Materials Science & Technology

Professor Mitic obtained his B.Sc. degree 1982 in Material science at the University of Nis; M.Sc. degree 1990 in Material science at the University of Belgrade and Ph.D. in Material science at the University of Nis. In 1995 he got position of research scientist at the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; 1999 Mitic was promoted to senior (higher) scientific associate at the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - elected into the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Belgrade - main research field: Electronic Ceramic Materials. In 2004 he got the position of scientific adviser at the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; During his academic career Prof. Mitic tаught 12 courses from Physical Chemistry to the Material for New and Alternative Energy Sources. Prof. Mitic has published 420 scientific publications where he pioneered application of fractal geometry and analysis in study of ceramics materials, nanotechnology and energetic issues. Professor Mitic is President of Serbian Ceramics Society and Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, World Academy of Ceramics (WAC), International Ceramic Federation (IFC), International Society for Stereology, European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS), Royal Microscopic Society (UK), Material Research Society of Japan and IEEE, Australasian Ceramic Society etc. He is the recipient of numerous recognition awards received for the achievements in profession, acknowledged engagements in the Serbian society, and the development of his native city of Nis.

Electrochemistry and fractals

Dr. Genda Chen received his PhD in 1992 from Civil Engineering at State University of New York at Buffalo. He is Professor and Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering, and Director of the federal-funded, five-year INSPIRE University Transportation Center at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is Associate Director of the federal-funded, five-year Mid-America Transportation Center headquartered at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He has published more than 150 papers in reputed journals in the field of interface mechanics and deterioration, structural health monitoring, structural control, and multi-hazard assessment and mitigation. He has been serving as an associate editor of the Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, a section editor of Sensor, and an editorial board member of 5 reputed journals.

This paper summarizes the corrosion resistance and bond strength of coated and uncoated steel reinforcing bars in mortar or concrete. Coatings investigated included pure enamel (PE) for corrosion protection, calcium silicate modified enamel (ME) for bond enhancement, and double enamel (DE) with an inner layer of PE and an outer layer of ME. For comparison, fusion-bonded epoxy (EP) was also considered. For corrosion performance, mortar cylinders reinforced with uncoated (UN) and PE-, ME-, DE-, and EP- coated steel bars were immersed and tested in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution. The corrosion evolution was monitored using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The increase in corrosion resistance was as high as 100 times and 4 times when the steel bar was coated with PE and ME, respectively. Due to chemical bond between the enamel and steel, the corrosion of damaged PE-coated bars was confined to damage areas with no under-film corrosion as observed with EP coating. For bond behaviour, pullout specimens were prepared with one steel bar placed along the center line of each mortar cylinder. The effects of mortar curing time (28 days and 60 days) were investigated. The PE-coated steel bars were also tested in large-scale reinforced concrete (RC) columns under cyclic loads and in full-scale RC walls under blast loads to understand how the bond improvement of enamel coating at material level was translated to the performance of structural systems. The bond strength can be increased by 2 times and 7 times when a steel bar is coated with PE and ME, respectively. The significant steel-concrete bond increase with ME resulted from the increased surface roughness and the chemical bonding of embedded calcium silicate particles in surrounding mortar. With enamel coating, the failure modes of RC columns and walls can be changed from brittle to more ductile behaviour.

Dr Abbas Amini is currently an assistant professor at ACK and Western Sydney University, Australia. After obtaining PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 17 th in Engineering among the universities worldwide), he conducted research with Australian universities, as a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash and Deakin Universities, and as a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group, and a recent published book in 2016. Abbas is the editor of more than 20 reputed journals, and served as the chair/committee member of more than 120 international conferences to date.

Bionanotech

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.

Dr. Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey in Solid State Physics. 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, Diyarbakir, Turkey. He shifted to Firat University in 1980, and became professor in 1996, and He has already been working as professor. He published over 50 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 100 conferences and symposia in international and national level as participant, invited speaker or keynote speaker with contributions of oral or poster. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last three years (2014 - 2016) over 20 conferences as Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by South Asian Institute of Science and Engineering (SAISE), web: http://saise.org/, Science and Engineering Institute (SCIEI), web: http://www.sciei.org, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology, web: http://www.iacsit.org/, The Academic World Education and Research Center (AWER-Center), web: http://www.awer-center.org/, and other institutes and companies. He joined as Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair at 10 conferences held in 2017. 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, x-ray diffraction and crystallography, differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).

