New Materials and New Green Energy Possible Workshop Topics
1. Bio-Materials, Bio-SoC, Bio-Nanotech, Bio-NEMS/Bio-MEMS, Biomedical Devices and Optics
-- Bio-Materials
- Biomaterials
- Biomolecular Engineering
- Biomimetic Materials: Characterization, Chemistry and Self-Assembly
- Biocompatible Materials for Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering
- Biomaterials for Device Biointerface with Anti-infective and Antibacterial Applications
- Functional Nanomaterials for Therapeutic Delivery, Diagnosis and Detection
- Materials for Advanced Drug Delivery
- Bio-compatible Materials and Packaging
- Synthesis and Fabrication of Biomaterials and Devices
- Polymer/Silicon Hybrid Microsystems
- Orthopaedic Polymers
- Interactions of Biomaterials and Cells
- Nanomaterials and biological systems
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- Recent Advances in Rapid Prototyping of Biomaterials
- Biologically Derived Materials from Natural Resources
- New Frontiers in Polymers and Fibers for Biomedical Applications
- Standards in Biomaterials Development
- Biomolecular Materials
- Translational genomics in engineering
- Tissue engineering
- Neuro-engineering
- Cell engineering
- Cellular and biomolecular Engineering
- Device-tissue integration
- Nano-mechanisms for molecular systems
- Materials engineering & microfabrication
- Biomedical polymer material
- Biomembranes
- Bioceramics and composites material
- Artificial organs
-- Biomedical Devices and Bio-SoC (Bio-System-on-a-Chip)
- System-on-a-Chip
- Bio-Chips
- Bio-System-on-a-Chip (Bio-SoC)
- Organ-on-A-Chip
- Body-on-A-Chip
- Bioinstrumentation
- Electrophysiology techniques
- Biomedical Signal Processing
- Circuits for Biomedical Applications/Devices
- Physiological system and medical devices
-- Bio-Nanotech
- Bio-Nanotechnologies, Bio-NEMS, Bio-MEMS
- Nanomedicine
- Biomaterials for nanomedicine
- Nanoscale Materials, Structures and Devices
- Optical Micro- and Nanometrology
- Advanced Micro/Nano Fabrication Techniques
- Micro- and Nano-scaled Sensors and Actuators
- Nanocellulose
- Nanostructures for Bio Sensing and Detection
- Nanomedicine: Emerging Nanomaterials for Bioimaging, Targeting and Therapeutic Applications
- Nanoscale Electromechanical Phenomena in Advanced Materials for Biological Applications
-- Bio-NEMS/Bio-MEMS
- Nanotechnology, NEMS, MEMS
- MEMS Supercapacitor
- MEMS Packaging Optimization
- Bio-NEMS/Bio-MEMS
- Optical MEMS
- Optofluidics
- Microfluidics for Biomedical Applications
- NEMS/MEMS for Biomedical Applications
-- Biomedical Devices and Optics
- Biomedical Optics
- Biophotonics
- Biomedical Sensing Materials, Electrodes, and Devices
- Implantable Medical Devices
- Biosensors and Bioelectronics
- Security and Sensing
- Biochemical Sensors
- Photonic Sensors
- Ultra-thin, Flexible Sensor
- Nanobiosensors
- Biosensors for Theranostics and Imaging
- Bioinstrumentation
- Nanoscale 3D and 4D Tissue Engineering Manufacturing
- Stem Cell Technology
- Self-healing Bioelectronic and Biosensor Miomaterials
- Environmental Biosensors
- Biosensors for Live Imaging
- Biosensors in Drug Delivery and Clinical Chemistry
- Graphene sensor
- Micro/Nanofluidics
- Materials in Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip
- Biomimetic Devices and Systems
- Miniaturized Diagnostic Medical Devices
- Body Area Sensor Networks
-- Biophysics
- Biophysics
- Molecular biophysics
- Biophysics and structural biology
-- Biomechanics
- Mechanobiology
- Biomechanics
- Orthopaedic biomechanics
2. New Materials and Systems for Water Purification
- Wastewater and Recycle
- Biological Wastewater Treatment
- Nanotechnology for Drinking Water and Waste Water Treatment
- Biocatalysis for Water Treatment and Reuse
- Human Pathogenic Viruses
- Advanced Water Purification Technology Using Membrane Process
- Desalination Principles and Approaches
