Program

BIT’s 2nd Annual World Congress of

Nano-S&T

A Dedicated Event for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Professionals

Time : October 26-28, 2012
Venue: Qingdao, China

 

Streamline 7: Nanotechnology in Environment & Energy


Section 7-1: Environmental Implications of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Time: 08:30-12:15, October 27, 2012 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Shifeng Hou, Professor, Montclair State University, USA 

08:30-08:55

Keynote

Title: Application of Nanotechnology to Next Generation Exhaust Gas Catalytic Converters
Dr. Stephen Golden,
CTO, Clean Diesel technologies, Inc., USA

08:55-09:20

Title: Surface Design and the Applications of Carbon-based Nanmaterials for Environmental Protection
Dr. Shifeng Hou, Professor, Montclair State University, USA 

09:20-09:45

Keynote

Title: Nanotechnology Innovation Experience in Automotive Powertrain
Dr.
Bulent Yavuz, President, SiVa CleanTech, USA

09:45-10:10

Title: Measuring Environmental Transformation of Engineered Nanoparticles and Developing Treatment Strategies for Drinking Water Supplies
Dr.
Endalkachew  Sahle-Demessie, Senior Researcher, US EPA, USA

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: In-situ Green Synthesis of Biocompatible Ginseng Capped Gold Nanoparticles with Remarkable Stability
Dr. Junichi Kurawaki,
Professor and Head, Kagoshima University, Japan

10:55-11:20

Title: Oxygen-deficient Perovskite Manganese Oxides for Oxygen Storage Applications
Dr. Teruki Motohashi,
Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan

11:20-11:45

Title: Photoelectrocatalytic Degradation of Chlortetracycline Using Ti/TiO2 Nanostructured Photoanode with Simultaneous Production of H2O2 at the Cathode
Dr.
Daghrir Rimeh, INRS-ETE, Canada

11:45-12:10

Title: Preparation and Applications of Nano-materials for Environmental Remediation
Dr. Neppolian Bernaurdshaw,
Professor, SRM University, India

 

Section 7-2: Solid State Lighting Using Nanomaterials

Time: 08:30-10:05, October 27, 2012 (Saturday) 

Chair:

Dr. Thomas Zettler, CEO & President, LayTec AG, Germany

Co-chair:

Dr. Meng Zhang, Project Leader, Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, USA

08:30-08:55

Keynote

Title: III-nitride Based Solid State Lighting - In-situ Metrology for High-yield Production Processes of Nano-scaled Structures
Dr. Thomas Zettler,
CEO & President, LayTec AG, Germany

08:55-09:20

Title: Long Lifetime OLED for Lighting Applications
Dr.
Man Keung Fung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

09:20-09:45

Invited Speech

Title: InGaN/GaN Quantum Dots and Nanowires: Material Characteristics and Device Applications
Dr. Meng Zhang,
Project Leader, Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, USA

09:45-10:05

Coffee Break

 

Section 7-3: Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion

Time: 10:30-12:30, October 27, 2012 (Saturday) 

Chair:

Dr. Richard R. Mu, Professor, Fisk/Vanderbilt University, USA

10:30-10:50

Keynote

Title: Nanophotonics for Photo Voltaic Devices
Dr. Gehan Amaratunga,
Professor, University of Cambridge, UK

10:50-11:10

Title: Quantum Dots Functionalized Nanostructures for Enhanced Optical Energy 

Absorption, Transport and Emission
Dr.
Richard R. Mu, Professor, Fisk/Vanderbilt University, USA

11:10-11:30

Title: Silicon Nanowire ArrayThermoelectric Device
Dr. Moongyu Jang,
Principal Research Staff / Professor, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea

11:30-11:50

Title: Low Dimensional Nanostructures as Efficient Thermoelectric Materials for Energy 

Conversion and Generation
Dr. Hans Kosina,
Professor, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

(Delivered by Dr. Neophytos Neophytou)

11:50-12:10

Title: Synthesis and Applications of Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes
Dr. Tsuguo Koyanagi,
General Manager, JGC Catalysts and Chemical Ltd., Japan

 

Section 7-4: Nanotech in Heat Transfer and Nano Fluid Engineering

Time: 13:30-15:30, October 27, 2012 (Saturday)

Chair:

Dr. Ping-Hei Chen, Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Co-chair:

Dr. Guihua Tang, Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

13:30-13:50

Title: Characteristics of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer on a Nanoparitcle-modified Surface with Interlaced Wettability
Dr. Ping-Hei Chen,
Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

13:50-14:10

Title: Transport Processes in Nanofluids: The State and the Problems
Dr. Valery Rudyak,
Professor, Novosibirsk State University of Civil Engineering, Russia

14:10-14:30

Title: Recent Progress in Gaseous Thermal Conductivity in Nano-aerogels
Dr. Guihua Tang,
Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

14:30-14:50

Title: Room Temperature Deposition of Nano-structured AlN and AlN-Al Composite Films on Aluminum Substrate for Enhanced Heat Transfer in an LED Array Package
Dr. Hyo Tae  Kim, Director, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering &Technolofy, Republic of Korea

14:50-15:10

Title: Particle Magnetic Constraint Effects on the Thermal Conductivity of Nano Ferrofluid
Dr. Chin-Ting Yang,
Associate Professor, St. John’s University, Taiwan

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

 

Section 7-5: Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites and Nanofilm for Energy Applications

Time: 15:30-17:10, October 27, 2012 (Saturday)

Chair:

Dr. Jin-Ming Chen, Deputy Director, Material and Chemical Research Laboratories/ITRI, Taiwan

