The Young Professionals Forum (YPF) aims to bring together students, postdoctoral researchers, young professionals, and early career faculty from around the world to showcase their research and promote scientific discussions to identify and tackle emerging global challenges at the forefront of ceramic science and engineering research. The YPF dedicated symposium and poster session are a platform to support networking among young professionals, fostering global cooperation to approach current and future challenges in ceramic science and technology.
Proposed Session Topics
- Fabrication, characterization and modeling of advanced ceramics, ceramic-based composites and coatings for energy, environmental and functional applications
- Advanced and nanostructured ceramics for sensors and actuators, energy generation, energy storage, catalysis, functional surfaces and biomedical applications
- Novel ceramic processing methods and synthesis routes, including new precursors for functional ceramics
- Additive manufacturing of ceramics and ceramic-based composites
- Non-destructive testing (NDT) and advanced real time monitoring techniques/methods
- Bridging ceramics and nuclear science: opportunities for young professional
- Career development in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM), including building collaborative networks, research projects, as well as supporting different perspective and promoting sustainability in the field of ceramics
Symposium Organizers
- Yuki Nakashima, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
- Dong (Lilly) Liu, University of Oxford, UK
- Meelad Ranaiefar, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
- Bai Cui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
- Elisa Moretti, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
- Chenxu Wang, Peking University, China
- Qiance Quincy Zhang, University of Oxford, UK
- Nor Ezzaty Ahmad, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Alex Leide, UK Atomic Energy Authority, UK
- Nico Langhof, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
Points of Contact
- Yuki Nakashima, nakashima-yuki@aist.go.jp
- Dong (Lilly) Liu, dong.liu@eng.ox.ac.uk
- Meelad Ranaiefar, meelad.ranaiefar@nasa.gov