Ömer Burak İSTANBULLU, Ph.D.

Ömer Burak İSTANBULLU is an Assistant Professor and department vice chair of Biomedical Engineering Department at Eskişehir Osmangazi University. After studying in the field of biomedical engineering and specializing on tumor segmentation from magnetic resonance images at Erciyes University, he then pursued a Master's program at Istanbul Technical University and Erciyes University with the scope of biomaterial-medical imaging device compatibility. Following the Master's degree, he received a Ph.D. from Erciyes University, in the field of biocompatibility improvement of implantable intravascular biomaterials using biomimetic surface modification approaches. Dr. İSTANBULLU is experienced in the development and improvement of biocompatible materials using biomimetic approaches, combining the computational methods and experimental analysis to achieve the most effective solutions for the challenges related to biomaterials. His research interests include surface modification by biomimetic approaches, diamond-like carbon and carbon nanotubes, electrochemical, thermal and mechanical characterization of biomaterials, anticorrosive and biocompatible surface development. The overall goal of Dr. İSTANBULLU through his work is contributing to the development of new and innovative biomaterials that have the potential to reduce the biomaterial-based risks in the field of biomedical engineering.

Achintya Haldar, Ph.D.

Dr. Achintya Haldar is active in the related areas of this presentation for over four decades and has published extensively. He taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, and now at the University of Arizona. He was a Guest Professor at the University of Tokyo, Visiting Professor at the IISc -Bangalore, IIT - Kanpur, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Honorary Distinguished Visiting Professor at BESU. He also worked Engineers India Ltd, New Delhi and Bechtel Power Corp, Los Angeles. Dr. Haldar has published over 640 technical articles (Google Scholar), including 12 books (edited included), and 38 book chapters. Dr. Haldar is a Distinguished Member of ASCE and a Fellow of SEI. He also received Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Reliability and Safety and an Honorable Diploma from the Czech Society for Mechanics. He received the highest teaching award from the University of Arizona and inducted in to Teaching Excellence Award Wall, Georgia Tech. He received many research awards including from President Reagan, ASCE's Huber Civil Engineering Research prize, and John C. Park Outstanding Civil Engineer Award. He received Excellence in Research Journal Award, IGI Global; Certificate of Recognition from Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia; Polis University, Albania; EuroSciCon, France; Euro Congress, London; Certificate of Appreciation, Taishan Academic Forum on Structural Safety and Reliability Assessment, China; and Honorable Recognition Award from ASME.

Title of Speech: Intelligent Structural Design Using Functional Materials in Civil Engineering

Seyed Ghaffar, Ph.D.

Dr. Seyed Ghaffar is a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng, MICE), a Member of the Institute of Concrete Technology (MICT) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He is the leader of Additive Manufacturing Technology in Construction Research Group (AMTC). The focus of AMTC is on valorising construction and demolition waste using materials science and 3D printing to achieve the circular economy goals of sustainable construction. Dr. Ghaffar's research covers a number of construction materials, with a focus on the development of low-carbon technologies suitable for new and retrofitting applications by combining materials sciences and innovative technologies. He has been the PI or Co-I of ~£6M on 8 grants from EPSRC, British Council, and the EU H2020. Two projects worth noting are: "Direct Writing of Cementitious Inks to Scaffolds with Complex Microarchitectures (DiWoCIS) "and "Digital fabrication and integration of Material reuse for environmentally friendly cementitious composite building blocks (DigiMat)". Dr. Ghaffar is the Executive Editor of the Journal of Results in Engineering (Elsevier). He recently edited a book titled "Innovation in construction - A Practical Guide to Transforming the Construction Industry".

Title of Speech: High Performance Compressed Straw Board (HPCSB)

Sajjad Seifi Mofarah, Ph.D.

Dr. Sajjad Seifi Mofarah is a materials scientist, who specializes in energy and environmental remediation. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from UNSW Sydney in 2020, where he conducted research on applied electrochemistry in fabrication of metal-based coordination polymers, oxides, and 2D heterojunction materials with engineered defect structures for catalysis and energy storage applications. Upon completing his Ph.D., he continued his work at UNSW as a Research Associate, expanding his research for fabrication and advanced characterization of functional materials for energy storage, thermo-catalysis, and electro-catalysis applications. In April 2020, Dr. Mofarah started working as a Research Associate at Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre, UNSW Sydney, on cyclic reprocessing of battery materials. In 2022, he was appointed as the Chief Scientist at Vecor Technologies and a Senior Research Associate at UNSW. Dr. Mofarah's current research focus involves the development of materials for lithium and sodium rechargeable batteries. He maintains an impressive publication record in highly regarded journals, e.g., Chemical Society Reviews, Nature Communications, and Advanced Materials. His extensive research experience and expertise in the field of materials science provide a strong foundation for him to make significant contributions to the field in the years to come.

