Speakers
Plenary Speakers
Gabriel Barceló Rico Avello
Born in 1940. I hold a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the OUTSIDE in the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and a degree in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid. I have been engineer specialized in air conditioning installations, Consulting Engineer, public servant in the tax administration agency, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Finance of Spain, responsible for the data processing center, professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and business advisor. With a group of collaborators, I have developed over the last fifty years a private research project in rotational dynamics, conducting experimental tests and proposing a scientific theory about the behavior of bodies subjected to acceleration, called the Theory of Dynamic Interactions. I have published more than thirty books on physics, engineering, and history, and numerous articles on these topics. Currently retired, but I continue working on research projects and writing books and articles.
Enrico Flamini
Graduated in Physics at Roma University “La Sapienza” in 1977, with a thesis on X-Ray spectroscopy applied to Apollo Lunar Samples. Researcher at CNR then ESA Research Fellow at University of Sussex (UK). In 1985 employed at Agenzia Spaziale Italiana first as PA Manager, then as PM for ASI on Rosetta, Mars Express, MRO and the Cassini-Huygens Missions, Co-I of the Cassini Radar and of H-ASI; Chair 2006-10 of Philae Steering Committee; 2008-10: ASI Director of the Observation of the Universe department, Mission Science Director for LARES on VEGA 2012; ASI Chief Scientist from 2010 till retirement; Hemeritus PI of the SIMBIO-SYS instrument on BepiColombo; Vice-Chair and Chair of ESA SPC and Italian Delegate; Delegate to ESA PB-EO; from 2006 Professor of “Solar System Exploration “ at G. D’Annunzio” University-Chieti, Italy. Member of: IMEWG, MEPAG, MPSET, JMART, iMARS1, COPUOS ATEIn. Awarded as Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite de France and as Exceptional Public Service Gold Medal by NASA; IAU named 18099-Flamini asteroid. More than 100 papers published and 3 books.
Katsuo Sakai
I was born on April 9, 1942, in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. In March 1960, I graduated from Suwa Seiryo High School and entered the Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University. In April 1966, I joined Ricoh Co., Ltd., where I researched electrophotography technology. During that time, I made two very unique inventions. One is a one-shot two-color electrophotography method, which, like silver halide film, involves stacking two photosensitive layers with different light sensitivities, charging them positively and negatively, exposing them to a red-black image, and simultaneously creating positive and negative latent images of red and black, which are then developed with red and black toner. This device was exhibited at the 1980 Hanover Messe and received great acclaim. The second is a development method. Normally, in photocopiers, the developing material rubs against the surface of the photoreceptor. As a result, the latent image is disrupted, and high-resolution development is not possible. In my development method, the toner moves by hopping without touching the photoreceptor, and where there is a latent image, it is attracted to the latent image at the peak of its hopping motion and adheres to it. As a result, a very high-resolution toner image is developed. In 2006, I left the company and established the Electrostatic Power Generation Research Institute, where I am conducting research and development on electrostatic generators.
J Emerson Raja
Ts. Dr. J Emerson Raja (Ph.D.) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia. His technical expertise centres around applying soft computing techniques to monitor the health of machines. He was honoured with the notable commendation award by his alma mater, SRM University, India in conjunction with its Alumni Day on 12 March 2017. He was also honoured with the best executive award and group CEO merit award for the year 2014 from TM, the leading integrated telecommunication company in Malaysia. He has co-authored 3 books, Modeling Intelligence: Computational Techniques in Cognitive Systems published by Amazon in August 2025, A Textbook of Practical Neural Networks a kindle Edition by Amazon in July 2025 and C Programming for beginners, published by Pearson (Malaysia) in 2009. He has been a recipient of the excellent teaching award four times, for the year 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2024 from the president of Multimedia University, Malaysia. He was also the recipient of the best research poster award in the MMU-Infineon technical symposium 2011. Dr. Emerson Raja received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Madras, India in 1989 and 2001 respectively. His PhD degree was awarded by MMU, Malaysia for his research on “Intelligent Machine Condition Monitoring” in 2014. He has conducted successfully the Malaysian Government funded MTCP training program for 15 international participants form 14 August to 25 August 2017 at MMU. He was one of the speakers of the "International Teaching Week" at Hof University of Applied Sciences, Germany in June 2013. As a SENIOR member of IEEE, he has actively contributed as invited speaker in several technical symposiums arranged by IEEE Signal Processing Society of Malaysia. He had provided key-note speeches in many International Conferences in Malaysia, India, China, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. He has been invited twice as a guest speaker in MAL technical & innovation symposium on 21 November 2013 and 30 October 2014 at Infineon, a German based company in Malaysia. He was also awarded the silver medal by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, for his poster in the Innovative Practices in Higher Education Expo 2014 (I-PHEX 2014). Given a talk on “Peer Tutoring in Higher Education” at ASAIHL Conference, Tokio Japan in March 2018. He has been invited to Chonnam National University, South Korea, for their international summer session 2018, as international visiting scholar. He had given a talk on “Digestive health” at Gwanju International Centre, South Korea on 21st July 2018. He had also given the same talk on Digestive Health at Australian Radio SBS Tamil (2018) and it is available online. Being a HRDF certified trainer, he has conducted many workshops and delivered seminars on “The Role of Responsible AI in IR5,0”
