Conference Program

Annual International Conferences on Sciences & Engineering
Program (Athens Local Time)
(*In the program presentations are included from all the subjects scheduled to be presented in parallel)
(Note: each presentation includes at least 10 minutes for questions and discussions if available)

Monday 20 July 2020

09.00-09.30
Registration


09.30-10.00
Opening and Welcoming Remarks:

  • Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER.
  • Ellene Tratras Contis, Professor, Eastern Michigan University, USA. (Video)
  • Bala Maheswaran, Professor, Northeastern University, USA. (Video)

10.00-10.45
Zoran Bojkovic, Professor, University of Belgrade Serbia.
Dragorad Milovanovic, Lecturer, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Title: What 5G has been and what 5G+ towards 6G should be?


10.45-11.00 Break


11.00-11.45
Gagik Shmavonyan, Professor, National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Armenia.
Title: Unique Nanostripes and Sheets of 2D Atomic Materials Obtained by Substrates Rubbing Technology.


11.45-12.00 Break


12.00-12.45
Fritz W. Bopp, Professor Emeritus, University of Siegen, Germany.
Title: How to Avoid Absolute Determinism in Two Boundary Quantum Dynamics.


12.45-13.00 Break


13.00-13.45
Nicolae Diga, Postdoctoral Researcher Engineer, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania.
Title: Use of Modern Software Supports Specialized in Designing Induction Motors with Special Destinations.


13.45-14.00 Break


14:00-14:45
Bala Maheswaran, Professor, Northeastern University, USA.
Title: Experiential and Interactive Learning: A new Approach 


14.45-15.00 Break


15:00-15:45
Ethel Petrou, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics, Erie Community College, State University of New York, USA.
Title: The Challenges of Lab Teaching during the COVID 19 Pandemic  


15.45-16.00 Break


16.00-16.45
Ellene Tratras Contis, Professor, Eastern Michigan University, USA.
Title: Sustaining Solutions in Undergraduate STEM Education  


16.45-17.00 Break


17.00-17.45
Leslie Kerby, Assistant Professor, Idaho State University, USA
Title: Using Data Analytics to Improve Government Financial Efficiency.


17.45-18.00 Break


18.00-20.30
PANEL: Aerospace Engineering I - Organized by Nikos J. Mourtos, Professor and Chair, Aerospace Engineering, San Jose State University, USA.
  • Karpagam Suryanarayanan & Nikos J. Mourtos, Aerospace Engineering, San Jose State University, USA. The Design of a Medium-Range, Hybrid Business Jet.
  • Priya Chouhan & Nikos J. Mourtos, Aerospace Engineering, San Jose State University, USA. The Conceptual Design of a General Aviation Electric Aircraft.
  • Samneet Singh Nikos J. Mourtos, Aerospace Engineering, San Jose State University, USA. Design of a Two-Seater, Electric Air Taxi.
  • Shali Nidarsana Subramanian Maria Chierichetti, San Jose State University, USA. Risk Identification and Qualitative Risk Assessment of Air Taxi Operations for Large Scale Urban Air Mobility.
  • Rushikesh Badgujar & Nikos J. Mourtos, San Jose State University, USA. X-69 CargoSat for LEO Deliveries.
  • Aysha Rehman, Calvin Nuttall, Joshua Kring, Christian Ancheta, Tyler Borda Periklis Papadopoulos, San Jose State University, USA. Conceptual Design of Astrobee Surface Sampling Payload.
  • Enrique Murcio Reyes & Maria Chierichetti, San Jose State University, USA. Image Processing Techniques for Crack Detection in Aerospace Structures.

21.30-23.00
Greek Night
(The event did not take place due to the limited number of attendance. Those who paid and were not able to attend will be offered a free voucher according to our policy: https://www.atiner.gr/coronavirus)


Tuesday 21 July 2020

07.00-09.00 Urban Walk
(The event did not take place due to the limited number of attendance. Those who paid and were not able to attend will be offered a free voucher according to our policy: https://www.atiner.gr/coronavirus)


09.00-09.45
Dimitris Argyropoulos, Finland Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, USA.
Title: Limitations in Creating Lignin-Derived Carbon Fibers.