Neeranut Kuanchertchoo has her expertise in waste utilizations and applications in biomedical materials as well as water purification. Her research emphasizes on the development of nanofiber membranes using electrospinning technique. Her laboratory skills are synthesis, characterization and application in biomaterials, separations and purification. She earns many years experiences in both teaching and performing researches.

synthesis and applications, Biomaterials: synthesis and applications

Prof. Ch. Sanjay had joined GITAM University, Hyderabad as a Founder Campus Director in June 2009 till July 2014. At present, he is a Distinguished Professor & Dean, School of Technology, GITAM University and has been a member of Board of Management, IQAC and Academic Council since 2009. He is a certified Corporate Director of World Council for Corporate Governance, UK and visited South and South East Asian Countries for Research and presenting papers in International Conferences. He has more than 25 years of experience in Industry, Research & Teaching and had worked four years as a Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Management at Government University in Malaysia. He was key note speaker for more than 67 International and National Conferences and a Member of Advisory and Technical Committee for more than 90 International Conferences across the world and successfully organized 65 International and National Conferences. He is Member, Editorial Board and Reviewer for more than 20 International Journals and evaluated 19 Doctorial Theses in Mechanical / Manufacturing / Management / Information Technology for Universities and presently guiding 5 Research Scholars. He has to his credit 4 books published by reputed publishers and authored more than 60 Research Papers 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 International / State / Deemed Universities since 2001. Recipient of many International and National Awards such as Academic Excellence, Research Excellence, Best Engineer, Best Professor, Best Academic Administrator, Education Leadership and Engineers Educator.

IT applications in Manufacturing Engineering, Machine Tools & Cutting Tools, Materials Engineering, Smart Materials & Composites, Industrial Engineering & Management, Product Design & Development, CAD/CAM/CIM, Robotics & Automation.

Professor Liew is the Head of Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Chair Professor of Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. Prior to this, Professor Liew was appointed Chair Professor of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, a tenured Professor at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and the Founding Director of Nanyang Center for Supercomputing and Visualization. Over his academic career, he has published over 700 SCI journal articles. Professor Liew is listed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as a Highly Cited Researcher in engineering. His publications have been cited over twenty-five thousand times and his current h-index is 66 (ISI) or 82 (Google Scholar). To date, Professor Liew has attracted over US$40 million research and development funds from government funding agencies, industries and higher institutions. He has graduated over 50 PhD students and supervised over 60 Post-doc fellows. His students are well received by industries and many of them have become faculty members of universities worldwide.

Pattern transformation of single-material and composite periodic cellular structures

Alex Guskov received a Ph.D. degree in 1982 in Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Then A.Guskov went to work in Institute of Solid State Physycs the Russian Academy of Sciences, investigated the influence of interaction of laser radiation and a solid. Simultaneously he was engaged in application of technological processes in manufacture of electronic devices. Now his research interest focuses on heat mass transfer during the phase transition.

Spinodal decomposition during crystallization of solutions

Seiki Chiba was Executive Director for Advanced R&D Project Development, Stanford Research Institute (SRI International). He served on SRI for 20 years. He was supervising advanced R&D programs including Japanese Government projects. Now, he is CEO, Chiba Science Institute. He is the author or coauthor of more than 300 publications in various areas including artificial muscle actuators & generators, hydrogen safety, and high temperature membranes for hydrogen production. He has a PhD in Metallurgy & Material Science from the University of Wales (Britain). He received IAAM Medal for outstanding contribution in the field of Advanced Material Science and Technology

Soft transducers made of synthetic or natural materials, capable of converting physical or chemical energy into mechanical work in response to various environmental stimuli such as salt, pH, humidity, heat, solvent, light, magnetic or, electric field, and light, have been gaining attention for biomimetic actuators. Some of the transducers have also been shown to operate in reverse as a generator. This lecture discusses electroactive polymer (EAP) transducers (see Figure 1). EAP can be generally classified into two categories: Wet (ionic) and electronic (electronic field responsive). Wet polymers use electrically driven mass transport of ions or electrically charged species to effect a change in the shape (or vice versa). Electronic polymers use an electric field to effect a shape change by acting directly on charges within the polymer (or vice versa).

Dr. Haruo Sugi was born in 1933 in Tokyo, and graduated from Postgraduate School of Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo with Ph.D. degree in 1962, and appointed to be Instructor in Physiology at the University of Tokyo. From 1965 to 1967, Sugi stayed in USA as a research associate at Columbia University and as a visiting scientist in NIH. In 1973, he became Professor and Chairman in the Department of Physiology, Teikyo University. From 1994 to 2006, Dr. Sugi was chairman of Muscle Commission in the International Union of Physiological Sciences. In 2004, he retired from his position in Teikyo University, and is now Emeritus Professor of Teikyo University.

EM recording of hydrated myosin head movement coupled with ATP hydrolysis

Giampaolo Crepaldi is a CEO and Chairman of the Board of Chevron Industries since the very beginning, when it was resolved to open its operational unit in the UK, to develop the alternative green energy aspects and provide the third generation of the TTT Technology and several other IPRs. His background begins in the early 80s, when he was a young textile engineer working as a Technical Director with one of the biggest technology fibers of that time in Piedmont, Italy up to 1989. Up to 1991, he developed new alternative fibers technologies with Universal Insulating, and up to 1994 he developed international experiences in the high technologies field working with Belgian and French companies as a High Specilized Process and Innovation Consultant. From 1994 to 1996, he was with Tecnotex, then up to 2000 he was with Tecno Europa to develop new ceramic, silica and quartz fibers with new technologies, from 2000 to 2006. He has always worked in projects liaisons, from chemical to textile, to mechanic developments. He is among inventors of processes, machinery, and equipment, generally devoted to the improvement of standard industrial processes or to create brand new ones based on the principle of improving the environmental friendly impact as well as products quality.

specialized in Carbon /Carbon and Carbon SiC products where they find their use in the aerospace industry