2018 International Conference on Material Strength and Applied Mechanics (MSAM 2018)
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Dr. Oleksandr Khotsianovskyi, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Pisarenko Institute of Strength of Materials, Kiev, Ukraine Speech Title: Breakthrough Similarities of Cracks and Supercavities: Fretting Fatigue Crack and Supercavity Motion Progress Report |
Dr. Oleksandr Khotsianovskyi is currently a senior research fellow at the Institute of Problems of Strength (IPS), Kiev, Ukraine. After receiving the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Fracture Mechanics at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1990, he conducted research in the field of innovative spacecraft and aircraft applications in IPS, Ukraine, as an invited research fellow in German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR, Cologne,Germany,1993-1995), and Computer Control Solutions (CCS, Dublin, Ireland, 2001-2002). In 1996-2000, he was hired by USAID as a full-time technical consultant to six technical assistance projects financed by the USAID with the total budget of 5 mln USD in four CIS countries, including Ukraine (Kiev and ten more pilot cities), Russia (Irkutsk), Moldova (Cisinau) and Kazakhstan (Alma-Aty). His current research interests cover a wide range: from coatings, tribology, and fretting-fatigue of advanced space/aircraft materials to polymer-additive applications and numerical simulation of hydroelasticity problems for supercavitation high-speed underwater vehicles. He takes an active part in the advanced material development for spacecraft applications in Ukraine (IPS, Kiev) and ONR/DARPA international projects on drag reduction of superspeed underwater vehicles (2014-2017). He is the managing editor of the international journal Strength of Materials (Springer, US), guest editor in IOP Conference Series and other International Journals indexed in different databases. In the last five years, he participated as keynote speaker in four Global conferences on Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) and one Global Conference on Polymer and Composite Materials (PCM 2016) in China. | |
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Prof. Liqiu Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China HKU-Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI), Zhejiang, China Speech Title: Small is Big: Bio-inspired and Microfluidics-enabled Structures for Manipulating Liquids |
Prof. L. Q. Wang received his PhD from University of Alberta and is currently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong. He is also the Qianren Scholar (Zhejiang) and serves as the director and the chief scientist for the Laboratory for Nanofluids and Thermal Engineering, Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI), the University of Hong Kong. He serves also as the Acting Executive Director for the HKU-ZIRI and has over 30 years of university experience in thermal & power engineering, energy & environment, transport phenomena, materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and applied mathematics in Canada, China/Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA, and 2 years of industrial experience as CTO & Chief Scientist in thermal engineering and technology management. More... | |
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Prof. Takayuki Kitamura, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Japan Speech Title: Fatigue in Nano-Metals-- Fatigue of Copper Thin-layer in Nanoscale Components |
Professor Takayuki Kitamura is the Executive Vice-Director of Kyoto University, Dean of Graduate School of Engineering, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Science at Kyoto University. He has continuously contributed to Kyoto University through scientific investigation and education as well as administration works and served as a Vice-President of Kyoto University from 2007 to 2008. He was a council member of Science Council of Japan (SCJ) in 2008-2014 and is a member of SCJ in 2005-2008 and 2014-now. He successively held director positions in scientific societies such as the Society of Materials Science Japan (JSMS) and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) including the President of JSMS from 2014 to 2016 and a Fellow of JSME in 2003-now. He is elected as a member of the Engineering Academy Japan. He leads an internationally recognised research team in the fields of fracture mechanics in nano-meter scale and multi-physics in nanomaterials. He has been pioneering new fields in the solid mechanics and has made significant contributions resulting in numerous refereed publications, substantial funding, invitations to visit and collaborate with world class institutions both nationally and internationally, invitations for invited/special lectures in various international conferences. | |
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Prof. Jesús Toribio, Fracture & Structural Integrity Research Group (FSIRG), University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain |
Professor Jesús Toribio graduated in Civil Engineering in 1982 and then in Mathematics in 1986. In 1987 he was awarded his PhD in the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and turned into Associate Professor in that Institution. In 1992 he became Full Professor and Head of the Materials Science Department of the University of La Coruña (at the age of 32, thus being the youngest Full Professor in the area of Materials Science in Spain). In 2000 he moved to the University of Salamanca (USAL) where is currently Full Professor of Materials Science and Head of the Fracture and Structural Integrity Research Group (FSIRG) of that Institution. More... | |