Dr. Friedhelm M. Jöge
Biography of Friedhelm M. Jöge Friedhelm M. Jöge, born in 1943, worked in a scientific laboratory after studying chemistry and mathematics textbooks at a young age and after studying chemical engineering. He then worked in development departments in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The focus of his work was in the field of biochemistry and macromolecular chemistry. His interest are the synopsis of various physical, chemical and biological knowledge as well as questions of origin of life and ethics in the field of tension between faith and science. In particular, he dealt with the concept of information. He is married, has a daughter and three Grandchildren. He also loves music and chess. His contributions to science are five articles: 1. Quantum Gravity 2. Theory of Dark Energy 3. Information & Effect: An Introduction to the Concept of Immanence as a Physical Quantity 4. Calculation of Dark Energy and Dark Matter 5. Time is Energy and Dynamic Information (Information flow) 6. Equivalence of Information and Immanence
Dr. Jadav Chandra Mandal
Dr. Jadav Chandra Mandal holds the position of senior professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1982, followed by a master’s in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1984. Subsequently, he served as a scientist at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, from 1984 to 1985. Dr. Mandal completed his doctoral studies in Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1990, before assuming a faculty position at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His research group primarily focuses on pioneering numerical algorithms for tackling both single and multi-phase incompressible flows, alongside all Mach number compressible fluid flows, and fluid-structure interaction. In recent times, his team has been actively involved in advancing Riemann solvers for the analysis of deformation and wave propagation in solids. Dr. Mandal has been honoured with prestigious awards including the J. R. D. Tata Fellowship at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1987-1990), and the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in Germany (2002-2003).
Dr. Chung Yuan Kung
Dr. Chung Yuan Kung is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. He earned his BS (1969) and MS (1972) in Physics from National Tsing Hua University, an MS in Physics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (1974), and a PhD in Materials Science from Northwestern University (1979). After postdoctoral research at Georgia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and six years in the U.S. semiconductor industry with Fairchild and National Semiconductor, Dr. Kung joined Taiwan’s ITRI in 1987 and served on NCHU’s faculty from 1991 until his retirement in 2016. His 2024 publications represent a culmination of decades spent unraveling the deep connections between geometry and materials.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Diogo Ferreira Lima Filho
Graduated in Telecommunications Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (1982), Master in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1989), PhD in Electrical Engineering from Poli USP (2015). Currently is full professor at Universidade Paulista (UNIP). Has experience in the area of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with emphasis on Telecommunications Systems, Networks and Computer Architecture, acting mainly on the following theme: Algorithms and protocols to ensure QoS in wireless sensor networks for applications in IoT- Internet of Things. Currently performs research with Graphene as a substrate for electronic circuits with applications in Wireless Sensor Networks and Quantum code applications for quantum computing.
Zhengxian Liu
Zhengxian Liu, Associate Professor at the School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, has been selected for the 2023 Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program (Boxin Program). He has long been committed to the basic theory of mechanics, intelligent composite material design, space deployable structures, aerospace applications, etc., published 19 SCI papers, presided over 6 projects including the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and served as a member of the Smart Composites Professional Committee of the Chinese Mainland Federation of the International Society for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (SAMPE), the executive director of the expert think tank of the New Material Development Alliance, the member of the Composite Structure Design Special Committee of the China Composite Materials Society, the member of the Youth Working Committee of the China Composite Materials Society, and so on
Xiyuan Chen
Xiyuan Chen received the Ph.d. degree in Precision Instrument and Mechanical Engineering from Southeast University, China, in1998. He went to Poleticnic di Turino, Italy(2005-2006),North Carolina State University, USA(2009), University of Birmingham, UK (2017) and Tohoku University, Japan(2025) as a senior visiting scholar or a senior research scholar. He is currently the professor of school of instrument science and engineering, southeast university, China. He is also the dean of at the Guizhou Institute of Technology. His research interests include inertial navigation and integrated navigation and GPS software receiver and wireless location technologies, weak-signal GNSS, hybrid navigation and related application. He was elected as a IET Fellow and is also a Senior member of IEEE and a Council member of the China Instrument and Control Society. He is author or contributing author of more than 300 technical papers, reports and has been granted over 160 invention patents in China and 6 invention patents in the United States. He received over 10 awards including the Special Commendation Gold Award and Gold Award at the Geneva International Invention Exhibition.
