Nicola Pugno he is recognised internationally as a leading expert in the important field of Structural Mechanics and the Strength of Materials. I met him in Torino in 2004 where we had a detailed discussion on various key aspects of these topics that interested me, particularly the mechanical strength of nanotube bundles. Recently in 2007, he visited my laboratory here in the US to develop ideas further. He has already greatly advanced our basic understanding of fundamental mechanical and dynamic issues in the context of the strength of cables composed of macroscopic nanotubes bundles. In fact his work was picked out by Nature as a highly prestigious “Highlight” indicating the high level of international recognition that his present research work is achieving. His recent study on the feasibility of a “Spiderman” suit, which at first sight might seem a somewhat fanciful project, is in fact an interesting study of the importance of his work to the development of new materials exhibiting advanced properties. This work was highlighted by the New Scientist as well as by television, radio and daily newspapers (e.g. the Time, BBC, etc.), underlining the fact that he is not only working in a leading area of 21st Century materials, but also one importantly that members of the general public can relate to and find relevant to them. Prof. Pugno’s overall scientific output is outstanding. In ten years he has produced ca 130 original publications (also as a single author) in leading international journals (e.g. Nature Materials, etc.), and his scientific activity is increasing rapidly in quality and quantity.

Nanomechanics, Structural Mechanics and the Strength of Materials.

Lucian Baia (born in 1971) received the license degree in Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1995, and the license degree in physics from the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, in 1998. He earned the master’s degree in physics of the oxide materials in 1999 from the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca and his Ph.D. degree in 2003 at the Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg, Germany. In 2003 he began the academic career as lecturer at the Faculty of Physics of the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca. Between October 2005 and July 2006 he worked with Prof. Jürgen Popp’s group as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany. Since 2008 he became associate professor at the Department of the Condensed Matter Physics and Advanced Technologies of the Babes-Bolyai University. He is author or co-author of more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, three books and two book chapters.

Synthesis of porous and highly porous nano-architectures with controllable morphology and structure for biomedical and environmental applications and their characterization by Raman, IR, UV-vis and SERS spectroscopic techniques as well as XRD, TEM and N2 adsorption/desorption measurements.

Viswanathan S. Saji has received M.Sc. (1997), M.Phil. (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) degrees from the University of Kerala, India. He was a Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2004-2005) and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2005-2007). Later, he shifted to South Korea and has been employed as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Yonsei University (2007-2008) and the Sunchon National University (2009); Research Professor at the Chosun University (2008-2009); Senior Research Scientist at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (2009-2010) and Research Professor at the Korea University (2010-present). He is (co-)author of more than 40 scientific publications; edited one book and contributed 3 book chapters.

Eduardo A. Favret is currently a research scientist at the Institute of Soils and the Botanical Garden “Arturo E. Ragonese”, Natural Resources Research Centre (CIRN), National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA), Castelar, Argentina. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires and did a postdoctoral training in laser structuring of materials at the Institute of Functional Materials, University of Saarbrücken, Germany, with a German Science Foundation fellowship. He is also a research scientist of the National Council on Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Assistant Professor of the Institute of Technology “Prof. Jorge A. Sábato”, UNSAM – CNEA, and director of postgraduate theses. He has published many articles and co-developed RIMAPS and ULOI techniques. He edited the book “Functional Properties of Bio-inspired Surfaces: Characterization and Technological Applications”, World Scientific Publishing Co, pp. 412, 2010. He received international awards and participated in different conferences. He is member of the Argentine Society of Microscopy (SAMIC), the American Society for Metals (ASM International), the International Metallographic Society (IMS), the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) and the American Chemical Society (ACS). His research interests are in the field of micromorphology and mineralogy of soils, biomimetism (functional properties of biological surfaces and its development on artificial surfaces), metallography, microscopy and characterization of biological and technical surfaces.

micromorphology and mineralogy of soils, biomimetism (functional properties of biological surfaces and its development on artificial surfaces), metallography, microscopy and characterization of biological and technical surfaces

Professor Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering and the director of Aerospace Engineering Program and Aerospace Research and Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis from 1994 to 200. He was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University. Dr. Agarwal received Ph.D. in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. Professor Agarwal has worked in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), renewable energy systems and nanotechnology. He is the author and coauthor of over 300 publications and serves on the editorial board of fifteen journals. Dr. Agarwal is a Fellow of fifteen societies including American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), and Institute of Physics. Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), and Institute of Physics.

