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Christian Emeka Okafor received B.Eng in Mechanical/Production Engineering in 2006; an M.Eng in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering in 2010; and a PhD in Engineering Design and Manufacturing in 2014. He is a practicing mechanical engineer licensed by Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and an active member of numerous national science and engineering organizations including, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). Christian Okafor is currently a senior lecturer at the department of mechanical engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Nigeria, where he has employed a wide range of teaching strategies to successfully engage diverse cohorts of undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students in both online and face-to-face classes; his approach has improved the overall student experience and led to quality learning outcomes. He is currently pioneering research on micro and macro scale design of reinforced polymer composite structures using the machine learning paradigm. Dr. Christian Okafor is recognized for his contributions to fibre reinforced composite technology which include innovative research in the design, manufacturing, and optimization. Bringing the wonders of scientific discovery into the classroom, He is a member of the team that won the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) annual oil and gas research grant competition during the 2014/2015 research cycle. He has introduced open-ended projects to material design classes that give students a real experience of scientific discovery. As a design specialist, his broad design and project management capability led to his appointment as a member of committee of building professional in the university, he has served as a deputy director university production processes, member of faculty of engineering Direct Teaching and Laboratory Cost (DTLC) committee, Secretary to Faculty of engineering Research, Innovation and Development committee, NAU and editorial secretary, Journal of Engineering and Applied Science.

Ahmed Fatimi is an Associate Professor at Sultan Moulay Slimane University (Beni-Mellal, Morocco). He obtained a Master degree in chemical engineering from Polytech’Nantes School (Nantes, France) and a Master degree in biopolymers engineering from University of Nantes (Nantes, France). He received the Ph.D. degree in biomaterials from University of Nantes in 2008. His postdoctoral research was carried out, from 2009 until 2012, at Canada research chair in biomaterials and endovascular implants (Montreal, Canada). Dr Fatimi has developed and patented a radiopaque hydrogel combining both embolizing and sclerosing properties for embolizing blood vessels, and to treat or to prevent frequent blood leakage during treatment of aneurysms. Dr. Fatimi’s research is focused on developing and formulation of biopolymer-based hydrogels for tissue engineering and biomedical use, and their physico-chemical, rheological and biological properties. Another field of Dr. Fatimi’s research concerns intellectual property and innovation related to chemistry.

He has published 24 papers in peer-reviewed international scientific journals, and 2 book chapters, as well as, around 40 conference communications. Moreover, he is an inventor of 4 patents (PCT, France, Canada, United States).

Dr. Kamol Dey is an Associate Professor in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ACCE) at the University of Chittagong (CU, Bangladesh). He received his MS (2010) in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Dhaka (DU, Bangladesh) and earned his PhD (2019) in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from the University of Brescia (UNIBS, Italy) after working with Prof. Luciana Sartore. His research interests focus in the area of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine with emphasis on designing biomaterials to engineer tissue constructs and drug delivery devices. Synthesis clinically-relevant advanced hydrogels to influence stem cell differentiation is the core interest. In addition, he works on environmental remediation using sustainable nanomaterials and technologies. The research keywords include Biomaterials, Hydrogels, Biopolymers, Tissue Engineering, Nanocomposites, Fiber-reinforced composites, and Photocatalyst. Dr. Dey has published more than 40 scientific papers with H-index of 13 and citations > 400 and served as a reviewer for international journals in biomaterials and polymers area from RSC, Elsevier, Wiley, and MDPI.

Dr Demets is a graduate from the University of São Paulo, where he obtained his PhD in inorganic chemistry 2001. He is currently an associate professor at the FFCLRP of the same university since 2004. His area of interest is supramolecular chemistry, more specifically the chemistry of inclusion compounds, naphthallic imides, and nanofiltration polymeric membranes, and polymeric sponges for environmental remediation.