Plenary Lecturers
| H.P. Buckremer | Y.-B. Cheng | M. Kuwabara | H.-T. Lin | H.Mandal | P. Sajgalik | R. Todd | Y.C. Zhou |
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Dr. Hans Peter BUCKREMER
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK, Germany
Title of Presentation: Recent Advances in Mmebrane Development for Future Energy Conversion and Storage at IEK-1, Research Centre Julich, Germany
Resume: Dr. Hans Peter Buchkremer, presently the deputy director of Institute of Energy and Climate Research - Materials Synthesis and Processing (IEK-1) at Forschungszentrum J¨¹lich (Research Centre J¨¹lich) obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Aachen in the year of 1982. He served as a guest researcher at MAN Company at New Technologies Department, Munich, Germany, during the period 1978-79. In 1979, he joined Forschungszentrum J¨¹lich as Scientific Assistant and became the Section Leader for the Materials and processes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) at IEK-1 in 1995. Since 1996 he as the deputy director of the same institute. He has about 327 research publications, including more than 80 in scientific journals and 25 patents to his credit. His present research activities include new materials and processing of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, batteries, micro porous and dense gas separation membranes, processing of powders for Shape Memory Alloys, metallic and ceramic materials processing in powder technology and high temperature alloys in the field of hydrogen generation and permeation.
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Prof. Yi-Bing CHENG
Monash University, Australia
Title of Presentation: Nano Structured Carbide-Carbon Composites
Resume: Yi-Bing Cheng is a Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Australia and an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. He completed his undergraduate and Master studies at Wuhan University of Technology, China and received a PhD degree from University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. in 1989. He joined Monash University in 1991 after working for three years as a Research Associate in Newcastle, U.K. He specialises in ceramic materials and composites, especially in non-oxide ceramics. His research interests cover the areas of ceramic processing, microstructure development, phase characterisation, and materials for energy related applications. He has been involved in the research of dye sensitised solar cells (DSC) since 2001, which has now become his major research activity due to the recent surging interests of governments and industries in new energy technologies. In the DSC area, his research is mainly focused on the development of nanoporous working and counter electrodes, as well as solar cell device fabrication. In later 2009, he was appointed as a ¡°Thousands Talent Professor¡± at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China and became Director of the Michael Gratzel Centre for Mesoscopic Solar Cells at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics in 2010. Professor Cheng has authored/co-authoredover 300 research publications and 15 patents.
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Prof. Makoto KUWABARA
Kyushu University, Japan
Title of Presentation: Innovative Nanocrystal Processing for Ceramic Devices with Extreme Electronic Functions
Resume: Makoto KUWABARA is an Emeritus Professor at both the University of Tokyo and Kyushu University. He received an engineering degree in industrial chemistry from Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT; 1968) and a PhD degree in industrial chemistry from the University of Tokyo (UT; 1973). Kuwabara joined the faculty at KIT in 1973, and then became a professor of the Materials Engineering at UT in 1996 and moved to Kyushu University in 2004. His research interests are in the field of electronic ceramics, much focused on grain boundary electronic properties including PTCR in BaTiO3, novel high-concentration sol-gel process, nanocrystal electrophoretic deposition (EPD) for nanostructure electroceramics, crystal growth by nanocrystal epitaxial self-assemby, and innovative nanocrystal ceramic (NCC) processing for ceramic devices with giant electronic functions. Kuwabara has published more than 220 scientific papers, and has received academic awards from the Ceramic Society of Japan and the Ichimura Foundation. Prof. Kuwabara serves as the chair of the Collaborative Research Consortium of Nanocrystal Ceramics and can be reached via e-mail at m-n.kuwabara@song.ocn.ne.jp.