Dan Song
Dan Song received the Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, in 2023. She is currently an Associate Professor at Jimei University, China. Her research focuses on marine communication and coding, underwater communication, and quantum communication. She has authored/co-authored more than 20 papers in authoritative journals and conferences, filed over 10 invention patents, and has led and participated in multiple national and provincial research projects. Dr. Song serves as a reviewer for a number of international authoritative journals and is an Editorial Board Member of Computer Science and Technology. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Scholar Award at IEEE ICCCAS 2024 and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of Fujian Province in 2025.
Janusz Rebielak
Professor (Ph.D) Janusz Rębielak, born in 1955, he studied architecture mainly in the field of engineering design of spatial structures, he obtained the Ph.D. in 1982 at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, in Poland. His scientific interests are very broad and concern mainly the methods of calculations of statically indeterminate trusses as well as the methods of numerical shaping and design of spatial structures intended for civil engineering particularly in area of lightweight roof structures and foundation systems of heavily loaded buildings placed on soils with low bearing capacity or located in seismically active areas, while in area of aviation and aerospace engineering his research is focused in design of VTOL aircrafts and a specific type of manned spacecraft. He published numerous papers, including three monographs, he obtains five patents. He is retired professor of the Cracow University of Technology, Poland, where he recently has been a head of Chair of Structures and Construction Engineering. He is married since 1980, has three children.
Robert Jakubowski
Robert Jakubowski, PhD, Eng. is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology, Poland, where he has been working since 1998. He initially served as an Assistant and, after obtaining his Ph.D. in 2004, became an Assistant Professor and Lecturer. He teaches courses on Turbojet Engine Theory, Modelling and Analysis of Turbojet Engine Performance and Numerical Analysis in Aviation Applications. His research focuses on thermodynamic modeling and performance analysis of aero engines, particularly turbojet and turbofan engines. He conducts conceptual studies on advanced propulsion systems such as inter-turbine burner engines and turbofan engines with reheaters. His work includes developing numerical models, mainly in MATLAB, for analyzing engine performance under various operating conditions. He gained professional experience at MTU Aero Engines Poland, where he worked in the Performance Department for over three years. He is the author and co-author of several scientific papers on aircraft propulsion systems.
Dou. Zhang
Dr. Dou Zhang is an Assistant Researcher and M.S. Supervisor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Her research focuses on the mechanical behavior of shape memory polymer (SMP) composites and their application-oriented validation, with particular emphasis on constitutive behavior, thermo-mechanical coupling, and structure-function integration for deployable mechanisms. The SMP-based locking-and-release deployment mechanism developed by her team enabled the first dynamic unfurling of the national flag on China’s inaugural Mars mission, Tianwen-1. This achievement was selected as one of the “Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances of Chinese Higher Education Institutions” in 2021.
Serhii Shevchenko
Serhii Shevchenko was born in 1961, in 1984 he graduated from the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (KhPI) with a degree in "Hydraulic Machines and Automation"). In 1990 he defended his PhD thesis on the topic "Development and research of new designs of gland seals for pumping equipment of nuclear power plants". He worked in the research laboratory of vibration reliability of machines of the Department of Theoretical Mechanics of the Sumy branch of KHPI (later SumDU): from 1984 to 1994 - a research associate, participated in developments in the field of aviation technology and nuclear power plants. Since 1995, he has created and managed private enterprises of the machine-building industry of Ukraine, which were engaged in the production of pumping and compressor equipment for various industries. Since July 2020, he has been a senior researcher at the Pukhov Institute, Institute for Modelling in Power Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IPME). In June 2023, defended his doctoral (Doctor of Technical Sciences) dissertation on the topic "Mathematical models of processes in sealing systems of centrifugal machines". Since August 2024, he has been an academician of the Engineering Academy of Ukraine (head of the Sumy regional organization). Since January 2025, he has been the scientific supervisor of the fundamental work "Creation of models, methods and means of increasing the safety and efficiency of the functioning of power pumping equipment", leading researcher. The direction of S. Shevchenko's scientific research is related to the development of methods for the theory of sealing and vibration reliability of centrifugal machines.
Xiaozhou Xin
Xiaozhou Xin, Harbin Institute of Technology, Associate Professor. He is engaged in the research on the mechanical behavior of smart polymer composites, multifunctional metamaterials, smart deformation structure design and aerospace applications. He has published 27 SCI articles in Advanced Functional Materials, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering Journal, Composites Part B, Small and other journals. He has been selected for the 10th Young Talent Support Project of China Association for Science and Technology.
