Focused Session 1: Bioinspiration, Design, Green Processing, and Related Technologies of Advanced Materials
Over billions of years of evolution and natural selection, living organisms have developed the ability to produce complex and multifunctional materials efficiently and accurately under environmentally benign conditions. Taking inspiration from the structure-function relationships and the fabrication processes of these biological materials, numerous advanced materials with novel structures and functions have been designed and fabricated. In addition, novel bio-fabrication techniques, multi-scale modeling accelerated by AI, and green processing, along with related technologies, exhibit flexibility in materials design to impart various functions for diverse applications. The symposium aims to provide a forum for researchers, students, and entrepreneurs to present and discuss their recent scientific findings on a wide range of topics related to science and engineering issues associated with biological materials, bioinspired materials, smart materials, rational optimization, and green processing technologies for advanced materials. A particular emphasis will be placed on the fundamental issues related to advancing our understanding and utilization of the biological materials’ synthesis and fabrication strategies, current progress and challenges, and future directions in green processing and related technologies.
Proposed Session Topics
- Structure and properties of biological materials and bioinspired materials
- Aqueous synthesis, colloidal processing, and bottom-up assembly
- Advances in multiscale modeling, physics-informed machine learning and artificial intelligence methods
- Advances in bioinspired materials and bioprocessing inspired fabrication techniques
- Advances in the cold sintering process of functional ceramic materials
- Green processing for energy conversion and storage materials and environmental materials
- Future directions of bioinspired materials, green processing and technologies
Symposium Organizers
- Zhaoyong Zou, Wuhan University of Technology, China
- Manoj K Mahapatra, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
- Zhao Qin, Syracuse University, USA
- Ling Li, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Wei Zhai, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Ziqi Sun, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
- Florian Bouville, Imperial College London, UK
- Hang Ping, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Points of Contact
- Zhaoyong Zou: zzou@whut.edu.cn
- Manoj K Mahapatra: mkmanoj@uab.edu