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Dr. Hua Tay LIN
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Title of Presentation: The Future of Advanced Ceramics in Energy Technologies and Market
Resume: Dr. Hua-Tay Lin, Distinguished R&D staff member, Group Lead of Ceramic Science and Technology Group, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is currently focusing researches on mechanical reliability of ceramic components and electronic devices, high-temperature mechanical performance of ceramics and composites, high-temperature steam effects on mechanical reliability of ceramics and environmental barrier coating systems, and engineering of microstructure and properties of ceramics and composites, and coatings. He has served as a PI on numerous programs sponsored by DOE¡¯s Office of Distributed Energy, Office of Electricity Distribution Reliability and Transmission, Office of Transportation Technologies, Office of Industrial Technologies, and Office of Power Technologies with frequent collaborations with researchers at institution in the U. S., Japan, Korea, and Europe. Dr. Lin is the pass Chair of the Engineering Ceramics Division of the American Ceramic Society. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. He is a Fellow of The American Ceramic Society. Dr. Lin holds a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, and a B.S. in Physics from National Central University, Taiwan. (Details)
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Prof. Hasan MANDAL
Anadolu University, Turkey
Title of Presentation: New Developments in SiAlON Ceramics
Resume: Hasan Mandal (Prof.Dr.) received his BSc in Metallurgy from Middle East Technical University (Turkey) in 1987 and PhD in Ceramic Materials from University of Newcastle (UK) in 1992. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate during the periods of 1992-1996 and 1997-1998 at Newcastle and Karlsruhe Universities, respectively. In 1996, he joined the department of Ceramic Engineering at Anadolu University. He became the Head of Department (1999), Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Anadolu University (2004), Chairperson of Turkish Engineering Deans Council (2006), Chairperson of Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC-2009), The First Vice-President of International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES-2009), Bologna Expert (2009), Vice Rector of Anadolu University (2010).
He has co-authored over a hundred publications, three patents about science and technologies on Si3N4 based ceramics including phase relationships, structure-property relations and applications, specifically on cutting tools. Presently, he serves on the Editorial Boards of the Key Engineering Materials and Silicates Industriels. He has also contributed in the field of education and university-industry relations. Because of these achievements, he was honoured by twenty awards including TUBITAK Science Award and European Ceramic Society, Stuijts Award in 2005 and The Chinese Ceramic Society Award in 2009.
As a scientific expert, he has been serving in several positions including the Turkish Scientific and Research Council, National Boron Institute, Eskisehir Technological Development Park, Ceramic Research Center Co, World Innovation Foundation. He is also one of the founders the MDA Advanced Ceramics Ltd, which is an active R&D company on Ceramic Materials in Turkey.
In addition, H. Mandal is in the executive board member of Turkish Ceramic Society and council member of ECerS since 1997. He was the co-organizer of the 8th ECerS, which was held in Istanbul in 2003. He was a member of the Permanent Executive Committee of ECerS and one of the chairmen of the Industrial Working Group since 2003. He is currently the President of European Ceramic Society for 2009-2011 term.
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Prof. Pavol SAJGALIK
Institute of Inorgainc Chemistry, Slovakia
Title of Presentation: SiC/Si3N4 nano/micro-composites ¨C phase and chemical composition - their implications to the RT and HT mechanical properties
Resume: Professor Pavol Sajgal¨ªk, DSc. is a director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) in Bratislava, Slovakia since 1999.
Prof. Sajgal¨ªk received his B.S. (1979) in Experimental Physics from the Comenius University Bratislava, and Ph.D. (1987) in Solid State Physics from the Institute of Physics, SAS. In the year 1996 he defended the Doctor of Science thesis and he obtained a title DSc., which is the highest scientific degree in the Slovak Republic. Since 2004 he is a full professor, presently he serves as an external lecturer of the Slovak Technical University and the University of Trenc¨ªn.
Professor Sajgal¨ªk has authored more than 130 technical papers in the reviewed journals and proceedings, contributed to 1 national and 7 international books. He is a holder of 2 patents. He was a co-editor of 3 international proceedings and he served as a guest editor of 3 special issues of the international journals. Since 1989 he is a main organizer of the international advanced research workshops on Engineering Ceramics in the Smolenice Castle, Slovakia. Professor Sajgal¨ªk delivered more than 50 invited lectures at the international symposia. His field of research is the oxide and non-oxide advanced ceramics, primarily relationship between the microstructure and properties.
