Proceedings of the 6^th World Congress
on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (MCM'20)

Dr. Frank Cheng
University of Calgary, Canada
MMME'20 Keynote Speaker

Dr. Frank Cheng is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Calgary. He is an internationally reputed researcher in Corrosion Science and Engineering of Pipelines. Dr. Cheng has authored 3 books and over 210 journal publications, with the total citations exceeding 8,100 and the H-index of 58. In particular, he published a commentary article regarding pipeline safety and environmental impact in Nature in 2016. Dr. Cheng is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Canadian Distinguished Materials Scientist Award, the Metal Chemistry Award by Canadian Metallurgy and Materials Society, H.H. Uhlig Award by NACE International, Shi Changxu Award by China Corrosion and Protection Society, Engineering Research Achievement Award by the University of Calgary, etc. Dr. Cheng is serving as the Board Director and Chair of the Technical Committee on Materials Technology of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, the Chair of Task Group 521 of NACE International, etc. He previously served as the Treasurer of NACE Foundation of Canada, Country (Canada) Leader of Corrosion IMPACT Global Program, the member of U.S. National Academy of Sciences’ committee on Bitumen Transportation by Pipelines, the Theme Editor of Encyclopaedia of Pipeline Engineering, etc.

Topic of Keynote:
Fundamental and applied aspects of nanocomposite photoanodes for photoelectrochemical cathodic protection

Dr. Ramon Codina
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
ICMIE'20 Keynote Speaker

Dr. Ramon Codina is a Professor of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), where he began his academic career in 1990. Dr. Codina teaches courses on continuum mechanics and mechanics of structures, as well as courses on computational mechanics and functional analysis in mechanics.

His research is concerned with the development, implementation and numerical analysis of finite element methods applied to physical problems in engineering, mainly in fluid mechanics, but also in solids and electromagnetism. Dr. Codina has directed 18 doctoral theses and published over 150 articles in indexed scientific journals. He is responsible for the research group Numerical Analysis and Computation, identified as a group of excellence by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Much of his research is motivated by technology transfer projects. In particular, he has participated in 22 projects funded by the European Commission (in 7 of which he was the principal investigator) and 16 projects funded by Spanish Ministries (10 of them as main researcher). The current projects deal about aero-acoustics, transport of particles in fluids, viscoelasticity and optimization of aerospace profiles as main topics.

In recognition of his research, Dr. Codina has been invited to give several plenary lectures at international conferences (27 in total, 18 in the last 10 years) and has received several awards, among which include the Prandtl Medal (2018), the ICREA Academia Award (2011 and 2016), the IACM Young Investigator Award (2004), the JL Lions Award to Young Scientists in Computational Mathematics (2000) and the Distinció de la Generalitat de Catalunya per a la Recerca Universitària (2000).

Topic of Keynote:
Fluid Mechanics and Optics: the effect of turbulence in the observation of the Universe

Dr. Cees van der Geld
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
HTFF'20 Keynote Speaker

Cees van der Geld is a full professor of Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, where he is also scientific director of the post-masters designers course Process and Product Design. Cees is Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science and President of the Assembly of World Conferences on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics. His main field of research is interfaces with mass transfer, in particular those occurring in phase transitional flows, in boiling, condensation and steam injection. Focal points have been quantification of added mass forces on deforming bubbles, theoretical and experimental determination of drag and lift forces during bubble detachment and bubble/particle motion in turbulent flows. In addition, drop drainage and dropwise condensation in compact heat exchangers were studied.

