41^th Global Nanotechnology Congress

Dr.D.Nagasamy Venkatesh is serving as an Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmaceutics, JSS College of Pharmacy, Udhagamandalam. India. Dr. D.Nagasamy Venkatesh is interested in developing certain nano-based drug delivery systems for antiviral and anticancer drugs. His research is also involved in developing sustained/controlled drug delivery systems for certain drugs and analytical and bioanalytical method development for drugs. He serves as a reviewer of more than 25 peer reviewed journals including AAPS, Carbohydrate polymer, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He serves editorial board member for more than 20 international journals. Dr. D.Nagasamy Venkatesh hasauthored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications. He has received two awards for hispresentations/ publications in a national level seminar.

Nano based drug delivery systems for antiviral and anticancer drugs, developing sustained/controlled drug delivery systems for certain drugs, dissolution enhancement of certain drugs by solid dispersion techniques analytical and bio-analytical method development for drugs.

Steven M Mufamadi is the Founder of Nabio Consulting Ltd, a start-up company on nanotechnology and biotechnology that is based in South Africa (SA). His expertise is on bionanotechnology and nanomedicine formulations for pharmaceutical application. He is also a Co-Founder of the nanotechnology symposia series on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, cancer, energy and water in partnership with SA government, an initiative that is aiming on facilitation of nanotechnology development, innovation, commercialization and public engagement in SA through dialogues between government/policy makers, researchers, industry, entrepreneurs and investors.

His expertise is on bionanotechnology and nanomedicine formulations for pharmaceutical application. He is also a Co-Founder of the nanotechnology symposia series on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, cancer, energy and water in partnership with SA government, an initiative that is aiming on facilitation of nanotechnology development, innovation, commercialization and public engagement in SA through dialogues between government/policy makers, researchers, industry, entrepreneurs and investors.

Dr. (Ms) T.Theivasanthi of Kalasalingam University doing research in nanomaterials / nanotechnology; has 14 years of teaching experience; published many research articles/ books and h-index 9; life member of Indian Science Congress Association and Magnetics Society of India; member of International Association of Advanced Materials; serving as Editorial Board Member/ reviewer for some scientific journals; lead editor in JNNN special issue (SAGE Publications, UK); achieved many awards/ honours/ recognitions including - Madurai Women Achievers Award - 2013, Motivational Award - 2015 and 2015 Women’s Day Award of St.Annes College; achieved World Record in LIMCA Book of Records-2015 for nanotechnology invention “World’s first superparamagnetic plants materials” – named “Santhi Particles”, World Record– 2016 for innovative products "The World’s lowest priced graphene" & "World’s Smallest Particles of Vegetables" and World Record– 2017 for the invention "The World’s Smallest Anti-Viral Plant Particles". Other innovative products- Superparamagnetic lead nanoparticles, semiconducting lead Nanoparticles, Low cost-mass production of graphene, agricultural nanofertilisers, vegetable powder for diabetes, plants materials for diabetes & psoriasis and nanoparticles for treatment of EBOLA, DENGUE, HIV & H1N1 virus infection. Govt. of India shows interests to develop her inventions for the benefits of public; since Dec-2014, she has delivered lectures (more than 105) in International / National scientific conferences, foreign countries and renowned institutes like National Institute of Technology, Anna University, Central University of all over India; she delivered Motivational Lectures for women, students and staff of institutes / Multi-national corporate companies (Cognizant Technologies); Artha Nyana Academy (Malaysia), Intelligent Society of Malaysia etc. NanoDigest, Economic Times and Telegraph have published news about her research; Thanthi TV, All India Radio, Minnal FM (Malaysia) and Bernama TV (Malaysia) have broadcasted her interviews.

Dr. (Ms) T.Theivasanthi of Kalasalingam University doing research in nanomaterials / nanotechnology.Other innovative products- Superparamagnetic lead nanoparticles, semiconducting lead Nanoparticles, Low cost-mass production of graphene, agricultural nanofertilisers, vegetable powder for diabetes, plants materials for diabetes & psoriasis and nanoparticles for treatment of EBOLA, DENGUE, HIV & H1N1 virus infection. Govt. of India shows interests to develop her inventions for the benefits of public; since Dec-2014, she has delivered lectures (more than 105) in International / National scientific conferences, foreign countries and renowned institutes like National Institute of Technology, Anna University, Central University of all over India; she delivered Motivational Lectures for women, students and staff of institutes / Multi-national corporate companies (Cognizant Technologies); Artha Nyana Academy (Malaysia), Intelligent Society of Malaysia etc. NanoDigest, Economic Times and Telegraph have published news about her research; Thanthi TV, All India Radio, Minnal FM (Malaysia) and Bernama TV (Malaysia) have broadcasted her interviews.

