Symposia 1:Coatings for sustainable energy   Symposia 2: Nanostructured and nanocomposite coatings Prof.Mark C. Hersam Materials Science and Engineering & Chemistry Northwestern University   Education B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1996 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.Phil., Physics, 1997 University of Cambridge, UK Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 2000, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Awards and Associations Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award, 2010 SES Research Young Investigator Award, Electrochemical Society, 2010 Teacher of the Year Award, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2009 Teacher of the Year Award, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University 2007 Young Alumni Achievement Award, ECE Department, UIUC, 2007 AVS Peter Mark Award, 2006 TMS Robert Lansing Hardy Award, 2006 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2005 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2005 Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2005 Teacher of the Year in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2003 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Award, 2001           Symposia 3: Optical, optoelectronic and dielectric coatings Prof. Chen Tupei Nanyang Technological Univeristy, Singapore     Education PhD The University of Hong Kong 1994 MS Zhongshan University 1987 BS Zhongshan University 1983     Research Areas Nanoscale CMOS devices and reliability physics, nanoscale structures (nanocrystals or quantum dots, nanopartcles) and applications in nanoelectronic devices and photonic/optoelectronic devices, and molecular devices.     Selected Publications J. B. Yang, T. P. Chen, S. S. Tan, C. M. Ng and L. Chan. (2008). Influence of hydrogen dispersive diffusion in nitrided gate oxide on negative bias temperature instability of p-MOSFETs. Applied Physics Letters, 93, 013501-3. Z. H. Cen, T. P. Chen, L. Ding, Y. Liu, M. Yang, J. I. Wong, Z. Liu, Y. C. Liu and S. Fung. (2008). Annealing effect on the optical properties of implanted silicon in a silicon nitride matrix. Applied Physics Letters, 93, 023122 -3. Z. Liu, T. P. Chen, Y. Liu, L. Ding, M. Yang, J. I. Wong, Z. H. Cen, Y. B. Li, S. Zhang, S. Fung. (2008). Light-induced instability in current conduction of aluminum nitride thin films embedded with Al nanocrystals. Applied Physics Letters, 92, 013102. C. Y. Ng, T. P. Chen, L. Ding, and S. Fung. (2006). Memory characteristics of MOSFETs with densely-stacked silicon-nanocrystal layers in the gate oxide synthesized by low-energy ion beam. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 27(4), 231-233. C. Y. Ng, T P Chen, M. Yang, J. B. Yang, L. Ding, C. M. Li, A. Du and A. Trigg. (2006). Impact of programming mechanisms on performance and reliability of non volatile memory devices based on Si nanocrystal. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 53(4), 663-667.               Symposia 4: Tribological and protective coatings Prof. Wolfgang Tillmann TU Dortmund, Lehrstuhl für Werkstofftechnologie   Education 1972-1981 Gymnasium der Stadt Frechen, Frechen 1982-1988 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Maschinenbau; Abschluss: Dipl.-Ing. 1986 University of Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge/UK 1988-1992 Promotion im Bereich “Fügen von Ingenieurkeramiken” RWTH Aachen; Abschluss: Dr.-Ing. 1993-2000 FernUniversität Hagen, Betriebswirtschaftslehre (berufsbegleitend); Abschluss: Dipl.-Wirt.Ing. Awards 1993 Borchers Plakette, RWTH Aachen 1994 Bennigsen-Foerder-Preis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen 2009 Robert L. Peaslee Brazing Award, American Welding Society 2010 Erich-Lugscheider-Award, IOT-RWTH Aachen               Symposia 5: Biological coatings   Symposia 6: General subjects related to thin films and coatings Prof. Gwo-Ching , Wang Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   Education B.S., Physics, Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, 1968 M.S., Physics, Northern Illinois University, 1973 Ph.D., Material Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978 Research Areas Examples of research areas are non-equilibrium growth and etching of metal and semiconductor films, magnetism of ultrathin magnetic films and dots, transport properties of metallic and magnetic films and nanotubes, fabrication and growth mechanism of sculpture films. The lab has been equipped with state of the art commercial and homemade techniques for fabrication and characterization of novel nanostructures. Examples of real space and diffraction techniques are scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), nanolithography, high resolution low energy electron diffraction (HRLEED), energy filtered reflection high energy electron diffraction (EFRHEED), angle resolved light scattering (ARLS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), four point probe, magneto optic Kerr effect (MOKE), magnetoresistance, and ferromagnetic resonance. Examples of growth/etching techniques include thermal evaporation, chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition, glazing angle incidence deposition, and ion sputtering.   