Prof. Jichao Qiao, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Professor Qiao Jichao was selected for the "Xiangjiang Scholars Program" in 2016 and was admitted to the High-level Talent Introduction Program (Youth Project) of Shaanxi Province in 2017. In the same year, he was awarded the China-France Distinguished Young Researcher Exchange Program by the Ministry of Science and Technology. In 2019, he received the Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Amorphous and Alloy Branch of the Chinese Materials Conference. In 2020, he was granted the Chongqing Distinguished Young Scientist Fund Project (hosted by the Chongqing Science and Technology Innovation Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University), and in 2021, he received the Shaanxi Distinguished Young Scientist Fund Project.

Professor Qiao has led five projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and more than ten provincial- and ministerial-level projects. As the first or corresponding author, he has published over 100 papers in prestigious journals in his research field, including Physical Review Letters (2 papers), International Journal of Plasticity (10 papers), International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (4 papers), Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy (English version: 5 papers; Chinese version: 2 papers), etc.. He was included in the annual and career scientific impact rankings by Stanford University and Elsevier.

He currently serves as the director of the Shaanxi Provincial Advanced Disordered Metal Materials Research Innovation and Talent Introduction Base and the Xi’an International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Amorphous Solid Physics and Mechanics.

Prof. Cao Guan, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Dr. Cao Guan is a Professor of Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He also serves as the vice president of Shaanxi Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese. He received his BS Degree from the School of Physics, Wuhan University, China in 2009 and completed his PhD study in the School of Physics and Mathematics Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2013. He worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore from 2014--2018. His research focuses on flexible batteries and 3D printed integrated flexible electronics. He has published over 120 peer-review papers and has a total citation of 19000+, H-index is 71. He also serves as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and Advisory Panel for Research and Nanotechnology, and young advisor board for InfoMat and SmartMat.

Speech Title: Printing Battery-integrated Flexible Electronics

Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan is the Director of UPM Press at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and a Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is a professional engineer (BEM), a chartered engineer (IMechE, UK), and a professional technologist (MBOT). He also serves as an independent scientific advisor to the Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (AMIC).

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield and has nearly twenty years of experience in teaching and research. His expertise covers hybrid composites, advanced materials, structural health monitoring, and impact studies. He has published 430 articles and 60 books, with a Scopus H-index of 63. He has secured over RM15.5 million in research grants and RM7.8 million in consultancy projects.

Internationally, Prof. Thariq has delivered over 50 keynote addresses and serves as a visiting professor and advisory panel member at several institutions. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) interviewer for IMechE (UK) and a regular reviewer for leading journals such as Composite Structures, Aerospace Science and Technology, and Polymer Testing. In 2021, he was awarded the SEARCA Regional Professorial Chair in Agricultural Technology and Innovation. In 2025, Prof Thariq received the title “Figures Who Shape the Nation (Writing and Publishing) 2025” from the Malaysian Malay Language Aspirations Organisation (ASPIRASIBM).

Dongjin Kim (Principal Investigator), Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), South Korea

IEEE Member

Dongjin Kim (Member, IEEE) received the D.Eng. degree from the Department of Adaptive Ma chine Systems, Osaka University, Suita, Japan, in 2020.,From 2017 to 2018, he was a specially appointed Researcher with the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University. He was involved in Pb/Pb-free soldering, Ag sinter joining, power elec tronic substrates, thermal characteristic standardization, and multiphysics finite-element simulations for long-term reliability of power electronic applications. He is currently a Principal Investigator with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Ulsan, South Korea. His current research interests include lead-free soldering, heat sink design, the simulation of power electronics, metallization technology, and thermal design as well as the simulation of power electronics for high reliability.