Prof. Bharat Bhushan is presently an Academy Professor (San Jose, CA), and has served as an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the College of Engineering, Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2), and affiliated faculty in John Glenn College of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He has authored 10 scientific books, 100+ handbook chapters, and 900+ scientific papers (Google Scholar’s one of 1248 Highly Cited Researchers in All Fields, h-index - 140+ with 90k+ citations, and Fourth Highly Cited Researcher in Mechanical Eng. He received NASA’s Certificate of Appreciation to recognize the critical tasks performed in support of President Reagan’s Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident.
His research interests are in Fundamental studies in the interdisciplinary areas of Bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics, Nanomaterials Characterization, Scanning Probe Techniques, Magnetic Storage, Bio/nanotechnology, Nanomanufacturing, Bioinspired Liquid Repellency, Self-cleaning, Anti-icing, Anti-fouling, and Water Harvesting, Science and Technology Policy. He is an internationally recognized expert of bio/nanotribology and bio/nanomechanics using scanning probe microscopy, and biomimetics. He is considered by some one of the pioneers of the tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage devices, nanotribology, green tribology, and biomimetics. He had introduced the word nanotribology in a title of a Nature paper in 1995 and green tribology in 2010. He is one of the most prolific authors.
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Prof. Ibrahim Dincer
Ontario Tech. University (Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4, Canada)
Prof. Ibrahim Dincer is a full-time Mechanical Engineering professor at Ontario Tech University. He is well-known for his pioneering work in sustainable energy technologies, having written or co-written numerous books, book chapters, and refereed journal and conference papers. Many national and international conferences, symposia, workshops, and technical meetings have been chaired by him. He is a member of numerous international scientific organizations and societies. Over the last six years, Thomson Reuters has named him one of The Most Influential Scientific Minds in Engineering and one of the most highly cited researchers.
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Prof. Masjuki Hj. Hassan
University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Prof. Masjuki Hj. Hassan obtained his Mechanical Engineering degree (B.Sc), at Leeds University, Leeds U.K. in 1977. He is currently appointed as the Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Malaya. He is also one of the senate members of University of Malaya and secretary of Council of National Professors- Engineering and Technology cluster. He is the founding President of Malaysian Tribology Society (MyTRIBOS) and the Director of the Centre for Energy Sciences.
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Prof. Seyedali Mirjalili
Torrens University Australia
Seyedali Mirjalili is an Professor at Torrens University Australia and internationally recognized for his advances in nature-inspired Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. He is the author of more than 300 publications. With over 43374 citations and an H-index of 71, he is one of the most influential AI researchers in the world. From Google Scholar metrics, he is globally the most cited researcher in Robust Optimization using AI techniques, which is his main area of expertise.
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Prof. Antonio Moran
University of Leon (Spain)
Prof. Antonio Moran has been involved in several nationals and internationals projects. He is working in the optimization of biogas and bio-hydrogen production from biowastes, and in some cooperative projects related to wastewater treatment by Microbial Electrolysis Cells (MEC). He is the Co-ordinator of the Engineering PhD l program in Leon University. He has published more than 80 papers in reputed journals. He has actuated as referee of some scientific journals and evaluator of national and international projects (different countries and European Commission).
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Prof. Okke Batelaan
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Prof. Okke Batelaan is Strategic Professor in Hydro(geo)logy at Flinders University since 2012. He was Dean of the School of the Environment at Flinders from 2015-2017. Formerly he was for more than 20 years faculty member at the Free University Brussels and the KU Leuven, Belgium. Professor Batelaan has a broad experience in teaching groundwater hydrology, groundwater modelling, GIS and remote sensing for hydrological applications. He supervised more than 200 MSc/PhD students from all continents. He has extensive research experience and a publication record in shallow groundwater hydrology and modeling, recharge-discharge estimation and modeling, urban hydrology and distributed modelling, ecohydrology and impacts of landuse and climate change on groundwater systems. He coordinated and participated in a large number of projects in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and South America.
