Prof. Alidad Amirfazli
Before joining the York University as the founding Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alidad Amirfazli held the Canada Research Chair in Surface Engineering at the University of Alberta, Canada. Amirfazli has produced exciting results in wetting behavior of surfaces, drop adhesion and shedding, understanding and application of superhydrophobic coatings. He has more than 200 scientific contributions, many in prestigious peer reviewed journals; he is the Editor for the Advances in Colloid and Interface Science (IF 6.2). Dr. Amirfazli has been the recipient of the Martha Cook Piper Research prize, Killam Annual Professorship, and Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award. He also served in the board of Professional Engineers of Alberta, and been a consultant with various companies in USA, Europe, and Canada.
Prof. Volfango Bertola
Joined the University of Liverpool in 2011, after holding a Lectureship at the University of Edinburgh (2004-1011) and a Marie Curie Fellowship at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris (2001-2004). In 2009-10 he was Visiting Professor and Lagrange Fellow at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). He has more than 100 scientific publications in the areas of soft matter, multiphase flows, and thermodynamics, including several contributions on non-Newtonian drops and on the dynamic wetting of complex fluids. He has been the recipient of a Royal Academy of Engineering Global Research Award (2009) and the UIT Young Scientist Prize (2001).
Prof. Marco Marengo
Graduated in Physics at the University of Turin cum laude and completed his Ph.D. studies at the Polytechnic of Milan and University of Erlangen with a thesis about 'Drop Impingement on Liquid Film'. He was awarded by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and by the European Community TMR Program. From 1998 to 2002 he was assistant professor of Thermal Physics at the University of Bergamo and then Associate Professor. From 2003 to 2005 he was the University Responsible for the European Research. He is European Editor of the Journal Atomization & Sprays. Visiting Professor at the University of Mons-Hainaut since 2005. He published more than 160 scientific papers, many in peer-reviewed journals about liquid sprays, drop impact, heat pipes, building physics. Prof. Marengo has been founder of two spin-off companies and holds seven patents.
Prof. Raul Payri
Prof. Raul Payri graduated as an industrial engineer in 1995. He completed his doctoral thesis in 1999 obtaining one of the six awards of the 130 thesis defended that year. Teaching since 1998 he became Full Professor at Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in 2009. Dr. Payri is currently the manager of the injection group formed by 20 engineers. He has worked in more than 150 research projects funded by companies such as Puegeot-Citroen, Ford, General Motors, Renault, Fiat, BMW, General Electric, Daimler, Delphi, Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota. The dissemination of results has taken place over the publication of 80 articles in scientific journals and 60 international conference papers. His h-citation index is 26 the second highest in mechanical engineering in Spain. He has supervised 7 doctoral theses and over 70 master projects. Professor Payri is acting as conference chairman for ILASS2017 that will be held in Valencia.
Prof. Jose V. Pastor
Graduated in Physics in 1991, completed his PhD thesis on measurement with LDV of internal aerodynamics in Diesel engines in 1996. Currently Professor at the University and leads a research division on Optical Diagnostics at CMT-Motores érmicos, working on the development of advanced experimental techniques and models for engine combustion. He has supervised 7 PhD theses, and participated in more than 100 R&D projects with public or private funding in the automotive sector including many EC contacts since FP3, and has been the scientist in charge of CMT activities on new fuels potential as a future fuel for Internal Combustion Engine applications, such as metal nanoparticles or dual fuel strategies.
Dr. Jose M. Pastor
Dr. J.M. Pastor graduated in Industrial Engineering in 1998 and achieved his PhD degree in 2003 at Universitat Politècnica de València. He is working as a Senior Researcher at Instituto CMT-Motores Térmicos since 2006. Dr. Pastor has over 10 years experience in engine spray and combustion numerical simulations, participating in more than 50 projects with the industry and academia. The outcome of his research activity has been published in 25 journal and 20 conference papers.
Prof. Jose M. Garcia Oliver
Josˇ M. Garcìa-Oliver received his degree in Industrial Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València in 1998, and later a PhD at the CMT-Motores Térmicos Institute in 2004. His scientific and technical interests have been aimed at the combination of both experimental (optical techniques) and calculation (1D and CFD) tools to describe in detail the complex phenomena that take place within the combustion chamber of Diesel engines. As a result of such activities, he has published more than 30 indexed journal papers, he has supervised 5 PhD theses and he has participated in several public projects and private contracts with the automotive industry, in some of them acting as IP. Additionally, he has collaborated with other research institutions within the frame of scientific visits, as well as serving as session organizer for the SAE Congress and coordinating activities within the Engine Combustion Network.
Dr. Ricardo Novella
Dr. R. Novella graduated in Industrial Engineering in 2004 and achieved his PhD degree in 2009 at Universitat Politècnica de València, obtaining an award for its excellence. From year 2000 he is combining his teaching activities in the field of thermodynamics and thermal engines with his research responsibilities. His research topic focuses on advanced combustion concepts for compression ignition engines, including experimental and CFD modelling activities. Dr. Novella has participated in more than 40 projects funded by public institutions or by top industry enterprises. The quality of his research is supported by more than 30 publications in scientific journals and 15 international conference papers.