Awards 1978 Nottingham prize winner, 38th Annual Conference on Physical Electronics 1988 Early Career Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1996 Fellow, American Physical Society 1997 Fellow, American Vacuum Society 2006 William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award, Rensselaer 2006 Fellow, AAAS   Prof. Jens Birch Thin Film Physics, Linköping Univerfsity (LiU) Education Ph.D., Dept. of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University Research Areas His research has focused at understanding the physics and materials science behind creation of new, previously unknown materials, with unique properties, in the form of artificial nanometer sized layers and 3D nanostructures. Typical dimensions of the structures range from sub-nm to a few tenths of nm. The materials range from amorphous metals to group III-Nitrides semiconductors, with diverse applications such as X-ray optics, piezoelectric devices, and optoelectronics. Recent research, in collaboration with the European Spallation Source (ESS), aiming at enabling novel thin film 10B-based neutron detector technology, is receiving much appreciation within the neutron scattering community. Birch was director of the Center for Nano Science and Technology at LiU in 2003-2007. He is active in building up research infrastructures for structural characterization, locally, nationally as well as internationally. He has built and maintains a state-of-the-art thin film X-ray diffraction (XRD) lab in Linköping, an XRD end-station at MAX-II in Lund and he is working actively with the new Swedish materials science beamline at PETRA III in Hamburg through his commitment in the steering committee for the Röntgen-Ångström Cluster. Birch is teaching physics, materials science, materials analyses, and nano technology at all levels at Linköping University. Publications He has published more than 145 peer-reviewed articles in well renowned Physics Journals and he has been the main supervisor for 5 PhDs and co-supervisor for 11 PhD students. His research is funded through both large collaborative and smaller focused project research contracts.     Prof. Aleksey Yerokhin The University of Sheffield, Senior Research Fellow in Department of Materials Science and Engineering Education Ph.D., Tula State Technical University, Russia Undergraduate, Materials Science and Metallurgy, Tula Polytechnic Institute, Russia Research Areas Dr Yerokhin has profound expertise in Surface Engineering, with his main research areas currently covering various aspects of plasma-assisted electrochemical processes for coating and surface modification of metals. The pioneering research in Plasma Electrolysis has triggered a world-wide interest in those processes, resulting in breakthrough technological developments. Major recent achievements include development of pulsed bipolar PEO technology, in-situ impedance spectroscopy and frequency response methods of diagnostic and control of electrolytic plasma processes as well as development of new bioactive coatings for intrabone implants. Dr Yerokhin has authored over 190 scientific publications that have been cited about 2100 times (January, 2011) in scientific literature. He has participated in attracting more than 25 research projects that generated about £3.7 M of research income. Key Publications E V Parfenov, A L Yerokhin and A Matthews, ‘Frequency response studies for the plasma electrolytic oxidation process’, Surf. Coat. Technol. 201 (2007) 8661-8670. A L Yerokhin, A Shatrov, V Samsonov, P Shashkov, A Pilkington, A Leyland, A Matthews, ‘Oxide ceramic coatings on aluminium alloys produced by a pulsed bipolar plasma electrolytic oxidation process’, Surf. Coat. Technol. 199 (2005) 150-157. L O Snizhko, A L Yerokhin, A Pilkington, N L Gurevina, D O Misnyankin, A Leyland and A Matthews, ‘Anodic processes in plasma electrolytic oxidation of aluminium in alkaline solutions’, Electrochim. Acta 49 (2004) 2085-2095. A L Yerokhin, L O Snizhko, N L Gurevina, A Leyland, A Pilkington and A Matthews, ‘Discharge characterization in plasma electrolytic oxidation of aluminium’, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 36 (2003) 2110-2120. A L Yerokhin, A Leyland, and A Matthews, ‘Kinetic aspects of aluminium titanate layer formation on titanium alloys by plasma electrolytic oxidation’, Applied Surface Sci., 200 (2002) 172-184. A L Yerokhin, X Nie, A Leyland, A Matthews and S J Dowey, ‘Plasma Electrolysis for Surface Engineering’, Surf. Coat. Technol., 122 (1999), 73-93.