Makio Naito received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from Nagoya University, Japan in 1980, 1982 and 1987, respectively. He was with Hosokawa Micron Corp. from 1982 to 1993 and engaged in the R&D of powder processing technology. He joined Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC), Nagoya, Japan in 1993, where he has focused…
Read MoreDr. Amjad Almansour is an Aerospace Ceramic Materials Research Engineer in the Materials and Structures Division at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland, OH, USA. He received his BS degree in mechanical engineering (ME) in 2006 from Mu’tah University in Al-Karak, Jordan, MS degree in ME in 2009 from the University…
Read MoreDr. William Lepry is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University researching sol-gel derived bioactive glasses. He has a Ceramic Engineering degree from Alfred University and later worked as a Post-Bachelors Research Associate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His PhD thesis at McGill represented the seminal work on…
Read MoreCentral Glass and Ceramics Research Institute (CGCRI) Khurja Centre, provides scientific industrial research and development in the area of glass, ceramics and related materials that maximizes the economic, environmental and societal benefit to industry. It also undertakes advanced R&D projects which are internationally competitive and public-private partnership projects sponsored by private/public sector enterprises. To provide…
Read MoreCorning Incorporated is a leading supplier of advanced cellular ceramic substrates and ceramic particulate filters for the world’s major manufacturers of gasoline and diesel vehicles. The company invented an economical, high-performance, cellular ceramic substrate in the early 1970s that is now the standard for catalytic converters worldwide. In 1978, Corning developed the first cellular ceramic…
Read MoreAnne Leriche is Professor at Polytechnic University Hauts-de-France. She was born in 1959 in Belgium. After Latin-Greek program in secondary school, she turned to scientific studies and obtained Masters in Chemistry with honours in 1981. A Post-Graduate grant from Industrial Research Council allowed her to complete her doctorate with honours in 1986 from the State…
Read MoreSudipta Seal, University Distinguished Professor, Trustee Chair and UCF Pegasus Professor, joined University of Central Florida (UCF) in fall 1997 after a postdoctoral work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. At UCF, he pioneered nanostructured cerium oxide and other metal/oxide ceramic (micro to nano), discovered its antioxidant properties, and applied in various…
Read MoreHiroshi Sato is section head of Technology & Intellectual Property HQ at TDK Corporation, Japan. He has been working on co-fired all solid state lithium ion battery using multilayer technology for 15 years. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering and Resource Science from Akita University in 2004 and 2012 respectively. He has started…
Read MoreFrances Mazze Hurwitz currently is a Senior Materials Research Engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. She holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Harpur College, State University of New York at Binghamton, and M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in Macromolecular Science from Case Western Reserve University. She has been employed by NASA since…
Read MoreJames H. Adair is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Bioengineering and Pharmacology at The Pennsylvania State University. His research and teaching interests most recently include biological-nanoscale composite particulates for nanomedical applications, based on colloid and interfacial chemistry, and material chemistry. Dr. Adair received his B.S. in Chemistry (1975) and M.S. (1979) and Ph.D.…
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