- Microbial Desalination Cells
- Water Desalination Via Ion Concentration Polarization
- Portable Solar Powered Water Purification Systems
- Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
- Water Softening Technology
- Ultrapure Water Technology
- Other Emerging Topics
3. Electronic, Photonic, and Magnetic Materials
-- Electronic Materials
- Two-Dimensional and Related Materials: Fundamental Science, Preparation, and Applications
- Compound Semiconductor and Wide Bandgap Materials for Electronic and Optical Devices
- Advanced Interconnects and Packaging, Materials, Characterization, and Methodology
- Advanced Technologies for Memory Devices and Flexible Electronics
- Advanced Materials and Related Technology for Next Generation Displays
- Electromagnetic Metamaterials
- Plasmonics and Metamaterials
- Nanomaterials and Composites
- Nanoscale Materials, Structures and Devices
- Novel Nano-fabrications Techniques
- Materials Chemistry and Physics
- Solid State Physics
- Flexible Electronics
- Heterogeneous Electronics
- AI Chips
- AI Accelerators
-- Quantum and Photonic Materials
- Quantum Science and Engineering
- Quantum Chemistry
- Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning
- Quantum Materials
- Quantum Electronics
- Quantum Information Science
- Quantum Optics
- Quantum-Enhanced Ultra-Precise Sensing
- Exploring Quantum Computing for High-Energy Physics
- Photonics and Nano Devices
- Nanoscale Optics
- Novel Photon Sources
- Advanced Optoelectronic Materials
- Optical Metamaterials
- Nonlinear Optics
- Organic Electronic and Opto-electronic Materials
- Organic Photonic Materials and Devices
- Organic Sensors
- New Materials for Organic Light-emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
- Nano-optics
- Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics
- Plasmonics
- Microwave Photonics
- Computational Materials Science and Engineering
- Materials Informatics
- Composites
- Organic-Inorganic Composite Materials
- Materials Performance
- Materials Characterization, Processing and Manufacturing
- Mechanical Properties and Responses to Deformation
- Microstructure and Property Relationships in Materials
- Micro- and Nano-fabrication
- Nanotechnology, NEMS, MEMS
- Interfacial Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Nanostructured Materials
- Synthesis and Architecture of Nanomaterials
- Nanowires, Nanoparticles, and Quantum Dots
- Nanotubes and Nanowires
- Nanowires and Thermoelectric Materials
- Heat Energy Harvesting Technology
- High-density Rechargeable Batteries
- Carbon Nanotubes: Growth, Processing, Characterization and Devices
- Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene: Synthesis, Functionalisation and Applications
- Graphene, BN, MoS2 and Other 2D Materials and Devices
- Graphene-based Biosensors (Optical, Electrical etc)
- Graphene Optoelectronics
- The Physics and Applications of Nano-photonics and Photodetectors-based on Graphene, related 2D Materials
- Recent Theoretical Advances and Simulation Studies of Graphene, 2D Materials
- Graphene-Enhanced Materials for 3D Printing
- 3D and 4D Printing Materials
- Nanodevices and Nanofabrication
- Nanodevices, Enabling Nanotechnologies, Integrated Nanosystems
- Silicon Nanophotonics: Modulators, Switches, Light Emission
- Optomechanical Relay
- Flexible Silicon Photonics
- Materials, Structures & Devices for Nanoscale Electronic-Photonic Integration
- Next Generation Semiconductor Devices
-- Magnetic Materials
- Advanced Magnetic Materials
- Electromagnetics
- Magnetic Materials: Soft and Hard
- Magnetic Materials: Theory, Property Measurements and Analyses (Tools and Technologies)
- Magnetic Materials: Theoretical Calculation and Simulation
- Magnetic Materials for Energy
- Advanced Magnetic Materials and Their Applications
- Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applications
- Other Emerging Topics