Topic of Keynote:
Special boiling phenomena

Dr. Hui Hu
Iowa State University, USA
HTFF'20 Keynote Speaker

Dr. Hui Hu is the Martin C. Jischke Professor and Associate Dept. Chair of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University. His recent research interests include advanced laser diagnostics, aircraft icing physics and anti-/de-icing technology; heat transfer and thermal management of gas turbines; wind turbine aeromechanics; rotorcraft aerodynamics; bio-inspired engineering for unmanned-aerial-systems (UAS); wind engineering and Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI) of built structures in violent wind storms (i.e., tornadoes, downbursts and snow/rain storms). Dr. Hu is an ASME Fellow and AIAA Associate Fellow. He is serving as an editor of Experimental Thermal Fluid Science, Elsevier and an associate editor of ASME Journal of Fluid Engineering. Dr. Hu received several prestigious awards in recent years, including 2006 NSF-CAREER Award, 2007 Best Paper in Fluid Mechanics Award (Measurement Science and Technology, IOP Publishing), 2009 AIAA Best Paper Award in Applied Aerodynamics, 2012 Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award of Iowa State University, 2013 AIAA Best Paper Award in Ground Testing Technology, 2014 Renewable Energy Impact Award of Iowa Energy Center, and 2016 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award of Iowa State University. Further information about Dr. Hu’s technical background and recent research activities is available at: http://www.aere.iastate.edu/~huhui/

Topic of Keynote:
UAS Icing Physics and Innovative Strategies for UAS Icing Mitigation

Dr. Minhua Shao
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
ICCPE'20 Keynote Speaker

Minhua Shao is a full Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also the Associate Director of the HKUST Energy Institute, Director of the Sustainable Energy Engineering Program, and Director of the Master of Science in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He earned BS and MS degrees in chemistry from Xiamen University, and a PhD degree in materials science and engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Shao joined UTC Power in 2007 leading the development of advanced electrocatalyts for fule cells, and was promoted to UTC Technical Fellow and Project Manager in 2012. In 2013, he joined Ford Motor Company to conduct research on lithium-io n batteries. He then joined HKUST in 2014.

He is an Associate Editor of Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2017-) and Vice Chair of Division 5 (Electrochemical Process Engineering and Technology) of the International Society of Electrochemistry. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles, 1 edited book and filed over 30 patent applications (16 issued). He has also received a number of awards, including the Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award from the ECS Energy Technology Division (2014), Student Achievement Award from the ECS Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division (2007), President’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students from Stony Brook University (2006). He is one of the founding members of Young Academy of Science of Hong Kong.

Topic of Keynote:
Electrocatalysts for the CO2 Electrochemical Reduction Reaction

Dr. Animesh Jha
University of Leeds, UK
MMME'20 Keynote Speaker

Dr. Animesh Jha is a full-time Professor of Applied Materials Science since August 2000 at the University of Leeds, where he has spent more than 24 years in undertaking, both, the fundamental and applied research in the fields of glass, metals and inorganic chemicals (TiO2, Rare-earth oxides, alumina, and chromium oxide, and other important oxide materials) used in the energy sector. He also devotes a significant amount of time in doing research on Biomaterials and light-based diagnostics for bone, dental and bowel diseases.

Animesh Jha obtained his Bachelor and Master of Engineering degrees in Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Roorkee and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in India in 1979 and 1981, respectively. He obtained his PhD in mineral science and engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology (University of London) in October 1984. After completing two stints of post-doctoral research at Purdue University (US) and at the University of Sheffield (UK) between May 1985 and April 1989, AJ took his first academic post at Brunel University (Uxbridge) in May 1989 where he worked for nearly 7 years, before taking up the academic post at the University of Leeds in March 1996.

AJ has served as an expert on several project review panels overseas (US, EU) and in UK (EPSRC). These details are given in the CV. AJ has published more than 200 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, presented and published more than 200 in conference proceedings, supervised 30+ PhDs and trained many post-doctoral research fellows, several of whom have become established academics, vice president and CEO of global companies. AJ has earned Fellowships of the Optical Society of America (2019), Royal Society of Chemistry (2015) and Institute of Physics (2010). He has been recognized by the OSA for training Women in STEM subjects.

AJ is also the member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Glass Futures Ltd, a centre of excellence in Glass Science, Engineering and Technology.

Topic of Keynote:
Extraction and Refining of Rare and Rare-earth Oxides from Complex Iron-bearing Concentrates for Applications in Energy Devices