Speakers

Plenary Speakers:

Professor Seiji Yamaguchi

Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Japan

Keynote Title: Surface Chemical Treatment for Additive Manufactured Titanium Metal: Enhancing Bone formation and Antibacterial Activity via Micro-Nanostrucutre Regulation

Biography: Prof. Seiji Yamaguchi is an associate professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Japan. He received a doctorate in Energy Science from Kyoto University, Japan. His field of expertise is biomaterials and inorganic solid-state chemistry, with focus on preparation of bioactive titanium metal and its alloys by solution and heat treatment for orthopedic and dental applications. Prof. Yamaguchi has developed a solution and heat treatment that can controllably incorporate multi kinds of functional metal ions such as Ca, Sr, Mg, Zn, Ga, Li, Ag and I into titanium surface. The treated metal exhibited both bone-bonding and antibacterial capability without cytotoxicity. His recent work revealed that the combination of additive manufacturing technology and the solution and heat treatment can produce an advanced functional porous titanium that induced early bone ingrowth and sustained antibacterial activity for a long period of time. Another interest of his research is to reveal the dominant factor for apatite formation on pure Ti. It was found that both the positively and negatively charged surfaces can effectively induced early apatite formation in a simulated body fluid. Based on the findings, his research group recently developed full-custom made titanium plate for fixing mandibular bone with acid and heat treatment, and this was commercialized in Japan from 2022.

Professor Eleonora Ferraris

Faculty of Engineering Technology, KU Leuven, Belgium

Keynote Title: Recent trends in aerosol jet- based printing

Biography: Eleonora Ferraris obtained her Master Degree in Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2002, and she received her PhD Degree in Material Engineering from the University Tor Vergata of Rome in 2006. In 2008, she was granted with a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral fellowship, hosted by the KU Leuven. Since 2013, she is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering Technology, KU Leuven, Belgium. She has expertise in manufacturing technologies, material testing and system design. Her current research focus is nozzle based additive manufacturing, including filament extrusion and aerosol jet printing for smart applications and regenerative medicine. She is (co-) author of about 200 disseminations items, among journal articles, conference papers, and seminar contributions. During her career she has been granted with a MIUR research scholarship, a Diploma Arturo Baroncelli, a Technology Innovation Award from Italian associations, and multiple best paper awards.

Professor Dr. Santi Maensiri

School of Physics, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand

Keynote Title: To be announced

Biography: Professor Santi Maensiri is a professor of Physics at the School of Physics, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand. Professor Maensiri obtained his first degree in Physics at Khon Kaen University Thailand. He then got his M.Sc. (Ceramic Processing) from Leeds University, and his D.Phil. (Materials) from the University of Oxford, UK. He has published more than 340 Scopus papers with citations over 11000 times and an h-index of 55 in the areas related to applied physics, materials physics, materials science, and nanomaterials. He is Editor-in-Chief of Science and Innovation of Advanced Materials (SIAM) and is also serving on an editorial board for Materials Chemistry and Physics (Elsevier) and Rare Metals (Springer Nature). He was appointed SUT’s Head of the School of Physics, the Dean of the Institute of Science, and later Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Internationalization at Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), Thailand. He is currently the Dean of the Institute of Science, the Director of the Centre of Excellence in Advanced Functional Materials, and the Director of the NANOTEC-SUT Research Network on Nanotechnology for Nanomaterials and Advanced Characterizations. At the national level, he is presently serving as the President of the Materials Research Society of Thailand (MRS-Thailand, member of IUMRS). For his research strength, he has received numerous awards, such as the National Research Award in Physical Science and Mathematics from The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) for two consecutive years (2012 and 2013), the 2013 TRF Senior Research Scholar from the Thailand Research Fund (TRF), and National Outstanding Researcher Award in Physical Science and Mathematics (Physics) also from NRCT, to name a few.