Dr. Aman Ullah received his PhD (with distinction) in Chemical Sciences and Technologies in 2010 at the University of Genova, Italy by working together at Southern Methodist University, USA. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow before accepting an Assistant Professor position at the University of Alberta. He has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. He has been teaching a graduate course entitled “Renewable Biomaterials”. This course deals with fundamentals in bio-based materials development, characterization, and various industrial applications. Aman has published more than 45 papers in reputed journals and 5 patents/patent applications. His research is focused on the development of biochemicals, biopolymers/biomaterials, nanomaterials from lipids and other renewable resources. He has participated and presented his work in more than 100 National and international scientific meetings and conferences, including several keynote, plenary, and invited lectures at conferences and research centres in Asia, Europe, and America. In addition, he has received several awards including Canadian Rising Star award by Grand Challenges Canada.

Aman leads a research group on Lipid utilization - Polymers/Materials Chemistry and mandate of this group is to develop new monomers, biopolymers, biomaterials and bionanomaterials from lipids (plant oils) and other renewable resources for industrial applications. Therefore, his major research interests are on the synthesis of monomers, biopolymers, nano-engineered biopolymers, nano-biocomposites and bioconjugates from renewable resources for various applications

Professor Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani (PhD) is a Full Professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, IRAN. His scientific research interests include the Environmental Health Science and Environmental Nanotechnology. He is the author of various research studies published at national and international journals, conference proceedings and Head of several research project at the TUMS. He has authored 8 books and more than 150 full papers published in peer- reviewed journals. He is an editorial board member and reviewer in many internal and international journals and is member of several international science committees around the world. He has supervisor and advisor PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS. He is currently also member of the Iranian Association of Environmental Health (IAEH) and member of the Institute for Environmental Research (IER) at the TUMS.

Environmental Health Science and Environmental Nanotechnology

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

Dr. Mirosław Kwiatkowski in 2004 obtained Ph.D. degree at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, currently he is working as an assistant professor. His published work includes more than 45 papers in reputable international journals and 75 conference proceedings. He is the editor-in-chief International Journal of System Modeling and Simulation (UAE) and a member of the ten editorial board of internationals journals as well as a regular reviewer in a reputable scientific journals.

Chemical technology, chemistry and physical chemistry, nanotechnology, material science and engineering, description of the porous structure, practical aspects of adsorption, an analysis of the influence of the production method on the formation of the porous structure of carbonaceous adsorbents, mathematical modelling, numerical analysis, computer science, modeling and simulations, energy efficiency, renewable energies, electrical energy markets and problems connected with waste management as well as economics and management.

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.

"Northwestern Engineering’s Manijeh Razeghi has received the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering from The Franklin Institute, one of the oldest centers for science education and development in the country". Manijeh Razeghi is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices, which she founded in 1991 after a successful 10-year career as the Director of Exploratory Materials at Thomson-CSF, France. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, having pioneered the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices from deep-UV up to terahertz. At Northwestern University she has commercialized aluminum-free pump lasers, developed type-II superlattices for next generation infrared imagers (an area in which she holds key patents), and currently holds most of the quantum cascade lasers records for high power and tunability. She has authored 18 books, 31 books chapters, and more than 1000 journal publications. She is editor, associate, and board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology. Her awards include the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize, the SWE Lifetime Achievement Award, the R.F. Bunshah Award, the IBM faculty award, Jan Czochralski Gold Medal, and many best paper awards. She is a fellow of SWE, SPIE, IEC, OSA, APS, IOP, IEEE, and MRS.

Quantum Devices

Ephraim Suhir has his expertise in materials science and engineering, with an emphasis on predictive modeling of the mechanical behavior and performance of electronic materials and systems. He is Life Fellow of the IEEE, the ASME and the SPIE and Fellow of the APS and IoP, UK. Ephraim received numerous professional awards and authored 400+ publications. and co-authored over

Applied Mathematics, Applied and Mathematical Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Applied Probability, Probabilistic Analyses and Probability-Based Physical Designs of Electron Devices, Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management, Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering, Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers and Systems, Design for Reliability (DfR) of Electronic, Opto-Electronic and Photonic Systems, Composite and “Smart” Materials and Systems, Thin Film Mechanics and Physics, Shock and Vibration Analyses, Shock and Vibration Testing, Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations, Thermal Stress Analysis, Prediction and Prevention of Thermal Stress Failures, Solder Materials and Solder Joint Interconnections in Electronic and Optical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Polymeric Materials in Electronics and Photonics, Photovoltaic and Thermo-Electric Modules: Physical Design for Reliability, Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials, Stretchable (Large Area) Electronics and Photonics: Physical Design for Reliability, Lattice-Misfit Systems: Stress Analysis and Reliability Evaluations, Technical Diagnostics, Prognostics and Health Monitoring (PHM), Vehicular (Automotive, Aerospace, Maritime) Electronics and Photonics: Design for Reliability, “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Performance and Interaction, Quantification of the Role of the Human Factor in Various Tasks, Missions and Situations, Aerospace Human Psychology

Dr. Ivoyl P. Koutsaroff is a Principle Engineer working on new acoustic materials targeting improvement of microacoustic device performances by lowering their viscous losses and development of improved new piezoelectric materials suitable for high performance RF front-end components, Technology R&D with Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Maitland, Florida, USA. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he has been working at Qorvo Inc. Since 2005, for a decade, he was working as a Principle Research Engineer at New Technology Center, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan, responsible for ferroelectric thin film research, new functional oxides (oxynitrdes) and electrode materials development, process integration and performance improvement of various RF front-end devices (e.g., BST varactors and piezo-MEMS). He was core member of a national join collaborative project supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for development of tunable SAW filters combined with BST varactors monolithically integrated on the same chip. Dr. Koutsaroff has given invited lectures at ISIF Symposia, MRS Symposia, FMA, ISAF, Ceramics Society of Japan, ICC3, ISSP, WCAM-2013, WCSM-2015, E-MRS 2015, etc. conferences as well various industrial R&C Centers in Japan, USA, Canada, Germany, France and Switzerland, co-edited proceedings in the ferroelectric thin films field, and he holds more than 40 patents in areas such as high density thin film capacitors, oxynitride perovskites materials and tunable SAW filters. He is a member of the IEEE, the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the Electrochemical Society (ECS). He also an Editorial Board Member of AU Journal of Technology, Assumption University, Thailand. Regular referee for JAP, APL, APL Materials, J Chem Phys, American Institute of Physics (AIP) publications.

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Alexander M. Seifalian (AMS) who is Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine and Head of Department with a multidisciplinary background from nuclear physics to physiology, nanotechnology, bio-materials, interaction of cells with nano-composite materials as well as working on stem cells. He is Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology (FIoN) and Society of Biology (FSB), and has published over 630 peer-reviewed articles, 41 book chapters and 10 international patents. He is currently serving as a Guest editor for Nano Reviews Journals. His current projects have led to the development of cardiovascular implants using nano-materials and stem cell technology, development of organs using tissue engineering and nano-particles for the detection and treatment of cancer. He was awarded the top prize in the field of nano-materials 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. He received the most innovative new product award in 2012 for the ‘synthetic trachea’ by European Life Science, Hamburg, Germany, and in 2013 was acknowledged by the international community for his outstanding achievements in Nano-science and Nanotechnology with the prestigious Nanosmat prize award in Granada, Spain. AMS has a significant track record with regard to generating impact through the translation of technology from the laboratory directly to the clinic, and has demonstrated that nano composite polymers are core to the next generation of surgical implants with highly successful outcomes in a number of pioneering projects. This led to the development of the world’s first synthetic trachea, nasal and ear reconstruction, lacrimal duct conduit, and small diameter bypass grafts for coronary artery and vascular replacemnet, which has enter clinical trials, all of which have been used as first-in-man. His experience in translational research has led to a number of cutting edge projects at various stages of development. For example, we have developed abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) stent-grafts, cardiac patches and transcatheter heart valves at the pre-clinical stage of development and will be ready for clinical trials in early 2015.

His research team is highly experienced in reaching planned objectives and delivery of projects of this nature. During his career he has led many large projects with multidisciplinary teams composed of scientists, engineers, and clinicians in collaboration with UK industry, all with very successful outcomes in terms of commercialization and translation to benefit patient healthcare including; i) commercialization of bypass grafts for vascular access and dialysis; and ii) development of laser activated vascular sealants, which have been commercialized, and many others medical devices currently in development

Mirosław Kwiatkowski in 2004 obtained Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Fuels and Energy, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, in the discipline: technology of chemistry. Currently he is working an assistant professor at the AGH University of Science and Technology, at the Faculty of Energy and Fuels. His published work includes more than 40 papers in international journals and 72 conference proceedings. He is a member of the editorial board of internationals journals as well as a member of the Organizing Committee international conferences, and a regular reviewer in a reputable scientific scientific journals. Apart from scientific work also does some teaching. Runs classes on computer science, numerical methods, chemistry and is a tutor of a student scientific society called “Green Energy”.

Main field of interests is mathematical modelling of the adsorption process, description of the porous structure, practical aspects of adsorption, an analysis of the influence of the production method on the formation of the porous structure of carbon adsorbents, numerical analysis, computer science, energy efficiency, renewable energies and problems connected with municipal waste management.