Nanomaterials,Carbon Nanostructures, Nanoparticles, Numerical Modeling and Simulation.

Professor Kazuyuki Kakegawa is a professor of Chiba University. He was graduated from Chiba University. He got doctorate from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is now a director of The Society of Inorganic Materials Japan, chair of its academic committee and a member of its editorial boards. He is also a member of publishing committee, a secretary of Kanto branch and electronic division of The Ceramic Society of Japan. He is an editorial board of some international journals.

Kytai Truong Nguyen has received her Ph.D. in 2000 from Rice University. Currently, she is working as Associate Professor in University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Nanoparticles/Microparticles for controlled drug delivery applications, nanoparticle composites, targeted and controlled drug delivery systems, smart hydrogels for controlled drug delivery, biomaterials, tissue engineering, cellular engineering, stents, and vascular grafts.

Sandeep K. Vashist is the Head of Immunodiagnostics at HSG-IMIT, Germany. He completed his Ph.D. from Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, India in 2006 and started his career as a Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Company, Ireland (2006-2009). Thereafter, he joined as the Team Leader at NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative, Singapore (2009-2012). He pioneered and transferred successfully many technologies to industries and healthcare; filed several patents; and, published extensively (>100 manuscripts) in high IF journals and highly prestigious conferences. Based on his research outputs, he has been constantly awarded by renowned institutions for scientific research excellence, innovation and performance; received the topmost international research fellowships; and, awarded the invited memberships of societies such as RCS. He is the international expert reviewer for ~36 scientific journals (IF b/w 2.5-41) and numerous funding agencies; Executive Editor of J Basic Appl Sci and J Pharma Bioanal Sci; and Editorial Board member of J Nanomed Nanotech. His research interests are in the fields of nanotechnology, point-of-care devices, immunodiagnostics and biosensors.

Development of Nanomaterials/Nanotechnology based Biosensors and Diagnostics; Development of rapid immunodiagnostic kits using lab-on-a-chip platforms; Biomolecular immobilization and surface modification strategies; Signal enhancement using nanomaterials/polymers/design of platforms; Development of cost-effective and simple bioanalytical procedures; Bioanalytical sciences; Diabetic monitoring and screening; Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicity.

Mark received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1989 under the supervision of Professor Sir Jack Baldwin, followed by post-doctoral studies at Harvard Medical School and returned to the UK as a Royal Society Fellow at Southampton University in the early 90’s. In 1996 at the age of 34 he was made a Professor of Combinatorial Chemistry. He has been elected to fellowships of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and Edinburgh, and has held the Novartis Young Investigator Award, the Zeneca Research Award for Organic Chemistry, the GlaxoWellcome Award for Innovative Chemistry, the Pfizer Award in Organic chemistry and more recently, the Novartis Chemistry Lectureship and the Award from the Society of Combinatorial Sciences. His group has published over 240 peer reviewed papers and more than 50 Ph.D. students have graduated from his group.

Microarrays (cells, small molecules, and polymers); cellular delivery (DNA, proteins, peptides);high-throughput chemistry and optical imaging.

At present Lev Solomon Ruzer, working as a visiting researcher in the Indoor Environment Department, Environment Energy Technologies Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA. I earned all my degrees and titles in the former USSR: Candidate of physico-mathemetical sciences (equivalent to Ph.D.) in Moscow Engineering-Physical Institute (MEPHI) in 1961; Doctor of Technical Sciences in the Institute ofPhysic-Technical and Radio technical Measurements (VNIIFTRI) 1971; The title of Professor in 1977 (VNIIFTRI).I am the author of 3 books, Editor of 1 book and now preparing the second edition of this book (Taylor & Francis).I have teaching experience for 8 years.I received the gold and silver medals.

