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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Keynote Speaker 1
Professor Dr Jian Fang
Soochow University, China
Dr Jian Fang is a professor in the College of Textile and Clothing Engineering at Soochow University in China. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Textile Engineering from Wuhan Textile University and Master degree in Textile Materials and Design from Donghua University. After he was awarded a PhD degree in Materials Engineering from Deakin University in Australia, he started his academic career in the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) at Deakin University in 2009. He has worked as Postdoc Research Fellow, Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow before joining Soochow University to become a full professor in 2019.
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His research activity covers the areas of electrospun nanofibers, functional fibrous materials, higher performance textiles and wearable electronics. He has been the Chief Investigator in 18 funded research projects, including the funding support from Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has published 80 refereed journal articles, including many prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, Nano Energy, Small, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Journal of Hazardous Materials. He has also published 3 books, edited 1 book and contributed to 8 book chapters.
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Dr Fang is currently the director of the Key Laboratory of Smart Textile and Apparel Flexible Devices of the Textile Industry of China Textile Industry Federation, and serves as the Youth Editorial Board Member of Advanced Fiber Materials.
Keynote Speaker 2
Prof Dr. Basuki Wirjosentono
University of Sumatra Utara, Indonesia
Prof. Drs. Basuki Wirjosentono is currently a full Professor on Physical Chemistry and Polymers in the Department of Chemistry, University of Sumatera Utara (USU), Medan. He started working at the USU in the area of polymer chemistry and technology from 1980 until now. He received his Sarjana Muda (BSc) in the year 1975 followed by Sarjana S1 (Drs) in Chemistry in 1978, both from Chemistry at Department of Chemistry, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia.
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Later, Prof continued Master of Science (MS) at the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Physical Polymer Chemistry in the year 1984 and received Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Aston University in Polymer Technology in the year 1991. He has published several books chapters and journal articles.
Prof. Drs. Basuki Wirjosentono has a total citations of more than 1000 and an h-index of 14 and an i10-Index of 21 (Google Scholar at April 2022).
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Prof have joined The Indonesian Dance Sport Society Medan Branch, member of Swimmer Association Medan, Indonesian Javanese Society and others.
Prof was born on 18 April 1952 in Wates and now stay in Deli Serdang, Indonesia.
Keynote Speaker 3
Prof Dr Hazizan Md Akil
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Professor Dr Hazizan Md Akil was born in Temerloh, Pahang. He received his B.Eng. (Hons) in Polymer Engineering from the University of North London, United Kingdom, in 1996. Subsequently, he obtained his PhD in Composites Materials (with a focus on Sandwich structure) from the University of Liverpool, UK, in 2002. Upon his return to Malaysia, he joined Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) as a lecturer in the School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and a full Professor in 2012. Prof Hazizan is currently a Professor at USM’s School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering.
Widely regarded as an authority in the study of polymer composites research with special emphasis on natural fibre reinforced composites and impact mechanics, Prof Hazizan’s expertise is evident through a body of work that covers a period of 21 years which includes extensive and in-depth research on low velocity impact response of composites materials and sandwich structure and application of natural fibre, particularly Malaysia-grown kenaf fibre for the production of renewable and green fibre reinforced polymer composites. The kenaf fibre reinforced composites has been commercialized as grating and outdoor applications.
Prof Hazizan’s work on the manufacturing kenaf fibre yarn and production of long and continuous form of kenaf fibre reinforced composites via Pultrusion method has gained overwhelming attention from the industries and composites engineers. Prof Hazizan has also continued efforts to expand the application of kenaf fibre by producing hybrid kenaf/glass fibre for manufacturing advanced hybrid system using Pultrusion method. Modification of the Pultrusion machine has led to the innovative hybrid kenaf/glass composites with enhanced properties and lightweight.
His aptitude for high quality research of international standing has been further supported by his more than 205 international journal publications with a total citation of 2885 times and an h-index of 27. Prof Hazizan has also successfully supervised 15 PhD and 35 MSc students and is currently supervising 8 PhD students.
Prof Hazizan has been honored with a total of 15 local and international awards for his achievements including Geneva Exhibition, ITEX, MTE, PENCIPTA and i-ENVEX. Prof Hazizan was also named as one of the Top Research Scientists in Malaysia (TRSM 2014) by Academy of Sciences Malaysia. He has also been awarded as one of the Malaysia’s Rising Stars in 2015. He has been regularly invited to present his research findings at various international and national conferences and has strong international collaboration and linkages.