Shailender Gaur
Distinguished Mechanical Engineer with over 25 years of experience in Haryana State Engineering Services and 27+ years of research expertise in nano-materials, energy systems, and space applications. Known for strategic innovation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and international representation of Indian research. Adept at leading complex engineering initiatives and advancing hybrid nano-technologies for future mobility and energy solutions.
Dr. Detlef Hoyer
Dr. Detlef Hoyer has a PhD in theoretical electrical Engineering. He investigates Einstein-Maxwell equations derived from 5D Kaluza Relativity, where a scalar field occurs affecting both, gravity and electromagnetism. Recently he began to examine the 5D geodesic equation, which includes electomagnetic forces. Because geodesic equations are about acceleration and not about force, the term charge q over mass m has to be taken into account. Predictions of the theory are reduction of effective mass and a fifth force. Until it is not known, how to achieve those effects or even if they exist at all, his calculations aim for hints, how to arrange experiments for verification or falsification. Dr. Detlef Hoyer earned a college diploma in magnetism and low temperature physics in 1986. He completed his Ph.D. at the Hamburg University of Technology in 1992. Since then he worked as a software developer at a major German insurance company. In 2004 he started his research on Riemannian curvature of higher dimensional manifolds. Now he is an Alumnus of the Technical University of Hamburg in Germany and retired November 2024
Prof. Yuval Cohen
Professor (Ph.D) Yuval Cohen is a Senior Faculty Member at the Industrial Engineering department of the Afeka College of Engineering. His research area is focused on the improvement of industrial systems by integrating intelligent manufacturing, collaborative robots, and advanced technologies .
Subrata Sarkar
S. Sarkar, Distinguished Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, HAL Chair, Convener of Energy Conversion and Computational Turbomachinery Laboratories, received PhD. from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He also served the University of Calcutta and the University of Surrey, UK. Dr. Sarkar is involved in research over the last 30 years and contributed significantly to the fields of Turbomachinery, CFD, LES/DNS, Transition, and Turbulence. He has guided numbers of master/doctoral students and completed many industrial and sponsored projects. He has served as a technical expert on project-review committees of national importance, and numerous academic and administrative committees of the Institute. His research has enhanced the understanding and development of HP/LP turbines, high-lift blade design, and wake-induced transition phenomena. His studies on the influence of coherent and semi-coherent eddy structures on transitional boundary layers are not only application-relevant but also theoretically significant across various fluid dynamic systems. He delivered many invited lectures as a subject expert in India and abroad.
Rashmikant Upadhyay
Dr. Rashmikant is a Senior Research Scientist at Morgenrot.Net, Japan, where he develops high-performance CFD workflows accelerated by AI/ML and GPU computing. Prior to this role he was a Researcher at Tohoku University, leading multidisciplinary optimization and composite aircraft design projects. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from Kyushu Institute of Technology (2022), after B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from India’s national universities. His research integrates Multidisciplinary & Multiobjective Optimization, Bio-inspired flying robots, and sustainable MAV design. A recipient of competitive fellowships including GATE, JASSO, and KANAZAWA, Dr. Rashmikant bridges fundamental simulation science and applied aerospace innovation.
Dr. Rashid Ali Laghari
Dr. Rashid Ali Laghari is PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. In 2021, He joined the Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the College of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. Later in 2022, he joined another Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. In 2024 he started working as an Assistant Professor in Sindh Institute of Management and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. Currently he is working as Associate Professor in School of Intelligent Manufacturing, Shanghai Zhongqiao Vocational and Technical University, Shanghai 201514, China, Where he taught courses such as Mechanics of Machines and Materials, Solid Mechanics, and Manufacturing Processes. He specializes in Intelligent manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Finite Element Analysis and predictive modeling and optimization of the machining process, difficult-to-cut Metal Matrix Composite materials, Fabrication of SiCp/Al Metal Matrix Composite Materials through powder metallurgy and functionally graded ceramic cutting tool inserts, Internet of things (IoT), Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) , Soft computing, process monitoring of CNC machines. 3D printing and 4D printing of smart materials, and composite materials, Laser additive manufacturing of composite materials.
Gopikrishna Rangarajan
Gopikrishna Rangarajan is working as a Scientist in the Structural Testing Facility and pursuing his PhD in the area of buckling of shells. He has vast expertise in the area of Experimental validation of aerospace structures and components. He has implemented innovative solutions in structural and pressure testing of components as well as full scale airframes. He completed his Masters from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 2015. He has received the Young Researcher Award in his organisation during the year 2019. He has presented technical papers in various International Conferences and also published in leading journals in the area of Structures and Experiments. His research areas include buckling, Acoustic Emission Monitoring, Load and pressure test on structures and thermo-structural tests on sections.