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University of Parma, Italy
Plenary Speaker
Eleonora Bottani is Full professor of Industrial Logistics at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma since November 2019. She graduated cum laude in Industrial Engineering and Management in 2002 and got her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering in 2006, both at the University of Parma. Her research activities concern logistics and supply chain management issues. She is author (or co-author) of >200 scientific papers (citations on Scopus>4900; H-index=35), referee for more than 60 international journals, editorial board member and associate editor of various journals, and editor-in-chief of a scientific journal. More informatio at: https://personale.unipr.it/en/ugovdocenti/person/19457
Stanford University, USA
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Matteo Cargnello received his Ph.D. in Nanotechnology in 2012 at the University of Trieste, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Fornasiero, and he was then a post-doctoral scholar in the Chemistry Department at the University of Pennsylvania with Prof. Christopher B. Murray before joining the Faculty at Stanford University in January 2015. He is currently Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering and Silas Palmer Faculty Scholar. Dr. Cargnello is the recipient of several awards including the Sloan Fellowship in 2018, the Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award for Creative Work in 2020, and the Early Career Award in Catalysis from the ACS Catalysis Division in 2022. The general goals of the research in the Cargnello group pertain to solving energy and environmental challenges. The group focuses on capture and conversion of carbon dioxide, emission control and reduction of methane and hydrocarbon emissions in the atmosphere, sustainable chemical practices through electro- and photocatalysis, sustainable production of hydrogen, and chemical recycling of plastics.
Iowa State University, USA
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Dr. Zhixiong Guo is a full Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, USA. He receiveda Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of NYU in 2001; and then joined the faculty at Rutgers. His research interests include heat transfer and applied optics, with notable expertise in radiation-matter interactions, laser applications in biomedicine and material processing, molecular and nanoscale optical sensing, and thermal radiation. Currently he is focusing on integrating photonics and heat transfer with bio-nanotechnology, and conducting emerging technological applications such as MEMS/NEMS sensors, micro/nanoscale material processing, ultrafine measurement, and biological sensing at the molecular level. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA/NJSGC, USDA, MTF, NIH, New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium, Charles and Johanna Busch Memorial Funds Awards, and other sources. He also received a teaching award from Rutgers Vice President Office for Undergraduate Education in 2002. He is the author or co-author of over 80 articles in archival journals and the citations of his publications are over 1100 times as of September 2013 according to SCI, with an h-index 21. Dr. Guo is an elected Fellow of ASME. He currently serves as K-18 technical committee Chair in HTD ASME (2009-2015).He is an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and the international journal Heat Transfer Research, and an Editor for Journal of Optical Engineering and Applications.
Brunel University London, UK
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Professor He received his Batchelor and Master degrees in Extractive Metallurgy in China, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering in Australia. He subsequently worked in Australia at The University of Queensland and The University of Adelaide. He joined James Cook University in 2004 and was appointed to various leadership roles including the Head of School of Engineering and Physical Sciences. He joined Brunel University London in July 2022 as a professor and the Head of Chemical Engineering. Professor He is a Fellow of The Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE) and Fellow of The Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng).
University of Michigan, USA
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Dr. Liang Qi is an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. He studied Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University in China and received his bachelor’s degree in 2003. He earned his master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2007 and his doctoral degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009. From 2009 to 2012, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Between 2012 and 2014, he served as an assistant project scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 2015. His research focuses on the mechanical and chemical properties of materials through theoretical and computational methods, including first-principles calculations, atomistic simulations, multiscale modeling, and machine learning, with an emphasis on defects and phase transformation behaviors. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2019 and the 2021 TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (MPMD) Young Leaders Professional Development Award.
University of Melbourne, Australia
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Dr. Guilherme Tortorella has more than 12 years of experience as a Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement Manager in the automotive industry, having worked in sites from Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, the UK and USA. Additionally, he has worked as an Industry Consultant for 7 years. With more than 240 journal articles published, 2 books and 15 book chapters, his research is mainly focused on Operations Management, more specifically on Lean Management, Industry 4.0, and Supply Chain Management. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Lean Systems, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, Production Journal, and Operations Management Research Journal.
New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
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Dr. Xinwei Wang is the Anson Marston Distinguished Professor and Wilkinson Professor in Interdisciplinary Engineering at Iowa State University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University in 2001. Over more than 24 years, he has led his laboratory to conduct extensive research on thermophysical properties of micro/nanoscale materials and interfaces, energy transport physics and control, and laser-assisted material interaction and manufacturing. He is the Fellow of ASME and OPTICA, and Associate Fellow of AIAA. He is the associate/senior editor of five international journals, and on the editorial board of six journals.
University of Alberta, Canada
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Dr. Xiaolei Wang is currently a Canada Research Chair holder and a Full Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. He is leading his research team focusing on the rational design, development and application of novel advanced materials for energy-related technologies including lithium and other alkaline-ion batteries, lithium-metal and lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, aqueous rechargeable batteries, battery recycling/upcycling/upgrading technologies, metal-air batteries, supercapacitors, and electrocatalytic systems. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA, 2013), M.Sc. at Tianjin University (TJU, 2007), and B.Sc. at Dalian University of Technology (DUT, 2004). Prof. Wang has published over 160 research papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, and was recipient of many awards including Petro-Canada Young Investigator Award (2018), Concordia University Research Chair-Young Scholar (2019), and Mid-Career Research Award in Engineering at the UofA. He is associate editors/young associate editors of several international journals including and has been invited as lead guest editors and guest editors for many special journal issues. Prof. Wang has organized, chaired or co-chaired many national and international conferences/conference symposia on energy and materials, and serves as referees for over 80 international journals, and 7 funding agencies.