Smart Materials and Nanotechnology

Dongfang Yang received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from University of Guelph in 1995. Now he is a Senior Research Officer at National Research Council Canada. His research interests include laser material processing; pulsed laser and sputtering deposition of thin films; materials development for energy devices, chemical and optical sensors. In his career, he has authored 3 book chapters, 1 patent, and 60 scientific articles. He is currently serving as Member of Editorial Board for 5 scientific journals. He also held the Adjunct Professorship both at Western University and Lakehead University in Canada

Laser Materials Processing

Vladimir Sobolev is a professor at the Department of Physics of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Dr. Sobolev earned his M.S. Degree from the Kharkov State University in Ukrainian SSR; he earned his Ph.D. in Physical & Mathematical Sciences from Donetsk Physics & Technology Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR; obtained his Habilitation Degree of Doctor of Physical & Mathematical Sciences from The Supreme Attestation Committee of the USSR. During his teaching and research career Dr. Sobolev taught in Ukraine, Taiwan and the U.S.A.

His main research interests are in wide range of properties of materials with spontaneous polarization (ferroelectric, magnetic, and magnetoelectric substances), phase transitions in materials with spontaneous polarization, kinetic and relaxational behavior of systems of interacting quasiparticles in substances subjected to the action of intense external alternating fields (magnetic and electric fields), optical properties of magnetic and magnetoelectric materials, and properties of high-temperature superconducting materials. Results of his research have been published in more than 300 articles. His results were presented in more than 150 presentations at different conferences. He authored several invention patents on methods of measurements of parameters of thin magnetic films.

Jorge Luis Barrios Rivas is member of AAPG and SPE. He is a Post Doctorate in Management of Science and Technology, Doctor of Science, Geologist Engineer,MSc in Petroleum Engineering,Technical Associate Civil Construction.

Geomechanics, Petroleum Engineering, Civil and Construction

V. HARISH is currently working as Assistant Professor in Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS) in department of Mechanical Engineering. He did his Ph.D and ME in Anna University, Chennai in 2013. He completed his B.E from St. Joseph’s Engineering College, Chennai. He has published several papers in Elsevier and Springer journals

Thermodynamics, Thermal Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Power plant Engineering, Internal combustion engines

Farid Menaa is an inter- and multi-disciplinary professional with worldwide reputation. He has three international post-doctoral terms in Oncology, Dermatology, and Hematology; MBA Entrepreneurship and MD candidate. During his ongoing career, he has mainly contributed to the identification and functions of new human disease-causing genes and variants, formulated natural products for anti-aging and developed innovative theranostic strategies against cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and infectious diseases. He has more than 10 years’ experiences either in the academic, hospitals or industrial sectors. As Chief Scientific Officer and Vice-President R&D at Fluorotronics, Inc. he actively participated in the development of the disruptive “Carbon-Fluorine Spectroscopy”. Menaa collaborates with various organizations worldwide. He is a member of several prestigious medical and scientific organizations and editorial boards in the field of medicine, science, technology and business, including in the nano-segment. He has authored more than 100 articles including research and review articles, books, book chapters, textbooks, proceedings, and has participated to over 200 scientific international events including as co-organizer, keynote speaker, chairman. Menaa’s worldwide collaborations, holistic point of view and strong expertise in various fields led him to prevent, implement early diagnosis, and develop efficient and safer therapy.

Preventive Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Translational Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Green Medicine, Nanomedicine, Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.

Davis L. Ford is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin and a Visiting Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University, Lubbock. He is practicing environmental engineer with over forty-five years of experience in the field. In addition, he serves on the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin as an adjunct professor, has published more than one hundred technical papers, has co-authored or contributed to ten textbooks and written two biographies and co-authored one children’s book. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and in countries of Europe, South America and Asia. Ford received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Texas A&M University and his master and doctorate degrees in environmental engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a Distinguished Engineering Graduate of both Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M. Ford was elected into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He has served as president of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and chairman of the Academy Ethics Committee. His honorary affiliations include Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi and Chi Epsilon. Ford serves on the Board of a publicly-owned oil and exploration company (CWEI, NASDAQ) and the Board of the Texas A&M University Press.

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Water and wastewater systems design

Professor Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1994 to 2001, he was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University in Kansas. From 1978 to 1994, he worked in various scientific and managerial positions at McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis. He became the Program Director and McDonnell Douglas Fellow in 1990. Dr. Agarwal received Ph.D in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. He is the author and coauthor of over 600 publications and serves on the editorial board of 20+ journals. He has given many plenary, keynote and invited lectures at various national and international conferences worldwide. He is a Fellow of AAAS, ASME, AIAA, IEEE, SAE and SME.

Computational Fluid Dynamics,aerodynamics, flow control, rarefied gas dynamics and hypersonic flow, bio-fluid dynamics, wind energy, energy efficiency of buildings, chemical looping combustion and geological carbon sequestration

Ashok Batra has completed his PhD at the age of 28 years from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. With more than 24 years of experience in the diverse areas of solid state physics/materials and their applications, he is presently a Professor of Physics. He is currently engaged in research related to the development of ambient energy harvesting and storage devices, nano particle-based chemical sensors, and organic photo voltaic solar cells. He has obtained various research grants as the principal or co-investigator from the U. S. Army/SMDC, NSF, DHS and NASA. The NASA grant was related to the International Micro gravity Laboratory-1 experiment flown aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. A recipient of a NASA Group Achievement award and the Alabama A&M University School of Arts and Sciences Researcher of the Year award, he has published over 180 publications, including two book, book chapters, proceedings, review articles, and NASA TMs. Batra is a member of SPIE, MRS, AES, and AAS. He is an editorial board member of refereed international journal: Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine.

Nanostructures Materials: Growth, Characterization, and Applications in Sensors; Chemical Sensors; Crystal Growth; Microgravity Research, Thin/Thick Films; Nanocomposites; Pyroelectric, Piezoelectric, Photo-thermal and Photovoltaic Devices; Relaxors and Nonlinear Optical Materials.

Ruchi Singh is the Managing Director/Founder of a company ‘Nanonub’. It’s a Research & Development and consulting firm which is established with the aim of providing a common platform for the nanotechnology professionals and companies. It serves a very focused area of technology which is ‘Nanotechnology’ on the global level. She completed her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from India in 2009. After completing her Engineering in India, she worked in one of the top software company in India ‘Infosys Technologies Limited’. She was awarded Samsung Scholarship and pursued her Master\\\'s in Energy (Nanotechnology) at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. After her Master\\\'s, she moved to the United States and started working on nanotechnology applications in Oil & Gas industry. At present, she is working as a Managing Director at Nanonub. She has experience in the research area of nanomaterial’s, bio nanotechnology and nano technology applications in oil and gas industry. She has experience in startups, entrepreneurship, global management, market development, strategy and planning, new technology/emerging markets, international expansion etc. Currently, she is also serving as a chair of New Venture Clinic in MIT Forum of Texas, Houston. She created Nanonub in 2013, of which she has been Director since then. She is a member of several national level research and entrepreneur council. She has excellent networking and entrepreneur skills. She has developed a good network internationally since her post-graduation. She is determined to serve the society with the application and benefits of this technology. This is the reason that she started her business ‘Nanonub’ on this technology.

Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, Engineering and Electronics

Mohammad Hadi Dehghani 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 Water Treatment, Environmental Nanotechnology, Adsorption, Environmental Pollution and Toxicology. 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.

Water Treatment, Environmental Nanotechnology, Adsorption, Environmental Pollution and Toxicology

Najid Ahmad is an associate professor in School of Business, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Hunan, China. His Ph.D. degree is in Economics from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China with the main focus of environmental economics and energy economics. Ahmad has been awarded two times very prestigious award “Chinese Government Outstanding International Student Award for the year 2016 and in 2017.” that is given to very limited candidates based on their excellent research performance during their entire stay in China. He has a research collaboration with the USA, Canada, France and German researchers working on climate change and global warming. Najid Ahmad has more than 40 international publications in prestigious journals. His recent publications include in; Energy, Global Environmental Change, Journal of Environmental Management, Quality and Quantity, International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Science of Total Environment. He is serving as reviewers in many prestigious journals that include: Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy, The Energy Journal, Sustainable Cities and Society, Economic Research and so on. Ahmad has many conference presentations including in University of Pantheon-Assas, Paris, France, University de Strasbourg, France, Juraj Dobrila University of Paula, Croatia and University of Kassel, Germany. Najid Ahmad has 5 years teaching experience in a Public University where he taught various courses including macroeconomics, international trade, econometrics, and agri. economics. He has the good training of advanced courses including non-parametric econometrics, DSGE modeling, macro forecasting from world-famous researchers.

Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, Global Warming and Climate Change, Sustainable Growth

Ali CHEKNANE has more than 20 years graduate and post-graduate teaching experience at the university as temporary, associated and permanent position. He is a full-Professor at the Amar Telidji University of Laghouat-ALGERIA and Ph.D. in physics. He is a senior member at the International Academy of Science and Engineering for Development (IASED): http://www.iased.net/ and has published many papers in various journals and conference proceedings on renewable energy subjects. He served as an editorial board for several journals and committee member for international conferences. He has supervised 17 Ph.D. students (11 thesis have been defended), 14 post-graduation memories (Magister) and more than 40 graduation memories (Engineer and Technician) in electrical engineering and computing. He had an incentive award from “Centre de Développement des Énergies Renouvelables- CDER” and an award for the best publication in physics in Algeria from the ANDRU agency in 2008. He is the head of the research team: “Photovoltaic Systems & Devices” and reviewer in many Journals as: Solar Energy, Conversion Energy and Management Journal, Electronics Journal, International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research, Measurement, International Journal of Electronics, Energy and Buildings and Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. He was the President of the Scientific Committee at the Electrical Engineering Department- Amar Telidji University of Laghouat for two years, Vice Dean of Research and Post-graduation at the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering. University of Laghouat for two years and President of an Association of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development. Laghouat. ALGERIA. He is the dean of the Faculty of Technology at Amar Telidji University of Laghouat- ALGERIA.

Renewable Energy, Buildings, electrical, electronics engineering, and Computing, Applied Electrochemistry

Leszek Adam Dobrzanski is a Full-time Professor of Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering , Nanotechnology, Medical and Dental Engineering in the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland and a Supervisory Board Chairman, Project Manager and Principal Investigator in the Medical and Dental Engineering Centre for Research, Design and Production ASKLEPIOS Ltd in Gliwice, Poland. He is a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universities in Bulgaria, Hungary and Ukraine. He is a Fellow of the Materials Science Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences PAS and the President of the Metallic Materials Section of this Committee. He is a Vice President and a Fellow of the Academy of Engineers in Poland. He is a foreign Fellow of the Ukrainian Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Slovak Academy of Engineering Sciences. He is the President of the World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, and a President of the International Association of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Archives of Materials Science and Engineering and Open Access

The scientific interests of Prof. Leszek Adam Dobrzanski include materials science and materials engineering, design and operation of machines, organisation and management, within the specialisation: metal and non-metal engineering materials (metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites) including raw materials, functional materials, photovoltaics and materials for renewable energy, metal and ceramic tool materials, light metals alloys, biomedical and dental engineering and materials, nanotechnology and nanostructural materials, gradient technologies and materials, fundamentals of production engineering, engineering materials manufacturing and processing technologies, plastic forming, thermal and thermomechanical treatment of metal alloys, powder metallurgy, surface engineering, including PVD and CVD coatings, as well as laser alloying and remelting, automation and robotisation of engineering materials processing, investigation methodology of structure and properties of engineering materials, materials design methodology, computational materials science, computer assistance of engineering tasks and didactics, applied computer science, technical and computer science education and e-learning, industrial management and foresight research.