Kanwar is an immunologist and molecular biochemist with an international reputation in investigating fundamental and applied molecular aspects of cancer and chronic inflammation. He did his Ph.D. from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Before joining Deakin University in 2006, he was a Senior Scientist/Senior Research Fellow in the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. During the past decade his research both academic and commercial has centered on understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms and/or finding treatments for a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases and different types of cancer. Kanwar has published 55 research articles, 12 invited reviews and 5 book chapters, in highly ranked, international, peer-reviewed journals. These publications have added to the body of knowledge in the fields of immunology, cancer gene therapy, nanomedicine, cell biology and biotechnology, and have extended these disciplines. He is a key inventor on 9 international patents and has provided consultancy to 5 Biotechnology based companies. He is a member of editorial board for 7 international journals and a nominated member of more than 12 national and international societies including American Society of Nanomedicine. He has extensive and close collaborations with colleagues from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, India, China and USA.

Nanotechnology based drug delivery of proteins/peptides, siRNA and miRNA to target cancer and chronic inflammation. Drug discovery for novel anticancer targets for cancer cell survival, death, arrest, and repair. Development of immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory bioactives, proteins and peptides for neuroprotection. Development of complementary alternative medicine from the milk derived proteins including metal binding protein Lactoferrin, and herbal preparation derived active components with a special focus on the treatment of solid tumours colon and breast cancers.

Nune is a Research Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA currently working on the development of new porous materials with very high surface area for sensing, Imaging, delivery, and capture applications. Dr. Nune also teach a course in Nanomaterials at Washington State University (WSU)-Tri-Cities, WA as an adjunct teaching faculty. He has extensive experience in shape selective synthesis and surface functionalization of various materials including polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles, metal nanoparticles (Au and Pd), nanosized zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF), and Prussian blue analogues.He also serve as peer reviewer for ACS Nano, Nanoletters, Small, and Chemical Communications.

Nanomaterials/Nanoparticle Synthesis and Fabrication/Nanochemistry safer Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications.

Cengiz S. Ozkan is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California Riverside. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He has over five years of industrial experience including Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC), Intel Corporation and Analog Devices. After completing his Ph.D. studies, He worked for AMCC in San Diego, and concurrently, he served as a consulting professor at Stanford University and a lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University of California San Diego. He has been a member of several National Centers including the SRC-DARPA funded FCRP FENA Center, the UMASS NSF MRSEC on Polymers, the UMASS NSF NSEC on Hierarchical Manufacturing, the NCI-NIH funded UCSD NANOTUMOR Center, and the DARPA funded UCR CNID Center. Just recently, he joined the SRC-DARPA funded C-SPIN Center. His areas of expertise include nanomaterials synthesis/processing including graphene, III-V and II-VI materials, hierarchical and multilayered nanostructures, energy storage devices, nanoelectronics, biochemical sensors, nanopatterning for beyond CMOS, and nanoscale characterization. He has more than 200 technical publications including journal papers, conference proceedings and book chapters. He has over 50 patent disclosures, has given more than 100 presentations worldwide and is the recipient of more than 30 honors and awards. He is the Editor-in-Chief for “Nano Communications”. He organized and chaired 14 scientific and international conferences.

Viliam Makis has received his Ph.D. from Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague in 1981. Currently, he is working as a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities as the Chair of the Engineering Science Option: Manufacturing Systems at the University of Toronto in 2000.He is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals such as Advances in Operations Research (as an Editor), Journal of Mathematical and Computational Science (as an Editor), Central European Journal of Engineering (as an Editor, Industrial Engineering), Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. He has authored or co-authored 70 research articles published in refereed journals, 65 papers published in Conference Proceedings, 100 conference presentations, 3 books as the first author and 6 chapters in books. He is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, American Society for Quality, a member of INFORMS and CORS. He has been honored as a Fellow of the Int. Society of Engineering Asset Management (FISEAM) in October 2011.

