Hall of Fame: Materials Science (Editor) – 2020
Oscar Jaime Restrepo Baena obtained the degree of Mining and Metallurgy Engineer in the School of Mines at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin. He is the project lead for the HE team’s artisanal mining community engagement in Colombia. He completed the MSc. in Environmental Impact Assessment and the Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Materials at the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain. He completed a post-doctoral stay in the R & D laboratory of the Nubiola Company in Barcelona, Spain, where he also served as director of Research and Development. He is linked as a Professor in the Department of Materials and Minerals of the School of Mines at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and is a member of the Minerals Institute – CIMEX, where he participates in research projects and he is the head of research in the area of Extractive Metallurgy: Physical-chemical processes associated with the metallurgical industry and coordinator of the Sustainability group in extractive industries. He is part of the Cement and Building Materials Group or Research, classified A1 by Colciencias. He is the author of numerous scientific and academic articles in the area of extractive metallurgy, sustainability in mining and ceramic materials published in high impact international journals, and he has been director of research projects developed with national and international funding. He has directed doctoral, masters and undergraduate thesis carried out in the School of Mines. In the administrative area he has been Director of the Curriculum Department of Materials and Bioengineering and Director of the Dyna Magazine. It is part of scientific societies such as SME / TMS / SOMP / ACM / AIST / Riprexs / SAI.
Institutions: Professor, Department of Materials and Minerals, School of Mines, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.
Institutions: Departement de Physique, Laboratoire de Physique du Rayonnement LPR, FAST-UAC, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Universite d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin.
Dr. Suraya Hani Adnan is the Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia in Faculty of Engineering Technology. She received a Diploma in Civil Engineering and BSc degree in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Mara in Shah Alam Selangor in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and Msc degrees in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2002 and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia in 2011. She has been started as an engineer in industry and joining the academic environment since June 2000. She is currently a Head Department of Civil Engineering Technology in Faculty of Engineering Technology at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. Her research expertise is in Concrete Material Properties, Recycled Aggregate, Recycled Aggregate Concrete, Pozzolanic Materials and Cementutious Materials.
Institutions: Associate Professor, Department Civil Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia.
Institutions: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA.