Speakers

Speech Title : Marine Sediment Fingerprints: Revealing Sources and Ecological Risks of Potentially Toxic Elements

Dr. Ong Meng Chuan is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Malaysia. He holds a doctoral degree in Marine Pollution, specialising in metal pollution, from the University of South Brittany, France. His academic and research expertise lies primarily in marine pollution, environmental assessment, ecotoxicology, and the application of aquatic organisms as indicators of environmental quality. Dr. Ong’s research focuses on the assessment of potentially toxic elements and other pollutants in marine and aquatic environments, with particular emphasis on their occurrence, distribution, bioaccumulation, and potential impacts on ecosystems and human health. His work encompasses a wide range of environmental matrices, including sediments and marine organisms such as fish, crustaceans, bivalves, molluscs, seaweeds, and seagrasses. Through these studies, he investigates the potential of aquatic organisms as bioindicators for evaluating environmental contamination and ecosystem health. His research also contributes to the assessment of potential human health risks associated with the consumption of contaminated seafood. Through his research, academic leadership, and knowledge transfer activities, Dr. Ong is committed to advancing scientific understanding of marine pollution while contributing to environmental protection, sustainable marine resource management, and the safeguarding of human health.

Speech Title : Main Challenges and Efficient Solutions for Large Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Prof. Decheng Wan is Director of Computational Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory (CMHL) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chair Professor of Chang Jiang Scholar, Distinguished Professor of Shanghai Eastern Scholar, Shanghai Excellent Academic Leader, the adjunct full professor of University of Strathclyde of UK, Zhejiang University, Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo University, respectively. He is the President of International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), the chair of ISOPE International Hydrodynamic Committee, chair of Executive Committee of International Workshop on Ship and Marine Hydrodynamics (IWSH), chair of Executive Committee of China National Conference on Marine CFD, member of Advisor Committee of International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC), member of Steering Committee of International CFD Workshop in Ship Hydrodynamics, associate editor-in-chief of Journal of Hydrodynamics, and member of editorial board of Ocean Engineering and Applied Ocean Research, etc. Prof. Wan has been selected as TOP 2% scientists from all over the world by Stanford University. He is also awarded the most cited researchers by Elsevier, and TOP 0.05% global scholars by ScholarGPS. He received CH Kim Award, ISOPE Award, Prof. Peiyuan Zhou’s First Award of Hydrodynamics, Best paper of Moan-Faltinsen Award, etc. He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed journal papers and more than 60 patents and software copyrights. His remarkable works of development of numerical solvers for the complex flows in ship and ocean engineering have been recognized by the world-wide researchers in the field of marine hydrodynamics.