Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Marie-Helene Delville is a senior scientist (DR1) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). She earned her PhD in organometallic chemistry at the University of Bordeaux 1 in 1988, a topic on which she worked until 1996. She then moved to the Institute of Condensed Matter of Bordeaux, where she is currently working. She is the head of an International Associated Laboratory (LAFICS/IFLaSSC) between India and France. Her research interests are focused on the fundamental and practical aspects involved in the synthesis of organic–inorganic colloidal nano-objects, with special emphasis on the synthesis, control of shape, surface functionalization of mineral oxide particles and sol–gel chemistry. Her research also includes their use in biomedical applications and their potential toxicity.

Her research also includes their use in biomedical applications and their potential toxicity.

Mohammed Saleh Hussein Al Salameh is full professor- since 2004- in Electrical Engineering at the Jordan University of Science & Technology, and he was the Dean of Scientific Research at the American University of Madaba. He obtained his PhD degree with honors in Electronic Interference/Compatibility, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. He was a faculty member in the Hashemite University in Jordan, and he was senior researcher in the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada. He also worked in the communications sector for 6 years. During his study in Ottawa, he was the President of Graduate Students' Association. Prof. Al Salameh is the author of many international refereed Journal papers as well as conference papers in addition to books. Prof. Al Salameh has supervised and graduated several PhD and MSc students. His research interests include electromagnetic compatibility EMI/EMC, bio-electromagnetics, minimization of human exposure to fields and radiations, EMP interaction, coupling and shielding, crosstalk, satellite communications, neural networks, optical fibers and integrated optical waveguides, unconventional microstrip circuits, dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs), radar sensing, printed circuit boards, VLSI interconnects, radio-wave propagation in various environments, and computer modeling for real-world problems. He is also developing numerical methods, such as the finite element method, finite difference method, and method of moments, for practical EMI/EMC applications. Dr. Al Salameh is an expert in the field of the health effects of electromagnetic energy

Al Salameh research interests include electromagnetic compatibility EMI/EMC, bio electromagnetics, minimization of human exposure to fields and radiations, EMP interaction, coupling and shielding, crosstalk, satellite communications, neural networks, optical fibers and integrated optical waveguides, unconventional microstrip circuits, dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs), radar sensing, printed circuit boards, VLSI interconnects, and computer modeling for real-world problems. He is also developing numerical methods, such as the finite element method, finite difference method, and method of moments, for practical EMI/EMC applications.

Experienced as Scientist for 35 yrs and held positions as Chief Scientist & Divisional Head of Environmental Sciences & Biomedical Metrology and Materials Engineering & Physics in National Physical Laboratory. Dr Kotnala obtained Ph.D on Silicon Solar Cell from Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Delhi. Supported 137 Industries on their quality system based on ISO:17025. Published over 511 research papers with ~9500 citations, h-index 47 in SCI peer reviewed journals, besides 15 US/ Indian patents,+11 industrial consultancies + 4 books and 8 chapters including Hand Book on Magnetic Materials 2015 & Comprehensive Energy System Vol-2 2018, in Elsevier

Green Energy-Hydroelectric Cell Device by Dr Kotnala & Dr Jyoti Shah in 2016. Water Splitting by non-photocatalytic process to generate Green Electricity few drops of water by Hydroelectric Cell an alternative to Solar Cell & Fuel cells. Pride of Scientific Fraternity

Ajay Kumar Mishra (MSc, MPhil, PhD, CSci, FRSC) working as Professor at KIIT University, India and Director: Academy of Nanotechnology and Waste Water Innovations (ANWWI) and also Adjunct Professor: Jiangsu University, China. Prof Mishra worked as Professor at University of South Africa and Associate Professor & Senior Lecturer at University of Johannesburg in the area of nanotechnology & waste water research. Prof. Mishra has edited several books and also serves as member advisory board of a number of international scientific societies, conferences and workshops. He also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many peer-reviewed international journals. He has delivered a number of including Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures. For his outstanding research profile, he was awarded a number of international awards including Top 2% most cited scientist in the world, Chancellor prize & many more. He is editorial board member of scientific societies, conferences/workshops

Nanotechnology, Waste water Innovations

Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey. He studied at Surrey University, Guildford, UK, as a post doctoral research scientist in 1986-1987, and his studies focused on shape memory alloys. He worked as research assistant, 1975-80, at Dicle University and shifted to Firat University in 1980. He became professor in 1996, and he has been retired due to the age limit of 67; following academic life of 45 years. He published over 60 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 120 conferences and symposia in international and national level as Plenary Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Invited speaker, speaker or Poster presenter. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last even years (2014 - 2020) over 80 conferences as Speaker, Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by different companies in different countries. Additionally, he retired at the end of November 2019, and contributed with Keynote/Plenary Speeches to 12 Virtual/Webinar Conferences in the first year of his retirement, 2020. Dr. Adiguzel served his directorate of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Firat University in 1999-2004. He supervised 5 PhD- theses and 3 M.Sc theses. He is also Technical committee member of many conferences. He received a certificate which is being awarded to him and his experimental group in recognition of significant contribution of 2 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File – Release 2000. The ICDD (International Centre for Diffraction Data) also appreciates cooperation of his group and interest in Powder Diffraction File.