Roger M. Leblanc received his B. S. in chemistry in 1964 from Université Laval, Canada, and Ph. D. in physical chemistry in1968 from the same university. From 1968 to 1970, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. George Porter, FRS, in Davy Faraday Research Lab, the Royal Institution of Great Britain. He was a professor from 1970 to 1993 at Department of Chemistry and Biology in Université du Québec à Trois Rivières, Canada. During this period, he was Chair from 1971 to 1975 at the same department, and Director from 1981 to 1991 at Photobiophysics Research Center. In 1994, he moved to University of Miami, where he has been a professor at Department of Chemistry since then to present. At University of Miami, he was Chair of Department of Chemistry from 1994 to 2002, and he is appointed as Chair from 2013 to present. He was also one of the three editors of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces from 1998 to 2013. During his early career as a scientist, his research interest was on the photosynthesis and photoconductivity using surface chemistry and spectroscopy. His current research interest is to apply 2-dimensional (2-D) surface chemistry combined with spectroscopy and microscopy to investigate the properties of nanomaterials (graphene oxide, carbon dots and quantum dots) and the fibrillation process of amyloidogenic proteins (insulin, amyloid-beta peptide and islet amyloid polypeptide). He is also interested to design and develop biosensors with high sensitivity and selectivity for diseases diagnosis. He has published 520 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. As a professor, he has supervised more than 100 M.S. and Ph.D. students.

Photosynthesis and photo conductivity using surface chemistry and spectroscopy, nanomaterials.

Dr. Sandip Patil has Founded E-Spin Nanotech Pvt. Ltd., and has extensive experience with fabrication of nanofiber spinning machine, which has produced important publications in the area of nanotechnology. E-Spin Nanotech has developed many novel nano-material fabrications with his Research & Development team and has discovered new functional materials in the form of nano-fibres and nano-particles. In last five years, E-Spin Nanotech (P) Ltd. has made numerous breakthroughs in areas of fabrication of electrospinning machine and capturing a large market share. The company received many mandates to execute related to supply of the units both in India including high profile labs of IIT’s, CSIR lab’s and international locations including, France, Spain, US, Denmark, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and expecting more in coming time. Recently, E Spin Nanotech (P) Ltd has received various prestigious awards which includes; TIME India Start-up Innovator for the year (2017) (Top 3 Finalist), Awarded Top 5 Nano Technology Companies in India 2016 by SiliconIndia (2016), Awarded 10 young outstanding business leader in Kanpur (2016), Spirit of Manufacturing Awards: Most Promising International Business Leader Award (2015), Indian Leadership award for industrial development by All India Achievers Foundation (2014), Rajeev Motwani Young Entrepreneur award by Motwani foundation (2014), IIChE Shah-Schulman Award for the best PhD Thesis in the area of Colloid and Interface Sciences (2013), Indian School of Business Hyderabad Scholarship (2013), UICT Jalgaon alumni award for Young Entrepreneur (2013), IIChE M. P. Chary Memorial Medal award for being an outstanding young Chemical Engineer (2012), Intellectual Ventures Invention Award (2012), TePP award (2011).

nano-material fabrications

Alexander Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine worked at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London for over 26 years, during this time he spent a period of time at Harvard Medical School looking at caused of cardiovascular diseases and a year at Johns Hopkins Medical School looking at treatment of liver. He published more than 647 peer-reviewed research papers, and registered 14 UK and International patents. He is currently CEO of NanoRegMed Ltd, working on the commercialisation of his research. During his career Prof Seifalian has led and managed many large projects with successful outcomes in terms of commercialisation and translation to patients. In 2007 he was awarded the top prize in the field for the development of nanomaterials and technologies for cardiovascular implants by Medical Future Innovation, and in 2009 he received a Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). He was the European Life Science Awards’ Winner of Most Innovative New Product 2012 for the “synthetic trachea”. Prof Seifalian won the Nanosmat Prize in 2013 and in 2016 he received the Distinguish Research Award in recognition of his outstanding work in regenerative medicine from Heals Healthy Life Extension Society. His achievements include development of the world first synthetic trachea, lacrimal drainage conduit, and vascular bypass graft using nanocomposite materials, bioactive molecules and stem cell technology. He has over 15,000 media report from his achievement, include BBC, ITV, WSJ, CNN, and many more. Currently he is working on development and commercialisation of human organs using graphene based nanocomposite materials and stem cells technology.