4. Organic Polymer, and Soft Materials
-- Organic Polymer Materials
- Advanced Polymeric Materials
- Polymeric Materials
- Smart Polymers
- Polymer Organic Semiconductor Materials and Devices
- Electro-optic (EO) Polymers and Devices
- Hydrogels and Water-Soluble Polymers
- Membrane Materials and Technologies for Emerging Applications
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Smart Materials
-- Soft Materials
- Other Emerging Topics
5. New Green Energy Materials, Ceramic Materials, Perovskite, Metallurgy and Other Materials
- Advanced Carbon Materials
- Advanced Ceramic Materials
- Nanoscale Materials, Structures and Devices
- Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics and Composites
- Electroceramics
- Next Generation Bioceramics and Biocomposites
- Virtual Materials (Computational) Design and Ceramic Genome
- Porous Ceramics: Novel Developments and Applications
- Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental and Functional Applications
- Nanostructured Ceramics
- Nanoceramics and Nanohybrids for Energy, Environment and Healthcare
- Geopolymers, Chemically Bonded Ceramics and Eco-friendly and Sustainable Materials
- Inorganic Membranes and Their Applications
- Energy and Environment Materials
- Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis
- Hybrid, Organic and Perovskites Photovoltaics
- Solar Cells (Perovskites, Organic, Hybrid, Dye Sensitized, Si-based)
- Photocatalysis and Photosynthesis (Photocatalytic Water Splitting, Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction, Photoelectrochemical Cells, Solar Fuel Generation, Interfacial Charge Dynamics)
- Energy Conversion and Storage (Electrochemical Batteries, Supercapacitors, Thermoelectrics)
- Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
- Nanoimprinted Organic Solar Cells
- Next-generation Solar-cell Materials and Devices
- Nanostructure Materials for Solar Energy Conversion
- Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems
- Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion: Silicon and Beyond
- Photovoltaics: Organic and Hybrid
- Hydrogen Production and Storage
- Artificial Photosynthesis
- Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processing for Photonics and Energy
- Fuel Cells Components
- Fuel Cell Electrochemistry
- Materials for Fuel Cells
- Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC)
- Fuel Cell Technologies and Applications
- Fuel Cell Systems and Applications
- Microbial Fuel Cells
- Electrochemistry
- Electrocatalysis
- Materials and Technologies for Solid State Lighting
- LEDs
- Solid-state Devices for Light Emission and Detection
- Advanced Materials and Technologies for Energy Generation and Rechargeable Energy Storage
- Rare Earth Oxides for Energy, Optics and Biomedical Applications
- Ion-Transport Membranes
- Advanced Structure Materials
- High-Entropy Alloys and Metallic Glass Materials
- Structural Light Alloys
- Advanced Steels
- Advanced Structure Materials: Superalloys
- 3D Additive Manufacturing Materials and Technology
- Metals, Ceramics and Composite Materials
- Liquid Metal
- Metallurgy
- Advanced Iron and Steelmaking
- Metal Forming
- Steel Products and Properties
- Self-Healing Metals and Advanced Metal-matrix Composites
- Corrosion
- Surface Science and Engineering
- Modern Trends in Surface Engineering
- Surface Dynamics
- Surface Diffusion
- Surface Modification
- Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys
- Microstructure Engineering
- Hydrometallurgy
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Superconductors
- Economics and Management of Metallurgical Production
- Materials for Extreme Environments
- Structural Materials
- Materials Challenges for Future Nuclear Fission and Fusion Technologies
- High-entropy Materials
- High-entropy Materials for Catalysis
- Materials Technology for Nuclear Waste Treatment and Disposal
