Francesco Aliotta has his main expertise in the field of Thermodynamics of irreversible processes. In particular he is involved in the investigation of the collective processes emerging when a system is driven out of thermodynamic equilibrium condition. As a collateral activity he is involved in the development of instrumentation for material investigation. As an example, he was the leader of the Italian team which designed and built the energy selective neutron tomography device now installed at the IMAT beam line of ISIS (STFC, UK) and officially inaugurated on October 10, 2016. Actually he take the position of Research Director at IPCF-CNR, Messina, Italy.

Francesco Aliotta has his main expertise in the field of Thermodynamics of irreversible processes. In particular he is involved in the investigation of the collective processes emerging when a system is driven out of thermodynamic equilibrium condition.

Professor Zhiyin Yang currently holds the chair of Aerospace and Composite Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Derby. He received his PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) from the University of Sheffield, worked as research fellow at Queen Mary University of London, senior research fellow at Surrey University, lecturer/senior lecturer at Loughborough University and Reader at Sussex University. Prof. Yang has been conducting world leading research in turbulent/transitional flow simulation, in particular, in the development of Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) techniques for turbulent/transitional flow, two phase flow, heat transfer and combustion for more than 25 years. He has over 100 scientific publications in reputable journals (JFM; Physics of Fluids; AIAA etc), academic books and international conferences. Prof. Yang serves as an Editorial Board Member for three international journals and has been invited to give Keynote Speech at several international conferences.

turbulent/transitional flow, two phase flow, heat transfer and combustion

Piergiacomo Cancelliere got is master degree in Electrical Engineering on April 1998 at the University of Cassino, Italy. He took his PhD in Conversion of Electrical Engineering from the Second University of Naples in 2007. He started his career as an electrical engineer working for some relevant electrical enterprises, such as ABB. From June 2001 to April 2006 he was with the Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group of the University of Cassino. In May 2006 he joined the Italian National Fire Rescue and Service. He is currently a Senior Fire Officer. His technical and scientific topics cover both active and passive fire protection measures, fire assessment of electrical installations and components and ATEX related aspects. He is also a member of several TCs of the Italian Electrotechnical Committee and of the Italian technical standardisation organisation. He has authored more than 50 papers on international, national journals and conference proceedings.

His technical and scientific topics cover both active and passive fire protection measures, fire assessment of electrical installations and components and ATEX related aspects.

Dr. Toufik BOUSHAKI is currently Associate Professor at the University of Orleans in the Mechanical Engineering field. His research activity is done in the ICARE laboratory of the CNRS in the combustion area. He received his Ph.D in Energetics (2007) and DEA (postgraduate degree) in Combustion (2003) from the INSA of Rouen in France. Dr. Boushaki obtained his engineering degree (M.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering from Blida University in Algeria (1999). His research topics concern the turbulent combustion, control of flames, burners and pollutant emissions. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and a lot communications in the fields of combustion and fluid mechanics.

turbulent combustion, control of flames, burners and pollutant emissions.

Mauro Chinappi is an Assistant Professor in Fluid Dynamics at University of Rome Tor Vergata. In the early stage of his carrier, he worked on wetting and slippage at nanoscale employing particle based computational tools, such as atomistic simulations. In the same period, he also started to approach biophysical problems, focusing on polymer transport through nanopores and nanoslits. The interest for biology brought him to move first to the Department of Biochemical Science (Sapienza), joining the Biocomputing group of Prof. Anna Tramontano, and, then, to the Center for Line Nano Science (Italian Institute of Technology) where he worked on the design of micro and nanofluidics devices for biomedical analysis and drug delivery. Since 2016, he has a new appointment a University of Rome Tor Vergata where his research is focused on two main lines: i) the employment of nanofluidics system for biosensing and ii) the dynamics of microswimmers in confined geometries.

nanofluidics system, biosensing, microswimmers, nanofluidics

Theodore Beneigh has completed his Masters of Science and Bachelor of Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate, Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor Certificates, and a Remote Pilot Aircraft Certificate. He was the Program Coordinator for Embry Riddles Unmanned Aircraft system Program, and is currently a Professor in the Aeronautical Science Department at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He has made 15 professional presentations, and has authored/co-authored 4 textbooks on aviation systems. He currently has 16,400 flight hours, and has flown a multitude of general aviation single and multi-engine aircraft, and has experience in the Boeing 747, 767, 757, and Predator B Unmanned Aircraft.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Jet Transport Systems

Professor Ian Robert McAndrew has completed his PhD in Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, from Hertfordshire University. He was Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) and Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (M.I.E.E.), Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), and Fellow of the Hong Kong Society of Mechanical Engineers., He has also been an external examiner at the University of Luton and Chichester. He was Committee & Chair member of PhDs in Aviation. He has extensive experience in research and participates in conferences worldwide. Dr. McAndrew also provides Ph.D. supervision and examination and is a committee member of one of ERAU's first Ph.D. in Aviation. Additionally, he has authored many book and journals. Dr McAndrew has been honoured with many awards for his unparalleled contribution.

Aerospace, Aerodynamics, wind tunnel

Tom I-P. Shih is The J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head and Professor of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He started his undergraduate education at West Virginia University, but completed his BS degree at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. His MS and PhD degrees are from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His research interests are in CFD/HT, turbine cooling, aircraft icing, and control of shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions. He is a Fellow of ASME and AIAA and received AIAA’s Energy Systems Award.

CFD/HT, turbine cooling, aircraft icing, and control of shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions.

Dr. Chamorro is assistant professor in the department of Mechanical Science and Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is affiliated to the departments of Aerospace Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, turbulence, wind energy, marine and hydrokinetic energies, flow-structure interaction and boundary layer processes. He has published forty peer-reviewed articles in leading journals and is serving as Associate Editor of the Journal of Energy Engineering, and as Academic Editor and member of the Editorial Board of the journal Energies. He leads the Renewable Energy and Turbulent Environment group, where developed a versatile experimental approach that combines state-of-the-art techniques, including 2D/3D PIV, computer vision, and 3D particle tracking velocimetry.

Renewable Energy and Turbulent Environment Group, and has developed a versatile experimental approach that combines state-of-the-art techniques, including 2D/3D PIV, computer vision, and 3D particle tracking velocimetry.

Prof. Christopher Chao is a Chair Professor and Head of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a first class honors in Mechanical Engineering in 1988. He obtained his Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, majoring in Thermosciences in 1992 and 1994 respectively. Prof. Chao has over 25 years of research and project coordination experience in numerous areas of energy and environmental engineering. He studies contaminant transport caused by air flow and has also looked into aircraft cabin environmental issues, etc. Prof. Chao is Fellow of Five professional societies including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, etc. and has published more than 120+ journal articles and book chapters, patents, etc.

Aerospace Engineering

b. Israel 1954. B.Sc., Technion, 1980. M.Sc., Technion, 1982. D.Sc., Technion, 1985. 1985-1987, University of Maryland, USA. At the Technion since 1987. 1993/4 U.S. Army Advanced Systems Research & Analysis Office, NASA Ames Research Center, USA. Professor since 2003. Holds the Shirley and Burt Harris Academic Chair since 2005. Dean, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering 2006-2010. Head, The Technion Autonomous Systems Program (TASP) 2010-2011, Visiting Professor, Rotorcraft Center, University of Maryland, USA, 2011. Since 2012 – Director of the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology at the Technion. Fellow of the American Helicopter Society.

Rotary-Wing Theory, Rotorcraft Aeromechanics. Anisotropic Elasticity, Composite structures. Autonomous Aerial Vehicles.