Dr. Abbas Amini is an associate lecturer, a registered member of Western Sydney University graduate supervisory board at the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, and the member of Work Health and Safety Committee of the same university. Before joining the Western Sydney University, he had conducted research with other Australian universities and CSIRO, at Monash University, Deakin University, and the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group, and a book published in 2016. Abbas started his teaching, industrial and scientific journey from obtaining an associate’s degree in mathematics, BSc and MSc in mechanical engineering, and PhD in both nanotechnology and mechanical engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has also updated himself by several Australian and Canadian nationally recognized professional certificates and diplomas, e.g., FULT (Foundations of University Learning and Teaching from Western Sydney University), TAE, WHS, CNC etc., since then. With his intense schedule, he has been extensively involved in teaching for many years, and worked in industry, e.g., Magna Powertrain, Toronto, Canada, as a professional engineer and industrial designer for a period of six years. Dr Amini is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an active reviewer for and editor of several ISI journals, and a committee member of 14 international conferences to-date, including the co-chair of 8th International Conference of ICCAE 2016, Melbourne, Australia, Mar. 3-4, 2016. Dr Amini is supervising four PhD candidates at present, and is open for scientific and funding collaborations

Dr. Amini's research focus in particular covers a wide range of multidisciplinary aspects: biomedical materials, bioplastics, shape memory alloys, water treatment, drug delivery systems, piezoelectric materials, graphene, graphane, CNTs, biodegradable polymeric nano-composites, TiO2, ZnO, environmental sustainability and water efficiency, experimental analysis, multi-scale (nano to macro) modelling of multi-physics phenomena, indentation methods, 3D printing, phase transition, mechanics of materials, fabrication of modern composites, manufacturing, offshore naval structures, and ship design. Key words: Bionanotechnology; Biodegradabple polymers; 3D printing; Biomedical materails; Shape memory alloys; Bio-applications of carbon-base materials

Professor Manas Chandra Ray is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He earned the B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Calcutta in 1986, the M.Tech degree in the specialization of Machine Dynamics and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1988 and 1995, respectively. Professor Ray worked for five years at M/S Jessop & Co. Ltd., Kolkata where he gained substantial experience in design, development and manufacturing of sophisticated cranes, mining machinery and earth moving equipment. Professor Ray carried out his postdoctoral research on active constrained layer damping of smart structures in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. during November 1995 to May 1997. For carrying out further research on Smart structures, he joined University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, USA as a Visiting Assistant Professor and worked on Smart Structures during May 1999 to December 2000. He was a Visiting Associate Professor at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA during 2003 to 2004. He also held several Visiting Positions for carrying out collaborative research on smart structures at Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, USA, University of Maryland at College Park, USA, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, University of California at Irvine, California, Texas Tech. University, Texas and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New york. Prof. Ray published more than 115 international journal papers in the peer reviewed international journals and guided 10 Ph.D. Theses on Smart Structures/Fuzzy Fiber Reinforced Composites as a sole supervisor. He is an elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. Professor Ray is one of the pioneering researchers in the area of smart materials and structures. So far, he is the first researcher on smart composite structures in Europe and Asia. Deriving the exact solutions of Smart Structures is one of his notable contributions in the field of Smart Structures. The pioneering research on the development of the novel methods for active structural-acoustic control and active constrained layer damping of nonlinear vibrations of smart structures using 1-3 piezoelectric composites goes to his credit. Towards the development of new smart composite materials his novel research revealed that the piezoelectric coefficients of the existing 1-3 piezoelectric composite are significantly improved by growing radially aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the surface of the piezoelectric fibers. Use of the wavy CNTs for developing multifunctional CNT-reinforced hybrid nanocomposites is his novel idea. He derived several micromechanics models to authenticate that if the fibers of the polymeric composites are coated with radially grown wavy CNTs, the effective elastic and thermo-elastic properties of the augmented composite called the fuzzy fiber-reinforced composite are significantly improved as compared to those of the composite without CNTs. Recently, he explored that the thermal conductivities of fuzzy carbon fiber heat exchanger can be dramatically enhanced by exploiting wavy CNTs. Most recently, he published benchmark papers on the flexoelectric responses of nanobeams for developing smart nano sensors and actuators. He is now focused on the modeling of flexoelectric effects in living biological membranes.

Smart Materials

Dr Anshuman Srivastava, obtained his Ph.D in the field of Material Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. He has worked as a Joint Director (R and D), IIP Mumbai, Government of India. Presently, he is working as Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, SIET Allahabad, India. He has published many research papers in journals like Composites Science and Technology, Journal of Power Sources, Material Research Bulletin and many others. He is life member of various professional bodies like Electron Microscopy Society of India, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), IAENG Society of Industrial Engineering, IAENG Society of Mechanical Engineering, Material Research Society of India, Indian Society for Technical Education, Asian Polymer Association, Indian Society for Advancement in Material Processing and Engineering. Presently he is guiding several under graduate and post graduate research work.

Polymer matrix composites, Metal matrix composites, Natural fibre reinforced Epoxy based Composites, Biocomposites and Nanocomposites.

Prof. Ch. Sanjay had joined GITAM University, Hyderabad as a Founder Campus Director in June 2009 till July 2014. At present, he is Dean and Principal, School of Technology, GITAM University and has been a member of Board of Management and Academic Council since 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 in various International Conferences. 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 and national conferences and a member of advisory and technical committee for more than 60 international conferences and had successfully organized 65 international and national conferences / workshops. He is member, Editorial Board and Reviewer for more than 20 international journals and evaluated 16 doctorial theses in mechanical / manufacturing / management / information technology of various universities and he is currently guiding 5 research scholars for their doctoral work. 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 a Member of Academic council / Board of Studies / Research & Development Cell / Recruitment and Selection/purchasing/curriculum Design/ university inspections for various International / State / Deemed Universities since 2001.He is in recipient of many International and National award 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 & Energy Management and Human Resource Management.