Shape memory effect and displacive phase transformations in shape memory alloys and other alloys, molecular dynamics simulations, alloy modeling, electron microscopy, electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction and crystallography

Dr. Dimitris Drikakis is Professor of Engineering Science and Executive Dean (Engineering) and Associate Principal and at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (till June 2017). Since July 2017, and in addition to his continued Professorial role, Dimitris has taken on new leadership roles as Executive Director of Global University Partnerships (US and Far East), Executive Director of the Strathclyde Space Institute and, furthermore as Co-Director of a new Institute of Autonomous Systems and Robotics.

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Fluid mechanics (particularly compressible flows), and Micro/nanoscale processes at fluid-solid interfaces.

Gerd Kaupp obtained his PhD at the age of 24 from the University of Würzburg. His postdoctoral studies were at the Universities of Ames, Iowa, Lausanne Switzerland, and Freiburg Germany. He was appointed chemistry full professor at the University of Oldenburg in 1982, from where he retired at the age limit. He served as guest professor for several international universities. He published more than 300 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as editorial board member.

His expertise is in waste-free benign syntheses and productions, solid-state chemistry, reactive milling, mechanochemistry, AFM, SNOM, nano-scratching, nano-indentation, and standardization in nanomechanics.

Dr. Chaitanya U. Kshirsagar received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a dissertation on modeling and fabrication of low power devices and circuits using low-dimensional materials. He obtained the degree of Master of Science in ECE from University of California Santa Barbara with a dissertation on electronic transport properties in graphene, and the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in electronics and telecommunication from the Government Engineering College, Aurangabad. He also has industry internship and collaborative research experience involving leading technology companies like IBM, Agilent Technologies, and Global Foundries. His technical expertise is focused on semiconductor device design, fabrication, simulation, modeling and characterization. Currently he is working as a research scientist at Peregrine Semiconductor. His work has been cited in wide range of fields such as nanoelectronics, microelectromechanical devices, semiconductor devices, applied physics, measurement science, photonics, smart materials, sensors, computational electronics and circuit design. He serves as a reviewer for various Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Institute of Physics (AIP), and Institute of Physics (IOP) journals. He is member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), full member of Sigma Xi-The Scientific Research Society, and member of American Chemical Society (ACS).

Semiconductor device design, fabrication, simulation, modeling and characterization.

Prof. Han-Yong Jeon, geosynthetics/technical organic materials researcher and he was the 32nd President of Korean Fiber Society (2014~2015). He has published more than 843 papers in domestic and international conferences. He wrote 20 texts including 'GEOSYNTHETICS’ and also published 132 papers in domestic & international journals. He has awards of Marquis Who'sWho - Science and Engineering in 2003~2017 and also, he got the 33rd Academy Award of Korean Fiber Society in 2006 and “Excellent Paper Award of 2012” by The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies.

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

Dr. Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a Graduate Research Faculty Advisor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and the Director of the Nanotribology Laboratory for Information Storage & MEMS/NEMS (NLIM) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. B.E. 1970, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India; MS 1971, Massachusetts Institute of Techology, Cambridge; MS 1973, University of Colorado, Boulder; PhD 1976, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Bhushan holds two M.S., a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering/mechanics, an MBA, and three semi-honorary and honorary doctorates. He received his Doctor Honouris Causa from Metal-Polymer Research Institute of National Acad. of Sci., Gomel, Belarus in 2000; and Doctor of Technical Sciences Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland in 1996. He has organized various international conferences and workshops. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships. He is a member of various professional societies, including the International Academy of Engineering (Russia).

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

Dr. Georges Akhras is a Professor of Civil/Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario. He joined RMC in 1987. He is a member of many technical and professional associations. Dr. Akhras is also President of Cansmart, the Canadian Smart Materials and Structures Group.

His current interests include structural behaviour, computational mechanics, numerical modelling, knowledge engineering expert systems, composite materials, smart materials and structures and engineering education, and he has published many papers on those subjects.

