Speaker I: Prof. Qing Wang, Director and Distinguished Professor, Institute of Advanced Engineering Materials and Structures, Taishan University, China

Prof. Qing Wang received his Ph.D. degree in fiber-reinforced composites interfacial strength from Tongji University in 1996. In 1998, he became a full professor of Mechanics of Materials at the Shandong University of Technology, China. In 2000, he joined the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. In 2014, he moved to the Shandong University of Science and Technology, China, where he was a Taishan Distinguished Professor. In 2017, he became the Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. In 2022, he moved to Taishan University. Currently, he is the Director of the Institute of Advanced Engineering Materials and Structures and Taishan Distinguished Professor. Prof. Wang's main research area is in the area of micro- and nanofabrication and its application to advanced functional materials used in civil engineering. This involves the development of fabrication methods for advanced functional materials at continuous scales in nano- and microfabrication processes.

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Speaker II: Assoc. Prof. Abu Zahrim Yaser, Chemical Engineering Programme, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

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Speaker III: Prof. Ioannis Karapanagiotis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Ioannis Karapanagiotis is Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He earned his diploma in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1995) and his PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, USA (2000). He is the author or co-author of more than 100 articles and chapters published in international journals and books, and participated in more than 200 conferences. He is member of Editorial Boards in scientific journals (e.g. Coatings, Heritage MDPI), co-editor of two collective volumes (Springer) and guest editor in five Special Issues of journals. His research interests are:

I. Coatings of extreme wetting properties

II. Advanced materials for stone protection and conservation

III. Chemistry and technology of materials and objects of the cultural heritage

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ioannis_yiannis_Karapanagiotis 

Title: A robust fluoropolymer-TiO2 nanocomposite coating with exceptional self-cleaning properties for glass protection

Speaker IV: Prof. Andre D. L. Batako, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

Dr. Andre D. L. Batako is Reader in Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at Liverpool John Moores University. He obtained his bachelor degree in 1981 Mechanical Engineering (Togo) and his Master's degree in Manufacturing Technology Machine Tools and Tools in former Soviet Union in 1988. Dr. Andre Batako holds several academic and industrial awards that he earned for his work excellence both in academia and in the industry. He is a Chartered Engineer with ten years of industrial experience. He worked for a number of years as a mechanical engineer, production engineer, engineer technologist and Lead computer/software developer in car manufacturing. He worked about 10 years in automotive industry and return to research activities to obtain his PhD in Dynamics of vibro-impact system at Loughborough University (UK) in 2004. He is current working in Liverpool John Moores University (UK) where he leads a team of researchers in the field of controlled vibration assisted high efficiency machining of new advanced hard-to-machine composites in the advanced Manufacturing Technology Laboratory. He has developed the World's First purposely built industrial Resonance High Efficiency Deep Grinding (HEDG) machine tool. He has a strong link with industry (Rolls Royce, Jones and Shipman, Bosch, Fuchs, Airbus and others). His international profile spans from many Universities in Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Germany, and others), to Africa, (Ivory-Coast, Togo, Mali, Chad, Soudan), and to China, and S. Korea. He is professionally fluent in English, French, Russian, written spoken and synchro-translation. Dr. Batako is a reviewer and editor for a number of international journals and publishing houses. He has published over 150 technical, conference and international journal papers, 5 books and 4 book chapters and successfully supervised 20 PhDs in the UK, Europe, and abroad. His expertise encompasses machine tool design, cutting tools and metal machining processes, manufacturing technology and dynamics of vibro-impact systems. He is currently expanding his research activities by conducting new research in renewable energies and laser applications in industrial manufacturing and agriculture system. 

Title: New materials – New composites. How do we Machine the m? Today's Challenge.

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