Keynote & Invited Speakers

Keynote & Invited Speakers

Keynote Speaker I.	Title: Metal spehere manipulation by laser irradiation in glass
	Prof. Hirofumi Hidai Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chiba University
Academic Experience: 2017 - present: Professor, Chiba University 2010 –2017: Associate Professor, Chiba University 2006 – 2008: Visiting scholar, University of California at Berkeley 1999 – 2010: Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Main research activities: Deep laser drilling Metal particle manipulation by laser irradiation in glass Wheel scribing of a glass sheet and high-speed photoelastic observation

Keynote Speaker II.	Title: Nanomaterial Based Sensor & Actuator for Soft Robot Application
	Prof. Seung Hwan Ko Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea
Academic Experience: 2013 – present : professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 2009 - 2013 : assistant & associate professor, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 2006 - 2009 : post-doc, UC Berekely, CA, USA 2002 - 2006 : GSR, UC Berkeley, CA, USA
Main research activities: Author of more than 130 SCI papers with more than 7,000 scitation (H-index > 41) and more than 50 patents. Editor/editorial member of 6 journals and guest editor of 4 journals. Member of board directors of 8 professional societies. Active reviewer of more than 110 SCI journals.

Keynote Speaker III.	Title: Prognostic Diagnosis of the Ball Screw Nut Preload and Rotor Bearing with Manipulating Sensor Signals
	Prof. Yi-Cheng Huang Department of Mechatronics Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
Academic Experience: 2017 – present : Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, National Changhua University of Education University, Taiwan 2014-2016: Secretary General of Chinese Automatic Control Society, Taiwan 2011 – 2014: Dean of College of Engineering of NCUE 2012: General co-chair of International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems 2007 – 2011: Dean of Research and Development Office of NCUE 2005 – 2007 : Dept. chair of Mechatronics Engineering and Graduate Institute of Display Technology, NCUE 2004- 2017:Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, NCUE 2002: visiting scholar at University of Minnesota, USA 1996-1997: senior engineer at Equipment, Technology and Mechanization Department of Philip Electronics Industry in Science Park, Taiwan Teaching Excellence and Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award of NCUE in 2015, 2017; Outstanding Faculty Service Award of NCUE in 2008, 2012 and 2018; Outstanding Faculty Research Award of NCUE in 2007, 2015; the Ministry of Science and Technology Special Outstanding Talent Award at NCUE in 2010-2014, 2016-2018.1996: Listee Marquis Who'Who in the World
Main research activities: Central Convener for the Academia Industry Technology Alliance for Noise, Vibration and Harshness, Taiwan Member of the Chinese Automatic Control Society, Taiwan Research interested in CNC machine learning, iterative learning controller design, prognostic diagnosis for mechanical system, computational fluid dynamics coupled with heat transfer and solid mechanics problems for LED and dental handpieces.

Invited Speaker I.	Title: Ultrafast laser nanofabrication for regulating cell functions and its biomedical applications
	Prof. Hojeong Jeon Center for Biomaterials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Academic Experience: 2017.3 – present : Principal Research Scientist, Center for Biomaterials, KIST 2017.3 – present : Associate professor, Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, KIST-School, Korea University of Science and Technology 2012.8 – 2017.2 : Senior Research Scientist, Center for Biomaterials, KIST 2012.8 – 2016.12 : Assistant professor, Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, KIST-School, Korea University of Science and Technology 2011.5 – 2012.4 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomimetic Materials & Tissue Engineering Lab. and Laser Thermal Lab., UC Berkeley
Main research activities: Jeon’s current research interests are in micro/nano surface modification for functional biomaterials, microfabrication for tissue engineering and implantable biomedical devices. He has published about 36 peer-reviewed papers including Nature Materials (2015) and received young scientist awards from the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering and the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials in 2016.

Invited Speaker II.	Title: Functional nanostructures and applications
	Prof. Ming-Yong Han Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, Singapore
Academic Experience: 2001 – present : Senior Scientist, Institute of Materials and Engineering 1998 – 2001: Research Fellow, Indiana University 1998 – 1998: Scientist, IBM
Main research activities: As a well-established leader in material science and engineering, he has significantly contributed to scientific community and industry-oriented development. He is among ASTAR’s most prolific researchers, with ~190 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals (e.g. Advanced Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Protocols). So far, his creative and innovative research received ~16,000 citations with h-index of 57. As a consequence, his achievements are widely recognized and highlighted in professional newspapers/magazines for more than 300 times (e.g. Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Chemistry, Science, Science News, BBC News, New York Times, Strait Times, Scientific American, New England, Chemical and Engineering News). His name often appears in the list of invited and keynote speakers of international conferences (~100 times). The achievements have secured ~40 grants from both government and industrial partners. During proceeding these projects, he has trained ~30 young staff and ~20 postgraduates. Many of them are now professors worldwide (e.g. China, Singapore and Poland) or play senior management roles in multinational companies. Meanwhile, he has filed 36 inventions with more than one hundred national entries. In addition to licensing his inventions to a number of companies, Crystalplex Corp and others have been spun off based on his inventions. Meanwhile, he has been selected/admitted to be a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry recently.