Engineered Ceramics for Sustainable Development and Net-Zero Carbon Emissions

Surojit Gupta, PhD, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the University of North Dakota. Dr Gupta has published over 50 technical papers, received 5 patents, and has given over 20 invited/keynote talks and over 70 contributed presentations in several international, national, and local conferences and has won several awards. Dr. Gupta has been a member of ACerS since 2003, is active in different committees of ACerS, and has chaired the Engineering Ceramics Division (ECD) and ICACC conference.Mrityunjay Singh, PhD, is Chief Scientist, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, OH. Dr. Singh is globally recognized for his long term and outstanding contributions to science and technology of advanced materials and manufacturing technologies. Dr. Singh is recipient of more than ninety national and international awards; is a past President of ACerS and Academician and President of World Academy of Ceramics, Italy. He is a Fellow of the ACerS, ASM International, AAAS, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), and National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Dr. Singh is editor/co-editor of fifty five books and proceedings, nine special journal volumes, author/co-author of fourteen book chapters, and more than three hundred research papers in various journals and proceedings.Tatsuki Ohji, PhD, is a visiting research scientist (ex-Fellow) at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), a visiting professor at Yokohama National University (YNU), and a visiting professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech). Dr. Ohji has authored or coauthored more than 380 peer-reviewed papers and 20 book chapters, edited more than 40 books and conference volumes. He has chaired or co-chaired more than 40 international conferences and symposia and served The American Ceramic Society as a President in 2019-2020.Michael C. Halbig is a Senior Materials Research Engineer and Tech Lead for Additive Manufacturing and for Joining & Integration of Composite Materials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Glenn Research Center (NASA GRC). Mr. Halbig has authored/co-authored more than 80 journal articles and proceedings papers. He is a past Chair and current Trustee of the Engineering Ceramics Division (ECD) of ACerS, as well as chair of the ECD Jubilee Global Diversity Award Committee. He is currently an associate editor for the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology and served as a guest editor for three special issues.