Materials Science & Technology

Michael F Herman received his PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1980. He has been on the Faculty of Tulane University since 1981. His work has focused on the development of semi-classical methods for modeling chemical systems. He also has developed a model for polymer dynamics in the melt and is studying the influence of intermolecular dipolar couplings between molecular vibrations on isotopic fractionation processes.

The first research area involves the development and testing of semiclassical approximations for the quantum evolution of complex systems. Semiclassical methods, which utilize information from classical trajectories to obtain approximate quantum mechanical energies, wavefunctions, transition probabilities, etc., provide computationally very useful procedures for calculations involving the motion of atomic and molecular systems. The second area investigates the manner in which solvents influence the vibrational frequencies and population relaxation in liquids and dense gases. These interactions are important because, for instance, the equilibration of vibrational populations plays a significant role in determining the response of condensed phase systems to external perturbations.

Jiangtao Cheng completed his Bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics at Peking University in 1991; Master’s degree in Computer Science at Purdue University in 2002 and; Doctorate degree in Physics in 2002. In 2007, he accepted an offer from the Teledyne Scientific Company (formerly Rockwell Science Center) as a Research Scientist III for the next four years. He returned to academia in 2011 as an Associate Professor at University of North Texas. In 2015, he joined Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech as an Associate Professor. His areas of expertise include: “Sustainable energy and renewable energy; optofluidics and electrofluidics; microfluidics and nanofluidics; thermal-fluid science and heat transfer; thermal management and microelectronics cooling”. Recently, he introduced surface plasmon resonance and terahertz technology in his research in thermal-fluid science.

optofluidics and electrofluidics; microfluidics and nanofluidics; thermal-fluid science and heat transfer; thermal management and microelectronics cooling.

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, and Technical University, Vienna, Austria. He is also CEO of the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA. Ephraim is Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); IEEE Life Fellow; Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) . Dr. Suhir has authored about 400 publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including 2004 ASME Worcester Read Warner Medal for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering (he is the third Russian American, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award); and 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products.

Probabilistic Methods in Reliability Engineering; Analytical (Mathematical) Modeling in Applied Science and Engineering; Photonics, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Optical Fibers; Shock and Vibration Analyses and Testing; Thermal Stress Analysis, Embedded Systems; “Human-in-the-Loop”: Human-Equipment-Environment Interaction;

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 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. 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 many scientific journals.

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

Haruo Sugi completed his PhD at the age of 28 years from the University of Tokyo. He worked in Columbia University and the National Institute of Health from 1965 to 1967. He was a Professor in Physiology in Teikyo University from 1973 to 2004, when he became Emeritus Professor.

Novel properties of individual myosin heads in skeletal muscle as revealed by experiments using the gas environmental chamber

Jingyuan Chen is an Associate Professor at the University of Fukui, Japan.

Functional polymer-modified electrode prepared by electrolytic polymerization of o-nitroaniline

Prof./Dr. Jean-Paul Lellouche has completed his PhD at the age of 26 years from University Claude Bernard/La Doua (Lyon, France). He is the responsible of a Bar-Ilan University (Dpt of Chemistry & Nanomaterials Research Center, Institute of Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials (BINA) academic research team since July 2008. He has published 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers in various journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of significant 4 scientific journals.

His current R&D activity includes R&D developments at the cutting-edge Materials Science level interfacing with nano(bio)technology (nanofabrication methodologies & nanomaterial engineering) - Relevant keywords: Innovative surface engineering methodologies of organic/inorganic nanomaterials, conducting polymers development, TMDC inorganic nanomaterials functionalization & basic applications (battery electrodes, tissue engineering), high-level MRI contrast functional iron oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery, gene silencing and anti-cancer therapies (PTT/PDT), & anti-bacterial/anti-biofouling nanomaterials/coatings.

A. Ivankovic is Professor of Engineering Mechanics (since 2004) and Head of Mechanical Engineering Programs (since 2012), (Head of Mechanical Engineering Discipline 2006-2011). He is director of UCD Centre of Adhesion and Adhesives established in 2010. He is also a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a Head of Structural Adhesives Division of Adhesion Society (since 2014). A.I. currently leads the research group of 1 MSc, 3 ME, 9 PhD students and 5 PostDoc researchers. The main research focus of the group is the structure-property relationship towards materials by design, which involves multi-scale characterisation and modelling of thermo-mechanical, damage and fracture behaviour and tailor design of polymers, composites, adhesives and super-hard materials. The group has access to excellent processing, thermo-mechanical testing, video, microscopy, analytical and high-performance computing facilities.

Aerospace Materials, Nanotechnology in Material Science, Mechanics of Materials

Dr. Alexander M. Panich is a Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Physics, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He has published 147 papers in peer-reviewed journals, one monograph, 4 book chapters, and presented 150 papers at international conferences. He is a member of editorial board of four scientific journals and a reviewer of a number of the leading physical and materials science journals.

Investigation of nanomaterials and low-dimensional compounds using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, also involving EPR, XPS, XRD and magnetic measurements.

Dr. Murugan Ramalingam is Professor at the Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular & Molecular Theranostics, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) (deemed to be University), India. He has also Adjunct Professor at the Tohoku University, Japan and Professeur des Universite at the Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université de Strasbourg, France. He has worked at the WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Japan, as an Assistant Professor. He has also worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the U.S. National Academies Associateship program. He received his Ph.D. in Biomaterials from the CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, University of Madras. He has also undergone training in Ethical and Policy issues on Stem Cells from Harvard University, USA, and in Operations Management from the University of Illinois-Chicago. His current research interests are focused on the development of multiphase biomedical materials, through conventional to nanotechnology to biomimetic approaches, microfabrication and bioprinting, cell patterning, stem cell differentiation, tissue engineering and drug delivery. He is the author of ~300 publications, including 20 textbooks relevant to nanotechnology, biomaterials, stem cells, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. His current h-index is 40 with ~9700 citations. He has delivered several keynote/invited talks and has chaired/organized several international conferences related to Biomaterials, Bioprinting, Nanobiotechnology, Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering. He also serves as a board member of several international scientific and research committees in various public and private bodies and grant reviewer of various international funding agencies. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple biomaterials and tissue engineering-related journals, including the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering and the Journal of Bionanoscience. He is a recipient of several prestigious fellowships and awards, including CSIR Fellowship (India), Singapore Millennium Fellowship (SMF) (Singapore), NRC National Academies Fellowship (USA), Nationale Professeur des Universités (France), Fellow of Royal Society of Biology (UK), Fellow of Institute of Nanotechnology (UK) and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).

His current research interests are focused on the development of multiphase biomedical materials, through conventional to nanotechnology to biomimetic approaches, microfabrication, cell patterning, stem cell differentiation, tissue engineering