8^th International Conference on Polymer Science and Engineering October 15-16, 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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

Fundamental studies in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics with a focus on scanning probe techniques.

Dr. Emo Chiellini has completed his PhD in the year 1963 at the age of 26. He is Director for Bio lab Research Group at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry – University of Pisa UdR/INSTM and former full professor at university of Pisa, Italy and he is a member of scientific Committee at Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science & Technology (INSTM), Florence – Italy. He has more 50 years of teaching experience. He took responsibility in industrial funded r&d projects from 1977-2014. He is involved in Ec-funded projects (fp4 - fp7) from 1993-2013. He has his involvement in Project co-funded by the Italian ministry of university & research from 1998-2009. He is editorial board member for more than 10 journals. He has Over 500 publications (420 in Peer Reviewed Journals and 85 Chapters in Books) in the field of Polymer Science and Technology. He has 34 Patents & 19 Books . he marked his presence in more than 300 national and international conferences. He visited more than 80 countries as invited scientist and professor.

Polymer Science and Technology

Professor Geoffrey Mitchell studied in Sheffield and London before obtaining a PhD working with Alan Windle at the University of Cambridge, UK. His PhD thesis focused on the study of the local structure of polymer melts and glasses using x-ray scattering and computational modelling. He spent a period in Cambridge as a research fellow with a programme centered on the study of liquid crystal polymers. This was followed by a spell at Hokkaido University, Japan with Professor Akira Odajima applying nmr and dielectric measurements to main-chain liquid crystal polymers. In 1984 he took up a lectureship in physics at the University of Reading, was appointed Reader in Polymer Physics in 1992 and Professor of Polymer Physics in 1995. He was the Founding Coordinator of the Polymer Science Centre a collaborative research programme in polymer science involving the Departments of Physics and Chemistry. In 2005 he was the founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Microscopy at Reading which was University wide centre of excellence. In 2013 he was appointed Emeritus Professor. In 2010 he joined the staff of the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development at the Institute Polytechnic of Leiria. Previously he had been Visiting Professor of IPL since 2004. He is now Vice-Director of CDRSP since 2014. Professor Mitchell has a broad experience of materials research ranging from non-linear optics through smart materials to the microstructural study of technologically important materials. He has developed novel time-resolving techniques in x-ray and neutron scattering for the study of both local structure and the influence of external fields (shear and extensional flow, stress, magnetic, electric) on polymer melts, glasses, liquid crystal polymers and crystallisable polymers. He has co-edited a book on “Controlling the Morphology of Polymers; Multiple Scales of Structure and Processing” published by Springer in 2016. He has combined such scattering techniques with computational modelling to reveal quantitative information about the segmental packing in polymer melts and glasses. He has pioneered the study of liquid crystal elastomers including both chiral networks and the use of such networks as smart materials. He was one of the first to develop photoactive materials for a variety of applications, including non-linear optics, optical fibre switches, coatings and smart systems. In the last 15 years he has developed strong interest in additive manufacturing, firstly with the development of a novel UV/IR Stereolithography process and then the influence of 3-d printing processes of the structure and morphology of the final products. He has developed a strong interest in electrospinning and was amongst the first to evaluate the effect of the electrospinning parameters on the polymer structure of the fibres. He initiated and has chaired a highly successful conference series on electrospinning. This has led to a book ‘Electrospinning: principles, practice and possibilities’ which was published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015

Professor Mitchell has a broad experience of materials research ranging from non-linear optics through smart materials to the microstructural study of technologically important materials. He is particularly interested in the development of additive manufacturing processes including electrospinning and the control of the polymer morphology during manufacturing. He exploits x-ray and neutron scattering for the study of both local structure and the influence of external fields (shear and extensional flow, stress, magnetic, electric) on polymer melts, glasses, liquid crystal polymers and crystallisable polymers and uses scattering data with computational modelling. He is current extending additive manufacturing to functional materials including photoactive systems

He received his degree in Chemical Engineering from the K.U. Leuven (Belgium) in 1971 where he also obtained his Ph.D. in 1978. The subject of his Ph.D. research was “Non-linear viscoelastic behaviour of dispersions”. He worked as senior researcher from 1978 till 2004 in the private industry (Solvay; Central Research Laboratory) in the field of polymerization and polymer processing. In 1994 he obtained the part-time position of lecturer at the Ghent University, teaching “polymer processing”. In 2004 he obtained the fulltime position of professor at the Ghent University teaching all courses concerning polymer technology, including processing and polymerization processes.

Polymer technology in general and polymer processing, including synthetic and biopolymers.

Dr. A. V. Raghu completed his PhD in Polymer Chemistry at Center of Excellence in Polymer Science, Karnatak University, India. He is a Professor in Department of Basic Science, Centre for Emerging Technology, Jain Global Campus, Jain University. He has more than 18 years of experience in Research/Teaching/Industrial/Postdoctoral. He has received many prestigious awards and the most recent was the Life Time Achievement Award-2018 from RSRI Society, India

Development of novel polymeric nano materials for Super-capacitor, Photo-catalytic, Fuel Cell, Battery Storage & Separation Applications, Energy & Environment Management, Water Treatment, Polymeric Drug Delivery System, Food & Microbial Chemistry, Solar Energy, Micro Electronic Device, etc

Dr. O.L. Shanmugasundaram is a Professor in the Department of Textile Technology at K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, India. He completed his Diploma in Textile Processing in the year 1996 from Erode Institute of Technology, India. He graduated in B.Tech. Textile Technology from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India in the year 2000. He aced the GATE Examination with 83.21 percentile [All India Rank: 93] in the year 2003. His tenure of service for 12 years in K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology and 2 years in SSM College of Engineering has honed his skills in teaching, research and administration [Autonomous In-charge, NBA coordinator, NAAC coordinator, ISO coordinator, etc]. He serves as an editorial board member and reviewer in many refereed journals including Elsevier and Springer Journals and is also acting as organizing committee member and scientific committee member in 100 International and 60 National Conferences in India and abroad.

He disseminated his research results through regular publications in scholarly and peer reviewed Journals. He has authored 32 research papers in reputed journals. He has to his credit 25 papers presented in International Conferences and 7 others in National Conferences. His research interests span a hybrid platform of theoretical and experimental approaches to study the diverse applications of Nanotechnology in Textiles, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bio-Medical Textiles, Textile Chemical Processing, Technical Textiles and Fibre Science & Technology. His current research activities focus on Healthcare and Hygiene Textiles, synthesis of nanoparticles/polymers and its applications in wound dressings and tissue engineering, development of drug releasing sutures motivated by the emerging challenges in the fields of medical and sports textile technology.