Keynote Speakers 1
 
Prof. David Ginley
Process Development and Advanced Concepts
National Center for Photovoltaics
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
 
 
Research Areas
Current areas of active involvement are the general class of defective transition metal oxides including high temperature superconductors, LiTMO2 rechargable Li battery materials, ferroelectric materials, transparent conducting oxides and electrochromic materials. We also have a focused effort on the development of new nano-materials for organic electronics and as biofilters etc. Work is in progress on the development of high quality materials (single crystal films) by pulsed laser deposition, sputtering and IBAD and characterization of the materials in the doped and undoped states by optical and transport measurements. In addition to developing a fundamental understanding of the interrelationship of structure and electronic properties, we are applying what we learn to improved devices, i.e. batteries, frequency agile electronics, photovoltaics, electrochromics and flat panel displays. To transition these results to more practical approaches we are investigating the development of non-vacuum, direct writeable electronic materials. This is done through the development of nanoparticulate and ink based precursors. This involves the synthesis of the nanoparticles, development of inks and ink deposition techniques, derivation of a fundamental understanding of the sintering behavior of nanoparticles and the evolution of the bulk structural and electronic properties. The work is directed primarily at the development of new atmosphereic processing approaches to photovoltaics. The work has developed new inks for metallization and the development of highly anisotropic oxide nanoparticles. Currently I am also the PI on new programs in the areas of combinatorial materials science for high throughput discovery of new electro-optical materials including transparenct conducing oxides, nitrites and borides. The approach is also being applied directly do device optimizaion in a-Si. We have also initiated a new program in poymer based photovoltaics and other opto-electronic devices especially focusing on the the area of interfacial effects and organic/ inorganic structures.
 
 
Awards received
MRS President 2009-2011
NREL Hubbard Award (highest inst. Tech. award)
R&D 100 Award Alumina Nanofibers 2002
Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer Award 2002; R&D 100 Award Darwin-Electronically Scanning Antenna 2001
Fellow of the Electrochemical Society 2000
R&D 100 Award (Electroexploded Nanoparticles 2000)
R&D100 Award (New Etch Technology 1993) and Federal Laboratory Consortium Tech. Transfer Award (New Etch Technology 1994)
Sandia: BES Mater. Science Award for Outstanding Development with Energy Implications
 
 
 
 
Keynote Speakers 2
Prof.Hans Hofsäss
University of Goettingen
Research Areas
Nuclear Solid State Physics
- Emission Channeling and lattice location studies in semiconductors
- Electron Emission channeling with state of the art CCD detectors
- Perturbed angular correlation studies in oxides and sulfides
- Perturbed angular correlation studies of MAX phases
- Luminescence of Rare Earth doped Semiconductors
- Photoluminescence
- Kathodoluminescence
- Magnetic clusters by ion implantation in SiC and Diamond Ion beam deposition of thin films
- boron nitride (c-BN, h-BN, t-BN)
- tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C)
- carbon nitride, boron carbide, fluorinated a-C
- metal carbon composite thin films
- mass selected ion beam depsoition
- analysis of ion solid interaction using isotopically pure markers
 
 
 
Keynote Speakers 3
Prof. Yury Gogotsi
Department of Materials Science and
Engineering
Drexel University
 
Awards received
2009 Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008 Fellow, The Electrochemical Society
2006 Innovator Award, NANO 50TM, NASA Tech Briefs
2005 Fellow, American Ceramic Society
2005 Drexel University College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award
2004 Academician, World Academy of Ceramics
2003 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine (awarded again in 2009)
2003 R.B. Snow Award from the American Ceramic Society (awarded again in 2005 and in 2007)
2002 S. Somiya Award from the International Union of Materials Research Societies
2002 G.C. Kuczynski Prize from the International Institute for the Science of Sintering
2002 Elected Full Member, International Institute for the Science of Sintering
2002 Drexel University Research Achievement Award (awarded again in 2009)
2001 Winner of the Collegiate Inventors Competition, the National Inventors Hall of Fame
 
 
 
 
 
 
Keynote Speakers 4
Prof. Sam Zhang
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 
 


Research Areas
(1)Hard yet tough nanocomposite coatings for tribological applications by physical vapor deposition ; Measurement of fracture toughness of cerammic films and coatings.
(2)Biological Coatings and Drug Delivery Applications: Sol-Gel synthesis of hydroxyapatite coating on titanium and Drug Delivery Applications: Sol-Gel synthesis of hydroxyapatite coating on titanium
alloys for biomedical applications; bioMEMS; Controlled drug release.
(3)Electronic Thin Films in optoelectronic applications, data storage, etc. in optoelectronic applications, data storage, etc.
(4)Energy Films and Coatings for dye sensitized solar cells and solid oxide fuel cells. for dye sensitized solar cells and solid oxide fuel cells.