Quality, Production, Reliability and Preventive Maintenance,special interest in investigating the optimal operating policies for stochastic controlled systems.

Preecha P. Yupapin received his B.Ed. in Physics, M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Srinakarinwirote University, Mahidol University and City University of London in 1981, 1983 and 1993 respectively. He was a post-doctor research fellowship in 1994 under the European Community research project. He has been appointed as a visiting professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia since 2007. He has been promoted as a Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand since 2009. He has authored/co-authored more than 401 published papers in SCOPUS database and 30 chapters and books. He has supervised 70 Ph.D. Students and candidates in both local and international universities. He has also been appointed as an editorial board member and editor in chief of 10 international journals. Professor Yupapin is a member of Thai Institute Physics (TIP), SPIE, OSA senior membership, and was a president of the OSA-Thailand Chapter from 2002-2004.

His research interests are in nanophysics; nano-electronics; spintronics; nano-communication and networks; molecular electronics; nano-medicine and beauty and nano-energy.

Narayan Bhattarai has received his Ph.D. in Chonbuk National University during the period of 1997-2003. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in North Carolina A&T State University. He is serving as an editorial member of reputed Central European Journal of Engineering journal. He is a member of Society of Biomaterials (SFB), Material Research Society (MRS), Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), Korean polymer society, Korean society of biomaterials, and Chemical society of Nepal. He has honored as Nominated for Burroughs Welcome Fund Award (University of Washington’s candidate, 2007), Elsevier Most Cited Paper Award (Journal of controlled Release, 2005), Graduate Teaching Assistantship (2001-2002), Graduate Student Fellowship (1994-1996) and Undergraduate Best Student Fellowship (1992-1994).

Multifunctional nanocarriers for drug delivery and imaging; biocompatible & functional polymers to conjugate therapeutic agents; synthesis, modification and processing of natural and synthetic polymers; stimuli responsive hydrogels, nanostructured scaffolds for tissue regeneration; ceramic and metallic implants; physico- & bio-chemical properties of tissue engineering scaffolds.

Alex V. Vasenkov is Chief Technology Officer at Multi Scale Solutions Inc. He received his Ph. D. degree in physics and mathematics from the Russian Academy of Science in 1996. He has significant experience in software development, business development, and project management. Dr. Vasenkov is a prime developer of Multi-Scale Computational Framework. His research was funded by federal agencies (NSF, DOE, and DoD) and industry (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, etc.). He is the co-author of a book chapter on multi-scale modeling of materials and over 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Nano-materials, multi-scale modeling, carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, rare events’ dynamics, micro-electro-mechanical electrodes, neurological devices, low-temperature plasmas, Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo and Computational Fluid Dynamics approaches.

Arumugam Manthiram is currently the Joe C. Walter Chair in Engineering and Director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program at the University of Texas at Austin. He received B.S. (1974) and M.S. (1976) degrees in chemistry from Madurai University, India, and a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in 1980 from the Indian Institute of Technology at Chennai. After working as a Lecturer in India and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), he became a faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT-Austin in 1991. Dr. Manthiram directs a large research group with about 30 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the area of energy materials, specifically materials for lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, solar cells, and supercapacitors. He cofounded ActaCell, a startup company in Austin that is engaged in developing high power lithium-ion batteries. He has authored more than 400 publications and 8 patents. His published work has been cited more than10,000 times with an h-index of 53. He is the Regional (USA) Editor of Solid State Ionics and is serving as an editorial board member for 5 other journals. Dr. Manthiram is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and the Electrochemical Society. He received the Engineering Foundation Faculty Excellence Award in 1994, Mechanical Engineering Department Faculty Leadership Award in 1996, Mechanical Engineering Department Outstanding Teaching Award in 2011, and the University of Texas Outstanding Graduate Teaching award in 2012. He was awarded the Charlotte Maer Patton Centennial Fellowship in Engineering in 1998, the Ashley H. Priddy Centennial Professorship in Engineering in 2002, the BF Goodrich Endowed Professorship in Materials Engineering in 2006, the Jack S. Josey Professorship in Energy Studies in 2008, and the Joe C. Walter Chair in Engineering in 2009.