Dr S.Joseph Antony is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, U.K.His research expertise is in the area of nano and micromechanics, multi-scale modelling and experimental mechanics of materials in both discrete and continuum form. Joseph has published over 100 papers in several reputed international journals and conference proceedings.He actively participates in the activities of particle technology community in U.K and abroad. He holds membership in several international professional bodies and serves in technical committees in his area of research. Currently, he serves as a member of peer reviewers in his area of research for several international journals. He is the lead editor of the book on Advances in Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London (2004). He has won many awards, including the prestigious M.I.T Young Research Fellowship for Exemplary Research in Computational Mechanics and the Certificate of Merit as an Example of Outstanding Achievements in U.K Particle Science and Technology in 2002, PTSG, IChemE, U.K, He has served as a guest editor for the Jl. Granular Matter and the lead editor of the book ‘Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications’, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London in 2004. Presently Joseph serves as an editorial board member of several journals in the area of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology. His research sponsors include EPSRC, Royal Society, DTI, ICI, BNFL, P&G, Pfizer, Borax Hosakawa Micron, Bridon International Ltd, Merck Sharp & Dohme and DuPont (U.K).

Nanoparticles, Nanotechnology

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Fecht is a Director EUREKA Cluster Office Metallurgy Europe, Ulm - Brussels. He has been a Senior Scientist, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Institute for Nanotechnology.He was a Chaired Professor of Materials Science (C-4) Director Institute of Metals Research Technical University Berlin, Germany during 1993 – 1997.He served as a Professor of Metal Physics (C 3) Augsburg University, Germany He worked as a Senior Research Associate, Department of Materials Science California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A during 1987 – 1990.He was a Post doctoral Research Associate Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A. from 1984 – 1987.

Characterization of materials in electrical engineering Optimization of the microstructural, electrical, chemical, mechanical and tribological properties of functional materials and layer structures Development of high performance materials of microelectronics, microsystem technology and sensor technology, which are also suitable for extreme ambient conditions Material research under space conditions Corrosion and wear resistant thin layers Metallic glasses Nanocrystalline materials Internal interfaces (grain boundaries, phase boundaries) Modeling and simulation of material properties and composite structures Nanocrystalline Phosphors (AG Mr.) Magneto-resistive sensors (AG master) Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics (AG Mr.) Magnetic nanoparticles (AG Mr.)

Professor Lau received his Bachelor and Master degrees of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University, Australia) in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Within that period, he also worked for General Aviation Maintenance Pty Ltd, Australia, as an Engineer Trainee, and for the Corporative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS) Australia, as a Research Assistant designing a repair scheme for composite performs. Afterward, he received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2001. Thereafter, he was appointed Assistant Professor in 2002 and promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in 2005 and 2010, respectively. In 2015, he was appointed as Alex Wong/Gigi Wong Professor in Product Design Engineering and Associate Dean (Industrial Relation) in the Faculty of Engineering, PolyU. Currently, he is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance and Development) of Swinburne University of Technology, Australia to look after its future research and ranking strategies. Professor Lau has received numerous research and teaching awards since 2002. His research articles have been frequently cited by his peers. He has received over 12,000 citations with the h-index of 53 (google scholar citations) to date. Several of his papers have also been ranked as the top 1 % most cited papers in WoS. Last year, he has been elected as Fellow of the European Academy of Science and Arts. He has also been elected as International Vice President of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and appointed as Independent Non-executive Director of Kingsflair International (Holdings) Limited.

Nanomaterials; Nanostructured Materials; Construction Materials; Nanostructured Materials

Lavinia BALAN obtained the PhD degree from the University Henry Poincaré in Nancy, France, in 2005. Her PhD was devoted to the elaboration of an original material for the anode of Li-ion batteries. After a post doctorate in Orleans and then in Mulhouse, she joined the Department of Photochemistry (DPG) of Mulhouse in 2006 as a CNRS Senior Researcher. She opened a new field of research in this laboratory, viz. the photo-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles and metal-polymer nanocomposite materials. Since December 2009, L. Balan joined the Institute of Materials Science of Mulhouse (IS2M)-CNRS. She has published more than 100 scientific publications, 4 book chapters and 5 patents. Dr. L. Balan has been serving as an editorial board member for few scientific journals.

Her lines of research are concerned with photochemical synthesis of metal/polymer nanocomposites and design, customization and characterization of metal nanoparticles and nanocrystals (quantum dots) suited for advanced applications in the fields of optic, photonics, plasmonics, imaging or biology.

Professor Dr. Nasrallah M. Deraz is Professor of Advanced Nanomaterials Chemistry and Catalysis at National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. He received B. Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physical Chemistry (Solid State, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis) in 1990, 1996 and 1999, respectively, from College of science, Zagazig University, Egypt. However, he received B. Law in 2005 from College of Laws, Zagazig University, Egypt. He joined Physical Chemistry Department, Laboratory of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt, since 1992 till now. He was awarded a Post- doctoral fellowship in 2004 to Institute of Materials Science, Structure Research, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany. He joined Chemistry Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, since 2009 till 2013.

Professor Deraz's research focuses on various aspects of solid state, surface chemistry and catalysis. One topic of research is solid-state chemistry and nano-structured materials. The second topic is surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis. The third topic is science and technology of advanced nano-materials.