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The University of Manchester, UK
Plenary Speaker
Dr. Yasser Mahmoudi Larimi is a Professor of Thermal Energy Engineering at the University of Manchester. Yasser has a strong international profile in clean and sustainable energy development through studying fundamentals and designs of low-carbon thermal and power systems. He chairs the UK ‘Turbulent Heat Transfer’ Special Interest Group and serve as Associate Editor for International Journal of Thermal Sciences. He has delivered over 30 invited talks at international conferences and meetings.
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi, Romania
Plenary Speaker
Dr. Alina Adriana Minea is a full professor at the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași (TUIASI), where she coordinates the Laboratory of Thermal Analysis and Nanofluids. Her academic career includes more than 200 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and over 20 authored or co-authored books, primarily in the field of heat transfer. Her research interests cover innovative heat transfer fluids, materials engineering, and engineering physics. She has been actively involved in major international projects, such as the Nanouptake COST Action, “NanoRound,” and DocTalent4EU. Combining numerical and experimental approaches, her work focuses on developing advanced fluids and energy-efficient heat transfer enhancement techniques. She is also committed to mentoring doctoral students and supporting early-career researchers in building transferable skills. Prof. Minea contributes extensively to the scientific community as Editor of JMES (Sage) and Associate Editor of Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (Elsevier), International Journal of Thermophysics (Springer), Alexandria Engineering Journal (Elsevier), AIME (Sage), and the Journal of Science (University of Hail). She also serves on the editorial boards of Thermal Sciences, Hybrid Advances (Elsevier), and the Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Research. Her achievements have been recognized through several awards, including the Best Reviewer distinction from Applied Energy (Elsevier) in 2013 and 2016, the Best Researcher award from TUIASI in 2016 and 2019, being included since 2020 in top 2% scientists by Elsevier.
Tongji University, China
Plenary Speaker
From 1999 to 2008, I studied in the Department of Physics at Zhejiang University. From August 2008, I conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Physics at the National University of Singapore. I joined Tongji University in 2013, where my main research interest is micro/nano-scale thermal conduction. My research focuses on the thermal properties of small-scale materials (one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and artificial microstructures). My current research focuses on advanced electronic devices and thermal science, exploring the fundamental physics of heat dissipation in integrated circuits and potential solutions, including: (a) anomalous thermal conduction in low-dimensional materials to verify the universality of Fourier's law; (b) interfacial thermal conduction physics in metal-semiconductor, semiconductor-semiconductor, and organic-semiconductor systems, including electron-electron coupling, electron-phonon coupling, and phonon-phonon coupling; (c) thermal conduction in organic materials, organic nanocomposites, and two-dimensional materials; and (d) multi-physics multi-carrier thermal coupling mechanisms in transistor channel materials. As first author/corresponding author, I have published a series of findings on thermal transport and interfacial thermal resistance modulation in journals such as Rev. Mod. Phys., Phys. Rev. Lett./App./B, Nat. Comm., Nat. Sci. Rev., Adv. Mater., Sci. Bull., and Appl. Phys. Lett., with over 20,000 citations (Google Scholar).
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Keynote Speaker
Thom Adams (or "Dr. Thom" as his students call him) is the Herman A. Moench Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering. A Rose alumnus, he is one of only a small number of faculty to have received both the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award and the Board of Trustees Outstanding Scholar Award. He is a leading educator in the field of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and author of one of the first textbooks on the subject aimed at an undergraduate audience. Though his traditional background is in the areas of heat transfer and energy systems, his current research focuses on what he calls “generalist scholarship,” in which physical systems and processes are purposely modeled using the most fundamental concepts and methods available in order to ascertain physical trends and correlations that often go unnoticed. His work has received national and international acclaim, having won numerous best paper awards in engineering education and technical research as well.