Rechargeable batteries: lithium-ion, sodium-ion, and metal-air batteries Fuel cells: proton exchange membrane, direct methanol, and solid oxide fuel cells Supercapacitors: electrochemical capacitors Solar cells: organic-inorganic hybrid and inorganic photovoltaic cells Materials synthesis: solution-based, soft chemistry, and microwave-assisted synthesis Nanomaterials: nanoalloys, nanooxides, nanocarbons, and nanocomposites Solid state chemistry: electronic and ionic transport and magnetic properties

Mohamed Saafiis an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama 2001. Before joining the University of Strathclyde, he was an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Transportation Infrastructure Safety and Security at Alabama A&M University, USA then an Associate Professor at North Dakota State University.

Dr. Saafi’ research interests include the development of nanotechnology-based material and sensing systems for civil engineering applications, nano-biocomposites for renewable energy and nano-engineered structures for sustainable civil infrastructures.

Donglei (Emma) Fan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin since January 2010. She received her bachelors degree in chemistry from the Department of Intensive Instruction, an honor program for gifted youth, in Nanjing University (NJU) in 1999, masters (2003) and doctorate (2007) degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). She also obtained another masters degree in Electrical Engineering from JHU in 2005. Between 2007 and 2009, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at JHU. Dr. Fan has received several scholarships, such as a NSF Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology Summer Program, Postdoctoral Fellowship in JHU, Scholarship for Excellency several times from NJU, and early admission to NJU with Freshman Scholarship waived of National College Examination. Dr. Fans research aims at creating unique methods to bridge the fabrication of nanomaterials with their applications in electronics, biology, MEMS/NEMS, and energy devices. Extensive researches on nanomaterials have revealed that they often exhibit unique electronic, mechanical, optical and magnetic properties. In most cases, these properties are far superior to those of the bulk materials due to the Quantum Confinement Effect and large surface areas. However, the applications of nanomaterials are still largely hindered by the difficulties in manipulation and integration of them into useful devices. Dr. Fan invented a powerful and non-destructive technique, called \"Electric Tweezers\", for the manipulation of nanoentities in suspension by electric fields. The manipulation includes transport and rotation that can lead to separation, concentration, joining and assembly etc. This work has spurred a series of publications on major journals including Nature Nanotechnology, Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters, as well as two pending patents. Her work was widely reported by the academic news media such as Nano Today, MRS Bulletin, PhysOrg.com, APS news, World Gold Council, and had been selected multiple times by Virtual Journals of Nanoscale Science and Technology. Dr. Fan has given over ten invited talks including SPIE meeting, Washington University in St. Louis, University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, Palo Alto Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, hiking, and reading.

Nanomaterials design and synthesis; nano-biotechnolgy.

Bobby Kannan Mathan received his Ph.D. (Corrosion and Materials Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He was awarded a Helmoholtz-DAAD Postdoctoral fellowship to work at Helmholtz Research Centre, Germany. He also worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at Monash University, Australia. He is currently the Head of Chemical Engineering at James Cook University, Australia. His research interests include: biomaterials, biodegradable biomaterials, nanobio coatings, electrochemical corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlment, polymer coatings, failure analysis and water treatment. He has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

Biomaterials; Biodegradable Biomaterials; Nanobio Coatings; Electrochemical Corrosion; Stress Corrosion Cracking; Hydrogen Embrittlement; Polymer Coatings; Failure Analysis; Water Treatment.

