BIO of Pengwan Chen

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Dr. Pengwan Chen is professor and dean of the School of Mechatronical Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology in Beijing, China.
He received his Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1999. Prior to that, he received his master and bachelor's degree from Kunming Institute of Technology, China in 1996 and 1993, respectively. He worked as a postdoc researcher in Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, during 1999 - 2001. He joined Beijing Institute of Technology in 2001 and received a full professor position in 2006. He was the dean for general affairs of the school of materials science and engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology during 2010-2016. He founded Shock Physics and Chemistry Lab at Beijing Institute of Technology in 2006 and acted as the director since then.
His research activities primarily focus on mechanical, physical and chemical responses under dynamic loading (shock wave or shockless compression), including shock-induced modification, synthesis and processing of materials; deformation, fracture and failure of materials and structures under dynamic loading; numerical simulation of dynamic behavior of material and structures under impact and shock waves. He has received many awards, such as First Prize of China Education Ministry’s Award for Science and Technology Progress (2015), Second Prize of China Education Ministry’s Award for Science and Technology Progress (2008), 24th Beijing Youth Award (2010).
He has published 4 monographs and chapters, and over 120 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, delivered 10 invited and keynote lectures, and given over 30 contributed presentations. He has been engaged in the organization of many international conferences, workshops and symposia in many different global venues, such as co-chair of Fifth International Symposium on Explosion, Shock wave and High-strain-rate Phenomena (2016, Beijing), and vice-chair of the International Conference of Multiphysics 2017 (Beijing). He has been and is a member of many global professional societies, professional organizations, editorial boards (such as Strain, the International Journal of Multiphysics).
He has been a reviewer for many International Journals such as: Carbon, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Applied Surface Science, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Materials Chemistry and Physics Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal of Energetic Materials, Mechanics of martials, Strain.

BIO of Tetiana Prikhna

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Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics Tetiana Prikhna: Head of the Department of Technologies of High Pressures, Functional Ceramic Composites and Dispersed Superhard Materials in the Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Professor of the Chair of Chemistry in the Kiev National University of Building and Architecture. Main fields of scientific interest: Material sciences, Physics and Chemistry of single crystals, thin-films, powders, composites and nanomaterials (preparation using high pressure technique, hot pressing, spark plasma sintering, high isostatic pressing, pressureless and vacuum synthesis, electroerosion dispersion; investigation of the materials structure by X-ray, SEM, TEM, polarized light microscopy, Auger and Raman spectroscopy; study of the materials superconducting and mechanical properties, microwave absorption). The investigated materials were Y123-, Bi2212-, Bi2223-, MgB2�based superconductors, AlN-based microwave absorbers; B4C-, TiB2-, AlB2-, AlB12-, AlB12C2-, B6O-, Si3N4- and SiC-based refractory, abrasive and shock-wave resistant materials; МАХ phases and solid solutions of (Ti, Nb)-(Al, Si)-(C,N) and (Cr,V)-Al-C systems and their composites with diamonds and cubic boron nitride. Now she is the Co-director of the Science for Peace and Security Programme, NATO Project SPS 985070 (2016-2019), Leader of the Ukrainian projects of the Programs �Fundamental problems of new nanomaterials and nanotechnologies�, �Resurs�, �Defence and Security Protection�, Project manager of Specified Purpose project and four Departmental projects of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In former time she was Manager of INTAS� UKRAINE-95-0221, 22 bilateral projects (1997-2016) between Ukraine and Germany, France, Hungary, Austria, Greece, Belarus, Responsible executor of NATO �Science for Peace� № 973529 (2000-2005) and Senior Researcher of EU-7 Project �Start� No 295003 of ERA-WIDE program (2012-2014). She is the Member of two Scientific Coucels for the Defece of Doctors Dissertations in Ukraine (Institute for Superhard Materials of the NASU and Institute for Problems of Material Sciences of the NASU); she was the scientific supervisor of 6 Candidate of Sciences (equivalent to PhD); at present performs the scientific consulting of two Doctorants and is scientific supervisor of PhD student. She had 12 invited visits as Guest Professor at Institut fur Physikalische Hochtechnologie and Institute for Photonische Tecnology, Jena, Germany, CRETA/CNRS, Grenoble, France, Universite de Poitiers, CNRS/Lab. de Metallurgie Physique, France, Ilmenau Technical University, Germany, Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Poland. Awarded The Order of Princess Olga, III degree (government award of Ukraine) (2012); The sign "Ushinsky K.D." Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (2011); Commemorative Medal for the 90th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2008); Diploma of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2008) and was �Woman of 2014 year from Kiev� in the nomination �Woman in Science�.
Total number of scientific publications � 501, among which are 215 papers, 31 patents and 6 books, more than 180 presentations at conferences and ceminars.

