2^nd International Conference on Smart Materials & Structures February 29-March 02, 2016 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, USA

Professor Elias Siores is the Provost and Director of Research and Innovation, Bolton University. Educated in the UK (BSc, MSC, MBA, PhD) and pursued his academic career in Australia (Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne) and Asia (Hong Kong, Dong Guan) before returning to Europe (UK) as a Marie Curie Fellow. He is also President, Board of Governors, TEI – Athens and Director of Innovation, FibrLec Ltd. His R&D work concentrated on advancing the science and technology in the field of automated Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation including Ultrasound, Acoustic Emission, and Microwave Thermography. His recent R&D work focuses on Smart / Functional Materials and Systems development. In this area, he has developed Electromagnetic, Electrorheological, Photovoltaic and Piezoelectric Smart Materials based Energy Conversion Systems for Renewable Energy, Medical, Health Care and Wearable Devices. He has published over 300 publications including 8 Patents . He has been a member of editorial boards of international journals and a Fellow of IOM, TWI, IEAust, SAE and WTIA. He has served on Board of Directors of a number of research centres worldwide including UK, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, all associated with the Bio-Nano-Materials field. He is a member of the Parliamentary Scientific Committee and has received 15 international awards in his career for R&D and innovation achievements.

R&D work in the past concentrated on advancing the science and technology in the fields of: Non-Traditional Manufacturing Processes including Microwaves Plasmas, Abrasive Ice Jet and Solar Joining; Intelligent Manufacturing Systems including Real-Time Expert Systems and Artificial Neural Networks; and Automated Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation including Ultrasound, Acoustic Emission, and Microwave Thermography. At the Institute for Materials Research and Innovation (IMRI), his recent R&D work concentrates on Smart / Functional Materials and Systems development. In this area, he has developed electromagnetic, electro rheological, and piezoelectric and photovoltaic hybrid smart materials based Micro-power Re-generators and Energy Conversion Systems for Medical and Health Care Devices.

K.M. Liew is the Head of Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Chair Professor of Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He was a tenured Professor at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and the Founding Director of Nanyang Center for Supercomputing and Visualization. Over his academic career, he has published over 650 SCI journal articles. He is listed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as a Highly Cited Researcher in engineering. His publications have been cited over twenty thousand times and his current h-index is 56 (ISI) or 68 (Google Scholar).

Computational mechanics; Materials modeling; Nanotechnology; Plates and shells; Optimization; Fire engineering

Murad Abu-Farsakh is Research Professor, Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Louisiana State University. He received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1997. He published more than 150 peer review articles. Some of his research interests include Evaluation of pile setup for piles driven in clayey soils Accelerated load testing of geosynthetic reinforced base layer in pavement sections Calibration of resistance factors for use in the LRFD design of driven piles and drilled shafts Numerical modeling and finite element analysis of geotechnical, pavement and soi-structure interaction engineering problems, Instrumentation and many

Evaluation of pile setup for piles driven in clayey soils Accelerated load testing of geosynthetic reinforced base layer in pavement sections Calibration of resistance factors for use in the LRFD design of driven piles and drilled shafts Numerical modeling and finite element analysis of geotechnical, pavement and soi-structure interaction engineering problems, Instrumentation, lateral load testing and structural health monitoring of bridge foundations Accelerated Load testing to evaluation the performance of pavement base materials and subgrades In-situ evaluation of strategraphy, strength, and consolidation characteristics of soils, evaluating of embankment settlement, and predicting the ultimate pile capacity from PCPT test data, The use of geosynthetics to reinforce earth walls, subgrades and bases for pavement applications, and reinforced soil foundation; analysis of soil-geosynthetic interaction from pullout and large direct shear tests, The use of in-situ testing for the quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA) in the construction of geomaterials.

Rashid Rashidzadeh (M’04–SM’13) received the B.S.E.E. degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada in 2003 and 2007 respectively. He has track record of successful collaboration with industry and has supervised many industry projects, the industry systems designed by his research team have entered the market successfully. He is currently manager of Research Centre for Integrated Microsystems (RCIM) and adjunct professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Windsor. His research focuses on design and test methodologies for analog/RF cores, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and wireless sensor networks for distributed sensing. He is the chair of IEEE circuits and systems and computer joint societies chapter in Windsor section and is the recipient of Excellence in Scholarship, Research & Creative Activity award at the University of Windsor in 2015.

Analog/Microwave Circuits, Design for Test and 3D-IC Testing, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), RF MEMS, Smart Sensors and Systems

Dr. Poursaee is an Assitant Professor of Materials Engineering in Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at the Clemson University, where he teaches courses in infrastrcuture corrosion constcution materials, and non-destrcutive evaluations (NDE). He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers, monographs, book and book chapters.

Corrosion and electrochemical behavior of materials, Durability and sustainability of civil engineering materials, Interaction between materials + structures and loads, Health monitoring systems and NDT techniques, Development of new + advanced and environmentally friendly structural materials

Bartłomiej Andrzejewski is an Associated Professor and head of the Department of Ferroelectrics at the Institute of Molecular Physics Polish Academy of Sciences. His research interests focus on ferroelectrics, multiferroics, magnetic nanomaterials and on superconductivity. He teaches courses at the Institute of Molecular Physics and at Poznań University of Technology in solid state physics and superconductivity. Has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, and is a co-author of a few patent pending.

ferroelectrics, multiferroics, magnetic nanomaterials and on superconductivity

Hai-Feng Ji is currently professor in the Department of Chemistry at Drexel University. His research interests focus on micro/nano biosensors, MEMS devices, surface modification for sensors, and nanoassembly of organic molecules. He is currently a co-author of more than 120 peer-viewed journal articles and book chapters.

Cancer detection and treatment, Green energy, Advanced materials