09.45-10.00 Break


10.00-10.45
Tomoharu Miyanaga, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan.
Title: Phase and Morphology Control of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Network Polymer by Means of Hydrosilylation Reaction of Cubic Silsesquioxane or Cyclic Siloxane and Divinyl or Diallyl Compounds  


10.45-11.00 Break


11.00-11.45
Anna Winiarczyk-Razniak, Assistant Professor, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland.
Piotr Razniak, Assistant Professor, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland.
Title: Significance of Firms in the Materials Sector in the Creation of the Command and Control Function of Cities. 


11.45-12.00 Break


12.00-12.45
Eman Alam, Lecturer, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.
Title: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology for the Production of Some Active Phytochemicals Against Tropical Diseases from Some Wild Egyptian Medicinal Plants. 


12.45-13.00 Break


13.00-13.45
Wilson Kindlein Junior, Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Guillaume Thomann, Associate Professor, Université Grenoble Alpes, France.
Title: STEAM and the New Paradigms in Material Selection, Manufacturing Processes and Design.


13.45-14.00 Break


14.00-14.45
Doros Petasis, Professor, Allegheny College, USA
Title: Low Temperature EPR and Magnetic Susceptibility Studies of Cerium Nitrate-Triphenylphosphine Oxide and Cerium Vanadate Complexes. 


14.45-15.00 Break


15.00-15.45
Dimitrios Goulias, Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Maryland, USA.
Title: Engineering Education & Research Activities in the Global World & Covid-19.


15.45-16.00 Break


16.00-16.45
Timothy M. Young, Professor and Graduate Director, The University of Tennessee, USA.
Title: ‘Data Science’ – The Revolution for Engineering Academic Programs. 


16.45-17.00 Break


17.00-17.45
Jeffrey Busch, Senior Consultant and Adjunct Professor, Portland State University, USA.
Title: Agile-Stage-Gate Approach: Exploratory Research on the Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities.


17.45-18.00 Break


18.00-20.30
PANEL: Aerospace Engineering II - Organized by Nikos J. Mourtos, Professor and Chair, Aerospace Engineering, San Jose State University, USA.
  • Zachary Machado & Periklis Papadopoulos, San Jose State University, USA. Embedded Newtonian Stability Analysis of Flared Reentry Probes.
  • Tyler Borda, United Airlines Technical Operations, USA, Periklis Papadopoulos, San Jose State University, USA & Mark Guerrieri, San Jose State University, USA. Hybrid Air Breathing Rockets and their Potential.
  • Richard Drossler, San Jose State University, USA. ARCH: Asteroid Redirection and Conversion to Habitat.
  • Jordan Pollard, Kyle Stewart & Periklis Papadopoulos, San Jose State University, USA. The Design and Analysis of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor for an Altitude Compensating Nozzle.
  • Kyle Stewart & Periklis Papadopoulos, San Jose State University, USA. System Analysis of a Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine with a Toroidal Aerospike Nozzle.
  • Mark Lin & Periklis Papadopoulos, San Jose State University, USA. Parallel Processing of Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Resulting Numerical Uncertainty from Load Balancing.
  • Andrew Hollenkamp, Daniel Grenz, Cristian Aguirre, Macabe Banchero, Tyler Borda & Periklis Papadopoulos, San Jose State University, USA. Retropropulsion and GNC Strategies for Landing Scalable Payloads.

20.00-21.30
Dinner
(The event did not take place due to the limited number of attendance. Those who paid and were not able to attend will be offered a free voucher according to our policy: https://www.atiner.gr/coronavirus)


Wednesday 22 July 2020
Educational Islands Cruise

(The event did not take place due to the limited number of attendance. Those who paid and were not able to attend will be offered a free voucher according to our policy: https://www.atiner.gr/coronavirus)

Thursday 23 July 2020
Delphi Tour

(The event did not take place due to the limited number of attendance. Those who paid and were not able to attend will be offered a free voucher according to our policy: https://www.atiner.gr/coronavirus)


* ATINER does not have the administration and infrastructure capacity to organize separate online conferences for each one that is planned every week. Instead, an attempt has been made to have one online event for the given week.