Composite Materials

Advanced Composite Materials

Chair:

Ostap Zgalat-Lozynskyi

Dr.Sci., Head of Department of Thermomechanical Treatment of Higher Melting Point Materials / Scientific Deputy Director of Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine

Ostap Zgalat-Lozynskyi graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine, “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.” He had short-time fellowships at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (Dresden, Germany). His scientific interests are experimental and theoretical investigations in the field of synthesis and consolidation of nanostructured materials based on refractory compounds for operation in extreme conditions. He deals with modern spark-plasma and microwave sintering technologies, as well as the additive technologies (FDM and Robocasting) for obtaining the complex shape components from polymer-ceramics, ceramics and biocomposites. He managed and coordinated more than 10 scientific and educational projects. He is the author of more than 100 scientific works and patents.

Keynote speakers:

Salvatore Grasso

Prof., Royal Society Industry Fellow at School of Engineering and Materials Science Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, England

Dr. Salvatore Grasso is a senior lecturer in ceramics at Queen Mary University London (250 publications, 40 patents, Hirsch Index Scopus 54). Pfeil Award from the Council of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (England UK): 2022 and 2021: Awarded for published work of particular merit in the field of ceramics for the paper titled “A theoretical analysis of cold sintering” and 2018: “Review of flash sintering: materials, mechanisms, and modeling.” Best Paper Award from the Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies: 2019: Recognized for outstanding research contribution in the field of ceramics. Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing from Acta Materialia: 2016 and 2018: Honored with the prestigious award for an outstanding doctoral thesis, presented by the president of Tsukuba University.

Winner of the prestigious 2017 National and Sichuan Province “Thousand Talents Plan,” recognizing exceptional talent and expertise in the field., indicating significant impact of Dr. Grasso’s research. Dr. Salvatore Grasso is an Editor of the European Ceramic Society and he is also an associated editor of the American ceramic society. His research is focused on ceramics processing using non-equilibrium conditions. His vision is to develop better materials by using less energy and without need for critical elements. He develops geological inspired compaction (lithification) to improve the sustainability in ceramics

Maksym Iurzhenko

Dr.Sci., Prof., Head of Department for Plastics Welding E.O.Paton Electric Welding Institute, NAS of Ukraine

Prof. Maksym Iurzhenko received his MS (2005) from the Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, Dr. (2009) from the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the NAS of Ukraine and the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, University Lyon 1 (Lyon, France), and a DSc degree from the E.O.Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine in 2019. Specialist in the field of Materials Science, in particular Polymer materials, Physics, Chemistry and Technology of polymers and polymer composites; processing, welding and related technologies of plastics. Developer of the conformational theory of polymer welding. Head of a research team developing technologies and equipment for welding and additive manufacturing of plastics and products made from them, including under the influence of various physical fields and in abnormal conditions, welding of difficult-to-weld polymers, including chemical welding of thermosets.

For his achievements, he was awarded the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of Science and Technology, the Prize of the President of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for young scientists, and he is a Knight of the Order of Merit. He is a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine