KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
| Name: | IBRAHIM DINCER | 
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President, Hydrogen Technologies Association |
INVITED SPEAKERS
| Name: | BALARAM KUNDU | 
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He has been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Jadavpur University since January 2014. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Durgapur, in 1993 and completed his postgraduate studies in Thermal Engineering at Bengal Engineering College in 1995. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2000. His international visit began in 2007 at Saga University in Japan, where he served as a visiting faculty member. He worked as a Research Professor at Hanyang University in South Korea, under the Brain Korea 21 program. His research areas include heat transfer in composite materials, nanomaterials, hyperthermia treatment, solar collectors, and thermoelectric generators, among others. He has published numerous book chapters and conference papers, receiving international recognition, including being listed among the top 2% of global scientists in mechanical engineering by Stanford University for 2020-2025. |
| Name: | ENRICO SCIUBBA | 
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Dr. Enrico Sciubba (born Roma 1949, M.Eng. Roma 1972, Ph.D. Rutgers, NJ 1981) is Professor of Turbomachinery & Energy Systems in the Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering of the University of Roma 1 “La Sapienza”. He has held industrial positions in Europe and taught Thermal Sciences in the US and Europe. He holds two honorary Doctoral Degrees, from the U. of Galati and from Ovidius University (Romania). His currently active research topics are the exergy analysis of complex systems; the CFD-aided optimization of energy-conversion components; the design and prototyping of ultra-micro gas-turbines for hybrid vehicles and as portable power generators, and the application of AI techniques to turbomachinery design. He has authored or co-authored 4 books (2 in english) and over 200 scientific papers. Professor Sciubba is an ASME Fellow and a member of several international Engineering Societies. He is also active in the ERASMUS Faculty and Student Exchanges. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Energies (www.mdpi.org.energies/), and Associate Editor for Energy, Int. J. of Thermodynamics, Int. J. of Energy Research and J. Energy Resource Technology, Main research fields:Exergy analysis; Entropy-based optimization; CFD of turbomachinery; Ultra-Micro Gas Turbines; Energy Systems analysis; Thermodynamic Ecological Indicators |
| Name: | HAFIZ MUHAMMAD ALI | 
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Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali, currently working as an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom, in 2011. He was a postdoc at Water and Energy Laboratory of University of California at Merced, United States, during 2015-16. |
| Name: | HAKAN F. OZTOP | 
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Hakan F. Oztop is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey. He received his Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Firat University in 1996 and later on pursued masters and Ph.D. degrees at the same university energy division in 2003. His main research fields are computational fluid dynamics, energy storage, combustion, and renewable energy. He studied at the University De Montreal, Ecole Polytechnique, Canada in 2002 and Auburn University Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2004 for short-time studies. He has more than 300 international journal papers. |
| Name: | JAMES REN | 
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Xuejun (James) Ren is a Professor of Engineering (since 2010), Director of MEMARC (2012-) and GERI (204-2026) at Liverpool John Moores University (UK). He graduated from Yanshan University (China) with a BEng (H.) degree in Materials Science and Engineering and obtained his MSc/PhD degree in Advanced Manufacturing and Design from University of Hull (UK). He has previously worked at several different universities and companies (e.g. Uni. of Exeter, Serco Assurance/AMEC, UK). Prof. Ren is a long serving editorial board member of “Materials & Design” and acted as chairperson/speaker at many different conferences. His current research interests and activities are in Materials Characterization, Processing, Modelling and Data-led New Materials Development. He has authored/co-authored over 120 SCI journal papers, supervised over 15 PhD students as DOS. His research has been sponsored by EPSRC, DTI, HEFCE, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, NHS, EU and industrial sources. He is the PI/Coordinator for several recent EU and EPSRC projects on data-led materials development and manufacturing (e.g. Nu-Weld/793114; i-Weld/823786; SynAM/101129996 and Ice-Link/101130406) |
| Name: | LI WANGI | 
