5th Pacific Rim Engineering Ceramics Summit

During the past fifty years, Pacific Rim countries have proudly contributed to ground breaking research, technology development, and commercialization in the field of engineered and functional ceramics. These important contributions led to the advancement and wide scale utilization of ceramics in energy, aerospace, transportation, healthcare, communication, infrastructure, environmental, as well as other industrial sectors. In turn, these ceramic technologies and systems led to significant improvements in living standards and quality of life for people across the world.

The International Summit series started in 2011 with the focus being on Pacific Rim countries. The second summit in 2012 focused on EU/US ceramic efforts, while in 2013 it was titled the Summit of Americas. The second round for both the Pacific Rim and EU/US summits were held in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The third and 4^th Pacific Rim summits were held in 2017 and 2020. In 2023, the 5th Pacific Rim Engineering Ceramics Summit will bring together experts from academia, industry, and government research institutes/laboratories to discuss the current state-of-the-art and various technical challenges in research and development, engineering, manufacturing, and application of ceramic materials. The goal of the summit is to provide a forum for global information exchange concerning the current status and emerging trends in various ceramic technologies in Pacific Rim countries.

Proposed Session Topics

• Current trends and future directions for research and technology
• Challenges and opportunities for various ceramic technologies
• Role of ceramics in energy, photonics and environmental issues
• Applications of engineering, functional, and structural ceramics
• Hybrid Interface Materials
• Advanced ceramics for environmental conservation, pollution control and critical materials
• Ceramic education, training, and knowledge management
• Overview of major ceramics efforts in the region

Symposium Organizers

• Nobuhito Imanaka, Osaka University, Japan
• Young-Wook Kim, University of Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Jingyang Wang, Institute of Metal Research, China
• Amjad Almansour, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
• Lalit Kumar Sharma, Mahamana Ceramic Development Organizational Soc, India
• Wei-Hsing Tuan, National Taipei University, Taiwan
• Jakrapong Kaewkhao, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University (NPRU), Thailand
• Manabu Fukushima, AIST, Japan
• Kiyoshi Shimamura, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
• Miso Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
• Ziqi Sun, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Palani Balaya, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Andrew L. Gyekenyesi, Ohio Aerospace Institute, USA

 Points of Contact

• Nobuhito Imanaka: imanaka@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
• Young-Wook Kim: ywkim@uos.ac.kr
• Jingyang Wang: jywang@imr.ac.cn
• Amjad Almansour: amjad.s.almansour@nasa.gov