Prof. Dr. José L. Ocaña is MSc. (1979) and PhD. (1982) in Industrial Engineering (Energy) at the Polytechnical University of Madrid (Spain).
Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the ETSII-UPM School of Engineering and Founder Director of the UPM Laser Centre at this University.
He has actively promoted and participated in national (Spain) and worldwide R&D initiatives in the field of scientific and industrial applications of high power lasers, especially in high intensity laser-matter interaction, laser surface treatments, laser micromachining and on-line monitoring and control of industrial laser applications. As a result, he is author/coauthor of more than 250 scientific papers and more than 300 communications in the field of laser technology and applications.
He is member of multiple scientific committees and editorial boards in the field of laser technology and applications. Former Chairman of EULASNET II (Eureka Umbrella Network for Laser Technology and Applications) and Vice-President of the Executive Board of the European Laser Institute (ELI).
He has received several prizes related to his research activity.
Prof. Zhiyu HU
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
Prof. Zhiyu Hu is a National Chair Professor, Professor Class II, Zhi Yuan Distinguished Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China. Director of the Institute of NanoMicroEnergy at Zhang Jiang Institute of Advanced Study of SJTU. He was a staff scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory of U.S. Department of Energy. He is serving as a fellow or guest professor in multiple domestic and international academic organizations, and is the funding Deputy Editor of ECS Sensors Plus and a member of Editorial Advisory Board. Has published over 160 research papers and authored 6 monographs/textbooks. Has received dozens of scientific research and teaching awards domestically and internationally including the distinguished 2024 R&D100 Sustainability Innovator of The Year, holds several dozen invention patents. Hie primary research interests include micro-nano-scale energy conversion, micro-nano power generation chips, advanced sensors, and nanostructured functional materials.
Thomas J. Webster
Hebei University of Technology
USA
Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 129; Google Scholar) 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 served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012; 2021-present), and Northeastern (2012-2021; serving as Chemical Engineering Department Chair from 2012 - 2019) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies (with some acquired by Medtronic) who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 30,000 patients with no failures. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, 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 70,000 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.
