAE System and Airbus UK. He is the founder, Executive Director and the President of The International Society of Multiphysics (www.multiphysics.org), the Editor-in-Chief of ‘The International Journal of Multiphysics’ and the Chairman of the associated annual conferences. He has also served on advisory boards of many international conferences and events. He is Fellow Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Fellow Member of The Nuclear Institute, Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Member of the Euro Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served as the Chairman of the Manchester Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society and he has been a member of a number of national and international scientific committees; and advisor to a few industrial and governmental bodies including the Office for Nuclear Regulations (ONR), in addition to being the lead person to devise the multiphysics competence standards for European Union. He served as a member of the Board of Governors of European Nuclear Education Network and is currently a member of the Council and the Board of Directors of NAFEMS, the Vice Chairman of its Multiphysics Working Group, a board member of CSDI Foundation and also the Vice Chairman of the Association of Aerospace Universities. He has served as a Visiting Professor, Scientist and Senior Research Fellow at a number of institutions including Universities of Manchester (UK), Tongji (China), Kumamoto (Japan), Strathclyde (UK), King Saud (Saudi Arabia), Lille (France); as well as Beijing Institute of Technology (China) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA).

Multiphysics, Fluid Structure Interaction, Modelling and Simulations and Engineering Design.

Igor Kosacki has completed his PhD in Physics from Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences and postdoctoral studies from Piere and Marie Curie University in Paris and Massachusetts Instutute of Technology in Cambridge. He is holding Professor title awarded by the President of Poland. Currently, he is Emerging Technologies Expert at Honeywell International Inc. In his current role, he is responsible for the development new research program for oil and gas materials. He has published more than 120 papers in reputed journals and has over 4500 citations. He is serving as Chair of Nanotechnology and Corrosion Symposium on NACE Conferences.

Igor Kosacki is experienced scientist in the fields of materials science and nanotechnology specializing in the design of advanced materials for energy and hydrocarbon production. The area of interest includes processing of ceramics, thin films and nanocrystalline structures, as well as, the study of their electrical, structural and optical properties using Raman and Impedance spectroscopy. Recent interest focus on the development of new functional materials for energy conversion, thin films for corrosion protection, as well as, special applications of Raman spectroscopy for processes monitoring.

Alexander Seifalian is the Director and Professor of Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine at Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine Ltd, University of College London(UCL), London,UK. he developed a lacrimal drainage conduit, vascular bypass graft, and trachea made from nanocomposite polymers and stem cells and delivered them from the laboratory directly to patients. In addition, he is also taking a further three products to clinical trials within the next three year, which include a coronary artery bypass graft in 2012, a transcatheter heart valve in 2013 (both funded by the Wellcome Trust), and a nerve conduit for nerve regeneration funded by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). His current projects have led to the development of cardiovascular implants using nanomaterials and stem cell technology, and the development of organs using tissue engineering and nanoparticles for detection and treatment of cancer. He has also developed a family of nanomaterials and nanocomposite polymers for a range of biomedical applications.He was awarded the top prize in the field for development of nanomaterials and technologies for cardiovascular implants in 2007 by Medical Future Innovation, and in 2009 received a Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in the Life Sciences and Healthcare category.

Nanomaterials,Biomaterials,Regenerative Medicine, Polymer Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells, Cancer.

Prof. Xiaozhong Zhang completed his PhD in 1989 from University of Oxford and postdoctoral studies at The Royal Institution of Greast Britain in 1992. Then he worked as a faculty at National University of Singapore for seven years. Since 1999 he has been working as a professor at School of Materails Science and Engineering of Tsinghua University. He is now the deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Education Ministry, and is serving as the deputy chief of Chinese national nano-technology standardization committee. He has published more than 190 papers in referred journals and is a co-editor of IUCrJ.

Spintronic materials and devices, Carbon Materials, Nanomaterials and Nanostructure, Electron Microscopy, Computational Materials Science.

Dr.Navin Chand has completed his PhD in 1980 from IIT Delhi. He did postdoctoral studies from Tech University Berlin . He was formerly Acting director of CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute ,India , a premier Scientific organization. Presently he is R&D and Projects Advisor at SGI Bhopal .He has published nearly 200 papers and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute. He received MRSI annual Prize in 2014 for his original contributions to Polymer and Fiber Science and Technology .

