Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner has over 26 years of research experience in various areas within the field of Computer Engineering. Additionally, she has worked in the area of patent law for several years. She has published numerous scientific papers, including two books, and has handled the prosecution and infringement analysis of many complex U.S. and international patents. She is currently is a Professor of Engineering Practice at the Electrical Engineering-Systems Department at the University of Southern California (USC), and since 2004 has been an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to joining UCLA, she was a tenured full Professor and Department Head at the Computer Engineering Department of Rochester Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (1988) from USC. She holds a J.D. degree from the Northwestern California School of Law, and has graduated Cum Laude with an LL.M. degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Washington, D.C. Bar, and is registered as a Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is best known for her pioneering contributions to three areas of Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing. In the area of Optical Computing, she produced one of the first theses that dealt with the computational aspects of optical interconnects for VLSI chips. The OMC model was developed by she as part of her Ph.D. work, and since then, many architectures and algorithms have been designed by on that model.

Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing

Ph.D. Eng. Monika Michalska is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Cells and Supercapacitors (LCS) in Department of Chemical Technologies at Institute of Electronic Materials Technology (ITME). She specializes in the field of materials science/chemistry/nanotechnology, including in particular the production of electrode (for cathode and anode) nanomaterials for Li-, Na-ion batteries and supercapacitors, using various chemical and solid state methods. She also synthesizing composites with ceramic oxide or metallic materials and with carbon coatings: with graphene flakes, graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide. Obtained in LCS lab electrode materials have outstanding electrochemical performance.

synthesis of nanopowders for lithium-ion batteries,Chemical methods of obtaining nanomaterials.

The increasing interest in Materials Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology has created a serious global need for the development of nanoscopy tools in order to be able to observe and chemically analyze the synthesized nanostructures at atomic scale. Exploring the limits of physical resolution in advanced electron microscopy and understanding the ultimate behavior of materials at the nanoscale and their related properties are the central aims of my research. The newest research lines we are working in are based on single atom recognition and localization in embedded quantum structures. In parallel I am interested in finding methodologies to perform a direct correlation between the structural and chemical properties at the atomic scale and the physical properties at sub-nanometer scale (photonics, plasmonics and phononics).

photonics, phononics

Devesh Agrawal is oil and gas industry expert in conducting product focused research and development towards commercializing technologies for Oil & Gas applications. After completion of his graduate studies in Chemical Engineering from University of Houston, USA; he was selected for the position of Nanotechnology Scientist in Nanotechnology Center of Excellence at Baker Hughes which is world’s 3rd largest oil field service company, where he has developed several technologies for oil field applications and authored over sixteen patents and publications. He is also distinguished member of several organizations, e.g. American Chemical Society (ACS), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Elsevier and American Heart Association.

enhanced oil recovery,

Amer A. Taqa is working as Professor at Dental Basic Science, Mosul University, Iraq. Have PhD degree in Dental chemistry. He has published 96 researches papers in national and international academic journals and authored 22 books. His research interests include dental chemistry, medical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. He is editorial member in more than 110 international journals

dental chemistry

Prof. Dr. A. Abdelghani is a Full Professor at the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT, Tunisia) working mainly in the field of Microsensors and Microsystems. He obtained the Habilitation in Physics in Tunisia (faculty of Science of Tunis) in 2004 and a Habilitation (worlwide recognition for conducting and leading research) in "Sciences pour l’Ingénieur" in 2009 at the Ecole Normale Supérieur de Cachan (France). He is now the leader and principal investigator of a research group working mainly on gas sensors based on functionalized carbon nanotubes (metallic oxides, nanowires, nanoneedles, polymers) and on the development of interdigitated gold microelectrodes integrated in microfluidic cell for bacteria analysis in biologic medium. He published more than 90 papers in International Journals (H-index 25, January 2017) and supervised more than 12 Ph.D theses and 30 master’s student. He received the Tunisian President Award of the “best scientific researcher” in Tunisia in 22 July 2015.

His interest is involved in industrial applications in his field of research with implications for the design and the development of affordable and cost-effective sensing devices for diagnostics and theranostics which will have an effective impact in the developing countries.