Nanocomposite materials and stem cells technology

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 already been working as professor. He published over 50 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 100 conferences and symposia in international and national level as participant, invited speaker or keynote speaker with contributions. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last four years (2014 - 2017) over 30 conferences as Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by South Asian Institute of Science and Engineering (SAISE), web: http://saise.org/, Science and Engineering Institute (SCIEI), web: http://www.sciei.org, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology, web: http://www.iacsit.org/, The Academic World Education and Research Center (AWER-Center), web: http://www.awer-center.org/, and other institutes and companies. 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.

Scientific fields of Dr. Adiguzel are as follow: Shape memory effect and displacive phase transformations in shape memory alloys and other alloys, molecular dynamics simulations, alloy modeling, electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and crystallography.

Jim P. Zheng is a Professor and Sprint Eminent Scholar Chair at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Florida A&M University and Florida State University, Chair Professor at the College of Automobile Engineering of Tongji University, Professor at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the recipient of National Academy of Inventors Fellow, National Research Council Fellow, Army Research & Development Achievement Award, NASA Faculty Research Award, and Progress Energy Professional Development Award. He has published more than 130 articles in scholarly journals, and 130 papers in conference proceedings in the fields of energy storage, fuel cells, nano-sensors, photonics, and thin film growth, and been awarded 18 patents, and 5 patents have been licensed by a private companies. He is the founder of General Capacitor LLC and a co-founder of Bing Energy International Inc.

Energy storage, fuel cells, nano-sensors, photonics, and thin film growth.

Dr. Amos Bardea is senior lecturer and head of the undergraduate program at the faculty of engineering at Holon Institute of Technology (HIT). He received in 2000 his Ph.D. from Hebrew University for his thesis engaged on developed high sensitivity Bio and Chemo electronic sensors. He joined to Intel Company in 2000 as senior engineer. He led development of advanced technologies in manufacturing. In 2007 he joined to Department of Chemical Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He developed a novel method for nano and molecular patterning by applying magnetic fields, know "Magnetolithograpy-ML" and was applied the new method of patterning surfaces for developing ultra-sensitive DNA and RNA sensors based on microfluidics and molecular Photonics. In 2012 Dr. Bardea joined to the Faculty of Engineering at HIT. He is a pioneer in teaching nanotechnology in higher education. Dr. Bardea is member of organizing committee of the annual Symposium "Nanotechnology from academia to industry –NTAI".

• Magnetic lithography technic and applications. • Ultra-Sensitive Nano Electronic and photonic Sensors.

Ajay Kumar Mishra is a full Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, South Africa. Prof. Mishra is currently working for University of South Africa as “Full Professor” since January 2015. He is also working as “Adjunct Professor” at Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include synthesis nanomaterials/composites, smart materials, and water research. He has delivered a number of including Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures. For his outstanding research profile, he was awarded a number of international awards. Prof. Mishra also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many peer-reviewed international journals. He has edited several books by the renowned publishers and also reviewer of many international journals. He is serving as member advisory board of a number of international scientific societies, conferences and workshops.

synthesis nanomaterials/composites, smart materials, and water research

Prof. Ncholu Manyala is Professor of Physics and Chair of South African research chair initiative (SARChI) in Carbon Technology and Materials at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Prof. Manyala got his PhD from Louisiana State University working in low temperature transport and magnetic properties of strongly correlated materials where he published two papers in Nature and one in Nature Materials in this field. Prof. Manyala’s recent research interest is on nano-carbon based materials and their applications in energy storage and sensing. Prof. Manyala has published more than 60 papers in this subject. Prof. Manyala is the member of International Society of Electrochemistry, South African Microscopy Society and South African Institute of Physics.

