18^th International Conference on Industrial Chemistry & Water Treatment April 26-27, 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia

Toshiki Aoki was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1958. He received his Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate Degree (1987) on synthesis and oxygen permeability of graft copolymers from oligosiloxane macromonomers in Department of Applied Chemistry at Nagoya University, Japan. He moved to Department of Applied Chemistry at Niigata University in1989. His carrier at Niigata University has included being Assistant Professor (1989), Associate Professor (1995), and Full Professor (2000). He worked as a visiting scientist at University of Southern California in 1998–1999. His research interest covers synthesis of functional polymers, including synthesis of new chiral polymers for permselective membranes. His recent interest is in synthesis and application of two-dimentional polymers using HSSP and SCAT reactions.

Synthesis and oxygen permeability of graft copolymers from oligosiloxane macromonomers

A. Brunetti got her PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2008 at the University of Calabria. Since 2004 works at ITM-CNR in the framework of several projects at international and national level. Since 2012, researcher at ITM-CNR. Author of 50 papers published on referenced international scientific journals, 9 book chapters edited by Elsevier, Wiley, Royal Society of Chemistry and about 150 international conference proceedings, she has participated with oral presentations and key notes to several international conferences. Referee of several scientific journal of international level (ISI).

Membrane condensers for water recovery; Catalytic membrane reactors for high temperature reactions; Design of membrane separation unit for the recovery of high purity hydrogen; Study of integrated membrane plants for high purity (CO<10 ppm) hydrogen production; Membrane gas separation; CO2 capture by membrane technology; Testing and characterization of polymeric, zeolitic, ceramic membranes for gas separation, also in controlled relative humidity conditions.

He has completed his PhD at the age of 28 years from Hokkaido University, Japan and postdoctoral fellows from United Kingdom and Sweden. After that he became assistant professor and associated Professors at Hokkaido University, and Professor of Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan. Furthermore he also became a senior research director at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) at Tsukuba, Japan, and Guest Professor at Paris University in France.

Polymers Technology

Prof. Hussam Jouhara is an associate professor in Brunel University London. Since obtaining his PhD from Manchester University in 2004. He has unique expertise in working on applied heat exchangers and energy-related research activities with direct support from research councils and various UK and international industrial partners. He has extensive expertise in designing and manufacturing various types of heat exchangers, including heat pipes and heat pipe-based heat exchangers for low, medium and high temperature applications. His work in the field of heat pipe based heat exchangers resulted in novel designs for recouperators, steam generators & condensers and flat heat pipes. These have been implemented across various industries including, but not limited to: food, electronics thermal management and low to high industrial waste heat recovery and Energy from Waste.

Applied heat exchangers and energy-related research activities

Tamaki Nakano received his BSc (1986), MSc (1988), and PhD (1991) degrees from Osaka University, Japan. He joined Nagoya University as an Assistant Professor (Prof. Yoshio Okamoto’s group) in 1990 and was promoted to an Associate Professor in 1998. During his appointment at Nagoya University, he also served as a visiting scientist at Cornell University Sogah, 1993–1994).In 1999,he moved to Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) as an Associate Professor. He was appointed as a Professor of Hokkaido University in 2006 and is currently supervising his research group at Institute for Catalysis.

Catalysis

Graduated in Mechanic Engineering at the Federal University of Ceará UFC in 1985, Master degree in 1990 and DSc in 1994 in Materials Science and Engineering at the Federal University of São Carlos, SP/Brazil (UFSCar). Became associated professor at the Chemical Engineering Department at Federal University of Paraná in 1995 and Full Professor since 2016. Coordinator of the Surfaces Electrochemistry and Corrosion Laboratory – LESC and of the Environmental Technology Laboratory - LTA

Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Alvarez Cuenca is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Water Technologies Laboratory at Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada). He holds a B.Eng (Chemical Engineering) from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, and an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Physics and Chemical Engineering respectively from the University of Western Ontario (Canada). Manuel adds to his curriculum over 15 years of industrial experience with multinational corporations in the areas of fluidized bed reactors, bioreactor design, water treatment and clean power generation. In 2002, he founded Ecotechnos Inc., a company devoted to the design and construction of advanced bioreactors for the treatment of industrial watewater including nitrogen and phosphorous removal. He is an active consultant for both, governments and the private sector in Canada, Spain and Iberoamerica in the areas of water treatment, and energy.

Chemical Engineering