Kurt Kremer joined the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in September of 1995, heading the newly established theory group. After studying physics he received his PhD in 1983 under the supervision of Prof. Binder. He performed computer simulations for dynamic and static properties of polymers in bulk and near surfaces. He moved for a post-doctoral stay to Exxon Research and Engineering Corporation, Annandale, New Jersey, USA, working on polymers and on charge stabilised colloids in collaboration with Drs.Grest, Pincus, and others. Being back in Germany he obtained his Habilitation in 1988 at the University of Mainz and joined the solid state laboratory of the KFA Jülich as senior scientific staff. He spent several extended visits as visiting professor/scientist at Exxon Research, UC Santa Barbara, University of Minnesota and New York University. Kurt Kremer received several awards and recognitions

Biological and synthetic macromolecular materials, the development and application of (multiscale) computer simulation methods, as well as structure process property relations, morphology and dynamics of polymers, polyelectrolytes, gels, membranes, liquid crystals and peptides in bulk and under geometrical constraints and polymers for electronic applications

Professor Emri has developed an innovative theoretical-experimental approach to studying the interrelation between the macroscopic thermo-mechanical boundary conditions and the rate of structural rearrangement which is related to the mechanical spectrum. He has developed several unique, specially designed apparatuses for characterization of time-dependent behavior of materials. Among them the high-pressure apparatus for experimental studying of the simultaneous effects of pressure and temperature on the structure formation and non-linear behavior of polymeric materials is probably the most important. The non-linear viscoelastic model Knauss-Emri, the Emri-Tschoegl algorithm for the evaluation of mechanical spectra, and the high-pressure apparatus represent a unique tool for studying the interrelation between the so-called initial molecular kinetics (determined with the molecular mass distribution and topology of molecular chains), the thermo-mechanical boundary conditions, and the macroscopic properties of polymer materials. In collaboration with BASF, this experimental-theoretical approach was used in the development of new generation nano-structured polymers, which were named the I-Polymers (where I stands for intelligent). The invention was patented world-wide. These nano-structured materials exhibit orders of magnitude different physical properties than the chemically identical conventional polymers. One book and chapters in 4 books, over 150 publications, 23 patents (international, US and EU), more than 30 invited and plenary lectures on conferences, universities and research institutes, and about 1000 citations in peer reviewed journals and books.

Mechanics of time-dependent materials. Linear and non-linear viscoelasticity. Effect of temperature, pressure and humidity on mechanical properties of polymers and composites. Fatigue and fracture mechanics of polymers and composites. General and polymer rheology. Polymer processing, composite manufacturing and processing. New experimental methods. Dynamic and static analysis of materials and structures. Adaptronics. Multi-functional and intelligent materials. Bio-polymers. Bio-mechanics. Medical Engineering. Mechanics of Dissipative Systems

Prof Dr Abbas TCHARKHTCHI is a Full Professor of ENSAM (Paris - France). He is also the Head of the group of “Polymers & Composites” in PIMM (Department of Material Engineering)-ENSAM (Arts et Metiers ParisTech) Paris. He is the President of Technical and Scientific Commission of Francophone Association of Rotational moulding (AFR). He is a Member of International office of ENSAMand responsible for PhD students in ENSAM-Paris. He has more than 95 publication in national and international journals along with 6 patents. He has given more than 100 lectures in national and international congresses. Within the time period of 1993 to 2015 he has realised more than 59 industrial projects.

Polymers and composites, Processing, Rheology, Mechanical Properties,Processing (Rotational moulding, Extrusion,…), Rheology of reactive and non-reactive systems, - Structure-Properties-Relationship (shape memory effect, sintering, Fatigue and viscoelastic behaviour of polymers and biopolymers, composites and nanocomposites…)

Bingkun K. Chen, M.D., Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Neurology. Dr.Chen graduated with an M.D. in China, further studied in Germany, later received his Ph.D.in Japan, and recently earned his M.B.A. in the United States. Dr.Chen is focused on spinal cord injury and regeneration. He developed and optimized two axonal tracing techniques, bidirectional axonal tracing with DiI and DiO, and retrograde axonal tracing with Fast Blue. By using tissue-engineered technology with biodegradable polymer scaffolds loaded with growth-promoting cells (Schwann cells) to bridge the transection, the long-term goal is to shift the balance in the injured spinal cord toward healing and functional recovery in patients. Dr.Chen's research team is focused on systematical manipulation of the microenvironment in the injured spinal cord using engineering techniques to modify the local environment for axonal regeneration by altering: 1) Microarchitecture of biodegradable polymer scaffolds; 2) Cellular environment for cells supporting central nervous system axon growth (neural stem cells and Schwann cells); 3) Molecular environment, including neurotrophic factors such as glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT3), and the like, and anti-scarring agents (rapamycin) incorporated into biodegradable polymers. Upon completion of a preclinical, large animal study for spinal cord repair, Dr. Chen plans for a clinical trial and eventual clinical application of his team's scaffold approach for patients with spinal cord injuries.

Polymers, Neurology, Medicine

Han-Yong Jeon is a Professor of geo-synthetics and technical organic materials. He achieved Ph.D. from the Hanyang University, Korea (1989). As a professor, he has worked since 1982 and now works for the Inha University, Korea (South). He worked in the International Geo-synthetics Society as Council member (2006-2012) and he was the 6th president of the Korean Geo-synthetics Society (2011–2013). Also, he was the 32nd President of the Korean Fiber Society (2014-2015). He has published more than 794 papers in domestic and international conferences. He wrote 18 textbooks including “Geo-synthetics” and also published 118 papers in domestic and international journals. He has even got 34 patents to his name. He has awards of Marquis Who's Who - Science and Engineering for the year 2003-2004, 7th edition and 2015-2016, 19th edition respectively. He was even awarded Top 100 Scientists in the World: 2005/2011/2013/2015 of IBC (International Biographical Centre, UK).

Manufacturing, Application and Evaluation of Technical Organic Materials, Manufacturing, Evaluation, Standardization & Regulation of Geosynthetics, Polymeric Geocomposites etc.

Prof Dr Ramesh T Subramaniam is a material scientist experienced in preparation, development and characterization of polymer and polymer electrolytes as a source of energy for use in various electrochemical devices. The novelty of his research was the successful invention of highly adhesive polymer membranes, environmentally friendly polymer electrolytes and techniques in the fabrication of green electrochemical devices. The many international awards bestowed on Prof Dr S. Ramesh have opened new doors for his research through collaborations and consultation. He was selected as a ‘TWAS Young Affiliate Fellow’ in 2009 by The World Academy of Sciences - one of the five from the South & Southeast Asia and Pacific region. He also received the UTAR Annual Research Excellence Award in 2009. In 2010, he received the Pacifichem Young Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society and in 2011, the Young Scientist Award from IUPAC. In 2012, he received the IAP Young Scientist Award. In 2013, he was selected as a Young Scientist of the Global Young Academy (GYA). In 2014 he was selected as one of the Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM). In 2016 he was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and in the same year, he received the “International Association of Advanced Materials Scientist Medal (IAAM Scientist medal) for the year 2016” from the International Association of Advanced Materials. He is also a good teacher. In 2015, he was awarded the “Student’s Favourite Professor/Lecturer” Award during Physics Colloquium 2015 in Faculty of Science. He has won awards in several innovation exhibitions such as ITEX, BioMalaysia, MTE and PECIPTA. He walked away with the BEST of the BEST Award during PECIPTA 2013 which gained him interviews in MHI, Galeri Nasional and several newspapers. He also won the “Best Award” during Malaysia Technology Expo 2016. His major contribution is through the service and knowledge as a Young Scientist of the Global Young Academy. He has contributed to the “Science 4 Youth” and “Global State of Young Scientists” Programmes which focuses on the development of science and technology among the youth of this world and to study the problems faced by mainly 3rd World countries on this issue.

Advanced Materials, Polymers, Polymeric Materials, Polymeric Electrolytes, Electrochemical Devices

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. 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.

He received his degree in Chemical Engineering from the K.U. Leuven (Belgium) in 1971 where he also obtained his Ph.D. in 1978. The subject of his Ph.D. research was “Non-linear viscoelastic behaviour of dispersions”. He worked as senior researcher from 1978 till 2004 in the private industry (Solvay; Central Research Laboratory) in the field of polymerization and polymer processing. In 1994 he obtained the part-time position of lecturer at the Ghent University, teaching “polymer processing”. In 2004 he obtained the fulltime position of professor at the Ghent University teaching all courses concerning polymer technology, including processing and polymerization processes. He is also involved in the courses concerning “environment and sustainable development” in general and teaching the course of “rational use of materials” in particular. Polymer technology in general and polymer processing, including synthetic and bio-polymers, in particular are the main leads in his research program and of its publications. The main research topics are now the development of artificial turf for sport applications and the development of biopolymers based on chitin or chitosan with biomedical properties. A more recent research is the study of nanostructures, especially nanoparticles obtained by reaction engineering. These nanoparticles are already used in large quantities for the coating of paper and paperboards. I am an expert in the production of monofilaments for artificial sport applications and founded ERCAT (European Research Centre for Artificial Turf).

Polymer Processing, Polymer Technology, Bio-Polymers,expert in the production of monofilaments for artificial sport applications

Dr Tifeng Jiao is a professor and vice director of School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University. He received his PhD degree in physical chemistry from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006. Afterwards, he worked at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France) as a Postdoctoral Associate of CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). Now his research interests focus on the preparation, assembly and applications of nanomaterials and nanocomposites. Up to now, he has published 130 academic papers in academic journals, including more than 100 SCI-indexed papers. Now he is long-term member of Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) and member of American Chemical Society (ACS), active as peer reviewers for more than 20 Journals, such as Nanoscale, Nano Research, JACS, JMCA, Langmuir, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, etc.. Now he is also acting as a Lead Guest Editor of Journal of Chemistry (SCI, Impact Factor 0.484), Lead Guest Editor of Journal of Spectroscopy (SCI, Impact Factor 0.530), Guest Editor of Journal of Nanomaterials (SCI, Impact Factor 1.547), and Editorial Board of some Journals, such as Materials Science and Chemical Engineering and Open Journal of Safety Science and Technology.

Polymers, Nanomaterials, Nanocomposites

Rangel-Vázquez is a professor research at Technological Institute of Aguascalientes (ITA) in the Department of Metal-mechanical in the Materials Engineering program. I have served as a reviewer for several journals: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Materials Letters, Carbohydrate Polymers, Journal Polymer Engineering & Science, Thermochimica Acta, Journal of Molecular Structure, Journal of Surface and Coatings Technology, Academic Journal of Agricultural Research, World Journal of Engineering and Physical Sciences (WJEPS), Annual Research & Review in Biology, Journal of Applied Physical Science International, Global Conference on Polymer and Composite Materials 2015 and International Journal of Nanomedicine.

Polymers, Nanomedicine, Nanocomposites

Dr. O.L. Shanmugasundaram is working as Professor in the Department of Textile Technology at K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, India. He received his Diploma in Textile Processing in the year 1996 from Erode Institute of Technology, India. He obtained his B.Tech. degree in Textile Technology in 2000 from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India. He has qualified in the GATE Examination with 83.21 percentile score in the year 2003. He received his M.Tech. degree in Textile Technology in the year 2005 from Alagappa College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai and Ph.D. in Medical Textiles from Anna University in the year 2011. He published 21 research papers in peer reviewed Journals. He has to his credit 14 papers presented in International Conferences and 4 others in National Conferences. His areas of interest are Medical Textiles, Textile Chemical Processing Technical Textiles and Fibre Science & Technology. He had 14 years of teaching, research and admin experience in an engineering college. He is acting as an editorial board member and reviewer in refereed journals, organizing committee member and scientific committee member in International and National Conferences.

Polymers, Polymeric Materials, Textiles

Dr. Sunirmal Jana did his Master of Science degree in Chemistry in the year 1991 from Kalyani University, India and obtained his Ph.D. (Science) degree in 1998 from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He also completed “Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) organized “Leadership Development Programme (LDP 0905)” for middle to senior level leaders” by CSIR HRDC, Gaziabad, India. In December 1997, Dr. Jana joined CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI), Kolkata, India as a Junior Scientist. Presently, he is working as a Principal Scientist of CSIR under Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India and Associate Professor of Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR) at the same Institute (CSIR-CGCRI). Dr. Jana is performing his duties as a course co-ordinator and also as a teacher for the course, “Structural and functional coatings”, of AcSIR. He is also working as Guest Professor for B. Tech. students of University of Calcutta, Kolkata on “Sol-gel materials” from 2016-2017 sessions. Dr Jana is actively involved / coordinated / performed as Principal Investigator (PI) / Co-PI of various national and international research projects. At present, he has published about 50 research papers (h-index, 10) in internationally reputed different SCI journals, above 72 conference abstracts, 6 Book Chapters and 3 Indian patents. Presently, he has already guided 3 Ph.D. (Science) students and also guiding 3 more PhD students. Moreover, he already guided 12 M.Tech/M.Sc/B. Tech. students for their projects as the partial fulfillment of their degrees and also guiding more students for their projects in M. Tech degrees. Dr. Jana is an elected member of the Council of Indian Ceramic Society for two successive terms (2015-2016 and 2017-2018) and one of the EC members of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Kolkata Chapter, India. He is also the life members of Materials Research Society of India, Indian Ceramic Society, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science and NCE Bengal & Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is a senior member of International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI), Hong Kong. Dr. Jana availed Brain Pool Fellowship from Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies (KOFST) and worked at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, South Korea for one year during 2005-2006. He also did his research work as visiting scientists at different research Institutes in abroad (Slovenia and Portugal). Presently, Dr. Jana is functioning as one of the Editorial Board Members/Editors of Advances in Nanoparticles (Scientific Research Publishing), Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience (Kenkyu Group, India), Scholars Report under Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (USA), Journal of Advanced Nanomaterials (Isaac Publishing Co. Ltd., Hong Kong) and Source Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (USA). He also delivered several invited talks in India and abroad in different conferences/ symposiums/ workshops/ seminars and also performed as Chairmen of several sessions. Dr. Jana also evaluated several PhD theses of many Indian Universities (e.g. Karunya University, Sastra University, Manonmaniam Sundaranar Univerisity, Periyar University). He also reviewed the research papers received from American Chemical Society (ACS), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Elsevier, Spingers, Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Bulletin of Materials Science, IOP, SCIRP and also from others publishers/journals.

