Areas of Expertise: Microelectronic reliability, modeling, and optimization for semiconductor devices

Brief Introduction: Juin Jei Liou (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. (Hons.), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in 1982, 1983, and 1987, respectively.,He was with the School of EECS, University of Central Florida (UCF), from 1985 to 2011. Since 2016, he has been a Professor with the School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. His research interests include microelectronic reliability, modeling, and optimization for semiconductor devices.,Dr. Liou has been awarded 11 U.S. patents, and has published 12 books, two book chapter, 280 journal articles, and 230 papers in international conference proceedings. He was named the UCF Pegasus Distinguished Professor in 2009—the highest honor bestowed to a faculty member at UCF. He received the IEEE Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, in 2004, and the IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award, in 2014. His other honors are Fellow of IET, and Chang Jiang Endowed Professor of Ministry of Education, China—the highest honorary professorship in China. He has served as the IEEE EDS Vice-President of Regions/Chapters, Treasurer, and a Member of Board of Govern.

Areas of Expertise: Metal-matrix composites (MMCs), physics and chemistry in MMCs, composite interface, strengthening and toughening of MMCs, nanocomposites, ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FMSMAs) and physics of martensite transformation

Brief Introduction: Dr. Zhang is professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2002. His research interests are novel composites for structural and functional applications with light weight and environmental friendship, including metal-matrix composites (MMCs), physics and chemistry in MMCs, composite interface, strengthening and toughening of MMCs, ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FMSMAs), physics of martensite transformation and solid-state refrigeration. He has published over 140 academic publications in journals such as Nature Materials, Acta Materialia and Composites Part A. He also supervised a large number of research projects in the areas of MMCs and FMSMAs. His recent work focuses on the simultaneous strengthening and toughening of aluminum matrix composites (AMCs) via architectural design and incorporation of nano-reinforcements with homogeneous distribution in nano-grained matrix created by dynamic crystallization strategy. He also works on the high efficient cooling technology and related materials in recent years for room-temperature refrigeration.

Areas of Expertise: Shape memory effect and displacive phase transformations in shape memory alloys and other alloys, molecular dynamics simulations, alloy modeling, electron microscopy, electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction and crystallography

Brief Introduction: Dr. Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey. 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 and shifted to Firat University in 1980. He became professor in 1996, and he has been retired due to the age limit of 67, following academic life of 45 years.

He published over 80 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 120 conferences and symposia in international and national level as Plenary Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Invited speaker, speaker or Poster presenter. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last six years (2014 - 2019) over 60 conferences as Speaker, Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by different companies in different countries.

Additionally, he retired at the end of November 2019, and contributed with Keynote/Plenary Speeches over 120 Virtual/Webinar Conferences, due to the coronavirus outbreak in three year of his retirement, 2020 and 2022.

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.

Speech Title: Semiconductor Ionics for next generation semiconductor membrane fuel cells

Areas of Expertise: Solid oxide fuel cell; Composite electrolyte; ceria-carbonate; Electrolyte free fuel cell; Single component fuel cell

Brief Introduction: Bin Zhu received his M.Sc., in 1987 from University of Sci. & Tech. of China and PhD in 1995 from Chalmers University of Technology, Physics and Engineering Physics, Sweden and during 10/ 95-12/97 worked as Postdoc. in Uppsala University (in Ångström Lab). Since 1998-2018, Dr. Zhu moved to KTH and in 1999 became senior researcher and associate professor in Dept of Chemical Engineering and Technology, and then in Dept of Energy Technology, KTH. He is visiting professor in Aalto University and Nanyang Technological University as well as in several Chinese universities to co-supervise research projects and PhD students. Since 2018, Zhu has been visiting professor in Loughborough University, UK; since 2019, lecturer professor ( chair) in Xian Jiaotong University and since 2020, chair professor in Southeast University.
More details can be found at https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/aae/staff/bin-zhu/

Areas of Expertise: numerical study of turbulent flows over complex boundaries and development of novel schemes for turbulent drag reduction for applications in aerospace and marine engineering

Brief Introduction: Prof. Wei-Xi Huang's current research focus is on numerical study of turbulent flows over complex boundaries and development of novel schemes for turbulent drag reduction for applications in aerospace and marine engineering. He is also interested in computational biofluid mechanics. He has been developing computational methods for fluid-flexible body interactions, with the goal of simulating and obtaining physical insight into problems from biomechanics, e.g. 2D and 3D flag-in-wind problems, flying and swimming mechanisms, etc.
More details can be found at https://www.hy.tsinghua.edu.cn/info/1154/1823.htm

Speech Title: Advances in Cooling Technologies: A disruptive Cooling cycle for Air Conditioning

Areas of Expertise: adsorption cooling, innovative air conditioning and dehumidifier systems, seawater desalination, co-generation power systems analysis and harnessing sunlight to liquid fuels by CPV systems

Brief Introduction: Professor Kim Choon NG obtained his BSc and PhD from the Strathclyde University (Glasgow, UK) in 1975 and 1980, respectively, worked briefly at Babcock Power Ltd (Renfrew, Glasgow) and joined the ME Dept. of NUS in 1981. After 34 years at in NUS, he joined the Water Desalination and Reuse Centre of the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia in 2015 as a full-time faculty. His research interests are in adsorption cooling, innovative air conditioning and dehumidifier systems, seawater desalination, co-generation power systems analysis and harnessing sunlight to liquid fuels by CPV systems. He is keen reader of energy efficiency and its thermodynamics relation to unit cost of resource. He pioneered the use of the heat-driven AD cycle to lower the bottom brine temperature limit of MED processes. Kim Choon is the lead PI for KAUST Cooling Initiative (KCI -2019-2023) that will address the bourgeoning electricity demand from air conditioning (AC) and develop advanced cooling processes with at least 30% energy savings in electricity consumption as compared with the conventional chillers. He has over 290 peer reviewed journals and conference publications. He is active in professional services, serving as associate editors in three international journals, as well as in the committee for PE examination (Part 1_Mechanical, from 2008 to 2015) of PE Board, Singapore. He has been on visiting professorship to the World Class University (WCU) program of Jeju National University, Korea from 2008-2013 and also as a visiting Imperial Professor to Kyushu University in Japan (2004, 2006). He has published 4 books, 16 book chapters, 21 patents, started 3 spin-off companies with licenses from NUS and KAUST. His Google H-index factor is 71, total Google Scholar citations in publication is 16185.
More details can be found at https://www.kaust.edu.sa/en/news/solar-desalination%E2%80%94from-lab-to-plant