- Nuclear Power Reactor Waste and Deep Geological Disposal of Waste
- Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Sustainable Nuclear Energy and Fusion Energy
- Other Emerging Topics
6. Power Electronics
- Power Electronics
- Power Converter Topologies
- Power Electronics Device Characterization
- Power Circuit Synthesis, Analysis and Application
- Design, Modeling and Control of Power Electronic Converters
7. Smart Grid Technologies, Smart Grid Networking, Modern Power System Operation and Planning
-- Smart Grid Technologies
- Grid Management Systems
- Transactive Energy Systems
- Virtual Power Plant
- Power System Stability, Control, and Optimization
- Power System Monitoring, Operations and Control
- Power System Modeling and Simulation
- Power System Reliability and Cybersecurity
- Distributed Control Applications Applied to Electrical Networks
- Smart Grids and Microgrids
- Microgrid Practical Implementations
- Microgrid Analysis
- Advances in Management of Grid Dynamics
- Architectures and Models for the Smart Grid
- Optimization of Smart Grids
- Smart Electricity Distribution Systems
- Service-oriented Architectures for Smart Grids
- Forecasting Energy Consumption and Energy Prices
- Grid Architecture (including interoperability)
- Scalable Infrastructures for Smart Grids
- Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery in Smart Grids
- Dynamic Discovery in Smart Grids
- Load Balancing in Smart Grids
- Forecasting Grid Imbalances
- Technologies and Solutions for Improving Grid Resiliency
- Adaptive Grid Topologies
- Vehicle-to-Grid Technology
- Smart Grid Standards, Co-simulation, Test-beds, and Field Trials
-- Smart Grid Networking and Communications
- The Whole Picture - Sense, Communicate, Compute, Control
- Architecture of Web Services Interface for A Home Energy Management System
- Smart Meter Deployment
- Broadband Wireless and Smart Grid
- Sensors Use for Energy Management
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Communications and Networks for Smart Grids and Smart Metering
- Enabling Information and Communication Technologies
- Wide-area Visualization for Enhanced Situational Awareness (PMUs, Micro-PMUs, and Other Visibility and Control Devices and Applications)
- Communication and Cyber Security
- Transport Layer Mechanisms for Smart Grids
- IP Interoperability in the Smart Grid
- “Enernet of Things” – or “Grid of Things
- Smart Grid Specific Protocols (DNP3, ICCP)
- Smart Grid Cyber Security and Privacy
- Security (physical and cyber)
- Cyber Attack Impact on Critical Smart Grid Infrastructures
- Smart Grid Sensor Technology
- Wireless Communications and Networks for the Smart Grid Last Mile
- Grid Edge Enabling Technologies
- Ultra-wide-area Monitoring and Measurements
- Ultra-wide-area Actuation and Control
- Energy Internet
- Load Modeling and Control
- Predictive Defense Model of the Smart Grid
- Smart Grid and Smart Grid Security
- Cyber-physical Systems
- Energy Storage Management and Modeling
- Support for Storage, Renewable Resources and Micro-grids
- Advanced Energy Storage Systems: Lithium ion Batteries and Beyond
- Software for Smart Grids
- Smart Grid Services and Management Models
- Demand Side Management, Demand Response, Dynamic Pricing
- Cloud Computing and the Smart Grid
- Machine Learning in Smart Grids
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Energy Data Analytics
- Smart Grid Data and Analytics
- Big Data Predictive Analytics for the Energy Generation
- Handling of Big Data in Grid Operations – Real-time Applications and Archiving
- Use of Cloud Technologies for Grid Operations
- Climate Change Impacts on Power Grids
- Renewable Energy Management
- Renewable (Green) Energy Sources and Systems as Wind Power, Hydropower, Solar Energy, Biomass, Biofuel, Geothermal Energy, Wave Energy, Tidal Energy, Hydrogen & Fuel Cells, Li-ion Batteries, etc.
