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Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Podiatry, Biomedical Engineering, Dermatology

Sam Yosemite was born and raised in Toronto and Bruce County, attending Lawrence Park Collegiate. He teaches graduate courses in Phritolopic antitheses and co-variant hapolepsis. He also head a research lab in reproductive medicine, with a particular focus on neo-glycerine disyleptic photon activation as a diagnostic tool in cases of flacicum magnum. He is on the steering subcommittee of the Society for Flacicum Research, and served as co-vice-president of the society from 2006 to 2010.

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Imaging brain function and connectivity with magnetic resonance (MR) techniques at ultrahigh magnetic fields (7 Tesla and higher); Mechanisms underlying functional mapping signals in fMRI; Development of biological MR imaging and spectroscopy methods at ultrahigh magnetic fields for biomedical research in the human body (the first 7 Tesla instrument for human studies was developed in CMRR in 1999); Development of high frequency RF instrumentation for ultrahigh field MR imaging in humans

Arkady S Voloshin is an internationally known scientist contributing in two areas of knowledge: biomechanics of human musculoskeletal system and optical methods in experimental mechanics. He is author of over 90 papers published in the high quality, internationally recognized scientific journals and over 175 papers presented and published in proceedings of various international and national scientific conferences. He is a recipient of several awards for his contribution to the field of experimental mechanics. He is on the faculty of Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics and Department Bioengineering at Lehigh University.

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Experimental Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Statics, Dynamics and Vibrations, Composite Materials, Biomechanics, Solid Mechanics laboratory, Biomechanics laboratory, Integrated Product Development, Mechanical Elements

Narendra B Dahotre is Associate Vice President of Research & Innovation, University Distinguished Research Professor and former Chairman (2010-2013) of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas (UNT), USA. Prior to joining UNT I held a joint faculty appointment with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (2002-2010). Moreover, he was Chair, Vice Chair and a senior faculty member of the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee, Space Institute-Tullahoma (1995-2010). He has been recognized for the pioneering contributions to fundamental understanding and engineering of laser-materials interactions along with implementation of high power lasers in materials processing and advanced manufacturing with primary emphasis on surface engineering, additive manufacturing and machining. In this regard, he is internationally known for his work on fundamentals and applications of laser surface engineering of metals, ceramics, composites, and biomaterials and laser machining of ceramics. His research has been extensively funded by the government and industrial organizations including but not limited to Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, GM, Ford, Honda, ALCOA, and Babcock & Wilcox. His work over 25 years on laser materials-interactions has been compiled in 4 books as author and 13 books as editor in areas of laser materials processing/manufacturing and surface engineering, 16 issued and 2 pending U.S. Patents, and 268 Publications. He has guided/advised/mentored 17 MS students, 15 PhD students, and 11 post-doctoral fellows. Additionally, he is fellow of prestigious organizations, namely American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (2016), World Innovation Foundation (2014), National Academy of Inventors (2013), Materials Research Society-India (2011), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (2010), American Association of Advancement of Science (2009), Indian Institute of Metals (2009), American Society for Mechanical Engineers (2008), and American Society for Metals International (2004). He is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Additive and Subtractive Materials Manufacturing, Editor of Lasers and Optics Technology, and currently serving on 8 editorial boards of refereed journals in the area of materials science and engineering. He is Professor Brahm Prakash Visiting Chair at Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2013), Honorary Guest Professor, Shandong University, Jinan, P.R. China, Honorary Guest Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, P.R. China, Adjunct Faculty, Curtin University, Perth, Australia and Honorary Advisor of Research, Narayana Medical College and Hospital and Narayana Institutions, Nellore, India (2012-Present). He is recipient of 2016 University of North Texas Foundation Faculty Leadership Award, 2013 TMS–Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division Distinguished Engineer/Scientist Award, 2006 R&D 100 Award, 2006 University of Tennessee Chancellor’s Research and Creativity Achievement Award, 2006 University of Tennessee College of Engineering Research Fellow Award.

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Fundamental understanding and engineering of laser-materials interactions along with implementation of high power lasers in materials processing and advanced manufacturing with primary emphasis on surface engineering, additive manufacturing and machining of metals, ceramics, composites, and biomaterials

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Advanced materials and composites, deformation and failure mechanisms, fatigue and fracture; Design and development of miniaturized devices for optolelectronic and biomedical applications; Transmission laser welding of dissimilar materials

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Wei Min Huang is currently an Associate Professor (tenured) at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. With over 20 years of experience on various shape memory materials (alloy, polymer, composite and hybrid), he has published over 180 papers in journals, such as Accounts of Chemical Research, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, and Materials Today, and has been invited to review manuscripts from over 190 international journals (including Progress in Polymer Science, Advanced Materials, Advanced functional materials, and Biomaterials, etc), project proposals from American Chemical Society, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, etc, and book proposals from CRC and Elsevier. He has published two books (Thin film shape memory alloys - fundamentals and device applications, Polyurethane shape memory polymers) and is currently on the editorial board of over a dozen of international journals.

