The 13th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies(PACRIM13)
October 27 - November 1, 2019 Okinawa Convention Center, Japan
List of symposium (as of February 1, 2019)

Symposium 36:
Second Young Professional Forum (YPF) in PACRIM
The focus of this symposium will rest on recent societal challenges in the new millennium, including—but notlimited to—energy, health, and environmental aspects. In addition, novel material design paradigms are needed tofabricate materials with multifunctional applications that can bring solutions to some of today’s biggest problems. Thissymposium aims to bring together young researchers and scientists from around the globe to discuss new approaches
and challenges in materials synthesis, characterization, modeling and simulation, and to provide a platform for intensive
exchange of ideas, knowledge, and networking.
<PROPOSED SESSION TOPICS>• Multifunctional, porous, and catalytic materials• Sensing materials, including gas, pollutant, and drugs sensors• Energy: New solar cell materials, fuel cells, batteries, water splitters, and hydrogen generation techniques• Environment: Green composites, bioplastics, Sustainable materials, CO2 capture, conversion and sequestration, andmembranes and filters for air treatment• Health: Diagnostics (imaging, sensing, and assays) and therapies (drug release, light-based photodynamic, andhyperthermic) to theranostics; semiconductor quantum dots, inorganic nanomaterials, carbon-based, and polymers;
composites; from synthesis to application approaching assemblies; and biosensors and lab-on-a-chip• Alternative synthesis approaches for advanced functional materials, including green chemistry, low-temperature,hydrothermal processes, and sustainable use of resources and recycling (quantum dots, nanoparticles, thin films, andone-dimensional structures)• Innovative manufacturing technologies, including green manufacturing and additive manufacturing• Technology development and entrepreneurship, from laboratory to industrial scale• Information and communication technologies, including RF devices, terahertz devices, and MEMS
• Computing, simulation, and theoretical approaches towards new functional materials• Emerging data-centric approaches using data-analytics or machine learning to facilitate materials design anddevelopment• Global Networking — Challenges and Chances for Young Scientists, Accomplished scientists and thinkers are invited
to influence the career development of young professionals.
• Young Professional Forum Speaking Contest• Poster Award<ORGANIZERS>
Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota, USA, email: surojit.gupta@und.edu
Valerie Wiesner, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
Aiguo Zhou , Henan Polytechnic University, China
Lan, Samantha Li, Boise State University, USA
Akira Miura, Hokkaido University, Japan
Jie Zhang, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sankha Banerjee, California State University, USA
Jie Yin Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China
Jia-Min Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Yuelei Bai , Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Tian-yi Sui, Tianjin University, China
Xinmei Hou , University of Science and technology Beijing, China<INVITED LECTURES>
Tentative invited lecture information is posted in the following URL;
http://www.ceramic.or.jp/pacrim13/list_of_invited_speakers.html#36

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