- Solar, Wind and Energy Storage Integration in Smart Grids
- Smart Grids Transmission Infrastructure
- Wireless Power Transmission
- Implementation and Projects on Smart Grids
-- Modern Power System Operation and Planning
- Converged Infrastructures, Including Smart Cities
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Regulatory Drivers and Impediments
- Emerging Technologies of Modern Power System Operation and Planning
- Coordination and Integration of EMS, DMS, Renewables
- Utility/Service Providers Issues and Opportunities
- Utility/Service Provider Business Models
- System Planning to Accommodate High Levels of Distributed Energy Resources and Grid-edge Actors
- System Operations in the Face of High Penetration of Distributed and Renewable Resources (technology enabled system operations)
- Stakeholder Opportunities and Risks (Consumers, Prosumer, Microgrids, and Smart Building Operators)
- Weather Forecasting for Power Prediction (or Power Forecasting) to Drive Business: (smart grid management, integration of renewables and energy trading, etc.)
- Bottom Up Forecasting and Micro-climate Weather Forecasting
- Other Emerging Topics
8. Energy Storage and Utilization, Clean Vehicle Technologies and the Smart Grid
- Nanoscale Materials, Structures and Devices
- Super Capacitors (electrodes, electrolytes, etc.)
- Electrical Energy Storage
- Chemical Energy Storage
- Electrochemical Energy Storage
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Mechanical Energy Storage
- Quantum Battery
- Lithium-sulfur Battery
- Lithium-metal Battery
- Lithium-silicon Battery
- Lithium-ion Battery Materials (electrodes, catalysts, electrolytes, etc.)
- Advanced Lead-acid Battery
- Electrode Materials and Electrolytes
- Electric Vehicles Integration
- Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
- Electric Vehicle Charging Integration in Distribution Grids
- Pricing Models for Charging Stations
- Hybrid Car Energy and New Battery Technologies
- Grid Integration of Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Distributed Renewable Energy Resources
- Integration of Electric Vehicles and Battery Technology
- Modeling and control of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- EV-smart Grid Integration
- Internet of Electric Vehicles and Smart Grid
- Vehicles-to-grid Communications
- Dynamic Spectrum Access Technologies for Internet of Electric Vehicles (IoEV)
- Grid-based Network and Services for IoEV
- IoEV for Smart Grid
- Power Scheduling for Charging IoEV
- Modeling and Simulation for the Interaction of Grids and EVs
- Battery Control for HEV and Energy Storage Systems
- IC Engine Management Systems
- Materials for Fuel Cell Applications (electrodes, electrolytes, membranes, electrolytes, catalysts, etc.)
- Hydrogen Energy Materials for Hydrogen Production, Hydrogen Storage, Hydrogen Delivery
- Next-generation Energy Storage Applications (thermoelectric materials, metal-air batteries, Na-S batteries, solar cells, heat storage, etc.)
- Alternative Vehicular Energy
- Electric, Fuel Cell and Hybrid Vehicles
- Other Emerging Topics
9. New Energy Technologies and Green/Smart Buildings
-- Energy Efficiency and Green Buildings
- Intelligent and Energy-efficient Buildings
- Application of Nanomaterials in Construction
-- Nuclear Energy
- Advances in Nuclear Power Plants
- Nuclear Energy and Global Environment
-- Hydrogen Production
- Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy
- Photoelectrochemical (PEC) Device to Produce Hydrogen
-- Offshore Wind Research
- Small, Midsize, Large Wind Turbine Research
- Emerging Wind Turbine Technologies
- Gearbox Reliability
- Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy Development
- Wind Power Plants Development
- Power Transmission Solutions for Wind Energy
- Energy Storage for Wind Power
- Offshore Geotechnics and Energy
- Offshore and Onshore Wind Farms Utility Grid Connections and Integration
- Offshore and Onshore Wind Assessment, Certification and Risk Analysis
- Onshore Wind Farm Environmental Impact Assessment
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for Wind Turbine Blade Inspections
- Legal Aspects of the Supply and Construction of Onshore Wind Farms
-- Identification, Assessment and Mapping of Geothermal Resources