Nano-carbon based materials and their applications in energy storage and sensing.

Dr. Ramesh Chaughule has completed his PhD from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, a pioneer research institute in Mumbai, India. Also he graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Presently he is an Adjunct Professor at Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai, India. Dr. Chaughule has pioneered in the field of NMR and MRI. He was deputed to Indonesia by IAEA several times as an IAEA expert in the field of NMR. He is an awardee of many international Fellowships to carry out research programs in different countries. Besides number of research publications and book chapters to his credit, Dr. Chaughule has edited several books on MRI and Nanotechnology published by American Scientific Publishers, USA and Springer, USA. He has organized several international conferences in India and is on several educational committees in India.

MRI and Nanotechnology

ELSAYED AHMED ELNASHAR, (Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.) Prof.Dr. ELSAYED AHMED ELNASHAR, Ph.D. Full-Professor of textiles & Apparel , Faculty of Specific Education, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.. Born in 19 /8/1965. Have Ph.D. 2000, Msc.1995, Bsc.1989, Helwan University. Diploma1985advanced industrial textiles institute. He holds several academic administrative positions: Dean, Vice Dean, Head of Department, He has many textiles patents, Member of international scientific committees. Development of Faculties of Education, commissioned of Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities. Has design books published in Germany. Has published over 185 scientific Articles. Editorial board member & Reviewer for more 65 journal Founder and editor two scientific journals. And Smartex Conference Egypt. Member of the editorial board of several international journals and conferences, He has made many scientific agreements with European &Africa universities

- LASER-JET TECHNOLOGY ON WEAVING MACHINE -Antimicrobial Throw Volume Porosity -Membrane Technology for Filtrations: Water/Wastewater, Air Conditions, Cement Factory, Gas And Petroleum - Solar textiles (SOLATEX) of composite fabrics structures as alternative energy. - Functional Nano biodegradable - Computational Mathematics - Fluid Mechanics - Composites fabrics structures -Automotive of - Composites fabrics structures so airbags systems - Energy Effective Method of Modeling and Manufacturing - MULTISTITCHED 3D NANO COMPOSITE - Composites made of multilayered - Nanoart, and Nanotechnology in textiles and apparel branch. -improved simulating fitting cloth model of apparel surfaces. -the influence of the bulky woven fabrics on thermal insulation properties of clothing. -Design curtains fringe and passementerie strips of lace design elements in current high fashion. -Representative volume of design elements and mathematical of pile and velvets woven fabrics. -Volume porosity and permeability in fabrics. -Porosity and permeability in multi-layer woven fabrics. -The influence of weave and the method of stitching on some mechanical properties of woven double fabrics. -Effect the design and materials of eyes swathe dressing and diapers clothes for infant’s incubator. -The effective of some difference between the methods of the embroidery on some performance properties to the clothing product. -The effective of some difference structures on quality of pilling cloth -Effect of some different care systems process on dyeing cotton fabrics -Effect of some fabric constructional on comfort and the aesthetic properties for kid clothes -Using remote sensing technology for monitoring of chemical pollutions and bioremediation of chemical -contaminated water -Automatic pattern unwrapping technology -Energy saving and improving stretch properties -Spring-mass based modeling for fabrics physics to 3D garment -Cloth design and application -Clothing simulation and animation -Body shape analysis of Hispanic women Tires and rubber industry

Professor Zizi Abdeen is an Egyptian national and a researcher Professor in polymer lab. Petrochemicals dep., Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute. She completed her PhD & M.Sc. degrees in Polymer Chemistry from Ain Shams University, (Egypt), where she also completed her B.Sc., Degree in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Cairo University, (Egypt). She main stream research is at the frontier of materials/polymer science and emerging fields such as nanotechnology/nanocomposites. She has a keen interest in the development of intelligent materials based on bio resources such as chitosan and starch through chemical modification and advanced biotechnology processes. He is author of over 33 articles on polymers, biomaterials, hydrogels and nano composites systems and reviewer of over 15 International journals and a member of the Advisory Editorial Board of Polymers and Biomaterials in different International journals. She was sharing as technical committee in more than ten international conferences.

Materials/polymer science and emerging fields such as Nanotechnology/Nanocomposites.

