2^nd International Conference on Energy Materials and Fuel Cell Research August 27-28, 2018 (World Energy Congress) Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dongfang Yang received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from University of Guelph in Canada in 1995. After graduated from University of Guelph, he worked at the University of Ottawa, National Research Council Canada in Ottawa, and then the Centre for Nuclear Energy Research at Fredericton. Since 2001, he joined the National Research Council Canada in London Ontario as an Assistant Research Officer and now he is a Senior Research Officer. He has also held the Adjunct Professorship at the Department of Chemistry, Lakehead University and the Department of Chemistry, Western University in Ontario, Canada.

Dongfang Yang’s current search interests include laser materials processing; pulsed laser, sputtering and e-beam deposition of thin films; new material development for energy devices; chemical, thermal and optical sensor development; and electrochemical studies of organic adsorption and self-assembly monolayer. In his career, he have edited 2 books, authored 4 book chapters, 2 patents, 50 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals, and 16 papers in conference proceedings. He is currently serving as Member of Editorial Board for 8 scientific journals including “The Research & Reviews in Electrochemistry”, “Current Chemical Research” and journal “Sensors & Transducers”.

Prof. Haydn Chen has completed his PhD from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He had been a full Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 22 years before joining the City University of Hong Kong as a Chair Professor and Head of the Department in 2000. From 2004 to 2012, he was the President of Tunghai University in Taiwan, then he joined University of Macau in 2012 as a Vice Rector. He is currently a Chair Professor in Materials Science and the CEO for the Office of University Advancement at the National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Having supervised over 50 MS and PhD students and worked closed with more than 20 research associates and visiting scholars in four universities, Prof. Chen has authored or co-authored over 350 journal articles and delivered more than 250 technical presentations. Dr. Chen’s research has evolved from metals and alloys, in which he pioneered x-ray diffraction studies of kinetic processes of ordering or coarsening in technologically important Ni-based super-alloys, Fe-based shape memory alloys and Al-based light metal alloys, to thin films of electric ceramics such as ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, nitrides, etc. He is currently working on energy materials including energy harvesting and storage.

Dr. Y.L. Mo, F.ASCE and F.ACI, is Professor at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Houston (UH). He is also Tsinghua Chair Professor, Institute of Future City and Infrastructure, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Dr. Mo’s technical interests are multi-resolution distributed analytical simulations, network analysis, large-scale concrete structure testing and field investigations of the response of complex networks and structures, on which he has more than 400 research publications, including 198 referred journal papers, many conference, keynote and prestige lectures, research reports, books and book chapters, magazine articles and earthquake field mission reports. Dr. Mo has successfully supervised six post-doc, 23 PhD and over 40 Masters Theses as well as 25 visiting scholar studies. Many of his students hold significant positions in industry, academia and government around the world. In the past several years, Dr. Mo has focused on periodic material research, especially application of periodic material to dynamic isolation of energy infrastructures.

Dr. Mo has focused on periodic material research, especially application of periodic material to dynamic isolation of energy infrastructures.

Prof. Hongwei Sun graduated with a Ph. D. degree from Institute of Engineering Thermophysics at Chinese Academy of Science in 1998. Prior to joining UML in 2005, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University of Rhode Island (URI) and later a research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and serves as the director of Multiscale Thermal Science Lab (MTSL) at UML. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as board members of several committees such as NSF PIER Advisory Board and ASME Micro/Nanofluidic symposium committee.

Prof. Sun works in the areas of microfluidics/BioMEMS, Thermal Energy Storage Materials, Acoustic Sensors, Interfacial Thermal Transport, Nanoimprinting, MEMS Design and Fabrication, and Microchannel Cooling. His current research focuses on fundamental understanding of thermal transport phenomena at the interfaces between phases and from macro to nanoscales and its applications in thermal management, energy storage and material processing.

