Prof. Wu’s research focuses on the investigation of broadly-defined nanostructured materials for their potential applications in energy conversion and storage, including photovoltaic solar cells, thermoelectrics, and batteries. Prof. Wu has extensive experience in nanomaterials synthesis, assembly, characterization, and device fabrication. Since year 2000, he has published 28 peer-reviewed articles in nanotechnology and renewable energy research, which have been cited over 1800 times. Particularly, his group has developed the chemical synthetic methods to grow molecular-scale chalcogenide...Read more

Prof. Yonggun Shul received his BS (1977) in chemical engineering from the Yonsei University, MS degrees (1979) in chemical engineering from the Korea Advanced Institude of Science and Technology(KAIST) and his PhD degree (1986) in Chemical Energy from the University Of Tokyo. He was a researcher in the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan (1986–1987), and is currently a distinguished professor and director of the Center for CT(Clean Technology) at the Yonsei University. His research interests include inorganic catalysts for various fields and catalyst, membrane etc. for...Read more

Professor D. C. Kothari is a Professor of Physics and Chairman, Physics Department, University of Mumbai, India. He has had association with the Istituto per la Recerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Trento, (Italy) and University of Trento as Guest Scientist (1988-1990) and Visiting Professor (1991-94). He has worked as General Manager (R&D) and Vice President (Technology) at Multi-arc India Ltd (1997-1999). He is co-author of over 75 refereed research papers in the field. His past contributions include: ion beam treatment on steels to improve wear and corrosion resistance, ion beam...Read more

PROFESSOR GU ANZHONG College of Mechanical and Power Engineering Shanghai Jiaotong University Director,Refrigeration Laboratory, Shanghai Jiaotong University (1976~1978) Director,Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory, Shanghai Jiaotong University C(1978~1982) Vice Director,Institute of Refrigeration Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University (1986~1995) Dean, Department of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University (1997~1999) Member of Commission A3, International Institute of Refrigeration (1992~1999) Council Member, Chinese Association of Refrigeration (1996~2004)...Read more

Professor Havens holds the Maurice E. Barker Chair in Chemical Process Safety and the Environmental Fate of Pollutants at the University of Arkansas. He is recognized internationally for his expertise in atmospheric dispersion of hazardous chemicals and fire/explosion phenomena.Read more

Professor Simons, CEng FIChemE, is Professor of Chemical Engineering at UCL and Director of the Centre for CO2 Technology (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/centre-for-co2-technology/), a multidisciplinary research Centre focused on the development of innovative low carbon technologies. Since 1994 he has been working with universities in Kazakhstan developing modern chemical engineering degree curricula. This work has now been extended to include several universities in Russia. Professor Simons is also UCL’s Special Advisor on Kazakhstan (...Read more

Professor Wuqiang Yang graduated from Tsinghua University. After 3 years Lecturer at Tsinghua, he joined UMIST and now is a Professor in the School of EEE. He has published over 250 papers. His main research interests include electrical capacitance tomography, electronic circuit design, instrumentation and multiphase flow measurement. He is a Fellow of IEE and Senior Member of IEEE. He is a referee for over 30 journals, science advisor to Chinese Academy of Sciences, visiting professor at 4 universities, editorial board member of 4 journals and guest editor of 2 journals. He received 1997...Read more

Professor, Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, SUNY ESF Senior Research Scientist, Alberta Research Council, 2005 Assistant Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, 1996-2005 Post Doctorate Fellow, Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, 1992-1996. Editorial Office, Chemical Machinery (a bimonthly magnize in Chinese), Lanzhou, China, 1982-1987 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 1992. B.S. Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now Sichuan University), Chengdu, P.R.C., 1982.Read more

RAFAEL HUIRACHE ACUÑA, Ph.D. was born in Mexico and studied Chemical Engineering at the Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo (UMSNH) in Morelia Michoacan Mexico from 1995 to 2000, subsequently, he completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science at The Advanced Materials Research Center in Chihuahua Mexico (2003-2007) with a research stage at the Instituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici in Florence Italy before moving to NationalAutonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as postdoctoral researcher (2008-2009). Dr. Huirache is professor and research associate at Chemical...Read more

Dr. Hoff is a distinguished educator and leader in process safety management, known for his exceptional teaching qualifications. As founder and president of Gateway Group, an international consulting and solutions provider, he has pioneered innovations in process safety information management and risk-based process safety applications.

An AIChE Fellow, Dr. Hoff has published dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles and delivered over 100 presentations at technical conferences. He has also developed and presented numerous short courses on process safety information management,...Read more