Pyatenko A. was born in 1955 in Russia. He graduated Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1978. He had his PhD degree in Chemical Physics in 1981 at the same University. He had worked as researcher, senior researcher at Institute of High Temperatures Russian Academy of Science (IVTAN). Since 1993 he worked as senior researcher at National Institute of Advance Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan Since 2001 his main research interests are nanotechnology and laser processing. He published many papers in high rang journals, gave the invited lectures at several international Conferences. He is a specialist in nanoparticle synthesis, modification and resizing using laser technique.

Area of expertise: nanoparticle synthesis, processing and characterization; laser interaction with nanoparticles; light absorption and scattering by nanoparticles; processes of Nanoparticles aggregation, agglomeration and dispersion.

Omar Chaalal is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Abu Dhabi University (ADU). Chaalal is an internationally renowned expert in the separation technologies. He is the inventor of the EnPro Process that deals with the sequestration of carbon dioxide and global warming reduction. He has undertaken several successful research related to CO2 cleaning in Natural Gas and subsequently two patents applications have been filed for the use of this technology. The benefits of these patents were, in addition to the environmental benefits, used in the treatment of large quantities of desalinated formation water in the oil field. Chaalal has pioneered among others the use of seawater and ammonia to reduce the effect of carbon dioxide on the environment. Chaalal was an associate professor of Chemical Engineering at Ibn Khaldun University Algeria, as well as at the United Arab Emirates University. He was the Chief Scientist of Enpro As. Norway, a member of Al Mobdioon Center of Excellence and innovation of King Abdul Aziz University (Saudi Arabia), an Advisory Board of IIB environmental Company in Japan and a member of the board of several Journals. He has authored 60 refereed publications, 2 European patents, 1 US patent related to smart material in Enhance Oil Recovery and 200 presentations. Dr. Chaalal was awarded by the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) a Medal for notable and outstanding research in Materials Science and Technology, August (2017) Stockholm Sweden.

Materials Science and Technology

Dr Anshuman Srivastava, obtained his Ph.D in the field of Material Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. He has worked as a Joint Director (R and D), IIP Mumbai, Government of India. He is having long industrial and academics experience. Presently, he is working as Director in SIET Allahabad, India. He has published many research papers in journals like Composites Science and Technology, Journal of Power Sources, Material Research Bulletin, Journal of composites and many others. He is a member of advisory, organizing and technical committees many national and international conferences and has successfully organized several international and national conferences / workshops. He is member, Editorial Board and Reviewer of various international/national journals. Presently he is guiding UG/PG and doctorial theses in mechanical / manufacturing /material science/management. He is life member of various professional bodies like Electron Microscopy Society of India, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), IAENG Society of Industrial Engineering, IAENG Society of Mechanical Engineering, Material Research Society of India, Indian Society for Technical Education, Asian Polymer Association, Indian Society for Advancement in Material Processing and Engineering, Senior Member Hong Kong Society of Mechanical Engineers SM No 20170612001, Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society.

His research work is focused on Physical, Dielectric and Mechanical properties of PVDF/CCTO and modified CCTO composites, Synthesis of high dielectric ceramics, Natural firbres reinforced Polymer composites, Biocomposites, Metal matrix composites, Ceramics matrix composites, thermal engineering and manufacturing.

YACOUB IDRISS HALAWLAW is a Researcher, Associate Prof. at the Department of Physics, specialist in Spirulina microalgae, expert in Development Projects and Technology Transfer. Education: PhD (2005), UTBM (Belfort-Montbéliard University of Technology)-France, MSC (Industrial Eng.) (1998), INPG (Grenoble’s National Polytechnic Institute)-France, Research Diploma in Theoretical Physics (1989), University of Moscow, MSC in Theoretical Physics (1988), Moscow’s University. Professional experience: Nov. 2012-present: Director of Lab. Renewable Energies and Materials (University of N’Djamena, Chad), April 2012-Nov.02012: General Director of ABECHE’s Institute of Science and Technology, Feb. 2012-April 2012: Dean Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of N’Djamena; Jul. 2010-Jul. 2011: Secretary General of Biltine’s Institute of Arts and Mills; March 2009- Jul.2010: Head of Physics Department, University of N’Djamena. 2015-present: Member of AFEC (African Future Earth Committee) 2012-present: National representative of ANSOLE (African Network for Solar Energy)