BIO of Nikoloz Chikhradze

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Field of Expertise:
Solid State Physics /Materials Science: Composite Materials; Nanotechnologies and nanostructured materials; Development of radiation resistant hard and elastic composite materials and protective structures from neutron and gamma irradiation; Polymeric composites reinforced with fibers and matrix; Thermoelectric materials;
Explosive and Blasting Technologies, Including: Detection, identification, utilization of explosive materials and non-authorized blasting; Development of new explosives and environmentally safe technologies for their application; explosive welding, compaction, syntheses, hardening and etc.

BIO of Fernand Marquis

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Dr. Marquis is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the San Diego State University in San Diego California, and has also been a Professor at the Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering and the Department of Systems Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California. His most recent research focuses on Nanotechnology and Nanosystems, Nanostructured Hybrid Material Systems, Alternative and Renewable Energy Systems, Defense Energy Systems and Thermal Management Systems and Nano and Microstructural Design of Multifunctional Materials. He received advanced degrees from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (PhD and DIC), and from the University of Lisbon (PhD and Diploma of Engineering). He has been an active Chartered Engineer in the Council of Engineering Institutions in UK and a Registered Professional Metallurgical Engineer and a Registered Professional Chemical and Industrial Engineer in Portugal. He taught extensively at the Department of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School and at the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science at the University of California, San Diego, and at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Delaware and Academic Visitor at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, UK. In addition he taught considerably at the Instituto Superior Tecnico, at the University of Minho and at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal.
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He has several patents and patent applications, eleven disclosed inventions of available technologies for licensing and commercialization, over ninety refereed publications, edited eight books, and wrote several book chapters, over 35 special reports and five monographs. He supervised over 35 Master and PhD students, delivered over 30 invited and keynote lectures and gave over 80 contributed presentations. He has received many TMS awards and other awards such as FASM, Fellow Royal Microscopical Society, ,Who' Who in Engineering, Entrepeneurs of America, Faculty Award for Teaching with Technology (Governor of the State of South Dakota) He is an ABET Program Evaluator for Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Polymer Engineering. He has been and is a member of many global Professional Societies, Professional Organizations and Advisory Boards, Editorial Boards (such as Portugaliae Physica), Board of Trustees (such as Alpha Sigma Mu) and several Award Committees where he served and continues to serve extensively. He has been engaged in the organization of many International Conferences, Workshops and Symposia in many different global venues. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and a Member of the Rotary International, leaved and worked in several countries and speaks fluently five languages.
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More recently he has organized very successfully a very large number of International Conferences, Workshops and Symposia under the umbrella of many Societies and Organizations such as Engineering Conferences International and independently in many different global venues. Some typical examples are the JAPMED series (Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic, Superconducting and Nanomaterials): III (Athens, Greece-2003), IV (Cairo-2005) and V (Cyprus-2007); and the PRICM series. He donated extensively in time and energy during 31 years of Service to TMS and served and serves in many Divisions and. Committees such as: Materials Design and Manufacturing Division, Professional Registration Certification, Accreditation, Powder Materials, Mechanical Behavior, Composites and Program Representative. At the Service of TMS he has organized seven (7) International Symposia and was part of the US/ International Organizing Committee for PRICM-6 (Jeju Island, Korea) and PRICM-7(Cairns, Australia), the USA In-Country Technical Representative for PRICM-7 and the Congress Organizing Chair for PRICM-8 (Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, 2013). Throughout his professional carrier Prof. Marquis has developed and sustained very strong research programs, and has been a Member of several professional collaborations within the USA and in other countries all over the world.
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He has been a reviewer for many International Journals such as: Journal of Materials Research, Journal of Material Science and Engineering, Materials Research Forum, Metallurgical Transactions, Journal of Materials, Royal Society of Chemistry, Advanced Materials Forum In addition he has served in many Review panels and has reviewed many research proposals for several Agencies.