Polymer and Fiber Science and Technology,Polymer Nano composites,Nano-fibers and Waste utilization

Ajay Kumar Mishra is a full Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, South Africa and also a “Fellow” member at “Royal Society of Chemistry” UK. He received his B. Sc, M. Sc., degrees in 1997 and 2001 respectively from Purvanchal University Jaunpur, India and M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in 2003 and 2007, respectively, from The University of Delhi, India. From March 2006 to September 2009, he was postdoctoral fellows at various South African Institutes/Universities. In addition, he was appointed as “Senior Lecturer” in October 2009 at the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa where he was promoted to “Associate Professor” in November 2011 until December 2014. Recently, he was appointed by University of South Africa as “Full Professor” since January 2015. He is also working as “Adjunct Professor” at Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include synthesis of multifunctional nano-materials, nano-composites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical based biodegradable polymers, polymers based materials/composites, smart materials, CNT and graphene based composite materials and water research. He has authored over 100 scientific papers. He has hosted several visiting researchers/scientists/postdocs in his group. He has also developed a number of collaborations worldwide. He has delivered a number of including Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures. For his outstanding research profile, he was awarded a number of international awards. Prof. Mishra also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many peer-reviewed international journals. He has edited several books by the renowned publishers and also reviewer of many international journals. He is serving as member advisory board of a number of international scientific societies, conferences and workshops.

Synthesis of multifunctional nano-materials, nano-composites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical based biodegradable polymers, polymers based materials/composites, smart materials, CNT and graphene based composite materials and water research

Dr. Harshad Sonawane has completed his Masters and Doctorate in Manufacturing Engineering at Machine Tools Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). He has served as a Senior Research Engineer in grinding application technology research lab at Saint-Gobain Research India Ltd (SGRI), as his first industry job after PhD. He dealt with research activities such as, Development of Experimental Test Methods, Analysis of Optimum Abrasives Composition in a grinding wheel and customer market study for the next generation abrasive wheels. He has worked as an industry representative to bring academic experts, especially, from IITs on industry-academic collaboration platform. Presently, he has been working as a research manager at Dr. Kalam Center for Innovation, Bharat Fritz Werner (BFW) Ltd., Bangalore, India. He has been successfully handling research activities to Develop Innovative Technologies in CNC machine tools, towards competitive product development. He has been in the role of industry consultant for an academic project sponsored by Principal Scientific Advisors Office, Govt. of India. He has guided few M. Tech. research projects as an Industry Principal Investigator. In BFW, he is presently handling research projects related to machine tool design and dynamics. He has been a part of academic collaborations with Indian Institute of Technology (IITM, IITK) as a R&D consultant representing machine tools industry. He bags several peer reviewed research journal papers, international conference proceedings and a patent. He has been in the scientific review committee of Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology (Elsevier). He has been awarded a DAAD scholarship to conduct PhD internship at Technical University Darmstadt, Germany in 2012.

Dynamics of Machine Tools, Noise and Vibration, Tuned Mass Dampers; Chatter Stability in Machining; Manufacturing of Aerospace Materials, FE Simulation, Statistical Optimization, Analysis and Modeling of Manufacturing Processes, Advanced Manufacturing Processes; Similitude theories; Force Flow model

Sangappa Y has completed his PhD at the age of 33 years from University of Mysore Karnataka and postdoctoral studies from Georgia Institute of Technology School of Materials Science and Engineering. He is the Professor of Physics, in Mangalore University a premier public educational organization. He has published more than 74 papers in reputed journals/conference proceedings and has been serving as an principal investigator for govt funded research projects. He has attended and presented many research papers in national and internationational conferences.

Biomaterials, biosynthesis of nanoparticles, sensor applications.

Prof. Ch. Sanjay had joined GITAM University, Hyderabad as a Founder Campus Director in June 2009. He is a certified Corporate Director of World Council for Corporate Governance, UK and visited most of the South Asian Countries for Research and presenting papers.He has more than 24 years of experience in Industry, Research & Teaching and had worked four years as a Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Management at Government Universities in Malaysia and Singapore. He was a key note speaker for more than 40 international conferences and a member of advisory and technical committee for 60 international conferences and organized 65 international conferences. He is member, Editorial Board and Reviewer for more than 20 international journals. He has to his credit 4 books published by reputed publishers and authored more than 60 research papers and published in peer reviewed and indexed journals and conference proceedings. He is recipient of many International and National awards such as Academic Excellence, Research Excellence,Best Engineer, Best Principal award, Best Academic Administrator, Education leadership and Engineers Educator award.

IT applications in Manufacturing Engineering, Machine Tools & Cutting Tools, Materials Engineering, Artificial Intelligent Systems, Smart Materials & Composites, Industrial Engineering & Management, Product Design & Development, CAD/CAM/CIM, Robotics & Automation, Non-conventional Energy.