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Prof. Kittisak Jermsittiparsert
Henan University of Economics and Law (Zhengzhou, Henan, China)
Prof. Jermsittiparsert is currently a secretary general of the Political Science Association of Kasetsart University, and also a deputy secretary of the Commoner Party of Thailand. Moreover, he serves as an editorial board member on a number of conference proceedings and journals in several countries. His published research papers are in the areas of democratization, empirical discourse analysis, fear of crime, history of Thai/western political thought, international political economy, local government and politics, organizational behavior, political party and election, public policy analysis, and transnational human trafficking.
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Prof. Michel Fillon
University of Poitiers (France)
Prof. Michel Fillon was formerly Director of Research of the Prime Institute at the University of Poitiers located in France, being very recently retired in January 2024. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 and his “Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches” in 1995 from University of Poitiers, France. From 2002 to 2010, he has been Manager of the "Tribology" team and then, Director of Department “Solid Mechanics” of the Prime Institute in 2010 & 2011. He is a Fellow of ASME and of STLE. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Chair of the “Research Committee” of ASME Tribology Division. He was a member of Board of Directors of STLE from May 2016 to May 2021. He has been an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Tribology from 2003 to 2009. He was also co-Editor-in-Chief of “Tribology International” for more than 7 years (October 2014 to December 2021) and He is currently co-Editor-in-Chief of “Mechanics & Industry”, Editor of “Lubricants” and Editorial Board member of several other journals.
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Prof. Masahito Shoyama
Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan)
Prof. Masahito Shoyama (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering and the Dr.Eng. from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, in 1981 and 1986, respectively. In 1986, he joined as a Research Associate with the Department of Electronics, Kyushu University, where he has been an Associate Professor since 1990, and a Professor since 2010. Since 2009, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University. His research interests include the field of power electronics, especially in the areas of bidirectional converters for dc/ac power systems, high-frequency switching converters for renewable energy sources, power factor correction (PFC) converters, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Prof. Shoyama is a member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), and Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE).
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Prof. Tuan Anh Nguyen
Prof. Tuan Anh Nguyen has completed his BSc in Physics from Hanoi University in 1992, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Paris Diderot University (France) in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University (South Korea, 2004) and the University of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate & Research Scientist at Montana State University (USA), 2006-2009. In 2012, he was appointed as Head of Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). His research focuses on the advanced nanomaterials and applied nanotechnology. His research activities include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and smart sensors/devices. He has managed 4 Ph.D. theses as thesis director and 3 are in progress; He is Editor-In-Chief of "Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience" and Founding Co-Editor-In-Chief of "Current Nanotoxicity & Prevention". He is the author of 4 Vietnamese books and Editor of over 55 Elsevier/9 CRC Press books.
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Prof. Juergen Leopold
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, Chemnitz, Germany
Prof. Jürgen Leopold graduated in 1970 from Karl-Marx-Stadt (now: Chemnitz) University of Technology (Diploma in Control Engineering), hold a PhD in Fluid Mechanics with Distinction-summa cum laute. In 1981 he finished his basic research on “Mechanics of Cutting” with the academic degree Doctor of Science (doctor scientiae technicarum) and 1990 he take the academic title Dr.-Ing.habil. He is author of 5 books and more than 160 scientific research papers in national and international journals. Upon retirement from the Frauenhofer Society he was appointed as Guest Professor at the Huazhong University of Science&Technology Wuhan and at the Wuhan University of Technology.
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Prof. Jarraya Abdessalem
University of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
Prof. Jarraya Abdessalem has completed his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the National School of Engineers of Sfax-Tunisia in 2004, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the National School of Engineers of Sfax - Tunisia, in 2008. Prof. Jarraya Abdessalem is currently a professor in Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jeddah. His research interests include the field of strength of materials, mechanical design, machine dynamics, CAD, Catia, Solidworks, and Autocad.
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