Y Li is a Professor at Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, and an Adjunct Professor at Department of Bio-medical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He received a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering (1995) from McGill University (Canada), a PhD in Materials Physics (1990) from University of Sci. and Tech. Beijing, a M.Sc. in Solid State Physics (1985) from Zhongshan University (China), and a B.Sc. in Solid Mechanics (1982) from University of Sci. & Tech. China (Hefei). Dr. Li is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials; he is also a member of editorial boards of other four journals.

Correlation between electron work function and materials properties Bacteria-metal surface interactions; Surface modification for bacteria control Surface science and engineering Wear and corrosion of materials Computational materials science and engineering and Photocatalytic materials for solar energy utilization.

1978: Civil Engineering Degree from the University of Patras 1998: Tutor in the Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Patras, on: “Residual Strength of Corroded Aviation Structural Elements” Current Profession: Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece

Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Strength of Materials, Structural Integrity of Constructions

Madeleine du Toit is Professor and Head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She holds BEng, MEng and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Universities of Pretoria and the Witwatersrand in South Africa. She is registered as a Professional Engineer and as an International Welding Engineer (IWE) with the International Institute of Welding. Prof Du Toit has published extensively in the field of welding metallurgy and regularly consults to industry as welding engineer. She currently serves as President and member of Council of the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW). Internationally, she serves as member of the Technology Management Board and as Vice-chairperson of Commission IX (Behaviour of metals subjected to welding) of the International Institute of Welding.

Welding metallurgy, Welding engineering, Physical metallurgy and corrosion, Stainless steel metallurgy

Candan Tamerler is Professor in Materials Science & Engineering Department in University of Washington, Seattle, WA-USA. She is also assistant director in Genetically Engineering Science & Engineering Center (GEMSEC), an MRSEC-NSF center in UW. Tamerler is also on the scientific advisory board of Molecular Biology-Biotechnology and Genetics Research Center (MOBGAM) in ITU where she has been the founding director of the research center in 2004. Tamerler focuses her research in the bio/nano interface, biomaterials, biological fabrication of materials and systems as well as the practical implementation of the engineered hybrid materials systems. Her field of expertise cover Bio-Nanotechnology; Peptide based materials assembly and synthesis; Biofabrication; Bio-material interface, Fusion Protein/peptide biotechnology; Cell-material interactions. Tamerler has published more than 100 SCI articles, 7 book chapters, and 35 proceedings articles and >350 abtracts and delivered numerous invited and plenary talks in international conferences. She has organized various conferences and symposia in the biological interactions with the materials.

Bionanotechnology Bio/material interface Biomaterials,Biological fabrication of materials and systems,Engineered hybrid materials systems,Peptide and Protein Engineering Nanomedicine

Professor Tong Lin received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998. After several years of postdoctoral research in Australia and USA, he joined Deakin University in 2003, working as a Research Academic, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor in Fibrous Materials. He is also the Associate Director for the Australian Future Fibre Research and Innovation Centre, the only state laboratory working on fibers research in Australia. He has published more than 130 journal articles and 70 conference papers, and won many research grants from National Competitive Funding sources.

Nanofibers, Functional fibrous materials, Electrospinning, Fibrous finishing techniques, Applications of fibrous materials in non-textile areas

Peramo currently serves as research faculty in Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University of Michigan, USA. Dr Peramo completed his doctorate in Applied Physics at the University of South Florida working in applications of polymer physics and surface science related to glycosaminoglycan biology applied to cancer. He then moved to the University of Michigan to complete postdoctoral work in the area of biointegrative materials and tissue engineering applications in soft tissues. He has published papers in a variety of areas ranging from surface science to tissue engineering.

Dr. Yakobson is the Karl F. Hasselmann Chair in Engineering. Dr. Yakobson holds a joint appointment between the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and the Department of Chemistry. In 2008, Yakobson received a Nano 50 Award from the science magazine, Nanotech Briefs, for his innovation in nanotechnology, and in 2009, the Department of Energy R&D Award. He received his Ph.D. in 1982 from the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Yakobson is an editorial board member of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research and a member of the American Physical Society and the Electrochemical Society. Karl F. Hasselmann was a pioneer in offshore oil and gas exploration and a philanthropist. Hasselmann was a close friends with Malcolm Lovett Sr., Chairman of the Rice Board of Trustees from 1967-1972.

