15^th Annual Congress on Materials Research and Technology February 19-20, 2018 Paris, France

Manijeh Razeghi is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University and Director of the Center for Quantum Devices, which she founded in 1991 after a successful 10-year career as the Director of Exploratory Materials at Thomson-CSF, France. She is one of the leading scientists in the field of semiconductor science and technology, having pioneered the development and implementation of major modern epitaxial techniques. Her current research interest is in nanoscale optoelectronic quantum devices from deep-UV up to terahertz. At Northwestern University she has commercialized aluminum-free pump lasers, developed type-II superlattices for next generation infrared imagers (an area in which she holds key patents), and currently holds most of the quantum cascade lasers records for high power and tunability. She has authored 18 books, 31 books chapters, and more than 1000 journal publications. She is editor, associate, and board member of many journals, including Nano Science and Nano technology. Her awards include the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize, the SWE Lifetime Achievement Award, the R.F. Bunshah Award, the IBM faculty award, Jan Czochralski Gold Medal, and many best paper awards. She is a fellow of SWE, SPIE, IEC, OSA, APS, IOP, IEEE, and MRS.

Quantum cascade lasers, Nano Science and Technology

Professor Luísa M.D.R.S. Martins got her Chemical Engineering degree (1990), Ph.D. (1996) and Habilitation (2015) from IST, University of Lisbon. She is Researcher at Centro de Química Estrutural (Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Group) of IST and member of the Research Core Team and Executive Committee of PhD programme - Catalysis and Sustainability. She is (1996) Adjunct Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of ISEL, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon and Vice-President of the said Department. She has authored more than 100 manuscripts, 12 patents and supervised 12 PhD and 14 Master students. She is also President of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society.

Functionalized Materials, Nanocatalysis, Electrochemistry

Reza Ektesabi, honored his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Hiroshima in Japan in 1986. He began his combined academic researches, industrial fabrications and know how generating technology professions in multi-disciplinary Bio-Nano engineering materials innovation field. During a long career that spanned three decades he had a tremendous impact on his research and industrial fabrication teams. He has a successful venture outcome in materials applied researches of high technology industries. His recent researches are linked with titanium foam structure materials applicable in bio-medical sectors as a compatible material fabrication, replacing as artificial human bones and implants which are bringing a paradigm shift for orthopedic clinical surgery. Also he achieved several manufacturing processes of this light weight and high temperature stand material for aerospace parts. In addition, he is CEO of the Canadian Nano Society, a non for profit advanced scientific nano-materials and nano-technology networking information center for providing a supportive growth environment, coaching and mentoring of researchers and entrepreneurs within Canada and beyond.

Multi-disciplinary Bio-Nano engineering materials innovation field

Prof. Dr. Boris Chichkov has completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He has made Habilitation in physics in 1997 from the Hannover University. He is Professor at the Institut für Quantenoptik at the Leibniz Universität Hannover. Since 2004 he is Head of the Nanotechnology Department at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. - one of the European leading institutes in laser development and laser material processing. He has published more than 400 papers in well reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of “Applied Physics A”; “Biofabrication”; “International Journal of Bioprinting” and “Materials Science and Engineering: C” Materials for Biological Applications.

Applications of lasers in micro- and nanotechnology for photonics, plasmonics and biomedicine, Multiphoton polymerization and development of novel photosensitive, bioactive and biodegradable functional materials as well as nano composites, laser technologies for the production of implants, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Education: Department of Physics, Leningrad University 1953; Department of Metallurgy, The Polytechnic Institute 1953; PhD-1962; Senior Researcher 1966; Res. Prof.- Dr. Sci. (Techn.), 1979; Research and Professional Experience: Central Research Institute of Ships Mechanical Engineering, leading researcher and head of laboratory of strength (1967-1991); The Polzunov Central Boiler and Turbine Institute, Chief researcher (1991-1996, 2003- until now); St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Professor (1997- 2015).

Structure and properties (creep, relaxation of stress, low-cyclic fatigue) of metallic materials at high temperatures,single crystal alloys) The theories of fracture and deforming of materials in complex programs of cyclic loading Corrosion of metallic materials and coatings in gas mediums, Calculations and experiments of construction strength and life estimation of parts, worked at high temperatures,Technological problems of hot treatment of alloys

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Detlef Bahnemann (PhD in Chemistry TU Berlin 1981, Habilitation in Technical Chemistry Leibniz University Hannover 2012) is currently Head of the Research Unit „Photocatalysis and Nanotechnology“ at the Institute of Technical Chemistry of the Leibniz University Hannover in Germany and also Director of the Research Institute Nanocomposite Materials for Photonic Applications at Saint Petersburg State University. His main research topics include photocatalysis, photoelectrochemistry, solar chemistry and photochemistry focussed on synthesis and physical-chemical properties of semiconductor and metal nanoparticles. His more than 300 publications have been cited more than 26,000 times (h-index: 63 according to ISI).

