Dr. Ataur Rahman is currently serving as a Professor at School of Engineering at Western Sydney University (WSU), Sydney, Australia. His specialization is in the areas of of Water and Environmental Engineering. Prof. Rahman obtained his PhD in Water Engineering from Monash University, Australia. He has worked in WSU for 19 years. Previously he worked in Queensland University of Technology for two years, Monash University for two years and Sinclair Knight Merz for one year. Prof. Rahman is a world leader in flood modelling, water quality assessment, water-related sustainability, rainwater harvesting and climate change impact assessment. His total publications on various aspects of water and environmental engineering are 448 that include ten books/conference proceedings and 122 ISI listed journal articles. His h index is 28 with about 3000 citations in Scopus database. He received the G.N. Alexander Medal from Engineers Australia for his outstanding research paper on flood modelling. He developed ARR-RFFE Model, which is widely used in Australia. He has supervised 18 PhD students and won VC’s Excellence Award for twice in WSU. He served as a project leader for many funded research projects worth over $2 million. He is a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers Australia.

Dr. Jihong Wang is a professor at the School of Engineering, University of Warwick. She is the head of power and control systems research laboratory. Previously she worked at the University of Birmingham, where she was Deputy Director of the Midlands Energy Graduate School. She has also served as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool from 1998 to 2007. Her research interests include power system modelling control and monitoring, energy storage and grid integration, energy efficient actuators and optimal control methods. She has published over 100 journal papers and gained several best paper awards. Her h index is 28 with more than 4000 citations in Scopus database. Her research has led to several practical innovations, including a smart voltage controller product and a clean pneumatic UPS (uninterrupted power supply) through joint research projects with industry. She led the EPSRC Grand Challenge Programme in Energy Storage “Integrated Market-fit and Affordable Grid-scale Energy Storage (IMAGES)”. Through the project, an open-source software tool has been developed for compressed air and thermal energy storage. She is Co-investigator for Supergen Energy Storage Hub (EP/L019469/1) and member of Supergen Energy Storage Network+ 2019 (EP/S032622/1). She is also a part of the Joint UK-India Clean Energy Centre (EP/P003605/1). Professor Jihong Wang is an IEEE senior member and IET fellow.

Biography

Dr. Safian Sharif has been a Professor since 2008 and currently holds the position as the Chair for Frontier Materials Research Alliance, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Prof. Safian received his PhD in Manufacturing from Coventry University in 2000. His main area of specialization is in machining of aerospace materials such as titanium alloys, inconel, stainless steel and other exotic materials which include hardened steels, cobalt chromium molybdenum, composites and wood. He is actively engaged in other research areas such as additive manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, rapid tooling and casting. Since year 2000, he has been the principal researcher and co-researcher of various research projects under UTM, government of Malaysia and European Commission. His postgraduate supervision includes 34 PhDs and 60 Master students. Professor Safian has published more than 200 articles in reputed journals and conference proceedings. His h index is 27 with about 3000 citations in Scopus database. He is also serving as an editor for Machining Science and Technology and Jurnal Teknologi. He has been appointed as an auditor for academic programmes for Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and Eng. Tech. Accreditation Council (ETAC), Prof. Safian also serves as panel assessor for MOHE research grants and board of studies for various institutions in Malaysia.

Dr. Janardhan Reddy Koduru is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at Kwangwoon University, South Korea. He has over 18 years of experience in academics and research. His research interest includes the development of nanomaterials or nanocomposites by synthetic chemistry and green routes for sustainable energy and environmental applications. He has published over 95 papers including seven book chapters, one book and holding two Korean patents as a co-investigator. His h index is 26 with about 2000 citations in Scopus database. He received over eight awards for his excellent research and academic achievements. He received the top 1% Publons Peer Reviewer Awards for Multidisciplinary and Environment & Ecology continuously since 2016. He acts as an editorial board member and guest editor for various scientific journals including Journal Environmental Management, Applied Sciences Journal, MDPI (Nanocomposites for the Sustainable Environment).