Dr. Yakobson's research interests are in theory and modeling of structure, kinetics, and properties of materials derived from macroscopic and fundamental molecular interactions. He has done ground-breaking work on the physical properties of nanotubes, in particular their electro-mechanics, and recently with graphene and graphane

He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Michigan in 2007. He pursued his Post Doctoral research in Biomedical Engineering during 2007-2010 from University of Michigan and continued till July 2010. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in Bioengineering Department in Pennsylvania State University.

Functional organic-inorganic nano-biomaterials for biotic-abiotic interface, Targeted therapy for brain tumors, Neural tissue engineering at the nano scale level, Biosensing nanodevices for evaluation of response to therapy, Advanced nano-biomaterials and Neurochemical sensing for treatment of neurological disorders.

Sadeghi SM has received his Ph.D. in University of British Columbia, Canada in 1999. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA

Nanomedicine and nanotechnology

John S. Anagnostopoulos graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and received his Ph.D. in Computational Fluid Mechanics from the same University in 1991. He worked for several years as research scientist in the NTUA and as R&T consultant in the private sector, where he has been involved in feasibility studies for various industrial innovations. He has participated in many research projects and developed several computer codes for the simulation of various fluid mechanisms in industrial applications (pulverized coal combustion, fouling, coal grinding, liquid fuel spray aerodynamics, electrostatic precipitation, atmospheric flows and pollutant dispersion, pollutant formation and photochemical kinetics, pulsating flows, steel continuous casting, metal thermal spraying, mechanical erosion wear, flow in centrifugal pumps and impulse hydro turbines), as well as for modelling and optimum design and operation of hydroelectric and hybrid (RES-pumped storage) energy systems. He is currently Assistant Professor in Hydraulic Turbomachines at the School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA.

Flow analysis and hydrodynamic design optimization in hydraulic turbomachinery, with Eulerian and Lagrangian techniques, Diagnostics and troubleshooting in hydraulic turbomachinery, Flow modelling and design in microfluidic systems and micropumps, Optimal sizing and operation strategy of autonomous and integrated power production systems combining RES and pumped hydro storage

Sanjay Mathur is the Director of the Institute of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry at the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. His research interests focus on various facets of chemical nanotechnologies with thrust on molecular routes to functional nanostructures for diversified applications ranging from biocompatible materials, nanotoxicology studies, engineered surfaces and new materials and devices for energy applications. He holds five patents and has authored/ co-authored over 200 original research publications and book chapters. He is a Titular Member of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists (IUPAC) and a member of the ISO Technical Committee 229 on Nanotechnologies. He serves as Associate Editors for International Journal of Applied Ceramics Technology, International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanomaterials. He is also on the Editorial Boards of journals Ceramics International, International Journal of Nanotechnology, Materials, Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology, Journal of Electroceramics and NanoEnergy. Prof. Mathur currently serves as the Chair of Engineering Ceramics Division of the American Ceramic Society. He is an Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics. He serves as the “International Ambassador” of the University of Cologne. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Federation of German Materials Science (DGM) and also serves on the Advisory Committees of a number of international societies, and research institutions. He is also on the Board of the German Chemical Industries Network CHEMCOLOGNE and an appointed member of the Technical Advisory Board of the global company Henkel. He had organized several international and national conferences and Symposia. He has got several awards including the fellowships of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, IUPAC’s Young Observer and the stipend of the Federation of German Chemical Industries for excellence in research. He was an ASM International-Indian Institute of Materials (ASM-IIM) visiting lecturer for 2009. He was given the Global Star Award (2010) of the ECD of American Ceramic Society. He holds Visiting Professorships at the Central South University, China and National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), India.

