Materials continue to be the key behind major technological breakthroughs for many decades. Their properties can be engineered and optimized to develop specific applications including energy conversion and storage, water treatment (purification and desalination), sensing and biomedical applications. This conference will focus on advanced materials that are being developed to address todays’ major challenges. It includes also computational methods which are emerging as very powerful tool for materials design and screening for diverse applications.

The program of the conference will include a wide range of sessions, from a series of plenary talks given by well-known scientists from Europe, USA,  Canada and Singapore, to oral presentations, workshops, poster displays and exhibitions

Scientific Committee:

1. Prof. Nouar Tabet – Dean of College of Sciences, UOS – Chairman
2. Prof. Ata Gaffar Attaelmanan – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Vice Chairman
3. Prof. Mounir Gaidi – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
4. Prof. Prof Zahid Hussain – ALS/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA – Member
5. Prof. Nazeeruddin M. Khaja – EPFL, Switzerland – Member
6. Dr Aaesha Abdulla Alnuami – Director, Solar Innovation Center, DEWA, UAE – Member
7. Prof. Gehad Kandeel Sadiek – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
8. Prof. Naser Laou – Mechanical Engineering Department, UOS – Member
9. Prof. Kais Daoudi – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
10. Prof. Naser Hamdan – Department of Physics, American University Sharjah – Member
11. Prof. Ihab Obaidat – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
12. Prof. Mohamed Emhedi – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
13. Dr Mahmoud R. Abdel Hafiz – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
14. Dr. Med Almoheiri – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
15. Dr Danili Moraitis – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member

Organizing Committee:

1. Dr. Hussein El Mehdi – Director, Conference Management Center Director, UOS – Chairman
2. Prof. Nezar Atalla Hammouri – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
3. Dr Yassir A. Abdu – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
4. Dr Badreyya Ali Alshehhi – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
5. Mrs. Nawal Nayfeh – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
6. Mr. Omar Adwan – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
7. Mrs. Racha Al Khoury – Conference Management Center, UOS – Member
8. Ms Asma Ali Alnaqbi – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
9. Ms Nouf Alteneiji – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
10. Mr. Bento Joseph – Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy, UOS – Member
11. Dr. Mariam Alnaqbi – Conference Management Center, UOS – Member
12. Hamda Al Kitbi – Conference Management Center, UOS – Member
13. Rafat Al Athamy – Conference Management Center, UOS – Member
14. Mohamed Samir Al Haj – ITC Center – IT Support

The conference scientific program will cover a wide range of advanced materials with a strong focus on their technological applications. The list of all related topics includes the following:

• Perovskites for solar energy harvesting 
• Advanced materials for energy storage 
• Sensing applications
• Nano engineered materials and their applications 
• Biomaterials and their applications
• Materials for water treatment and desalination 
• Materials computation and modelling 
• Advanced techniques for materials investigations

W2 Al Zahra Hall (Building C2)

Accepted research papers will be published in a Scopus-indexed journal.

For any enquiries, kindly contact: sicam26@sharjah.ac.ae