Ashok Batra has completed his PhD at the age of 28 years from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. With more than 24 years of experience in the diverse areas of solid state physics/materials and their applications, he is presently a Professor of Physics. He is currently engaged in research related to the development of ambient energy harvesting and storage devices, nanoparticle-based chemical sensors, and organic photovoltaic solar cells. He has obtained various research grants as the principal or co-investigator from the U. S. Army/SMDC, NSF, DHS and NASA. The NASA grant was related to the International Microgravity Laboratory-1 experiment flown aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. A recipient of a NASA Group Achievement award and the Alabama A&M University School of Arts and Sciences Researcher of the Year award, he has published over 180 publications, including two book, book chapters, proceedings, review articles, and NASA TMs. Professor Batra is a member of SPIE, MRS, AES, and AAS. He is an editorial board member of refereed international journal: Advanced Science, Enginnering and Medicine.

He is currently engaged in research related to the development of ambient energy harvesting and storage devices, nanoparticle-based chemical sensors, and organic photovoltaic solar cells.

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 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 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.

Dr.K.V. Madhuri has completed her PhD at the age of 27 years from Sri Venkateswara University and postdoctoral studies from Universite de Moncton, CANADA. She is the Assoc. Professor &Assoc.Dean of Research & Development, in an esteemed University. She has published 19 papers in reputed national/international journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals. She had presented about 27 research papers in national/International conferences. In addition to this, she had delivered invited talks in reputed institutes/conferences/Workshops/Orientation programs. She had recently finished a project under young Scientist scheme by Department of Science &Technology, New Delhi, India.

Material Science- Thin Film

Dr. E. H. Yang is a full professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received Ph.D. degrees from Ajou University, Korea. After his postdoctoral training at University of Tokyo and at California Institute of Technology, he joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he became a Senior Member of the Engineering Staff. At JPL, he received a number of awards, including NASA ICB Space Act Awards, Bonus (Level B and C) Awards and a number of Class 1 NASA Tech Brief Awards. In recognition of his excellence in advancing the use of MEMS-based actuators for NASA's space applications, he received the prestigious Lew Allen Award for Excellence at JPL in 2003. He is an Associate Editor and/or Editorial Board of several journals including Nature’s Scientific Reports.

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; serving as Editorial Board Member/ reviewer for some scientific journals; 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; she has been invited to deliver lectures (more than 95) in International / National scientific conferences, foreign countries (China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka & Greece) 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 like Cognizant Technologies; 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.

nanomaterials / nanotechnology

Biography Zhidong Zhang completed his PhD from Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1989. He is the head of magnetism and magnetic materials division of IMR. His research interests are focused on permanent magnetic materials, nanocomposited magnetic materials, electromagnetic and transport properties of low-dimensional materials. He has been working also on topological spin configurations and their contributions to physical properties of materials. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals, He serves on Editorial Boards of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2000-2003), Scientific World Journal, Acta Metallurgica Sinica, and Program Committee for international conferences such as ICM, MMM and IEEE InterMag.

1) Rare – earth - transition - metal compounds. 2) Magnetic thin films, multilayers, quantum wells, quantum dots. 3) Magnetic nanoparticles and Nano capsules 4) Permanent magnets 5) Giant magneto resistance materials 6) Giant magneto stricture materials. 7) Magneto caloric materials. 8) 3D Icing model; Critical phenomena.

Professor Lin Li, an elected Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, is the Director of Laser Processing Research Centre at The University of Manchester UK. He has over 600 publications in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings and 50 patents, related to photonic science, laser processing and advanced manufacturing. He has served as President of Laser Institute of America, President of International Academy of Photonics and Laser Engineering and President of Association of Laser Users. Professor Li received Sir Frank Whittle Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK in 2013 for his outstanding and sustained achievements in engineering innovations in manufacturing. He received the Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society in 2014 for his research in optical micro/nano science. He also received Charles Main Award from Institute of Mechanical Engineers for his work in the application of lasers in nuclear decommissioning. He received distinguished achievement medal as Researcher of the Year in 2014 from The University of Manchester.

Surface functionalisation of materials by laser micro/nano structuring, meta-materials, 3D printing, welding, Nano-materials, materials processing and manufacturing technologies, laser processing of materials.