Sol-gel processing, Thin films, Nanostructured semiconductor materials, Periodic surface texturing of metal oxide thin films and their surface related properties, Microwave absorbing porous oxide materials, Low thermal emissivity materials, Organic-inorganic nano hybrid materials, High PbO based silicate glasses, Beta-quartz stabilised,ultra low expansion glass-ceramics

Dr. Mohamed Deyab is a full Professor-Researcher at Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI). He is also working as Professor Visitor at the department of engineering for innovation of the University of Salent, Italy. In addition, he was appointed as Member of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Research Council (Academy of Scientific Research & Technology). His research interests include: (a) Electrochemistry and Corrosion, (b) Nanotechnology, (c) Energy production (d) coating and nano-coating, (f) Corrosion inhibitors, (g) Petroleum industries. He is a co-author of 100 scientific papers, 6 books and has participated in 20 scientific conferences. He is a member of the Editorial Board and a Critic of many international journals. He has also developed a number of collaborations worldwide. He has awards of State Incentive Award in Chemistry 2014. He also got many of international appreciation such as: TOP 100 SCIENTIST (2010, Cambridge), Who's Who in the World (2009, 2010, 2013) and LEADING SCIENTISTS OF THE WORLD (2013, Cambridge)

Electrochemistry and Corrosion of Metals and Protection Methods, Nanotechnology,Energy (hydrogen, diesel, biodiesel, ethanol, fuel cell), coating and nano coating,Environmentally Friendly Corrosion Inhibitors,Corrosion Inhibition in refinery petroleum industries

Alaa Eid is a Chief Researcher in chemical technology of polymer science, at “Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute “CMRDI” – Advanced Material Division, Composite lab. Egypt –he is a Founder and Head of Polymer, Polymer composite and nanocomposite research unit 2015. He achieved Ph.D. from the D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (2006). He has published more than 17 papers in domestic and international conferences. He has been the supervisor of 10 MSc. and PhD in polymer nanocomposite materials, He is a PI of tow Funded projects from The Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt, and 3 Projects under screening. He is DSc. Researcher of Polymer science and engineering under the supervision of Prof. Dr. A. K. Mikitaev, entitled “Development of novel polymer Nano-composite materials for space industry” K. M. Berbekov Kabardino-Balkarian State University, Nal'chik, Russia 2016. He is a fellowship visitor to Egyptian Electronic Research Institute from October 2016. He was The Former General Secretary of the Egyptian Scientific Syndicate of Professionals “ESSP”2011-2012, and the Head of Scientific Management Division@“ESSP”2011-2015. Member of the VIP board of World Federation of Arabic and Islamic Schools "WFAIS" @ OIC. From 1998-now. He is a Member of Egyptian Polymer Society, and Egyptian Chemical Society, He is an Exclusive Representative in MENA region for SALAMWORLD Corp. 2011-2014. He is a Consultant and Exclusive Representative in MENA region for Nihon NanoTech.NNT Co.Ltd., Japan (2013-untill now). Also he was a Consultant for Major Companies in Egypt like Egyptian petrochemical company (EPCO), Consultant and owner of the Scientific Office for Plastics and Rubber Technologies “SOPRT from 2007”. 6th October City, Egypt. Consultant at Kaha For Environmental and Agricultural Products KEAP, Consultant at Bticino Co, Electrolux, Consultant and trainer at Polymer Nanotechnology for training and consultancy “PNT” 6th October City, Egypt.

Polymer chemical technology, polymer processing, polymer nanocomposites, natural composite, biodegradable polymers, polymer grafting and crosslinking, various applications of polymers, o Organic Chemistry, Synthesis of Polymeric Materials, Composite & Nano-composite, Polycondensation and Solid State Polycondensation, Organic Modification of Clay and Nano Clay, Composite and Nanocomposite Materials, Plastic Additives & Nanoparticles. Various Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites, especially in water treatment, automotive and space industry and Electronics, Plastics, Bio-plastics & Rubber Processing Technologies "Extrusion, injection, Compressing etc", Recycling of Plastics & Rubber with new trends, Packing Materials (PP, PE, PVC, PET… & Others), Magnetic and Electromagnetic nano-composite Materials

Prof Dr., Zizi Abdeen is a professor of petrochemicals in the Egyptian Petroleum Institute, Cairo, Egypt.She has been involved with more than 6 scientific supervisions and has attended about 10 national and international conferences. She has got 27 scientific paper publication and 1 book publication to her name.She is a peer reviewer for 16 international journals and editor of 23 international journals. She is an expert in the field of standardisation and lab management.

Polymers,of Biomedical Polymers and Polymeric Biomaterials, Polymeric Surfactant, Polymeric Electrolyte, Polymer nanosystems - Metal nanoparticles- Hydrogels, Chitosan and its applications in the petroleum field,Development of Nano-Microgels.

Dr.Rahul Mane is presently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Industrial Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India. He has received a doctorate in material science from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He has published more than 54 research papers in, International Journals and 75 papers in International, National Proceedings of the Conferences. He has awarded with Departmental Research Fellowship (2006), UGC Meritorious Scholarship (2008) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur and Young Scientist Fellow by DST 2012 (Government of India). At the outset, Ministry of Science and Technology (DST-SERB,India) sanctioning Major research project under Fast Track scheme for Young Scientist. He has also published 01book & 07 book chapters. He is Reviewers of 46 Journals. He is served on the Editorial, Associate Editor & Advisory Board member for 15 journals. He is also served on a Member of Organizing Committee, Technical Programme Committee and Scientific Advisory Board for Several International conferences. He is Member of several material science societies.

