Prof. Önder Metin, Koç University, Turkey
Talk Title: Catalyzing a Sustainable Future with Nanocatalysts
Dr. Önder Metin received his Ph.D. degree from Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye, in 2010. He studied as a visiting scholar at Department of Chemistry, Brown University (Rhode Island/USA) in 2009 and at Darmstadt Technical University, Germany in 2010. He then joined the Department of Chemistry, Brown University, U.S.A. as a post-doctoral research associate in 2012-2013. After working as a faculty member of Department of Chemistry at Atatürk University for 7 years in the context of the faculty growth program, he moved to Koç University, Department of Chemistry in 2018. He received numerous scientific awards including the most prestigious ones, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) “Research Encouragement Award”in 2017, Turkish Academy of Sciences “The Highly Successful Young Scientists Award” in 2014, Science Academy “The Outstanding Young Scientists Award” in 2017, and several others. He has been an elected associate member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) since 2018. He has served as the Vice-President of the Turkish Chemical Society, the Secretary General of Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) since 2023 and Titular Member of IUPAC Division II-Inorganic Chemistry. He has also served as the Associate Editor-in-chief of the Turkish Journal of Chemistry, Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing), Tungsten (Springer Nature) and cMAT (Elsevier) journals. His research interests are rational design and synthesis of transition metal nanoparticles, 2D materials, nanocomposites and their applications in nanocatalysis, photocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, hydrogen storage, fuel cells, rechargeable lithium batteries, green chemistry and sustainable chemical transformations. He has published over than 160 scientific papers (>10,000 citations and h-index= 52) in mostly high impact journals.
Prof. Hirofumi Tanaka, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Talk Title: In-Materio Physical Reservoir AI Devices based on Random Network of Nanomaterials for future Robot Application
Prof. Tanaka completed his doctorate in materials science by studying the structural and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic nanoalloys at Osaka University in 1999. Then, moved to a national laboratory, RIKEN, to study the conductivity of metallic nanowires with double-probe scanning tunneling microscopy as a special postdoctoral researcher. After that, he advanced the molecular-ruler method in which precise multilayers of self-assembled molecular monolayers are used as lithographic resists to yield nanostructures with precise nanometer-scale spacings as a postdoctoral researcher at the Pennsylvania State University under Prof. Paul Weiss (presently UCLA, former chief editor of ACS Nano). Prof. Tanaka then joined the Research Center for Molecular-Scale Nanoscience at the Institute for Molecular Science in 2003 as an assistant professor, where he directed research in molecular electronics using carbon nanotube electrodes. He found that gold nanoparticles can switch from metallic conduction of SWNTs to semiconducting simply by nanoparticle adsorption. He has also focused on the development of atomic switches, exploring the ultimate miniaturization of electrical switches, and controlled by photo irradiation 2004-2008 in a key technology project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) and receive an excellent journal award from Japan Society of Applied Physics in 2012. He moved to the Department of Human Intelligence Systems, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) as a full professor in 2014 and is focusing on bio-mimic and/or neuromorphic AI electric nanodevices such as material reservoir devices. He concurrently became a director of the Research Center for Neuromorphic AI Hardware, Kyutech, in 2020. He was awarded an honorary degree from Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand, in 2021 (see photo),and received the degree certificate from Thai HRH Princess Sirindhorn. He obtained a national project as a PI, ALCA-NEXT, during 2023-2026 supported by Japan Science and Technology Agency, focused on carbon neutral and green computing. His broad knowledge of materials, from metals and inorganic materials to organic materials, and techniques for measurement and fabrication helped lead efforts in molecular electronics and in combining nanocarbon and nanoparticles to realize a new world of materials intelligence in nanosystems.
Azmi Awang Md Isa
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Talk Title: Advancing Wireless Positioning: From WiMAX Geometry Models to Hybrid Multipath-Aware Single Base Station Systems
Azmi Awang Md Isa received the B.S degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 1998, received the M.S degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2004, and obtained his PhD degree in Communications Systems from Lancaster University, UK in 2011. From 1998 to 2002, he worked as an Engineer with STMicroelectronics. He is currently working as Associate Professor with Faculty of Electronics and Computer Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). His research interests include Wireless Positioning, Antenna & Propagations, Mobile Radio & Satellite Communications Navigation Systems. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC) and serves on the editorial/advisory boards of AJMedTech and Semarak Ilmu Publishing. He was the Chairman of Technical Editors for JTEC (2012–2021) and has chaired/co-chaired numerous international conferences including ICTEC, ARECAS, and PReCON. He is also the Publication Chair for ICTeD 2024. He has published more than 100 scientific papers in journals, proceedings and book-chapters. His research leadership is further demonstrated through multiple national-level grants (FRGS, RAGS, ScienceFund), serving as Principal Investigator and Co-Researcher for projects worth over RM 1 million. He was also appointed as MyRA Internal Auditor (2020–2028), FRGS Grant Assessor, and Postgraduate Program Auditor. He is a Professional Technologist (Ts) under MBOT, a Chartered Engineer (CEng MIET), and a member of IEEE and BEM. His industry engagement includes consultancy in off-grid PV design and wireless communication training programs. He was also appointed as a Visiting Scholar at Hochschule Hannover (Germany) in 2023. He has won several innovation awards including gold medal during several research and innovation exhibitions at the national and international level, the Excellence in Publishing award (UTeM, 2018 & 2020), and The Most Illustrious Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang Awards
Hamed Niroumand
Gdansk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
Talk Title: Geotechnical Engineering: Addressing Land Subsidence and Sinkholes as Emerging Global Challenges
Dr. Hamed Niroumand is a faculty member and a professional engineer in geotechnical engineering. He is Associate Professor at Gdańsk University of Technology. He is 40 years old and has been working in his field since 2008. He has published 47 books, 350 journal and conference papers, and 45 patents in various countries such as Iran, USA, Germany and etc. His research topics include foundations, earth anchors, heritage and earth buildings, subsidence and sinkholes, numerical analysis, and nanotechnology. He has received over 20 awards and medals for his inventions and research, such as the best researcher award in the Ministry of Road and Urban Development (MRUD) in 2016. One of his notable achievements is receiving the 1st rank for youngest researcher in Iran for three consecutive years (2011, 2012, and 2013). He has also published numerous books on foundations, earth anchors, and heritage and earth buildings with prestigious publishers such as Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, and CRC. He has led and participated in various geotechnical projects and consulting and construction companies as a company CEO, project manager and professional engineer. He has organized and directed 35 international/national conferences of civil engineering and served as an editorial team member and reviewer for more than 100 scientific journals. He has held various academic positions such as head of department, and vice-chancellor for academic and research affairs in the university, and director of the strategic council for transportation infrastructures in the MRUD. He is the founder and chair of the Niroomand Research Group (NRG) since 2017, where he works with his master, PhD and post-doc students. He is passionate about teaching and mentoring students and collaborating with other researchers and professionals in his field in various countries.
