Dr. Hong Yong Sohn

Hong Yong Sohn received his B.S. degree from Seoul National University in Korea and his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1970 from the University of California at Berkeley. After working as a Research Engineer at Du Pont’s Engineering Technology Laboratory, he joined the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah in 1974 and currently holds the rank of Distinguished Professor. Professor Sohn’s work has been recognized through various awards, which include the 2014 Educator Award from TMS; the Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award, 2012, University of Utah; Billiton Gold Medal, 2012, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, U.K.; the TMS 2009 Fellow Award, “in recognition of outstanding contribution to the practice of metallurgical/materials science and technology,” from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS); the 2001 James Douglas Gold Medal Award (“for leadership and outstanding contributions in research and education of nonferrous extractive metallurgy and for work related to the modeling of gas-solid reactors and the development of novel solvent extraction systems”) from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME); Fellow Award from the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, 1998; the TMS Champion H. Mathewson Gold Medal Award (1993 “for the most notable contribution to Metallurgical Science in the 3–year period”); the TMS Extractive Metallurgy Lecturer Award (1990 “in recognition as an outstanding scientific leader in the field of nonferrous extraction and processing metallurgy”); the TMS Extraction and Processing Science Award (1990, 1994, 1999 and 2007); the Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer (1983); and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award (1977). In 2006 TMS honored Dr. Sohn by holding the “Sohn International Symposium on Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials” in 2006.

Dr. Sohn has authored or co-authored 4 monographs, 25 book chapters, 5 patents, some 500 papers, co-edited 17 books, and delivered some 240 invited lectures. He has served as a Director of TMS-AIME (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society), organized many international symposia, and delivered numerous plenary and keynote lectures. He was a U.S. DOE Fossil Energy Lecturer, 1978–81, and is an Advisor to LS-Nikko Co., Korea and to Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM). He serves on several editorial/advisory boards of international journals.

Topic of Keynote: Development of a Flash Ironmaking Technology Based on Hydrogen or Natural Gas - Implications on Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Dr. Yuwen Zhang

Dr. Yuwen Zhang is a James C. Dowell Professor and Chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Missouri, USA. His research interests are in the areas of thermal-fluids science and engineering, including ultrafast and high-energy laser materials interaction, multiscale transport phenomena in multiphase systems, inverse problems and optimization under uncertainty, micro- and nanoscale heat transfer, and sustainable and renewable energy. He has published five books, over 260 journal articles, and more than 155 conference papers/presentations. He is recipients of the Young Investigator Award from the US Office of Naval Research, Senior Faculty Research Award from the College of Engineering in University of Missouri, as well as the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity from the University of Missouri (2010). He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief for two international journals, as well as editorial board members of other 10 international journals.

Topic of Keynote: Molecular and Multiscale Simulation of Liquid-Vapor Phase Change Heat Transfer

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Dr. Subrata Roy

Dr. Subrata Roy earned his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, India. He earned both his MS and PhD in Engineering Science from the University of Tennessee, USA. He is currently a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the founding Director of the Applied Physics Research Group at the University of Florida. He is also the President of SurfPlasma, Inc. Dr. Roy is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a fellow of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers, and an Associated Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He serves as a member of the Editorial Board of Nature Scientific Reports, an Academic Editor of PLoS-ONE. He has over 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals and bound volumes, and has 30 issued and pending patents on plasma flow control and heat transfer related research. He is also a nation appointed chair member to a NATO Science and Technology Organisation working group on assessment of plasma actuator technologies for internal flows.

Topic of Keynote: Thermal Control Using Surface Plasma Actuation

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Dr. Jun Yang

Jun Yang is Full Professor in Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering Program, Western University (The University of Western Ontario). His research interests include micro/nanofabrication, surface engineering, additive manufacturing, printed electronics, metamaterials, flexible/wearable electronics, MEMS/NEMS/BioMEMS, lab-on-a-chip, sensors and actuators.

Dr. Yang was a recipient of 2006 PetroCanada Young Innovators Award, 2008 Canada Foundation for Innovation-Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF) Award, 2009 Early Researcher Award, 2012 University’s Faculty Scholar Award, 2015 Xerox UAC Award and 2016 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Award.

Topic of Keynote: Design and Engineering of Metamaterials and Metasurfaces: from Fundamentals to Applications

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Dr. Maria Cristina Annesini

Maria Cristina is full professor of Chemical Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" where now she teaches the courses of Transport Phenomena and Chemical Reactors. She is member of the teaching board of Chemical Engineering PhD.

Her research activity, supported by over 150 scientific works, deals mainly with phase equilibrium thermodynamics (especially concerning the application of results to the development of unconventional separation processes), chemical and biochemical kinetics and reactor modeling, chemical, biochemical and physical processes for pollutant removal, artificial organ engineering. Since 2005 he is involved in different research projects on the production of hydrogen by steam reforming of natural gas or renewable feedstock and from water through thermochemical cycles powered by solar energy. In particular, she was the principal investigator for University of Rome La Sapienza in the COMETHY project (Compact Multifuel-Energy To Hydrogen converter ) an EC-7FP Collaborative Project co-funded by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU).

Topic of Keynote: Scale Down of Reforming Processes for Hydrogen Production from Renewable Sources

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