Renewable Energies and Materials

Dr. Das was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) and member of the Materials Research Institute (MRI) and the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State University in January 2016. He received his B.Eng. degree (2007) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, and Ph.D. degree (2013) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University. Before joining Penn State, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2013-2015) and Assistant Research Scientist (2015-2016) at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Professor Das’ Research Group (https://sites.psu.edu/sdas/) explores novel devices based on nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes, nanowires, graphene, phosphorene and layered two dimensional (2D) materials such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2 and WSe2, among others. His ultimate goal is to develop future generations of high performance and ultra-low-power/self-power electronic, optoelectronic, spintronic, straintronic, neuromorphic, energy harvesting, and energy storage devices which are flexible, scalable, reliable, bio-compatible, corrosion resistant and radiation tolerant. Dr. Das has published 34 journals articles, authored 1 book chapter, given a total of 44 keynote, invited and regular presentations, and is a guest editor for a special issue on 2D Materials to be published in the journal, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2018). He is a member of IEEE, has served on the Technical Committee for the Carbon conference and as a Focus Topic Organizer for the American Physical Society. Two US patents have been issued. Professor Das’ work has been cited more than 3800 times in the last 5 years. He has peer reviewed grant proposals for the Army Research Office (ARO), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and the NSF Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems pro-gram. Professor Das has won Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (NSF) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Award for Energy Efficient Computing from Devices to Architecture (E2CDA), Army Research Office (ARO) Small Term Innovative Research Award, and Laboratory Directed Research and Development Award from Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Further Das Research Group is funded by Corning Inc, NSF/IUCRC ATOMIC center, PPG Industries and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR).

Nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes, nanowires, graphene, phosphorene and layered two dimensional (2D) materials

Dr. Yahia Makableh has earned his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2015. Currently he is an assistant professor and the supervisor of the central labs in the Institute of Nanotechnology at Jordan University of Science and Technology (in Jordan). His research is focused on investigating Nobel optical Nanomaterials for high efficiency solar cells and energy harvesting. He also works on self-cleaning surfaces and light weight and high strength Nano-composites. He has published several papers in the field of solar cells and optical Nanomaterials.

Solar cells and optical Nanomaterials

Dr. M.A. Shah doctorate in Condensed Matter Physics from Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi and graduate from University of Kashmir, joined National Institute of Technology, Srinagar in September 1999 as an Assistant Professor. Before departure to Middle East, he has established World Bank funded Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre under TEQIP programme. Before returning to home land, he has authored “Principles of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology”. He has also authored two books on the advanced state-of-the-art of Nanosciences with reputed international publishers. He is actively engaged as reviewer and editor of many scientific journals. Shah is also honoured as a visiting scientist in many prestigious institutions and has worked with the eminent personalities of the world at various places, where he pioneered the fabrication of nanomaterials and received trainings for operation of sophisticated equipments. He has explored versatile technique “Safe way to Nanotechnology” for the synthesis of oxide nanomaterials, though still in progress and practice. Dr. shah is a member of many science academies and societies and his work has been cited by number of scientific reporters as well as scientific media. Inspired by the revolutionary and emerging area of Nanosciences and its impact on common masses, Dr. Shah is sowing the seeds of Nanosciences in this beautiful valley for its permanent and well established base. People in general and students in particular should know how science of small can benefit us in our day to day life. Presently, organising INSPIRE programme launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India for the bright students of the valley, which aims to attract talent for study of science and careers with research. For details, please visit www.inspirekashmir.com

Fabrication of nanomaterials,Nanosciences, Nanotechnology.