Awards received
Distinguished Professor, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing, China, Since November 2009
Guest Professor, Liaoning Industrial University, China, Since 7 November 2009
One of our papers has been selected to receive the Prestigious George E. Smith Award 2008. I'm glad to be one of the co-authors: H. S. Tan, T. Cahyadi, Z. B. Wang, A. Lohani, Z. Tsakadze, Sam Zhang, F. R. Zhu, S. G. Mhaisalkar, Low Temperature Processed Inorganic Gate Dielectrics for Plastic Substrate based Organic Field Effect Transistors, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 29 (7) : 698-700 (2008) : details at newsletter_oct09-Newsletter OCT 2009 2008 EDS George E. Smith Award Winners page 17-18
Featured in 27th (2010) edition of Who's Who in the World
Featured in 26th (2009) edition of Who's Who in the World, published November 12, 2008
Featured in the first-ever "Who's Who in Engineering Singapore" (published October 2007)
Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining: FIMMM, Since October 2007
Guest Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Since 13 September 2007 (Conferment report on HIT net)
Winner of the Research Output Award and Recognition (ROAR), Nanyang Technological University, 2006/2007
Guest Professor, Zhejiang University, Since 16 November 2006
Winner of the Research Output Award and Recognition (ROAR), Nanyang Technological University, 2005/2006
"Singapore Conference Ambassador" Title Awarded by Singapore Tourism Board, Since 7 December 2006
Honorary Professor, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, since 1st November 2004
Member of the Expert Committee, Applied Research Council, Ministry of Education, Republic of Singapore, Since November 2005
Member of the Expert Committee for China Natural Science Award, Since April 2004
SIMTech Fellow: Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star): 1st November 2003 ~ 31st October 2005
JSPS Fellow (Japan Society for Promotion of Science): 16 November ~ 16 December 2002, visiting professor at the GOTO Lab,Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan: Thermal Conductivity of Yttrium Stabilized Zirconia thin films on Alumina substrate via the LaserPit
Consultant of The Shenyang City Government, China, 26 May 2002 - 25 May 2007
Guest Professor of Shenyang University, China, 29 May 2002
 

 
 
Keynote Speakers 5
Prof. Allan Matthews
Dept. of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield
Editor of Surface Coatings and Technology
 
 
Research Areas
(1)Surface Engineering processes – especially plasma-based coating and treatment methods, including process diagnostics and modelling.
(2)Computer-based coating selection systems.
(3)Test and evaluation methods for coatings – especially for friction, wear, adhesion and corrosion behaviour. Surface characterisation/analysis is also carried out.
(4)Modelling of coating properties and deformation behaviour.
 
 
 
Keynote Speakers 6
Prof. Stan Veprek
Department of Chemistry
Technical University Munich, Germany
 
 
 
Research Areas
Material Sciences and Surface Science
Plasma CVD PVD, Thin Film Coatings: superhard wear resistant films,
Light-emitting Si, Microcystalline Si
Honors:
 
* The R.F. Bunshah Award and ICMCTF 2011 Lecture on the Surface
Engineering Section of the American Vacuum Society
* The Award for Career Achievements by the organizers of the Int. Conf.
for Diffusion in Solids and Liquids (July 2010)
*Honorary Professor of the Qingdao University of Science and Technology (2009)
* Elected Fellow of the International Plasma Chemistry Society (2009)
* The AVS John Thornton Memorial Award of the American Vacuum Society (2005)
* Blaise Pascal Medal 2004 of the European Academy of Sciences for the contributions to
nanoscience
* Appointed Foreign Member of the Commission I of Low-Temperature Plasma Chemistry, Polish
Academy of Sciences, Branch Lublin (2003).
Si, Microcystalline Si


Keynote Speakers 7
Distinguished Professor Jenq- Gong Duh
Department Materials Science & Engineering,
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National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan


Research Areas

1. Surface Modification and Multi-functional Coating
2. Solder Joint Reliability in Microelectronic Packaging
3. Electrode Materials for Li-Battery
4. Nano Powder Fabrication
5. Nano-Mechanical Evaluation
6. Novel Thin Film Deposition Technique
7. Electromagnetic Thin Film for High Frequency Telecommunication
8. Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis
9. Bio-Materials and Bio-Mimetic Materials


Honors:

1. Coordinator, Program of Material Engineering, Department of Engineering and Applied Technology, National Science Council (2011.01~)
2. Outstanding University-Industry Collaboration Award (National Tsing Hua University ) 2011
3. Fellow, Chinese Material Society (2010)
4. Outstanding Research Award (National Science Council) 2004-2006
5. Outstanding Research Award (National Science Council) 1992, 1991
6. Excellent Research Award(National Science Council) 1994
7. Excellent Research Award(National Science Council) 1990
8. Outstanding Teaching Award, National Tsing Hua University, 1999
9. Outstanding Teaching Award, National Tsing Hua University, 1987
10. Best Poster Award, 2010 TMS
11. Best Poster Paper Award, TACT 2009
12. Highly Commended Award, 2007 Excellence, Emerald Literati Network
13. Philip Best Paper Award, 7th International Conference on Electronics Packaging Technology 2006, Shanghai, China
14. The Rotary Foundation District Service Award 2004
15. Rotary District Governor Special Award 2004
16. Outstanding Achievement in Guidance and Counseling (Ministry of Education) 2003
17. The Rotary Foundation District Service Award 2000
18. Rotary District Governor Special Award 2000


Keynote Speakers 8

Author Biography (Kuei-Hsien Chen)

Kuei-Hsien

Kuei-Hsien Chen (陳貴賢) obtained his MS and Ph.D. degrees from Applied Science, Harvard University in 1989. He worked on CVD diamond at the R&D Center in General Electric Coorporation till 1992 before he joined Academia Sinica, Taiwan. In Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, he works on the synthesis and application of advanced materials, particularly one-dimentional nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, ZnO and GaN nanowires, and their composites. His research interest covers fuel cells, electrocatalysis, gas reforming, solar hydrogen generation, and solar cells. Dr. Chen received Academia Sinica Young Scholar Research Award in 2000, NSC Outstanding Research Award in 2005, and Outstanding Scholar Awards of the Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship in 2008. Moreover, the artworks of his group have been awarded many prizes including the First Prize in Science as Art Contests in AVS-2007 and MRS-2008.