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Keynote Speakers

 

Prof. Alexander Korsunsky

Professor and Fellow (em.), Trinity College,
University of Oxford, UK
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

 

 

Alexander Korsunsky received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) from Merton College, Oxford, following undergraduate education in theoretical physics. His current appointment is Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford and Trinity College. He has given keynote plenaries at major international conferences on engineering and materials. He has developed numerous international links, including visiting professorships at Universitá Roma Tre (Italy), ENSICAEN (France) and National University of Singapore. Prof Korsunsky’s research interests concern developing improved understanding of integrity and reliability of engineered and natural structures and systems, from high-performance metallic alloys to polycrystalline ceramics to natural hard tissue such as human dentin and seashell nacre. Prof Korsunsky co-authored books on fracture mechanics (Springer) and elasticity (CUP), and published over 200 papers in scholarly periodicals on the subjects ranging from neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction analysis and the prediction of fatigue strength to micro-cantilever bio-sensors, size effects and scaling transitions in systems and structures.

 

Prof. Yun Wang

University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
ASME Fellow and RSC Fellow

 

 

Yun Wang received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanics and Engineering Science from Peking University in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He went to the Pennsylvania State University where he earned his Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2006. Dr. Wang joined the MAE (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 2006. He has produced over 100 publications on PEM fuel cell, Li-air battery, and other energy systems, including three books on PEM Fuel Cell and a Practical Handbook of Thermal Fluid Science. Dr. Wang served as Track chair/co-chair, session chair/co-chair, conference chair and committee member for many international conferences on fuel cell, thermal energy, and machine learning. Dr. Wang received 2018 Reviewer of The Year from the Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage and is currently Professor at the UC Irvine, ASME fellow, RSC fellow, and associate editor for the journal of heat and mass transfer.

 

Prof. Arcady P. Zhukov

University of the Basque Country, Spain

 

 

Arcady P. Zhukov graduated 1980 from the Physics–Chemistry Department of the Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute (presently the National University of Science and Technology). In 1988, he received his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Solid State Physics (Chernogolovka) of the Russian Academy of Science, and in 2010, he obtained his Doctor of Science (habilitation) from Moscow State “Lomonosov” University. He is currently employed as an Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Department of Materials Physics of the University of the Basque Country, Spain. His current fields of interest include amorphous and nanocrystalline ferromagnetic materials, magnetic microwires, giant magnetoimpedance, giant magnetoresistance, and magnetoelastic sensors. He has published more than 600 referred papers in international journals (total number of citations of A. Zhukov’s papers, updated May12, 2023: 12101, citation H-index = 59). A. Zhukov is an associate editor of IEEE Magnetic Letters and the International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, a member of several editorial boards and various committees of international conferences, and a guest editor of J. Alloys Compound. and J. Magn. Magn. Mater., among others. A. Zhukov has written four books (Springer, Nova Sci. Publ., IFSA Publ.) and a few book chapters (including the Handbook of Magnetic Materials ed. by Prof. K. Buschow). A. Zhukov is included in the Ranking of the World Scientists: World's Top 2% Scientists (2021-2023)

 

Prof. Thomas Gkourmpis

Borealis AB, Sweden

 

 

Thomas Gkourmpis was born in Greece and got his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Athens in 1998. After that he has obtained an MSc (2000) and PhD (2003) in Physics from the University of Reading in the UK. Following a Research Fellowship in the UK he is currently working as a Senior Scientist in Borealis AB in Sweden and is an SSF Research Fellow and Visiting Scientist in Chalmers University of Technology. His research interests include polymer thermodynamics and the molecular organization of amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers and their processing using computational models coupled with time resolved x-ray and neutron scattering. He is also working on the role of morphology and chain dynamics aiming on a fundamental understanding of structure-property relationships on the evolution of electrical conductivity.

 


Invited Speakers

 

Prof. Wenfang Sun
The University of Alabama, USA

 

She received her B.S. degree in 1990 from Wuhan University, China; and her Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry from the Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995. After serving as an assistant and then associate professor at the Institute of Photographic Chemistry, she accepted a post-doctoral position in the Department of Physics at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. She began her independent career at NDSU in 2001 as an assistant professor. Dr. Sun’s research program focuses on the organic/organometallic nonlinear optical materials, organic/organometallic light emitting materials, photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, and optical sensing materials. She has published over 140 peer-reviewed publications and secured over $10 million in funding during her career.

