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Frontiers in Materials Science and Engineering Conference (February 2024)
The international conference Frontiers in Materials Science and Engineering (FMSE) is designed to bring together leading scientists and engineers from around the world to exchange the latest frontiers developments in the various dynamic fields of materials science and engineering and their relevant technologies. The conference will provide ample opportunity to have electrifying discussions and debates on rising research trends that range from the fundamentals of materials science to finding solutions for sustainability, surface engineering, 3D printing, as well as in developing intelligent materials, and advanced composites with enhanced characteristic. The conference aims at promoting regional and international collaborations between academics and relevant government and industry stakeholders.
Speakers
Professor Wolfgang Kautek
Professor Wolfgang Kautek holds academic degrees from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, and from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, and served from 1976 to 1987 as a research scientist at the University of Kentucky, USA, at the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin; at the IBM San Jose Research Laboratory, California; and the Siemens Research Center, Erlangen, Germany. In 1988, he became head of the Laboratory for Thin Film Technology of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, and 2003 Adjunct Professor at the Free University Berlin. In 2004 he was appointed to the University of Vienna, Austria, as full professor for physical chemistry. He served as Russell Severance Springer Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley, in 2017. Professor Kautek conducts research in nanotechnology and laser processing of interfaces, and also in the area of cultural heritage science. He has authored more than 230 scientific publications and four patents.
Professor Munir H. Nayfeh
Professor Munir H. Nayfeh earned his BSc/MSc from American University of Beirut and his PhD from Stanford University. He was a postdoc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a lecturer at Yale University, and a consultant at the Argonne National Laboratory, and is currently a professor at University of Illinois. He co-authored Electricity and Magnetism (also translated into Farsi), co-edited three books on lasers, and is the author of the book Fundamentals and Applications of Nano Silicon in Plasmonics and Fullerenes and co-authored the recently issued book Integrated Silicon-Metal Systems at the Nanoscale. He presents science-fiction, using the trademark “Dr. Nano,” to simplify nanotechnology for children.
Dr. Nayfeh has developed breakthrough imprints by developing writing with single atoms. He has made silicon (the dullest material and backbone of the electronic industry) glow by dispersing it into ultra-bright nanoparticles. This enables advanced low-cost devices for use in poor and remote areas, with diverse applications from solar energy and lighting to early detection/treatment of acute disease. Dr. Nayfeh holds the largest number of patents in nano silicon worldwide (23 US). He founded three companies--NanoSi Advanced Technologies, Nano Silicon Solar, and Parasat-Nanosi (Kazakhstan)--and is an IAS fellow and has been president of the Network of Arab Scientists and Technologists Abroad, with the mission to accelerate strategies and technology development in Arab and OIC countries. He received the Beckman, AT&T, Industrial 100, and Energy 100 Awards.
Professor Yinmin Wang
Yinmin (Morris) Wang is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He joined UCLA as a full professor in 2020 after spending 17 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he was the inaugural recipient of Harold Graboske Fellowship. His group research interest covers the structure-property relationship of additively manufactured metals, mechanics of nanostructured materials and lithium-ion batteries. Professor Wang is a Fellow of American Physical Society and a winner of several noticeable awards, including Nano50 Innovator Award and Frost & Sullivan Emerging Technology of the Year Award. He has served as an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Report from 2017-2020. Professor Wang has published over 150 top-tier journal articles that have been cited over 25,600 times.
Professor Husam Alshareef
Professor Husam Alshareef obtained his PhD degrees from North Carolina State University, USA, followed by two years as postdoc at Sandia National Laboratories, USA. He then embarked on a 10-year career in the semiconductor industry, holding positions at Micron Technology and Texas Instruments, where he deployed several process technologies in volume production. In 2009, he joined King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) as Founding Professor, where he initiated an active research group focusing on developing nanomaterials for energy and electronic applications. The author of nearly 600 articles and 80 issued patents, he has been a Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science (Web of Science/Clarivate) for several years. He has won the UNDP Undergraduate Fellowship, North Carolina State University Dean’s Fellowship, US Department of Education Electronic Materials Fellowship, Sandia National Laboratory post-doctoral Fellowship, the SEMATECH Corporate Excellence Award (2006), two DOW Sustainability Awards (2011) and (2014), the AH Shoman Award for Excellence in Energy Research (2016), the KAUST Distinguished Teaching Award (2018), and the Kuwiat Prize in Clean and Sustainable Technologies (2018). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK Institute of Physics (InstP), and the US National Academic of Inventors (NAI), and IEEE Distinguished Speaker in Nanotechnology. He was Chair of the 2014 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting in Boston, USA, and has served on various MRS committees. He was Chair of the Materials Science and Engineering program at KAUST from January 2013 till January 2016.
Professor Samson A. Jenekhe
Professor Samson A. Jenekhe holds the Frank and Julie Jungers Endowed Chair in Engineering, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington. He is the author of over 320 research articles in journals (h-index = 113) with contributions in the chemistry, physics, and engineering applications of organic/polymer semiconductors, including materials synthesis, charge transport, photophysics, organic light-emitting diodes, organic photovoltaic devices, organic electronics and polymer science. He received the 2021 Polymer Physics Prize from the American Physical Society. Jenekhe is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.
Professor Marwan Khraisheh
Professor Marwan Kamal Khraisheh is the Chair and Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ). He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University. His research focuses on integrating mechanics and materials to develop novel concepts and technologies in smart and sustainable manufacturing. Prior to joining TAMUQ, he was leading a number of portfolios at Qatar Foundation’s Hamad Bin Khalifah University (HBKU) spanning research, innovation and digital learning. He also led QF’s Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) with a research staff of more than 150 to address energy, water and environment grand challenges. Dr. Khraisheh was the Founding Dean of Masdar Institute (in partnership with MIT) in Abu Dhabi where he led the development of eight MS and PhD degree programs focused on sustainable energy and advanced technology and recruited more than 70 faculty members. Prior to joining Masdar Institute in 2008, Dr. Khraisheh was the Secat – Morris Endowed Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky in the US. Dr. Khraisheh is a recipient of the US NSF CAREER Award, the Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the SME, the Outstanding Research Paper Award from the North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI), and the Henry Mason Lutes Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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