Prof. Richard (Chunhui) Yang
Western Sydney University, Australia

Prof Richard Yang is an internationally recognised research leader on fields of research include Advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) of concrete, metals, polymers and composites, Advanced Engineering Materials & Structures, Circular Manufacturing & Circular Economy, Defence Technology, Industry 4.0, Machine Condition Monitoring (MCM) & Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Metal Forming, Metal Surface Treatment, etc. He has been awarded over $15m in competitive research grants, including 13 ARC grants (1 ARC Training Centre, 3 DPs, 3 Linkages, and 6 LIEFs), 2 CSIRO/NSF Convergence Accelerator Program Projects on recycled plastic waste as well as more than 30 from government and/or industry. As for scientific publication, he has more than 300 high-quality technical publications in top scientific journals, books, and conferences as a major contributor in his relevant fields of research across Mechanical, Mechatronic, Manufacturing, Materials, Aerospace, Civil, Defence, etc. As for external services, he is serving as assessor for ARC, editor board member, conference committee member, reviewer of international journals and conferences, examiner for Master and PhD thesis, etc. He is Editor-in-Chief of 2 scientific journals, Associate Editor of 2, and on the Editorial Board of 5. He has been on the ANSHM Executive and the Editor of ANSHM Newsletter since 2016.

  

  

Prof. Henry Hu
University of Windsor, Canada

Dr. Hongfa (Henry) Hu is a tenured full Professor at Department of Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering, University of Windsor. He was a senior research engineer at Ryobi Die Casting (USA), and a Chief Metallurgist at Meridian Technologies, and a Research Scientist at Institute of Magnesium Technology. He received degrees from University of Toronto (Ph.D., 1996), University of Windsor (M.A.Sc., 1991), and Shanghai University of Technology (B.A.Sc., 1985). He was a NSERC Industrial Research Fellow (1995-1997). His publications (over 200 papers) are in the area of magnesium alloys, composites, metal casting, computer modelling, and physical metallurgy. He was a Key Reader of the Board of Review of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, a Committee Member of the Grant Evaluation Group for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Science Foundation (USA) and Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly. He has served as a member or chairman of various committees for CIM-METSOC, AFS, and USCAR. His current research focuses on materials processing and evaluation of light alloys and composites. His recent fundamental research is focussed on transport phenomena and mechanisms of solidification, phase transformation and dissolution kinetics. His applied research has included development of magnesium automotive applications, cost-effective casting processes for novel composites, and control systems for casting processes. His work on light alloys and composites has attracted the attention of several automotive companies.

  

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Assoc. Prof. Hideaki Katogi
Jissen Women’s University, Japan

Dr. Hideaki Katogi received a degree of doctor of engineering from Shizuoka University (Ph.D., 2015). He is an associate professor at the Faculty of Human Environmental Sciences, Jissen Women's University. His research field is sustainable materials, fiber, and composite materials. Recent research article is “cellulose nanofiber-introduced continuous-ramie yarn-reinforced polylactic acid filament for 3D printing: novel fabrication process and mechanical properties”. He has received JCOM Award for Promising Researchers from JSMS Committee on Composite Materials, The Society of Material Science, Japan. He is Publicity Chair of International Conference on Building Materials and Materials Engineering. And he has served as a member of International Advisory Committee of International Conference on Green Composites. In addition, he served as a member of local committee of 13th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials.

 

Senior Lecturer Meor Iqram Bin Meor Ahmad
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Meor Iqram Meor Ahmad is a senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He received his BEng degree in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2013. In May 2015, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK, as a PhD student and was awarded his PhD in May 2019. He is a committee member of the Instrumentation, Dynamics and Control of Engineering Systems (INDICES) and Sustainable Mobility and Railway Technology (SMaRT) Research Group at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His current research interests include mathematical modelling of materials, structural integrity, fracture damage, condition-based monitoring, railway monitoring and assessment, crack growth, and creep failure.