Winfried Hoffmann studied solid state physics, diploma in superconductivity and finished with a PhD-thesis in biophysics (laser flash photolysis). He started his industrial career in 1979 at NUKEM/RWE in the area of CdS/Cu2S – Thin-Film solar cells and modules, amorphous Silicon as well as Dye Solar Cells. In the mid-1980s and 90s a pilot production for MIS-inversion layer c-Si solar cells and large area modules was put in operation. From 1994 he served as Managing Director to "Angewandte Solarenergie - ASE GmbH" (JV DASA and RWE). In the same year the acquisition of 100 % shares of Mobil Solar as a subsidiary company was done with special focus on their developed ribbon EFG technology. In the late 90s the company was renamed RWE Solar and was one of the worldwide 5 biggest production companies. The first inline PE-CVD machines for SiN were developed and built in these years. In 2007 he joined Applied Materials to become Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of the Solar Business Group and member of the Management Board of the German based Applied Materials GmbH. For many years he was member in the supervisory board of listed companies (SMA Solar Technology AG and SolarFabrik AG) and was also active in numerous Research Institutes (FhG-ISE, ISFH, Helmholtz Center Berlin, ZSW, and DLR). He served many years in solar associations in order to convince politics to support the PV market development (German BSW Solar and European EPIA, now SolarPower Europe). Since 2011 he gives lectures about Renewable Energy at the universities Konstanz and Freiburg. In 2012 he received the John Bonda prize from EPIA and the prestigious “European Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics” from the European Commission. The World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) awarded him as “Solar Pioneer” in 2014.

- Photovoltaics - Batteries - Renewable Energies

Dr. J. A. Szpunar has enjoyed distinguished academic carrier in various universities in Europe, Asia and Canada. He is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the area of texture, structure and properties of polycrystalline materials. Educated in Krakow, Poland, he subsequently worked in the Institute of Nuclear Techniques in Krakow, National Research Laboratory of Finland in Otaniemi, Riso National Laboratory (Denmark), and Institute of Nuclear Research in Bandung (Indonesia), Sussex University and University of Durham (UK), and Queens University (Canada) and also taught at the Seoul University (Korea). He was an invited professor at Osaka University and Tohoku University (Japan), Bangalore Institute of Science and Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology (India), and served three times as an advisor of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. During 22 years he has been Professor of Materials Science and Henry Birk’s Chair in Metallurgy at McGill University. During his time, at McGill, he founded the “Textures & Microstructure Laboratory”, recognized as a leading world center of microstructural research. Dr. Szpunar joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in August 2009 as Tier I Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and his present research is mainly related to materials for Generation IV nuclear reactors and novel techniques to support clean energy programs.

Dr. Szpunar overall research interests extend to various areas of materials related investigations. In particular he has longstanding interests in deformation and recrystallization processes in metals; in structure and properties of thin films; in electronic interconnects; in hard and soft magnetic materials; in high temperature oxidation and corrosion; in synergy of wear, erosion and corrosion; in the applications of X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques; in hydrogen membranes; in intergranular fractures; in fatigue and failure; and in superplasticity and other special properties of nanocrystalline materials. He is also interested in hydrogen generation and storage and new design of pipeline for safer oil and gas transport. The results of his research are presented in 950 research papers (600 in refereed journals). 40 PhD students and 27 MSc students graduated under his supervision. He supervise at present 12 PhD students and high number of other HQP researchers.

Cervera Arquitectos (former Cervera & Pioz Architects), based in Madrid, owns a large international experience with works in Spain, Russian Federation, China, India, Malaysia, Bolivia, etc. Its innovative architecture is based on continuous research on new models to improve ecological architecture: energy efficient, environmentally balanced and respectful of nature and human needs, and dedicated to upgrading the beauty in the cities of the XXI century. All projects are characterized by the combination of high Design Creativity and reliable Technical Skills. The team, consisting of highly qualified professionals, works in cooperation with the founder of the firm as a groundbreaking workshop. Among her recent works must be mentioned the Embassy of China PR in Madrid (Spain); V-Towers in Kolkata (India); Fengcheng Spanish Town, Shanghai (China); Sberbank Headquarters in Voronezh (Russian Federation); Xi Xi Villa, Wetland Park, Hangzhou (China); BPTP - Centra One, Gurgaon, New Delhi (India); Shiwalik Tower, Chandigarh (India); Veusian’s Chamber, Dappar Punjab (India); Tai Dai Square, Chengdu (China); Numancia Health’s Care in Madrid (Spain); Sta Isabel Health’s Care in Zaragoza (Spain); Couder Tennis Club in Madrid (Spain), Sanidad Exterior in Sevilla (Spain); Police Headquarters in Madrid (Spain), Central Plaza in Satélite Norte (Bolivia) etc.

Cervera arquitectos are pioneers in the research of Bionics, Biomimicry and the application of biological structures into an innovative architecture and urban design, reaching efficiency and increasing beauty through bio-inspired solutions. A direct result of these studies was the discovery of a new concept: Bio-Structure. By applying this new model to high-rise spaces the Self-Sustainable Vertical Garden Bio-City was developed. This bio-structure, which can reach up to 1,220m high, proposes an entirely new urban model for Megacities that grows in vertical returning land to the earth. Lately the most innovative research is related to the using of living species in the traditional construction to improve environment.