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Shape memory materials and composites (bulk and thin film), Laser annealing and micro fabrication, Thin films (characterization and materials/devices), Micro/nano mechanics, nano patterning and indentation technology, Surface and optical properties of smart materials, Advanced and novel materials, Micro assembly and packaging, active disassembly, Deployable and bi-stable structures, Materials selection, Flight mechanism in inserts, Micro biomedical devices

He has published four books and 221 journal articles. Since 2009, he tops the publication list in terms of numbers for all members of staff at The University of Salford. He is an Editor, Sub-editor and Editorial Board member (no double counting) of 26, 7 and 83 journals, respectively. Miklas has a currently active income of usually SEK 4,000,000. His income over the past six years is typically SEK 15,000,000. This includes research and other grants, and consultancy.

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Water Resources Engineering; Civil Engineering Science; Process Engineering; Agricultural water Management

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Jesper de Claville Christiansen did his PhD at Aalborg University and Brunel University in Uxbridge, London, U.K. He is Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Aalborg University. He is known for his work in the field of materials science of polymers and biomaterials, diffusion, rheology and micro and nano materials with more than 200 publications. He is was coordinator of the European Community Research Program FP-7 Large EVOLUTION under the “Green Car” call. He was also coordinator for the successful European Community Research Program FP-7 Large NANOTOUGH project where light and tough and strong nano composites were developed for space and automotive applications. He is Head of a Doctoral program covering Materials Science, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Aalborg University. He is member of the National Board for Research Infrastructure, The Danish Ministry of Research and Innovation. He was knighted by her Majesty the Queen of Denmark (Ridder af Dannebrogordenen) and is Honorable Professor at Ludong University, Yantei, China.

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Polymers, polymer physics and chemistry, structure/properties, diffusion, rheology and micro and nano materials

Louise Pape-Haugaard has a broad research profile with the common denominated; making ubiquitous big health data relevant, meaningful and (re)useful. She has been engaged in research within Context and Domain: eHealth interoperability across multimodalities and multiusers through a focus on modelling infrastructure and architecture. This includes design of multimodality solutions for multiusers through backend and frontend applications i.e. databases and Clinical and Health Information Systems. Methodology: Evaluation of designs and systems in a multiuser perspective. This includes different kinds of evaluation. Evaluations in a wide span from participatory heuristic evaluations to concurrent validity evaluation of a device. Application: Management of big data - making use of medical and health informatics. This includes information modelling of big health data into existing standards i.e. HL7 FHIR to ensure reuse of information.

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Biomimetic materials; Materials and fiber engineering; Eco-materials

Xianfang Zhu is one of the earliest scientists who initialized nanoresearch in China in 1985 with over 30 years of research, teaching, and industrial experience in a wide range of materials (metal, ceramic, semiconductor, biomaterials, and polymer) science and engineering areas. He received PhD in Electronic Materials Engineering on nanostructures and their metastability in silicon induced by ion bombardment at the Australian National University in Canberra. Thereafter, he joined University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a postdoctoral researcher, working on the stability of nanostructures in semiconductors under energetic beams irradiation at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory to extend his concepts and explore nanoinstability under electron beam irradiation as well as to develop inorganic/organic coreshell nanostructure. He once also worked as associate professor at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; as a visiting scholar at National University of Singapore; as a senior researcher at the ODU Applied Research Centre in the Jefferson Lab; and as an assistant professor at the University of Georgia on fabrication of low dimensional nanostructures for potential nanotechnology and nanodevice applications. He has (co-) authored over 100 publications, filed 8 patents, chaired; co-chaired, or served as committee or advisory board member at, over 30 international or national conferences, and presented over 70 invited lectures and talks at universities; research institutes; and major international conferences worldwide. He is editor-in-chief of Scientific Journal of Physical Science, associate editor of International Journal of Molecular Engineering and on editorial board of several journals such as Chin Sci Bull etc. He is also an active referee for over 10 top international journals such as Appl Phys Lett, J Phys Chem, Cryst Eng Comm, Carbon, Nanoscale, J Mater Chem, Nano Research, Scientific Reports, ACS Omega, and Chin Phys Lett etc. He is presently the Director of the China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Functional Nanomaterials, an adjunct professor at The University of Queensland in Australia, and a full-time professor in the Department of Physics at Xiamen University in China, as well as the chief scientist for the AMAC International Inc., USA.

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focused on structural instabilities of low dimensional nanostructures under external excitations, energetic beam nanoprocessing, controllable fabrication and growth of low dimensional nanostructures, controllable assembling and construction of large scale arrays of zero dimensional nanostructures, organic and inorganic hybrid at nanoscale, and functionalization of nanostructure etc.

Vladimir Zaichickhas completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from Institute of Biophysics, Moscow, and his DSc degree and Professor rank from Medical Radiological Research Center, Obninsk, Russia. He is a member of the Scientific Council on Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Fellow of the British Royal Society of Chemistry and Chartered Chemist (since 1996), and a member of some other Scientific Societies.He has published more than 300 papers in reputed journals and 19 patents. He is serving as an editorial board member of few scientific journals.

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Nuclear analytical methods in medicine and biology, Chemical element contents in human tissues and fluids