Dr. (Ms) T.Theivasanthi of Kalasalingam University doing research in nanomaterials / nanotechnology; has 14 years of teaching experience; published many research articles/ books and h-index 9; life member of Indian Science Congress Association and Magnetics Society of India; member of International Association of Advanced Materials; serving as Editorial Board Member/ reviewer for some scientific journals; lead editor in JNNN special issue (SAGE Publications, UK); achieved many awards/ honours/ recognitions including - Madurai Women Achievers Award - 2013, Motivational Award - 2015 and 2015 Women’s Day Award of St.Annes College; achieved World Record in LIMCA Book of Records-2015 for nanotechnology invention “World’s first superparamagnetic plants materials” – named “Santhi Particles”, World Record– 2016 for innovative products "The World’s lowest priced graphene" & "World’s Smallest Particles of Vegetables" and World Record– 2017 for the invention "The World’s Smallest Anti-Viral Plant Particles". Other innovative products- Superparamagnetic lead nanoparticles, semiconducting lead Nanoparticles, Low cost-mass production of graphene, agricultural nanofertilisers, vegetable powder for diabetes, plants materials for diabetes & psoriasis and nanoparticles for treatment of EBOLA, DENGUE, HIV & H1N1 virus infection. Govt. of India shows interests to develop her inventions for the benefits of public; since Dec-2014, she has delivered lectures (more than 105) in International / National scientific conferences, foreign countries and renowned institutes like National Institute of Technology, Anna University, Central University of all over India; she delivered Motivational Lectures for women, students and staff of institutes / Multi-national corporate companies (Cognizant Technologies); Artha Nyana Academy (Malaysia), Intelligent Society of Malaysia etc. NanoDigest, Economic Times and Telegraph have published news about her research; Thanthi TV, All India Radio, Minnal FM (Malaysia) and Bernama TV (Malaysia) have broadcasted her interviews.

Research Interests in Nanotechnology & related fields and Synthesizing & Characterizations of Nanoshells / Nanomaterials. Developing of Nanomaterials for treatment of Diabetes, Psoriasis, Cancer, Heart Diseases etc.

Dr. Anand Nayyar (Academician, Researcher, Author, Writer, Inventor, Innovator, Scientist, Consultant and Orator) received MCA from Punjabi University, Patiala in 2008 with Gold Medal and Distinction. He received his M.Phil in Computer Science in 2009 in 1st Division from V.M.U, Tamil Nadu. He received his M.Tech in Information Technology in 2011 with Distinction cum University Topper. He received his MBA in Information Systems from Sikkim Manipal University with 1st Division. He has done his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh in 2017 in Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence and Network Simulation. (Topper in Course Work).

Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Adhoc Networks, Underwater Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Software Engineering cum Testing, Network Security, Wireless Communications, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Smart Cities, Simulation Tools, Information Systems, Embedded Systems, Robotics, High Performance Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Distributed Computing, Ethical Hacking, Big Data Analytics, Open Source Technology, Next Generation Wireless Networks-5G and many more.

Holder of the First Class Golden Medal for Sciences and Arts and the recipient of the 2010 Appreciation State Prize in the realm of Advanced Technological Sciences. Professor Ammar is currently the Chairman, Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Industries, Future University in Egypt; formerly, Dean of the Pharmacy Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. He has 114 research papers published in international scientific journals. These research papers cover most of the areas related to pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics. Design of new drug delivery systems is not beyond the scope of his interest.

His research interest is on drug delivery systems

Dr. Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner has over 26 years of research experience in various areas within the field of Computer Engineering. Additionally, she has worked in the area of patent law for several years. She has published numerous scientific papers, including two books, and has handled the prosecution and infringement analysis of many complex U.S. and international patents. She is currently a Professor of Engineering Practice at the Electrical Engineering-Systems Department at the University of Southern California (USC), and since 2004 has been an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to joining UCLA, she was a tenured full Professor and Department Head at the Computer Engineering Department of Rochester Institute of Technology. Her most recent area of research is in Technology Law. She is investigating how various forms of emerging technologies may be impacted by, and come into conflict with, U.S. and international policies and laws. Pervasive (heterogeneous/ubiquitous) computing and nanotechnology are two emerging technologies in which she an extensive scientific background. She has founded and/or chaired numerous IEEE conferences and organizations, including the IEEE Women in Engineering affinity division of the Coastal Los Angeles Section. She is the recipient of several prestigious grants and honours including a teaching award for being voted as the best teacher by her engineering students. She is a nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

Nanotechnology, Computing Architectures and Interconnects: Bio-inspired and Nanoscale Computing, MEMS, Optical Interconnects, VLSI and Reconfigurable chips Computing Networks and Algorithms: Heterogeneous/Cluster/Grid/Cloud Computing, Mapping and Scheduling paradigms/algorithms/tools Biomedical Applications: Nanomedicine, Bioinformatics, Sequence Alignment, Image-Processing, Computer Vision Technology Law: Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, Patent Reform, Digital Rights, Cyber Law/Crimes, Internet Privacy