Muhammad Enamul Hoque is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering and served as Head for the Bioengineering Research Group at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from NUS, Singapore in 2007. He has been intensively involved in numerous research projects that are collaborated locally and internationally. His research has been funded by Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) etc. and he also has received grants to conduct intercampus research at University Nottingham. So far, he has authored TWO books, co-authored THREE book chapters and edited TWO books. He has also published his research outcomes in more than 75 technical papers in high impact referred journals and international conference proceedings. He is an editorial manager for the Journal of Applied Mechanical Engineering and an invited lead guest editor of the International Journal of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, and serves as a technical reviewer for about 15 international journals. He has been invited to deliver speeches in a number of international conferences notably as plenary speaker, invited speaker and so on. He has also organized several scientific conferences assuming various roles in the organizing committees around the world. He is a member of several professional scientific societies including Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), and Tissue Engineering Society Malaysia (TESMA). His research interests include the areas of Biomaterials, Biofuel, Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells, Nanomaterials and Composite Materials.

Farayi Musharavati obtained his Ph.D. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at University Putra Malaysia in 2008. The same year he joined Qatar University as an Assistant Professor.Professor Musharavati holds a BTech. (hons) Degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering, an MSc. in Manufacturing Systems and Operations Management and another MSc. in Renewable Energy. Teaching interests include: Manufacturing Systems Design, Industrial Automation, Systems Simulation and Modeling, Manufacturing Processes, Production Technologies and CAD/CAM. Since joining Qatar University, he has been awarded six research grants in the following areas: (1) Location-Allocation Modeling, (2) Healthcare Process System Improvements Using Simulation (3) Applications of Lean Manufacturing Principles, (4) Plant Energy Efficiency and Optimization, (5) Sustainability and Cleaner Production in Gas Processing Operations and (6) Renewable Energy. He is an active member of five professional societies/organizations since. He has also benefited from a Commonwealth Scholarship which was awarded in 2003.

Manufacturing Systems Design, Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Cellular Manufacturing Systems, Flow Line Analysis, Operations Management, Applications of Lean Manufacturing Principles, Manufacturing Optimization, Reconfigurable Process Planning and Scheduling, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Systems Simulation and Modeling, Intelligent Manufacturing and Applications of Computational Intelligence, Heuristics, Metaheuristics and Hyperheuristics, Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Algorithms.

Miljenko Math, was born at Zagreb on 08. January, 1949. He completed the primary education as well as mathematical gymnasium in 1967 in Zagreb. That same year he enrolled the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, and graduated in 1974 at the Design Department, course Thermo mechanics. He acquired the Master’s degree in 1981 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb. He acquired the Doctor’s Degree in 1990.Since February 1975 he has been working continuously at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb at the Department of Technology, Chair of Metal Forming, first as assistant II. He was elected scientific assistant in 1981, assistant professor in 1992, associate professor in 1997 and from 2002 he is full professor for Mechanical technologies and machining systems.

His research interest includes forming, microforming and nanotechnology, flexible production and systems, hydroforming, incremental forming, multi point forming, finite element simulation and numerical simulation of forming processes.

Yugang Sun received B. S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1996 and 2001, respectively. He is currently a staff scientist for the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr Sun is the 2007 recipient for The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and DOE’s Office of Science Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award. His current research interests focus on developing novel approaches for the synthesis of a wide range of nanostructures, including metal nanoparticles with well-controlled morphologies, single-crystal semiconductor nanostructures with mechanical flexibility, and metal/semiconductor nanocomposites with multiple functionalities. The as-synthesized nanomaterials are also explored in photocatalysis, sensing, and electrochemical energy storage.

current research interests focus on developing novel approaches for the synthesis of a wide range of nanostructures, including metal nanoparticles with well-controlled morphologies, single-crystal semiconductor nanostructures with mechanical flexibility, and metal/semiconductor nanocomposites with multiple functionalities.

Mathematical formalisms for combining randomness and fuzziness Mathematical programming under uncertainty Decision support systems.