Keynote Speakers

Professor, Henry Hu, University of Windsor, Canada

Biography:

Dr. Hongfa (Henry) Hu is a tenured full Professor at Department of Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering, University of Windsor.  He was a senior research engineer at Ryobi Die Casting (USA), and a Chief Metallurgist at Meridian Technologies, and a Research Scientist at Institute of Magnesium Technology. 

He received degrees from University of Toronto (Ph.D., 1996), University of Windsor (M.A.Sc., 1991), and Shanghai University of Technology (B.A.Sc., 1985). He was a NSERC Industrial Research Fellow (1995-1997). His publications (over 200 papers) are in the area of magnesium alloys, composites, metal casting, computer modelling, and physical metallurgy. He was a Key Reader of the Board of Review of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, a Committee Member of the Grant Evaluation Group for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Science Foundation (USA) and Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly. He has served as a member or chairman of various committees for CIM-METSOC, AFS, and USCAR.

The applicant’s current research is on materials processing and evaluation of light alloys and composites. His recent fundamental research is focussed on transport phenomena and mechanisms of solidification, phase transformation and dissolution kinetics. His applied research has included development of magnesium automotive applications, cost-effective casting processes for novel composites, and control systems for casting processes. His work on light alloys and composites has attracted the attention of several automotive companies.

Professor, Paulo César DE MORAIS, Catholic University of Brasília & University of Brasília, Brazil

Biography:

Paulo C. DE MORAIS (H-60), PhD, was full Professor of Physics at the University of Brasilia (UnB) – Brazil up to 2013, Appointed as UnB’s Emeritus Professor (2014), Appointed as Guest Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology – China (2011), Visiting Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) – China (2012-2015), Appointed as Distinguished Professor at Anhui University (AHU) – China (2016-2019), Appointed as Full Professor at Catholic University of Brasília (UCB) – Brazil (2018), Appointed as CNPq-1A Research Fellowship since 2010. 2007 Master Research Prize from UnB, 2008-member of the European ERA NET Nanoscience Committee, Member of the IEEE-Magnetic Society Technical Committee, Senior Member of the IEEE Society, 2012 China’s 1000 Foreign Expert Recipient, and 2012 Academic Excellence Award from Brazilian Professor’s Union. He held two-years (1987-1988) post-doc position with Bell Communications Research – New Jersey, USA and received his Doctoral degree in Solid State Physics (1986) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil. He graduated in both Chemistry (1976) and Physics (1977) at UnB. Professor Morais is member of the Brazilian Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE. He has served as referee for more than 50 technical journals, takes part of the Editorial Board of more than 15 technical journals and has conducted research on nanomaterials for over 40 years. He is known for his research in preparation, characterization and applications of nanosized materials (magnetic fluid, magnetoliposome, magnetic nanoemulsion, magnetic nanocapsule, magnetic nanofilm, magnetic nanocomposite, nanosized semiconductors, polymeric dots, carbon dots, and graphene quantum dots). With more than 500 published papers in peer reviewed journals, more than 13,000 citations, more than 200 international invited talks, and more than 15 filed patents. He has appeared in recent World ranking of top scientists, such as 2020-Stanford, 2022-Research.com, 2023-AD Scientific Index, 2023-Research.com, 2024-Elsevier, and 2025-AD Scientific Index.

Professor, Viacheslav Burlov, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University & Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Russia

Biography:

Viacheslav Burlov: Professor of the Higher School of Technosphere Safety of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. (Russia).  Professor of the Department of Information Technologies and Security Systems of the Russian State Hydrometeorological University (St. Petersburg, Russia).

Viacheslav Burlov received the degrees of specialist in flight theory (1972), Doctor of Technical Sciences in cybernetics and systems analysis (1979), and Professor of technical sciences in cybernetics and systems analysis (1999). Burlov is a well-known scientist in the fields of management, systems research, artificial intelligence systems, security, and modeling of processes of various physical natures. He is the author of more than 15 peer-reviewed books and 350 articles in various publishing houses in Russia and abroad. He is guided by the principle of "The goal of science is the search for unity." Burlov developed a theory of system synthesis based on the law of preserving the integrity of an object. He is a certified expert in the quality of professional education of international class.

He is particularly known for his work in energy management and environmental technologies that use artificial intelligence to improve user experience and system performance.

Professor, Javad A. Esfahani, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad & Lishui University, Iran

Biography:

Prof. J A Esfahani (PhD), he is graduated from UNB Canada, 1998, and have academic experience about 34 years. His current position are Lishui university, China and Ferdowsi university of Mashhad, Iran. His major is energy conversion and management. He already have 15 graduated PhD and 100 graduated Msc. His publication is about 240 ISI Journal. He is a member of Combustion Institute (international), Iranian combustion society, Solar energy Society, Director of Center of Excellence in Energy Management (Certified by NIOC), Centre of excellence in linear and non linear system at Ferdowsi university of Mashhad, Centre of excellence in energy conversion at Sharif university of Technology. Editorial experience is  Iranian combustion Journal, International Review of Chemical Engineering, Journal of Heat and mass transfer research, and Tarbiet Modaress Journal. He is  top 1% researchers by WOS, 2020 till now. He has 10 industrial research, among them a national ones. He obtain several awards nationally for his achievement on book, top researchers, and best supervisor, among them Brain pool award, South Korea, 2019-2020, and Talent awards by Zhejiang province, China, 2022.

Associate Professor, Ahmed Mourtada Elseman, Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute (CMRDI), Egypt

Biography:

Ahmed Mourtada Elseman is an Associate Professor and Acting Head of the Electronic and Magnetic Materials Department at the Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute (CMRDI) in Egypt. With a strong educational background in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, he has a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Science at Al-Azhar University in Egypt. His research focuses on perovskite solar cells, and he has been recognized for his contributions to the field, including being ranked 1st in Africa and Egypt for his work on low-cost perovskite solar cells. He has an H-index of 26 from Scopus and 29 from Google Scholar citations.

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