Scientific Board
Biography
Professor Brahim Benmokrane is one of the world’s top and an internationally renowned expert in the field of structural concrete internally reinforced with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement. His pioneering research has produced ways to use fiber composites to replace steel in concrete structures, thereby eliminating the deterioration of urban infrastructure. Professor Benmokrane has developed innovative materials used worldwide. He is in demand worldwide as a lecturer for seminars and courses
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Alessandro Pegoretti graduated in Materials Engineering at the University of Trento, Italy, in 1988. After a professional experience in industry, he joined the University of Trento as an Assistant Professor in 1992. Between 1995 and 1997 he has been Visiting Research Scientist at the Institute of Materials Science of the University of Connecticut (USA). Between 1997 and 2001 he has been Aggregate Professor at the University of Modena (Italy) and then Associate Professor and Full Professor of Materials Science and Technology at the University of Trento (Italy) in 2002 and 2012, respectively. From 2012 to 2018 he has been the Director of the Doctoral School in Materials, Mechatronics and System Engineering of the University of Trento and since 2021 he is the Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Trento. He has authored over 290 refereed publications, 2 books, 15 book chapters and 3 patents on various subjects in polymer and composites science and engineering.
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Mariyam Jameelah obtained her B.Eng.(Hons), Mat. Eng from University Sains Malaysia in 1999. This was followed by her M.Sc. in Materials Engineering from the same university and Ph.D. from University of Sheffield, UK in 2000 and 2005 respectively. On completion of her PhD, she was appointed as a tutor in 2002 at UKM. She is currently appointed as a full Professor in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia/ The National University of Malaysia (UKM) and recently was a Visiting Professor at Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan. Administratively, she was appointed as Chief Editor of Journal of Engineering of UKM, and currently holding a post as an Assistant Dean for Entrepreneur and Creativity of Engineering & Built Environment Faculty. She sat on many committees at International, National and University levels.She was the co-founder of the Malaysian Tribology Society (MYTRIBOS) and served as the secretary of Malaysia Tribology Society from 2007 until 2019. Currently she has been appointed as the Vice President (Academics) for MYTRIBOS and also the Vice President for Asia Tribology Council (ATC). She has received numerous research grants and awarded outstanding academic achievements as well as members of many international and national professional organizations. She has successfully supervised many local and foreign Master and PhD students. She enjoys cycling and reviewing papers, and still being invited to review many journal articles by renowned publishers.
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Ir Prof. Lu Lin Vivien received her BEng and MEng in HVAC&R engineering and PhD in renewable energy. After working for Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Ltd for 2 years, she joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an assistant professor in 2006, and was promoted to Professor in July 2018. As a highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics in Engineering and a World’s Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University in Energy, Ir Prof. Lu is a well established researcher in renewable energy and building energy engineering. Ir Prof. Lu has published 5 books/handbook chapters and over 300 SCI-cited journal papers, and her work has been financially supported by the Research Grant Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (GRF, NFSC/RGC, CRF(Co-PI), HKPDF), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission (ITF), Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department (ECF), Hong Kong Policy Innovation and Coordination Office (PPR), Hong Kong Construction Industry Institute (CII), Dept. of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (廣æ±çœç§‘技廳國際åˆä½œé …ç›®), the Society of Hong Kong Scholars and the China National Postdoctoral Council (Hong Kong Scholars), Hong Kong Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) and various industry partners including Sinopec. Ir Prof. Lu has been the recipient of prestigious awards mostly as the first awardee. Currently, she is serving local industry and profession as chairman of the Energy Institute (Hong Kong Branch) and vice president of Solar Energy Society of Hong Kong, and serving local government as The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Cleaner Production Partnership Programme, Task Force Member for Energy Management System Certification under Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) and as Working Group Member for Building Energy Code (Electrical), Building Energy Code (Energy Audit) and Building Energy Code (Lighting) under Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance. She is the Section Editor-in-Chief (Energy Sustainability) of International Journal of Sustainability (IF 3.889), Guest Editor for Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF 16.799), Applied Energy (IF 11.446), and Associate Editor for Frontiers in Built Environment. She is also sitting on the Editorial Board of several prestigious journals, including The International Journal of Energy (IF 8.857), Energy and Built Environment, Energy Storage and Saving (ENSS), etc.
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Professor Elizabeth Amir received her Ph. D. in organic chemistry in 2007 from Tel Aviv University, Israel. She did her post-doc in the field of organic electronics and bio-polymers with Prof. Craig Hawker in the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since 2012 she is a faculty member and senior lecturer at the Department of Polymer Materials Engineering at Shenkar College, Israel. Elizabeth’s research is focused on polymer chemistry, materials research and engineering that integrate fundamental studies with the development of functional materials with precise properties and function for advanced applications in organic electronics and biomedical fields. One of her main research objectives is development of new industrially applicable technologies for chemical modification of textile that allow incorporation of functional materials that provide an added value to the fabric using green, eco-positive and energy efficient processes.
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I received my undergraduate bachelor degree in science of chemical engineering from the Military Technical College, Egypt in 1995. Thereafter, I was granted my MSc degree in chemical engineering from the same college in 2010. The MSc Thesis entitled, "Investigation of Advanced Epoxy Resins for Rubber Thermal Insulator-Metal Adhesives" was mainly aiming to work upon the Improvement of some special standard epoxy resin adhesive formulations to obtain a certain product with a somewhat highly improved mechanical, thermal and toughened properties. As a consequence, the innovated formulations were further employed in the modified thermal insulation system of high temperature applications. Later on, I got my PhD degree in chemical engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt in 2020. The PhD Thesis entitled, “Modification & Application of Novel Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) Nano-Composites Using Natural Reinforcing Materials†under supervision of two of the esteemed Professors in the current research field, Prof. Dr/ Sayed Abd El-bary & Prof. Dr/ Hasan Farag, was greatly focusing on the incorporation of the cellulosic biomass component obtained from some agricultural waste materials into some synthetic styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) composites to be applied in some engineering polymeric rubbery products with significant environmental, engineering and economic objectives. Recently, and upon finishing my doctorate, I started to focus my research deeply on the green environment closely associated with the waste management system, circular economy and as a logical pattern with the desired global sustainability.