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Dr Li Wang has her first degree in Material Science and Engineering, MSc in Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, and PhD in Computational Mechanics. She worked at the Solid mechanics group, Oxford University after her PhD involved in various EPSRC and Industrial (Rolls-Royce) R&D projects across aerospace and automotive industries. Her focus was on impact behaviour of materials and structures, employing experimental testing and numerical simulations. She had many years’ industrial experience with Global Packaging Design Group in Unilever R&D, managing several large projects and leading the CAE team and Design Engineering Team with different functions (mechanical and thermal modelling, mould design and cooling systems, Low temperature technologies, discover, supply chain, etc). She joined School of Engineering and Material Science, at Queen Marry University of London in 2022 as senior lecturer and Director of Student Experience and Industrial Link for Queen Marry Engineering School (Jointly with Northwestern Polytechnical University, China). Her recent research interests covered both research and engineering education. Dr Wang has published widely in different areas since transferring from industry to academia, including a recent paper on Nature Scientific reports on Sustainability and materials. She has involved in supervision of several PhD research projects including joint supervision for H2020 MSCA Individual fellowship. She delivered many presentations in the past few years including invited talks at leading international industrial/academic conferences. |
| Name: | MOHAMMAD AMERI | 
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Mohammad Ameri is currently a Full Professor and Energy Conversion Chair in the Mechanical and Energy Engineering Department at the Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran, Iran. He received the Award of the Distinguished Researcher of the Country, Ministry of Higher Education, Iran. He was granted the prestigious Kharazmi National Award of the Best Applied Research Project Prize for the Cooperation in the “Design, Modeling & Testing of Deaerator,” Ministry of Higher Education, Iran. He is the Editorial member of Journal of Renewable Energy & Environment. He was the National Consultant for “Development Study for Institutional Capacity Development on Energy Management in the Building Sector in the Islamic Republic of Iran” project, JICA Study Team, Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI). He was also the National Technical Advisor for “Iran Industries Energy Efficiency & Conservation Project,” UNDP & GEF. His current research interests include Analysis of Energy Systems, Renewable Energies, Application of Nanofluids in Heat Transfer & Heat Exchangers, Steam & Combined Cycle Power Plants, and Desalination Hybrid Systems. |
| Name: | NAEL BARAKAT | 
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Dr. Barakat is currently serving as a Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. Dr. Barakat is a professionally registered engineer in Ontario, Canada, a Fulbright Specialist, and is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Dr. Barakat holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University, Ontario, and a Master Degree from Concordia University, Canada. Dr. Barakat is actively serving in many leadership positions for professional organizations such as ASME, NIEE, IEEE-Educational Society, and ASEE. Dr. Barakat is also a program evaluator for ABET, currently serving as ABET commissioner, and a consultant for engineering programs development and evaluation under other systems. Dr. Barakat is an active consultant who is currently collaborating with international teams of professionals from academia and industry to build capacity and education programs in areas such as: Engineering Leadership, Engineering Ethics, Professionalism, Societal Impact of Technology, Curriculum Development, and Communication. Dr. Barakat expertise and interest include also the areas of Mechatronics, Control, Robotics, Automation, and Nanotechnology Education. |
| Name: | PRAVIN KATARE | 
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An accomplished Associate Professor & Dean (Accreditations and Rankings) of Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College of Engineering, Pune(India) with 25+ years of extensive experience in academics, research, accreditation , skill training, quality assurance ,innovation and consultancy including leadership position as Head, Dean possess in-depth technical knowledge of mechanical engineering with artificial intelligence, thermal & fluid science, refrigeration and air conditioning with extended knowledge of business driven domain of Analytics, Digital platform and Patent procedure. Recognised as Research Fellow & PhD Supervisor at INTI International University, Putra Nilai, Malaysia. Contribute as an editor & reviewer of WoS/Scopus indexed International journals and work for extending a linkage with international universities for technical research and projects. Also certified professional for Green Building certification by ASSOCHAM-GEM (Green and environmental movement). |
| Name: | SALIM HIZIROGLU | 
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Salim Hiziroglu has Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University, MS degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and BS degree from Karadeniz Technical University in Turkey. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University. His research has focused primarily on value-added lignocellulosic composite panel technology. He had been as a Visiting Professor at 11 universities around the world and has 223 refereed journal publications in addition to 100 publications in conference proceedings and through Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. |