Nanocomposites, Photocatalysis

Prof. Zulim completed his Ph.D in 1990 in Electical Engineering, Electronics, at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Zagreb, Croatia). Rsearch interests are in semiconductor electronic-devices and circuits, materials for photovoltaic energy conversion, solar cells, nanoelectronics. He has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals, and 10 of those are related to the field of nanotechnology (modeling and simulation of disordered structures). He has very fruitful collaboration with the Institute of Physics Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, Croatia (dr. Branko Pivac), the Walter Schottky Institute, Garching, Germany, the Racah Institute of Physics, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (prof. Isaac Balberg), Universidade Nova de Lisboa-CENIMAT, Lisboa, Portugal (prof. Elvira Fortunato) and Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, India.

semiconductor electronic-devices and circuits, materials for photovoltaic energy conversion, solar cells, nanoelectronics.

Ricardo Nuno Madeira Soares Branco is a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Mechanical behaviour of materials. Fatigue and Fracture. Multiaxial fatigue life prediction. Low cycle fatigue. Numerical modelling of fatigue crack growth.

N.A. Sobolev published over 140 articles in ISI journals, 3 book chapters and more than 45 papers in refereed proceedings of scientific conferences, he held numerous invited talks at international conferences. He has repeatedly held Visiting Professor and Visiting Researcher positions at universities in Germany (Berlin, Jena – thrice, Ulm – twice) and Russia (National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, Moscow – twice). N.A.S. is one of the pioneers of ion implantation and radiation defects studies in quantum-size semiconductor structures.

Magnetic materials, Nanostructures, Multiferroics and Memristive structures

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.

Martensitic phase transformations and shape memory effect and applications to copper-based shape memory alloys, molecular dynamics simulations, alloy modeling, electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and crystallography, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Dr. Ali Sabea Hammood earned his B.Sc.,M.Sc. and Ph.D. from University of Technology in Production and Metallurgy Engineering-Metallurgy Engineering. He was Head of Materials Engineering Department from 2007 to 2014.

Advanced Materials- Corrosion Engineering- Casting-Laser Treatment- Composite Materials- Biomaterials

He is Dean and Principal, School of Technology, GITAM University and has been a member of Board of Management and Academic Council since 2009. He is a certified Corporate Director of World Council for Corporate Governance, UK and visited most of the South Asian Countries for Research and presenting papers in various International Conferences. He has more than 24 years of experience in Industry, Research & Teaching and had worked four years as a Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Management at Government Universities in Malaysia and Singapore. He was a key note speaker for more than 40 international and national conferences and a member of advisory and technical committee for more than 60 international conferences and had successfully organized 65 international and national conferences / workshops. He is member, Editorial Board and Reviewer for more than 20 international journals and evaluated 16 doctorial theses in mechanical / manufacturing / management / information technology of various universities and he is currently guiding 5 research scholars for their doctoral work. He has to his credit 4 books published by reputed publishers and authored more than 60 research papers and published 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 various International / State / Deemed Universities since 2001.He is in recipient of many International and National award such as Academic Excellence, Research Excellence , Best Engineer, Best Principal award, Best Academic Administrator, Education leadership and Engineers Educator award.

Materials Engineering, Artificial Intelligent Systems, Smart Materials & Composites, Industrial Engineering & Management, Product Design & Development, CAD/CAM/CIM, Robotics & Automation

Dr. Rahul Mane is presently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Industrial Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India. He has received a doctorate in material science from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He has published more than 54 research papers in, International Journals and 75 papers in International, National Proceedings of the Conferences. He has awarded with Departmental Research Fellowship (2006), UGC Meritorious Scholarship (2008) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur and Young Scientist Fellow by DST 2012 (Government of India). At the outset, Ministry of Science and Technology (DST-SERB,India) sanctioning Major research project under Fast Track scheme for Young Scientist. He has also published 01book & 07 book chapters. He is Reviewers of 46 Journals. He is served on the Editorial, Associate Editor & Advisory Board member for 15 journals. He is also served on a Member of Organizing Committee, Technical Programe Committee and Scientific Advisory Board for Several International conferences. He is Member of several material science societies.

Materials science, Nanotechnology, Synthesis and characterization of mixed metal chalcogenide thin films for solar cell application.

Ali Omar has PhD studinet and recived his Bscfrom Fuclty of Science chemistry department Al-Azhar University, Egypt and awarded his MSc from Helwn University. He have a big interest and passion in Materials preparation and applications. He have published many papers in several international journals such as physical chemistry chemical physics, RSC Advances, Materials and Design , materials science materials in electronics, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. Also He have experienced in synthesis of materials with different wet chemicals routes and characterization of the final samples products with different instrumentation. Ali Omar is a member of Electronic Materials Division. He was previously awarded a scientific mission to European Institute of Membranes funded from French Culture Institute and French embassy at Cairo.

Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Electronic materials ,Optical materials ,Materials for Energy Aplications , Etc…