Dr. Rupendra M. Anklekar is working as Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Alamuri Ratnamala Institute of Engineering and Technology (ARMIET) run by Koti Vidya Charitable Trust and affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Teaching Materials Technology and Power Plant Engineering for B.E.; Energy Audit & Management, Energy Scenario, Policy & Environment, and Energy Efficiency in Electrical Systems for M.E students. As Dean of R&D, focused and dedicated on developing an excellent R&D Center at ARMIET by working with industries and Government agencies. Have 20+ years of R&D experience in industry and developed new materials processes and high-tech equipment; 10+ years in academia carrying out teaching and research. Research Faculty/Post-Doctoral Scholar at Pennsylvania State University, USA for 3 years. Awarded the B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science from the premier institute IIT Bombay. Published about 70 peer reviewed technical papers in reputed International Journals and Conference Proceedings; Inventor of 5 Patent Applications in India, USA and Taiwan. Invited recently for attending the 2017 Shandong Experts Conference on Exchange of Overseas High-Level Talents held in Liaocheng City; awarded Letter of Appointment as Distinguished Expert by the Chinese Government.

Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

Rabah Ali Khalil is a full Professor of Physical Chemistry in University of Mosul, College of Science, Chemistry Department. He completed his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at University of Mosul in 1994, his M. Phil. Degree in Inorganic Chemistry at University of Sheffield in 1990 and his B.Sc. in General Chemistry at University of Mosul as a1st among 128 students. He has published more than 28 papers in reputed journals, serving as an editorial board member, keynote speaker, TPC and OC member at many international conferences. His most cited articles are Kinetic and prediction studies of ascorbic acid degradation in normal and concentrate local lemon juice during storage, Food Chemistry (2007) 101:254-259 and Theoretical estimation of the critical packing parameter of amphiphilic self-assembled aggregates, Applied Surface Science (2014) 31 8:85-89. He introduced a new physical insight for the formation of worm-like micelles (CIF), J. Chem. Soc. Pakistan (2014) 36:211-220.

Physical Chemistry; Surfactants & Colloids; Computational Chemistry; Physical Pharmacy; Wormlike micelles.

Dr. Sarker, the President, CEO and CTO of Waste Technologies, LLC (WTL) since 2013, is the sole owner of the company. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, UK. He also has a Masters and a Bachelors degree, both in Chemistry, from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Dr. Sarker has been the Vice President of Research & Development for NSR since 2005 where he invented the technology which makes up US Patent # 8,927,797 B2 “Method for converting waste plastics to lower – molecular weight hydrocarbons, particularly hydrocarbon fuel materials and the hydrocarbon material produced thereby.” An additional 5 patents are pending. This work has garnered numerous awards both nationally and internationally. In addition to having published more than 110 research articles he acts as Editor-in Chief for 15 renowned international journals; World Research Journal of Physical Chemistry, International Journal of Chemical Research, and the World Research Journal of Environment and Waste Management and Editor of 155 and 175 of peer reviewer of national and international journals. Dr, Sarker wrote 6 books including chapters on Waste Plastic to Fuel. Dr. Sarker is a distinguished member of the following associations, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, Member of Institute Physics (MInstP), UK, American Chemical Society (ACS), American Physical Society (APS), American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Advanced Photon Sources User Group (APS), Chicago, Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC), Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), CleanTech Forum International, Connecticut Technology Council, Alliance for Clean Energy of New York (ACENY), Society of Automobile Engineering (SAE) International, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Vermont Renewable Energy, Sierra Club, Greenpeace International, Bangladesh Chemical Society (Life Member), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (CINS) and many more. In addition, Dr. Sarker was elected President of Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)-CT Chapter in August, 2012-14 and advisor board member of CT Green Building Council (CTGBC) since 2013. Dr. Sarker also heads a humanitarian effort in Bangladesh; The Moinuddin and Anjuman Foundation, Inc., (www.moinandanjufoundation.com) which helps provide essentials for the poor and underprivileged in Bangladesh and around the Globe.

Method for converting waste plastics to lower – molecular weight hydrocarbons, particularly hydrocarbon fuel materials and the hydrocarbon material produced thereby