 

 

Prof.Dino Freitas
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal

 

Graduate degree in Biomechanical Engineering and Master’s Degree (MSc) in Product Design Engineering, both from ESTG, IPL. Has a Doctoral degree (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering focused on the Medical field which was awarded Cum Laude at the University of Girona, Spain with the thesis entitled “A Mechano-Perfusion Bioreactor for Tissue Engineering”.
Is an Invited Professor at the School of Technology and Management (ESTG) and School of Health Sciences (ESSLei) of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL). Has also been a member of the organising committees of the several international conferences events such as Progress in Digital and Physical Manufacturing Conference (ProDPM), International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Physical Prototyping (VRAP), ECCOMAS thematic conference on Tissue Engineering (ICTE), Meeting of Synchrotron Users from Portugal and as well in three editions of the Advanced Course on Regenerative Medicine. Also co-organized the museum exhibit “THE BODY – Bionic, Movement and Medical Image” displayed at MIMO museum in Leiria.
He was involved in several research projects financed by agencies such as: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Ciencia Y Tecnologia Para El Desarrollo (CYTED), Innovation Agency (ANI), PRODER, IAPMEI and the European Commission.

 

 

 

Prof. Patrick Townsend
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Ecuador, Ecuador

 

The development of new viscoelastic and auxetic composite materials is the focus of Prof. Patrick Townsend's research to prevent damage to reinforced plastic and fiberglass vessels from the impact produced by waves known as slamming phenomenon, improving their useful life by protecting the laminate from microcracks and detachments. A series of publications are currently available that show the evolution of the designs and their exhibition during ICKEM2025 will focus on the implications of the use of a generation of auxetic elements. The research has been carried out in the laboratories of the Escuela Superior Politécnica ESPOL of Ecuador, the Materials Research Center at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and in different shipyards building this type of hull planing vessel.

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Noor Najmi Bonnia
University Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

 

Dr. Noor Najmi is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Technology at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. She is highly active in both her research and teaching roles. Her research focuses on nanocomposites, nanomaterials, graphene, hybrid composites, and polymeric materials. Dr. Noor is also an expert in analyzing the mechanical, physical, thermal, and morphological properties of materials. In her teaching role, she conducts courses on Materials Characterization, Polymeric Materials, and Industrial Materials Selection. With 15 years of experience at UiTM, Dr. Noor has secured numerous research grants and received multiple awards for her outstanding contributions in various research innovation competitions.

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Radchada Buntem
Silpakorn University, Thailand

 

I am an inorganic chemist working in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University, Thailand. I have been teaching chemistry and inorganic chemistry for students since I was graduated from Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. I also supervise the undergraduate and graduate students in performing research. My research interests range from glass and sol-gel glass, bioactive glass, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, and upcyclng of bio-waste. I am also responsible for the master degree program in Arts conservation. This leads me to the new and fruitful experience in performing the analyses of cultural materials.

 

 

Asst. Prof. Trang Nakamoto
Ritsumeikan University, Japan

 

Trang Nakamoto (formerly Dang-Trang Nguyen) earned his B.Eng. in 2009 from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, and his Master's in electrical and electronic engineering from Dongguk University, South Korea, in 2011. He completed his Ph.D. in electrical and electronic engineering at Ritsumeikan University, Japan, in 2014. After two years in industry, he returned to academia in June 2017 as a senior researcher at the Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) and has been an assistant professor at Ritsumeikan University since April 2020. Trang has received numerous awards, including the Best Paper Award at the 7th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering (2020) and the Best Paper Award at the 7th European Conference on Renewable Energy Systems (2019). He also received a Japanese Government Scholarship from 2011 to 2014. By January 2024, Trang has been granted four patents, published over 40 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed to over 80 international conference presentations. He authored a book chapter in the "Bioelectrochemical Systems" book published by Springer. His research interests include renewable energy, biosensors, and energy storage devices.