Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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Professor Raman Singh’s primary research interests are in the relationship of Nano- /microstructure and Environment-assisted degradation and fracture of metallic and composite materials, and Nanotechnology for Advanced Mitigation of such Degradations. He has also worked extensively on use of advanced materials (e.g., graphene) for corrosion mitigation, stress corrosion cracking, and corrosion and corrosion-mitigation of magnesium alloys (including for the use of magnesium alloys for aerospace, energy, defence and bioimplant applications). Prof Singh is a senior professor at Monash University, Australia. He is a Guest Professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2020, 2023, 2024), US Naval Research Lab, Indian Institute of Science, and University of Connecticut. He worked as a scientist at Indian Atomic Energy and as a post-doc fellow at University of New South Wales, Australia. Prof Singh’s professional distinctions and recognitions include: Guest Professor of ETH Zurich, Editor of a book on Cracking of Welds (CRC Press), Lead Editor of a book on Non- destructive Evaluation of Corrosion (Wiley), Editor-in-Chief of an Elsevier and an MDPI journals, leader/chairperson of a few international conferences and numerous plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, over 285 peer-reviewed international journal publications and 15 book chapter, and several competitive research grants (that includes 4 Discovery, 7 Linkage and one ITRH grants of Australian Research Council). Prof Singh has supervised 60 PhD students. His vibrant research group at Monash University comprises of PhD students from different disciplines (Mechanical, Chemical, Materials and Mining Engineering, and Science) as well as from different cultural backgrounds (Australian, Middle-eastern, Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, African, North American and Israeli).

Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 129) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 30,000 patients. His technology is also being used in commercial products to improve sustainability and renewable energy. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 66,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.

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Professor Yanbo Liu received her PhD in Material Science and Engineering from The University of Tennessee, USA in 2004. Dr. Liu has worked with Tianjin Polytechnical University (Tianjin, China,1991-1999) as textile engineer, Novozymes China (Beijing, China) and Novozymes North America (Raleigh, USA) during 2004-2007 as Research Scientist, Hongda Research Institute Co. Ltd (Beijing, China, 2007-2009) as senior engineer/Post Doc, and Tianjin Polytechnic University (Tianjin, China) as associate professor (2010-2015). Additionally, she ever paid academic visit to NCSU (Raleigh, USA, 1999-2000) which was financially supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC). Currently She works at the Department of Nonwoven Materials and Engineering, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, China, with her research directions focused on the research on technology principles, process control, equipment design and nanofiber products of electrospinning. Her research fields also involve nanofiber-based aerogels, composites, nonwovens, textile materials. She has published 135 papers on national and international academic journals and one edited book with CRC Press, USA, presented more than 20 invited lectures on related national and international conferences, and she was authorized for 25 Chinese patens and one European patent. Furthermore, she has presided or participated for five projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), two projects from Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission (TMSTC), and one project from Hubei Province, China. She also presided and finished more than 20 research projects from domestic enterprises and companies. She received 8 provincial and ministerial awards for scientific and technological progress. She was awarded with the title of “Innovative and entrepreneurial talent of Jiangsu Province, 2011”, “Young Scientist Award” by IAAM, 2023, “Expert enjoying special governmental subsidies of State Council of the People's Republic of China”, and “Tongjiang Scholar, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China”.

Dr. Mohamed A. Hassaan is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) in Alexandria, Egypt, where he has been a dedicated research member since 2013. Since April 2020, he has served as the supervisor of NIOF's Central Laboratory till January 2023. Dr. Hassaan holds a Master’s degree (2011) and a Ph.D. (2017) in Environmental science (Chemical Oceanography and Marine Pollution). He also was a lecture on marine science and environmental topics at Port Said University. In 2018, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy. His international experience is further highlighted by his role at International SEABED Authority (ISA) trainees during the INDEX 2016 cruise, organized by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany. Dr. Hassaan has participated in multiple oceanographic expeditions, including those hosted by NIOF and Italy's National Research Council (CNR). Dr. Hassaan has completed specialized training courses at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands (2015 and 2016) and was a visiting fellow at CNR in both 2014 and 2017. His prolific academic output includes co-authoring two books, seven book chapters, and 81 research articles, accumulating over 1,650 citations on Scopus. His research interests encompass advanced oxidation techniques (ozonation, sonication, ultraviolet), wastewater treatment, nanotechnology, biogas, Biomethane and biofuel energy production, monitoring of inorganic and organic pollutants, and green Hydrogen production. Dr. Hassaan is committed to pioneering innovative green technologies for pollutant treatment and sustainable energy production.

