Visionary Speakers & Conference Orators
Prof. Anter El-Azab
Purdue UniversityUSA
Prof. Anter El-Azab
Purdue UniversityUSABiography
One Ph.D. opening is available in The Materials Theory Group starting fall of 2023. The group performs advanced theoretical and computational research in the areas of mesoscale plasticity and dislocation dynamics, hydrogen effects in metals, radiation effects in materials, microstructure evolution, phase field method development, phonon and electron thermal transport in crystalline solids, and computational methods for materials science and mechanics. The ideal applicant should have MS in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or materials science and engineering, with some experience (graduate course and/or research) in microstructure science, elasticity, defects in crystalline solids, numerical methods, computational techniques such as finite element method, and an advanced programming language, e.g., Fortran or C++ or both. For inquiry please send an email to Professor El-Azab
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Prof. Thomas J. Webster
Hebei University of Technology
China
Prof. Thomas J. Webster
Hebei University of TechnologyChina
Biography
Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 129) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 30,000 patients. His technology is also being used in commercial products to improve sustainability and renewable energy. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.
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Nanomaterials that Eliminate Implant Infection and Failure: Over 30,000 Successful Patients and Still Counting...
Prof. Nicole Buchwiser
Institute of Quantum OpticsDenmark
Prof. Nicole Buchwiser
Institute of Quantum OpticsDenmarkBiography
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Prof. Tamotsu Takahashi
Hokkaido University
Japan
Prof. Tamotsu Takahashi
Hokkaido UniversityJapan
Biography
Prof. Tamotsu Takahashi obtained Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo graduate school in 1983. And then he became Assistant Professor at engineering department of the University of Tokyo. He was promoted to Associate Professor at Institute for Molecular Science in Okazaki in 1991. He moved to Hokkaido University in 1995 as a full professor. He retired in 2020 and now emeritus Professor of Hokkaido University. In 2024, he became President of Foundation for Interaction in Science & Technology, Japan.
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Continuous movement of carbon atoms in organic molecules
Prof. Blaž Likozar
National Institute of Chemistry
Slovenia
Prof. Blaž Likozar
National Institute of ChemistrySlovenia
Biography
Prof. Blaž Likozar is a head of the Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering at the National Institute of Chemistry (NIC), leading the programme “Chemical Reaction Engineering”, as well as numerous research projects (15 H2020 / 50 in Horizon Europe alone). His expertise lies (among others) in heterogeneous catalysis materials, modelling, simulation, and optimization of process fluid mechanics, transport phenomena and chemical kinetics. He worked at the University of Delaware in 2014–2015 as a Fulbright Program researcher. He has authored >400 articles, was cited >10,000 times, having an h-index of 61. He is also involved in many industrial projects, amongst others, with TotalEnergies, Evonik Industries, UPM, Novartis, Carbon Recycling International. He is a recipient of Pregl and Zois awards.
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Hybrid Catalytic, Sorbent & Electrification Materials
Dr. Run-Zi Wang
Tohoku University
Japan
Dr. Run-Zi Wang
Tohoku UniversityJapan
Biography
Dr. Run-Zi Wang is currently an Assistant Professor at the Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University, Japan. He received his Doctorate in Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology in 2019. He has been recognized as one of the world’s top 2% most influential scientists (Stanford University/Elsevier). Dr. Wang has published over 100 high-impact journal articles in leading international journals such as Reliab Eng Syst Saf, Int J Plast，Acta Mater. He holds more than 20 granted invention patents and over 10 registered software copyrights, and has led the drafting of 4 national standards. According to Web of Science, he ranks first globally in both publication output and citation count among researchers under the age of 40 in his field over the past decade. His research lies at the forefront of interdisciplinary innovation, spanning from modelling-driven material strength analysis to informatics-reinforced structural integrity assessment. His work integrates experimental mechanics, material characterization, theoretical modeling, and software development to advance precision life design methodologies. His recent focus centers on active damage mitigation through multiscale mechanics to enhance the creep-fatigue life of critical structural components. Dr. Wang also founded the Pan-Asia Youth Collaborative Academic Team on Lifetime and Reliability (PYCAT), which aims to foster academic collaboration and mutual support among emerging researchers across Japan, China, Singapore, South Korea, and other regions.
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Dual-scale modelling simulation based on crystal plasticity finite element: A solution for 'Design by Fundamentals' to tackle new engineering issues
Summit Speakers
Omid Ashkani
Islamic Azad University
Iran
Omid Ashkani
Islamic Azad UniversityIran
Biography
I am Omid Ashkani, the head of Green quality Strivers Company, Full Doctorate of Business Administration from Tehran University and Ph.D. Candidate of advanced materials in Islamic Azad University. In general, my field of study is research in the field of material simulation, material design and especialy I am working in the field of Quantum technologies including Quantum dots technology. In the past years I was worked in the field of QDs to develop new generation of solar cells, QDs in water purification and also QDs (especially Graphene quantum dots) in bio-imaging and drug delivery systems.
I welcome any further research into advanced materials, especially quantum dots, in the development of new technologies.
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Development of new solar cells with quantum dot technology and CVD method.
Yahia Chergui
Mhamed Bougara University
Algeria
Yahia Chergui
Mhamed Bougara UniversityAlgeria
Biography
Yahia CHERGUI is an associate Professor in Electrical & Electronics Engineering Institute, Boumerdes Algeria. He has completed his PhD from Badji Mokhtar University in Annaba, Algeria. He did all his PhD work in Cardiff University in UK. His research field is Physics(condensed matter, and soft matter simulation by molecular dynamics). He has many published articles and international conferences. He has been serving as a referee with condensed matter journal (IOP), Energy journal (Elsevier), and American Journal of Modern Physics.
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Phase Transition of ZnO; a Computational work