Title of Speech: Design and Development of Functional Nanostructures for High-Rate Pseudocapacitance Energy Storage

Marwan Omar, Ph.D.

Dr. Omar's Academic career has consistently focused on applied, industry-relevant cyber security, Data Analytics, machine learning, application of AI to cyber security and digital forensics research and education that delivers real-world results. He brings a unique combination of industry experience as well as teaching experience gained from teaching across different cultures and parts of the world. He has an established self-supporting program in machine learning application to cyber security. He has established a respectable research record in AI and cyber security exemplified in the dozens of published papers and book chapters that have gained recognition among researchers and practitioners (more than 272 Google scholar citations thus far). He is actively involved in graduate as well as undergraduate machine learning education including curriculum development and assessment. Dr. Omar has recently published two books with Springer on Machine Learning and Cyber Security and has also published research with IEEE conference on Sematic Computing. Additionally, Dr. Omar hold numerous industry certifications including Comptia Sec+, ISACA CDPSE, EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker, and SANS Advanced Smartphone Forensics Analyst. Dr. Omar has been very active academia and the industry and he is currently serving as an associate professor of cyber security at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Title of Speech: Applications of Nanotechnology in Cybersecurity

Alan Wang, Ph.D.

Alan Wang is a principal investigator and Associate Professor at Auckland University. He has more than ten years of research experience in bioengineering informatics and integrated medicine, especially in advancing the role of medical informatics in health care. His research interests include bioengineering, signal processing, data informatics, machine learning, and biomedical statistics and simulation. He has developed advanced data analytics methods for intelligent health and personalized diagnosis and prognosis based on signal processing and machine learning theories. He has experience analyzing huge cohorts of data with applications of early diagnosis, disease understanding, and effective treatment of patients with different disorders. He serves as an Editorial Board Member and an Active Reviewer for several international journals.

Title of Speech: Artificial Intelligence for 3D Printing, Nanotechnology and Advanced Mechanics

Abdullahi Arabo, Ph.D.

Dr. Arabo is a highly accomplished Senior Lecturer in Computer Networks and Mobile Technology at the University of the West of England. He has received numerous accolades, including the "Most Dedicated Cyber Professional Development Educator (UK)" award from the AI 2020 cyber-Security Awards, induction into the UWE Black Hall of Fame, and the UWE winner of the NFT awards 2022. Dr. Arabo has an extensive background in research and development, teaching, and consultancy roles within the field of Network Security, Security of System-of-Systems composition, Mobile ad-hoc networks, ubiquitous computing, Cyber Security, Smart Device Security, and Identity Management. He has successfully led the development of an MSc Cyber Security program that has been certified by the National Cyber Security Centre UK (NCSC) and generated an income of over £2M per year. He has a sustained record of both internal and external funding for providing solutions for effective teaching and learning totalling over £1M. Additionally, he strategically led the three main pieces of evidence UWE recognition as a Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security, the Cyber Security Research Unit (CSRU), and UnlockCyber. Dr. Arabo is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Title of Speech: Shining a Light on Solar Cell Technology: Leveraging IoT for Efficiency and Security

Bhupesh Kumar, Ph.D.

Bhupesh Kumar is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Physics and Astronomy, at the University of St-Andrews, Scotland, UK. He completed his first postdoctoral studies in May 2020 as a PBC Postdoctoral fellow at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, where he played a leading role in the development of a complex experiment set up to study active control of 1D disorder gain media (Random laser), Impact of Non-Hermiticity and Nonlinear Interactions on Disordered-Induced Localized Modes, 1D and 2D solid-state tunable random laser. He has expertise in the subject of light localization, disorder photonics (1D, 2D), wave propagation in disorder media, and adaptive optics. He has completed his Ph.D. from IISER, Mohali, India, where he worked on large angle twist properties of spider silks using optical diffraction technique and Raman spectroscopy.

Title of Speech: A Brief Rreview on Random Laser