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Asst. Prof. Dr. Aykut Fatih Güven is currently serving in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Yalova University, Turkey. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Kocaeli University in 2023, specializing in the techno-economic optimization of standalone hybrid energy systems. Dr. Güven has extensive academic and professional experience, having held various roles in academia and the private sector since 2000. His research interests include renewable energy systems, hybrid energy system optimization, electric vehicles, control systems, power system analysis, artificial intelligence, and meta- heuristic optimization algorithms. Dr. Güven has authored numerous high-impact journal articles and conference papers in these areas. His work focuses on the integration of renewable energy with advanced optimization techniques to address challenges in energy management and sustainability. Dr. Güven is dedicated to advancing research in energy systems and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in his field.

Masoud has more than 16 years (2006+) of experience in power system studies, including impact analysis of distributed generation, power system protection, reliability, resilience, and modeling, analysis, and simulation of transmission and distribution systems. He is currently focused on Asset Strategy in PG&E as a senior distribution engineer. He is also improving his leadership and management skills through his MBA studies at HAAS. Before joining PG&E, he was a principal engineer at Quanta Technology, a consulting company in the power and energy industry, involved in projects for 30+ utilities and other corporations in 20+ states and abroad, in various aspects of study, implementation, and development. As a Senior IEEE Member, Masoud is also serving as an officer or voting member in IEEE PES Distribution Subcommittee, Distribution Resiliency Working Group, Switching and Overcurrent Protection Working Group, Solid-State Transformers Task Force, Distribution Reliability Working Group, among others. He is also serving the research community by reviewing papers for different journals and conferences in IEEE, IET, EPSR, and more. Masoud has also served as the track/committee chair of conferences, panel moderator, panelist, etc. in various occasions.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Filiz Guneysu Atasoy is currently working at the University of the Ozarks in the U.S., as the leading faculty of the information Science Program, specializing in clean and renewable energy policy analysis, macroeconomic modeling, and applied econometrics. Her research focuses on the economic impacts of energy transition policies, climate change, and sustainable development, with several impactful publications addressing renewable energy markets and policy design. Dr. Guneysu Atasoy holds a PhD in Applied Economics and a minor in Statistics from Auburn University, which equipped her with a strong foundation in advanced econometric methods. Combining her deep expertise in economics with cutting-edge data analysis, Dr. Guneysu Atasoy delivers actionable policy insights to support the global shift toward sustainable energy systems.

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Prof Ichiro Naruse is worked as a Doctor of Engineering in Department of Chemical Engineering, at Nagoya University, Japan in the Year of 1989 and in the same year he worked as a Research Associate, Department of Energy Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology. In 1994 he worked as a Associate Professor in the Department of Ecological Engineering, ditto and worked as a Visiting researcher, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Arizona in the year of 1997.In 2007 he worked as a Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Nagoya University and then he moved in to Institute of Material and System for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Japan.

Professor Dr. Belkacem Kada is a full aerospace design and control systems professor with over two decades of academic and research experience. He earned his Ph.D. in Complex Automation and Mechatronics from Laval University, Quebec, Canada, in 2006, and obtained his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Science and Technology of Oran (USTO), Algeria, in 1998 and 1992 respectively. As a Professor at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, KSA, Dr. Kada specializes in aerospace design, control systems, flight and orbital mechanics, guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems, autonomous and multi-agent systems, and aerospace formation flying. He is adept at applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to technology, engineering, and science.