Dr. Fabian Davamani completed his PhD at IBMS, University of Madras and worked at National Institute of Immunology, India and National Science Council, Taiwan as a post doctoral fellow. Currently working as a faculty in International Medical University, Malaysia; previously worked at Loyola College, Chennai and Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Pilani, India. Worked on infectious diseases of the eyes, genotyping of BPD patients, peptides and truncated protein internalization, mechanism and pathways, developed nano formulation against microbes. Biosaferty officer and Deputy Head, Center for Bioactive Molecules and Drug Delivery (BMDD) in International Medical University (IMU) and Head microbiology research focus group IMU.

Cell and Molecular biology (Cloning, protein expression and purification, signaling) Microbiology (Clinical isolation and related study, antimicrobial testing nano-formulations) Microfluidic chip applications for research and diagnosis (Surface Plasmon based binding assay and diagnostics)

Behzad Shahmoradi was born in Sanandaj City, Kurdistan, west of Iran in 1976. He completed his B.E. in Environmental Health Engineering from Urmia University of Medical Sciences in 2000. After four year experience as environmental health inspector, he joint University of Mysore, India for M.Sc. in Environmental Science. In 2010, he awarded PhD from University of Mysore, India under supervision of Prof. K.Byrappa. Later, as Assist. Professor, he joint Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. He is the Deputy of Education at Faculty of Health and has published 31 scientific papers and collaborated in some project works on nanomaterials. His interest is synthesis of doped nanomaterials for environmental application. He has also published book chapters on hydrothermal synthesis of doped nanomaterials.

His interest is synthesis of doped nanomaterials for environmental application, Environmental Science, Environmental Health Research Center

Dr. James Liang is a Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. Previously, Dr. Liang served as professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing) and Associate Research Professor at University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). Dr. Liang is currently editorial board members of three scientific journals and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. There are three research projects in Dr. Liang, Laboratory: 1) Bacteria responsible materials for bio-fouling and medical device infections; 2) Therapeutic peptides; and 3) Nano-technology enabled bacteria and cancer cell sensing.

Dr. James Liang's research interests are bioactive peptides, functional polymers, and their potential pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

Dr Kar Seng (Vincent) Teng is an Associate Professor and leads the Nanoelectronics Research Group in the College of Engineering at Swansea University in the United Kingdom. He received his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Swansea University, and has extensive research experiences in the study of nanoscale electronic materials and devices. This involves the application of nanotechnology in electronics, which has major impact in healthcare, computer, photonic and energy technologies. He has the expertise in the fabrication and characterisation of nanoscale electronic materials and devices, as well as controlling their properties through surface engineering for novel applications. His funded research includes the investigation of low-dimensional electronic materials, such as graphene, metal-oxide and nitride nanostructures etc., in the development of ultra-sensitive nano-biosensors for the early detection of diseases, short-wavelength lasers for ultra-high density data storage, nano-plasmonics for photovoltaic technology and fabrication of nanoelectronic devices using printing technology etc. He is also a Journal Editor for Fluorescent Materials.

Dr Teng leads the Nanoelectronics Research Group within the Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre at the College of Engineering. His research interest is in the study of nanoscale electronic materials and devices. This involves the application of nanotechnology in electronics, which has major impact in healthcare, computer, photonic and energy technologies. His research includes the investigation of low-dimensional electronic materials, such as graphene, metal-oxide and nitride nanostructures etc., in the development of ultra-sensitive nano-biosensors for the early detection of diseases, short-wavelength lasers for ultra-high density data storage and nano-plasmonics for photovoltaic technology etc.

Mawia A. Hassan received his B.Sc. degree from the Biomedical Engineering department at Sudan University of Science & Technology in 2002. He recived his M.Sc. & Ph.D. degrees from the Biomedical Engineering department at Cairo University in 2007 and 2011 respectively. He is currently the head of Biomedical Engineering Department at Sudan university of Sceinec & Technology. His research interests include medical imaging processing, analysis in particular MRI and ultrasound imaging, and multidimensional signal processing for biomedical applications.

His research interests include medical imaging processing, analysis in particular MRI and ultrasound imaging, and multidimensional signal processing for biomedical applications.