Professor Sajgal¨ªk recieved many national and international awards. The most important are as follows: the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1991), the Plaquete of Dioniz Ilkovic for Merits in the Physical ¨C Chemical Sciences (2005), Silver Medal of Maximilian Hell, University of Trenc¨ªn (2007), the Scientist of the Year 2006 in the Slovak Republic (2007), the Award of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (2008).
Professor Sajgal¨ªk has been elected academician of the World Academy of Ceramics (1999), he became a member elect of the Learning Society of the SAS (2005), and a fellow of The American Ceramic Society (2010).
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Dr. Richard TODD
Oxford University, UK
Title of Presentation: Oxide Matrix Nanocomposites: Separating the Magic from the Mystery
Resume: Richard Todd is Reader in Materials at the University of Oxford and Goldsmiths¡¯ Fellow in Materials Science at St. Catherine¡¯s College, Oxford. He has previously been the Director of the Oxford Centre for Advanced Materials and Composites and has held permanent positions in industrial research and at the University of Manchester. Dr Todd is currently Senior Editor of The Journal of the European Ceramic Society and has been Guest Editor and an Editorial Board Member for several other international journals. He is a present or past member of many committees and advisory boards for industrial organisations and conference series, the Institute of Materials and the European Ceramic Society. He has organised or co-organised 11 major conferences and symposia and has been the Chairman of the International Advisory Board to the ICSAM international conference series on superplasticity.
Dr Todd has approximately 100 publications including 7 book chapters and in addition has 5 patents granted or under consideration. He was the winner of the Pfeil Award of the Institute of Materials for published work in ceramics in 2001. He has given 56 keynotes, invited talks and seminars, mostly at international conferences. His research interests revolve around the mechanical behaviour of ceramics and metals but focus especially on the behaviour of novel micro- and nano-structures and include the processing and microstructural development of such materials.
Dr Todd began his academic studies with an entrance scholarship to Cambridge University, where he obtained his Bachelor¡¯s degree in Natural Science. After a spell in industry he returned to academia to take his Doctorate with a Carreras Senior Scholarship at Oxford University. Following a Research Fellowship at Wolfson College, Oxford and an academic position at Manchester University, he returned to Oxford in 1999 to take up his present positions.
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Prof. Yanchun ZHOU
Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology, China
Title of Presentation: Searching novel damage tolerant ceramics through ¡°controlling¡± chemical bonding heterogeneity
Resume: Yanchun Zhou holds a BSc in ceramics from Tsinghua University, and an M.S. in ceramics and Ph.D. in metals from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was a visiting scientist at the Institute of Strength Physics and Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a post doc at University of Missouri-Rolla in the 1990¡¯s. He was Professor and Director of High-performance Ceramic Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science before moving to Aerospace Research Institute of Materials and Processing Technology in 2010.
Zhou has discovered more than 10 new ternary carbides and nitrides. His current interests and fields of research are designing, understanding the structural-property relations of damage tolerant ceramics for high and ultrahigh temperature applications. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, been co-author of 2 books, co-editor of 3 proceedings, and holds 30 Chinese patents.
Dr. Zhou has received numerous awards and recognition including the CAS president award for outstanding graduate student in 1991, top prize of the Technological Achievement from CAS in 1998, third prize of Natural Science from CAS in 1999, National Outstanding Young Scientist Foundation Award in 1999, second prize of Technical Invention from CAS in 2001, top prize of Natural Science from Liaoning Province in 2005, Excellent Teaching Award from CAS in 2009, and Global Star Award from the American Ceramic Society in 2010. He was elected Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics in 2009 and Fellow of the American Ceramic Society in 2010.
He serves as a member of the Advisory Committee of the World Academy of Ceramics (2010-2014), and a member of the Nominating Committee of the World Academy of Ceramics (2010-2014), Chairman of the International Committee of the Engineering Ceramic Division, a member of Ross Coffin Purdy Award Committee (2011-2015) of the American Ceramic Society. He also serves as Principle Editor of Journal of Materials Research, Executive vice Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Associate Editor of Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Associate Editor of International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, and an editorial board member of International Materials Reviews, Ceramics International and Chinese Journal of Materials Research.
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