Speakers

Speech Title : Returning Mobility to Over 45,000 Patients Using Next Generation Biomaterials

Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 140) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 45,000 patients. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, University of the Basque Country, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.

Speech Title : Semiconductor Technologies for Artificial Intelligence and Information Processing: Trends, Applications, Reliability, and Prospects

Dr. Juin J. Liou is a distinguished researcher specializing in the reliability of current and emerging semiconductor technologies. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, USA. He currently serves as a Chair Professor at Shandong University of Science and Technology, China, and previously held several prestigious academic positions at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Liou holds 30 patents and has authored 13 books, over 380 journal papers, and more than 300 conference papers. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, and other professional organizations and has received numerous awards for excellence in research, teaching, and engineering education. He has also held several leadership positions within the IEEE Electron Devices Society.