Speakers
Prof. Rajnesh Tyagi
Rajnesh Tyagi currently a Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dean (faculty Affairs) and Member of BoG at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, has obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee) in 1992, Master’s Degree in Engineering with specialization in Industrial Metallurgy and Ph.D. (2001) in Materials Tribology from the same Institute. His areas of interest include Materials Development and Tribology, MMCs, Wear Resistant coatings, Surface Engineering, Solid Lubrication and High temperature Wear. Dr. Tyagi has published about 70 research papers in various International Journals of repute and presented several in International conferences both in India and abroad and has guided a number of PhD/ Masters’ students. He has delivered invited talks in several workshops/conferences/faculty development programs both in India and Abroad. He has visited several countries like USA, China, Malaysia, Poland, Lithuania, France, and Czech Republic and has developed strong research collaboration with SKLT, Tsinghua University, NJUST, Nanjing, and University of Sabah, Malaysia.
Prof. Hakan Kaleli
Prof. Dr. Hakan KALELİ is a Professor in YILDIZ Technical University, Mechanical Engineering Department of Automotive Division in Istanbul-TURKEY.
His main field is Internal Combustion Engines (Gasoline and Diesel Engines), Tribology, Wear, Lubrication and Friction. He is still teaching and working on Engine Tribology, Nanotribology, Lubrication, Friction Wear, Engine Oils, Additives, Coatings, Drain Intervals and additives effects on the sliding surfaces, Surface Analysis, Nano additives, Nano coatings as he has quite plenty of special international publications on that subjects. He has been a member as Scientific Committee, Advisory Committees in many international conferences. He has got different success awards on Tribology. You can find detailed information in the university website: https://avesis.yildiz.edu.tr/kaleli
Dr. Andreas Rosenkranz
Andreas Rosenkranz studied Materials Science and Engineering at the Saarland University in Germany. After his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering working of laser-textured surfaces and their efficiency to reduce friction and wear, he worked as a postdoctoral research at the Pontifical University of Santiago. Afterwards, he won a prestigious Feodor-Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to work at the University of California in San Diego. Subsequently, he got appointed as Professor for Material-oriented tribology at the University of Chile. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal publications, is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and acts as editor for different well-reputed scientific journals including Applied Nanoscience and Frontiers of Chemistry.
Dr. R. S. Maurya
Dr Ram Sajeevan Maurya completed his B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from NIT Durgapur in 2012. He has completed his Ph.D from IIT Kharagpur with specialization in Bulk Metallic Glasses and Composites. He has also five months of post-Doctoral research experience at IIT Madras during Oct 2017 to Feb 2018, post which he joined NIT Rourkela as an Assistant Professor up to July 2019. Presently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science at IIT Indore since last one year. He has 15 publications in different SCI/Scopus indexed journals and he has also presented his work in several conferences held in India as well as abroad. His research interest are Bulk metallic glasses, ODS Alloys, High Entropy Alloys, W- based heavy alloys, Nanocomposites.
Dr. Peter Fath
Mr. Peter Fath holds Ph.D. degree in Semiconductor Physics from University of Konstanz. He has co-authored more than 200 publications and 15 patents in the area of Photovoltaics. He possesses industrial experience of more than 20 years. Currently Mr. Fath is serving as Managing Director at RCT Solutions, Germany. Mr. Fath has keen inclination towards academia as well. He has worked as Lecturer at University of Stuttgart from 2006-2013 and currently, he is also working as lecturer in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ravensburg. His competent areas include PV market, Solar cell, Thin film, Solar wafers etc.