- Development, Expansion and Maintenance of Thermal Databases
- Modeling of Hydrothermal Systems
- Enhanced Geothermal Systems Technologies to Capture Energy from Resources
- Hydrothermal and Resource (Hot Water and/or Steam) Confirmation and Applications
- Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Resources (with Temperatures at or below 300°F) and Applications
- On-site Borehole Temperature-Depth Logging
- Measurement and Analysis of Rock Sample Thermal Conductivity
-- Biomass Characterization
- Biomass Process and Sustainability Analyses
- Whole-Systems Modelling and Analysis
- Energy Crop Strategies
- Waste-to-Energy (WtE)/Energy-from-Waste (EfW)
- Availability of Agricultural and Forest Residues
- Biomass Feedstocks for Renewable Energy Generation
- Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Urban Waste Feedstocks
- Biochemical and Thermochemical Conversion Technologies, Including Biorefining
- Integrated Biorefinery Processes
- Biorefinery: Chemicals and Materials from Biomass
- Anaerobic Digestion Technologies (Biogas, Biomethane, Hydrogen)
- Chemical and Catalyst Science
- Biocatalysis for Bioresource Transformation
- Metabolic Engineering and Fermentation Processes
- Microalgal Biofuels
- Micro and Macro Algae Technology
- Algae Cultivation and Harvest
- Algae Production and Conversion Systems
- Biological Hydrogen Production
- Feedstock Production and Genetic Improvement of Plants
- Bioethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass
- Purified Lignins
- Lignofuel Production Plants
- Future Opportunities for Lignocellulosic Feedstocks
-- Wave and Tidal Energy Resource Characterization
- Device Development, Testing, and Environmental Modelling
- Power Take-off and Device Control
- Environmental Impact and Appraisal
- Grid Connection and System Aspects
-- Methane Hydrate Systems
- Synoptic View on Methane Hydrates
- Systems Models of Methane Hydrate Behavior
- Basic Physics and Chemistry of Methane Hydrates
- Methane Hydrate Resource Assessment
- Methane Hydrate Production Analysis
- GeoEnvironment: Hydrates in the Past and the Present
- Methane Hydrate Related Geohazards
- Methane Hydrate Role in the Global Carbon Cycle
- Methane Hydrate Research and Development
- Methane Hydrate Laboratory and Field Characterization
-- Hot Dry Rock (HDR) Geothermal Energy
- Exploration
- Drilling
- Direct Use
- Geothermal Heat Pumps
- Electricity Production
- Advanced Technologies
10. Green Computing and Communications Technologies, Green Society Applications
- Green infrastructure sustainable design and technologies
- Energy- and power-constrained devices and gateways
- Ultra-low power systems architectures
- Low-power, distributed data processing on sensors
- Energy-efficient M2M wired and wireless communications and networking
- Optimization and/or analysis in green computing and communications (including core network optimization)
- Green big data, cloud, and data center architecture
- Green technologies for 5G (SDN, IoT, and crowdsourcing, etc.)
- Energy harvesting communications and networks
- Smart metering infrastructure and technologies
- Large-scale monitoring, control and demand response
- Advanced data fusion, mining and modeling in smart grid
- Management and control of distributed energy generation, storage and consumption
- Advanced smart grid applications: grid-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-grid, Micro-grid
- Smart sensing systems
- Smart city
- Green vehicle, green home, green buildings and green anything
- Green industrial automation and control
- Intelligent Transport Systems and control
- Energy efficiency in aerial/UAV communication networks
- Green social networks
- Applications of blockchain in energy management and trading
11. Energy Systems
- Energy storage and conversion
- Energy systems at the nexus of control and machine learning
- Building energy systems
- Control co-design for energy systems
- Wind turbin control
- Airborne wind energy systems
- Marine Energy systems
- Energy aware robotic systems
- General energy systems
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Directed-energy Weapons (DEW): high-power microwave (HPM) weapons, lasers are considered point weapons