15:30-15:50

Keynote

Title: Energy Transfer in Nanoscale Energy Conversion Materials
Dr. Xianfan Xu, Professor, Purdue University, USA

15:50-16:10

Title: Nanocomposite Electrode Materials for Power Li-ion Batteries
Dr. Jin-Ming Chen,
Deputy Director, Material and Chemical Research Laboratories/ITRI, Taiwan

16:10-16:30

Title: Functional Oxide Nanostructures for Energy Harvesting
Dr.
Bertrand Vilquin, Associate Professor, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France

16:30-16:50

Title: Technology and Physics of Micro/Nanolayered Polymeric Systems for

Efficient Energy Harvesting and Storage
Dr. Jennifer Jones,
Vanderbilt University, USA

 

Section 7-6: Energy Storage & Novel Generation

Time: 13:30-15:35, October 27, 2012 (Saturday)

Chair:

Dr. Andrew Goudy, Professor, Delaware State University, USA

Co-chair:

Dr. George Zhao, Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia

13:30-13:55

Title: Kinetics Studies on Some Complex Borohydride and Amide Hydrogen Storage Materials
Dr.
Andrew Goudy, Professor, Delaware State University, USA

13:55-14:20

Title: Electric Field Manipulated Atomic Hydrogen Storage in Graphene
Dr. Zhimin Ao,
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of New South Wales, Australia

14:20-14:45

Title: Graphene-based Electrdoes for Supercapacitors
Dr. Xiusong Zhao,
Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia

14:45-15:10

Title: Preparation and Hyogen Storage Properties of Pillared Carbons Consisting of Silsesquioxane Bridged Graphene Layers
Dr. Yoshiaki Matsuo,
Associate Professor, University of Hyogo, Japan

15:10-15:35

Title: Nanoporous Electrode Matrials for Capacitive Energy Storage
Dr. Wei Xing,
China University of Petroleum, China

 

Section 7-7: Nanotech for Fuel Cell and Solar Cell

Time: 08:30-12:10, October 28, 2012 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Dongling Ma, Professor, University of Quebec, Canada

Co-chair:

Dr. Velumani Subramaniam, Professor, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico

08:30-08:50

Keynote

Title: Recent Fuel Cell and Photovoltaic Research Utilizing Nanoscale Processes and Materials
Dr. Michael Silver,
CEO, American Elements, USA

08:50-09:10

Keynote

Title: Near Infrared Photon-Harvesting Nanomaterials: Development and Their Significance in Photovoltaic Applications
Dr. Dongling Ma,
Professor, University of Quebec, Canada

09:10-09:30

Title: Nanotechnology for Third Generation Photovoltaics
Dr.
Richard Corkish, Head, University of New South Wales, Australia

09:30-09:50

Title: Nanoparticles and Nanostructures as High Performance Electrocatalysts for Low Temperature Fuel Cells
Dr. Javier Rodriguez Varela,
Professor, CINVESTAV, Mexico 

09:50-10:10

Title: Nano Light Converter for High Efficiency Photovoltaic Cell

Dr. Yingjuan Wang, Research Scientist, DuPont (China) R& D Center, China

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:00-10:50

Title: Deposition and Characterization of TCO´s (AZO and ITO), i-ZnO and Graded CIGS Thin Film Structure for Superstrate Solar Cell Using Chemical Spray Pyrolysis
Dr. Velumani Subramaniam,
Professor, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico

10:50-11:10

Title: Nano-scale Materials for Advanced Photovoltaics
Dr.
Oomman K. Varghese, Associate Professor, University of Houston, USA

11:10-11:30

Title: Combined Experimental and Computational Investigations of Pt-based Catalysts for Fuel Cell Applications

Dr. Hung-Lung Chou, Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

11:30-11:50

Title: First Principles Calculations of the Chemical Reactions at the Triple Phase Boundary in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Dr. Tada Tomofumi,
Project Lecturer, The University of Tokyo, Japan

11:50-12:10

Title: Nanostructured Advanced Functional Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
Dr. Riad Nechache,
University of Quebec, Canada

 

Section 7-8: Nanomaterials for Clean and Sustainable Technology

Time: 08:30-11:45, October 28, 2012 (Sunday)

Chair:

Dr. Anne Ponchel, Professor, University of Artois, France

08:30-08:55

Keynote

Title: Silicon Nanowires: A Path Towards High Efficiency, Low Cost Solar Electricity
Dr. Marcie R. Black,
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Bandgap Engineering Inc., USA

08:55-09:20

Title: Ruthenium(0) Nanoparticles Stabilized by Cyclodextrin-based Systems for Applications in Aqueous Phase Catalysis
Dr. Anne Ponchel,
Professor, University of Artois, France

09:20-09:45

Title: Processing Fly Ash Stabilized Hydrogen Titanate Nano-Sheets for Industrial Dye-Removal Application

Dr. Satyajit Shukla, Scientist, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, India

09:45-10:10

Title: Pt/TiO2 Nano-catalyst Synthesized by Atomic Layer Deposition
Dr. Yun Zhou ,
Chongqing Normal University, China
10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55 Title: The Phase Changes of Water Confined in Carbon Nanotubes: From Gas to Solid to Liquid
Dr. Yousung Jung, Assistant Professor, KAIST, South Korea
10:55-11:20

Invited Speech

Title: Graphene/Graphene Oxide Nanostructures for Nonvolatile Memory Applications

Dr. Gennady N. Panin, Professor, Dongguk University, Korea

11:20-11:45

Title: Carbon-based Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Production
Dr. Li Li,
Research Fellow, The University of Queensland, Australia

 


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