Biography
Dr. Nobuyuki Nakajima is Professor Emeritus and research professor at the University of Akron, USA. In 1945, he completed his B.S., Chemical Engineering from Tokyo University and then in 1955 he completed his M. S., Chemistry, from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1958 Chemistry, Case Institute of Technology. He has published 200 papers in Scientific and technical journals. He is the author of the book “Science and Practice of Rubber Mixing†RAPRA Technology Ltd. 2000. He received education service Award of the Plastic institute of America. Honorable mention review for the excellence of presentation and content, “ Science of Mixing Rubber†presented at 152nd meeting of Rubber Division, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 1997. He was an Associate Editor during 1974-1984, for Rubber Chemistry and Technology.
Research Interest
Time-dependent Thermodynamics
Biography
Nariyoshi Kawabata completed his PhD degree from Kyoto University at 1963. He was a chemistry assistant at Kyoto University from 1963 to 1969. He was an assistant professor of Kyoto Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1976 and a professor from 1976 to 1999. He was a professor of University of Shiga Prefecture from 1999 to 2005. He has a faithful opinion about severe duty of chemists in the protection of natural abundant environment from harmful and obstructive chemical materials produced by chemists and chemical industry.
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Biography
Dr Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D Winbigler Professor in the Professor in the College of Engineering and the Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio Nanotechnology and Biomimetics NLB2 at the Ohio State University Columbus Ohio He holds two MS a PhD in mechanical engineering/mechanics an MBA and three semihonorary and honorary doctorates His research interests include fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics He has authored 7 scientific books more than 90 handbook chapters more than 700 scientific papers h index – 48; ISI Highly Cited in Materials Science since 2007 and more than 60 scientific reports edited more than 50 books and holds 17 US and foreign patents He is coeditor of Springer NanoScience and Technology Series and Microsystem Technologies He has organized various international conferences and workshops He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists and the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award He is a member of various professional societies including the International Academy of Engineering Russia He has previously worked for various research labs including IBM Almaden Research Center San Jose CA He has held visiting professor appointments at University of California at Berkeley University of Cambridge UK Technical University Vienna Austria University of Paris Orsay ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne
Research Interest
Fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics.