Prof. Yun CHI
City University of Hong Kong, China
Speech Title: Iridium(III) Carbene Phosphors for Efficient blue Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Professor CHI, Yun received his bachelor degree in chemistry from National Tsing Hua University in 1978 and doctoral degree under Prof. John R. Shapley from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1986. After spending one year as postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dietmar Seyferth at M.I.T., he joined the Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University in 1987 and promoted to professor in 1991. During his tenure in NTHU, he was awarded the Academic Award, the National Chair Professorship, and Permanent National Chair Professorship of Taiwan in 2006, 2011, and 2016, respectively. He moved to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of City University of Hong Kong in 2018.
Assoc. Prof. Kamran Ahmed Khan
Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Kamran Ahmed Khan is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, USA. Before joining Khalifa University, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Dr Khan is a head of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Composites Group and co-founder of Advanced Digital & Additive Manufacturing Group. Dr. Khan's research interests include the mechanics of advanced manufacturing and materials technologies, focusing on composites structures, multifunctional composites, and architected metamaterials with industrial impact. His contributions include developing programmable self-sensing composites, pioneering work in origami-inspired foldable composites, two-way shape memory composites, 2D material-enhanced sensors and actuators for aerospace, robotics, and deployable applications. His work in additive manufacturing includes 3D/4D printed metamaterials, ultra-light lattices with enhanced buckling resistance and energy absorption, and topology optimization for heat sinks and structures. He has developed advanced Multiscale-Multiphysics models for smart materials, multifunctional composites, and lattice structures, featured in digital media. Dr. Khan is among Stanford University’s 2023-2024 World’s Top 2% of Scientists. He has published over 150 journal articles authored/co-authored books and book chapters. He has delivered invited talks at top universities and conferences. He has served as Editor, Review Editor and co-chaired international conferences. He is an active member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Engineering Science and American Society of Composites.