His research area includes materials science, nanotechnology, Synthesis and characterization of mixed metal chalcogenide thin films for solar cell application.

Dr Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D Winbigler Professor in the Professor in the College of Engineering and the Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio Nanotechnology and Biomimetics NLB2 at the Ohio State University Columbus Ohio He holds two MS a PhD in mechanical engineering/mechanics an MBA and three semihonorary and honorary doctorates His research interests include fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics He has authored 7 scientific books more than 90 handbook chapters more than 700 scientific papers h index – 48; ISI Highly Cited in Materials Science since 2007 and more than 60 scientific reports edited more than 50 books and holds 17 US and foreign patents He is coeditor of Springer NanoScience and Technology Series and Microsystem Technologies He has organized various international conferences and workshops He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists and the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award He is a member of various professional societies including the International Academy of Engineering Russia He has previously worked for various research labs including IBM Almaden Research Center San Jose CA He has held visiting professor appointments at University of California at Berkeley University of Cambridge UK Technical University Vienna Austria University of Paris Orsay ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne

Fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics.

Manijeh Razeghi received the Doctorat d\État es Sciences Physiques from the Université de Paris, France, in 1980. After heading the Exploratory Materials Lab at Thomson-CSF (France), she joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, as a Walter P. Murphy Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices in Fall 1991, where she created the undergraduate and graduate program in solid-state engineering. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, pioneering in the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques such as MOCVD, VPE, gas MBE, and MOMBE for the growth of entire compositional ranges of III-V compound semiconductors. She is on the editorial board of many journals such as Journal of Nanotechnology, and Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, an Associate Editor of Opto-Electronics Review. She is on the International Advisory Board for the Polish Committee of Science, and is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Optical Sciences of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. She has authored or co-authored more than 1000 papers, more than 30 book chapters, and fifteen books, including the textbooks Technology of Quantum Devices (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A. 2010) and Fundamentals of Solid State Engineering, 3rd Edition (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A. 2009). Two of her books, MOCVD Challenge Vol. 1 (IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol, U.K., 1989) and MOCVD Challenge Vol. 2 (IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol, U.K., 1995), discuss some of her pioneering work in InP-GaInAsP and GaAs-GaInAsP based systems. The MOCVD Challenge, 2nd Edition (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2010) represents the combined updated version of Volumes 1 and 2. She holds 50 U.S. patents and has given more than 1000 invited and plenary talks. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices. Dr. Razeghi is a Fellow of MRS, IOP, IEEE, APS, SPIE, OSA, Fellow and Life Member of Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Fellow of the International Engineering Consortium (IEC), and a member of the Electrochemical Society, ACS, AAAS, and the French Academy of Sciences and Technology. She received the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize in 1987, the Achievement Award from the SWE in 1995, the R.F. Bunshah Award in 2004, and many best paper awards.

Nanoscale, Optoelectronic, Quantum devices

Minna Hakkarainen is Professor in Polymer Technology and the Head of Polymer Technology Division at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Her research interests include sustainable polymers, additives, graphene-derivatives, polymer blends and composites for packaging and biomedical applications, recycling of polymers and biomass to green chemicals and carbon materials, and further utilization of these products for design of functional materials. Recently she developed microwave assisted processes for valorization of biomass to value added carbon products. She has published more than 120 scientific papers in international peer reviewed journals as well as several book chapters. She has led several national and international research projects.

Her research focus is degradable and biobased polymers, nanocomposites and polymer additives for packaging and biomedical applications. She also has special interest in microwave reactions, graphene derivatives and characterization of polymer degradation by mass spectrometry

G.Q. Chen is a professor of energy and environmental resources at Peking University, China and a Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abudulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. With distinguished contributions as marked by around 300 publications in prestigious journals, Prof. Chen has won a series of awards and honors, including Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers Award, Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureate. He served as editor, associate editor or advisory member for 50 international journals.

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Environmental Hydrodynamics; Energy and Water Resources; Climate Change Thermodynamics; Systems Ecology; Ecological Economics; Environmental Modeling and Informatics.

Tadeusz Biela is Head of the Department of Polymer Chemistry,Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, He holds His PhD in Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies in 1992 and worked Assistant Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences from 1994-2009, In year 2009 he is Docent (Associate Professor), group leader, Department of Polymer Chemistry at the Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, at present he is Head of Department of Polymer Chemistry at the Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, He has Author or co-author of more than 60 scientific papers, published mostly in the highest impact factor polymer journals and more than 60 contributions to the international symposia.

1.Ring-opening polymerization 2.Hyper-branched and star-shaped polyesters 3.Stereocomplex of polymers 4.Supramolecular chemistry of polymers 5.SEC in determination of polymer architecture