ICIR Euroinvent 2025

Hasan GÖÇMEZ

 Professor
Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Kutahya Dumlupınar University, TURKEY

Prof. Hasan Gocmez received his BSc degree from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering of Middle East Technical University, Turkey in 1994, and his MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Material and Ceramic Engineering departments from the Rutgers University-New Jersey, the USA in 1997 and 2001, respectively. Japan Society awarded him for Promotion of Science as a JSPS fellow between 2006 and 2007 to do research at Yamaguchi University. He was a visiting scientist at AIST, Stockholm University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and KTH. He is a Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Kutahya Dumlupinar University. His research focuses on ceramic processing, nanomaterials, and energy storage systems such as solar cells and lithium-based batteries. In the meantime, he is an expert on the synthesis, dispersion, and stability of ceramic nanoparticles and the preparation for energy storage applications. He has one patent and more than 100 publications, including articles, conference proceedings, and others, with over 1200 citations reported by Google Scholar (H-index=17).

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BORIDE BASED MATERIALS FOR SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES

This research focuses on the synthesis of metal borides using a cost-efficient, solution-based approach for application in supercapacitor electrodes. The powders are synthesized from boric acid and metal precursors and are characterized for their structural and morphological features through techniques such as XRD, FE-SEM, EDS, DTA-TG, FTIR, Raman, and EPR. Electrochemical testing is carried out using a Parstat MC multi-channel potentiostat, with the metal borides serving as electrodes in symmetric and asymmetric device setups. In asymmetric configurations, graphite or multilayer carbon nanotube powders are used as the complementary electrode. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) results highlight the superior capacitive performance of the materials, showcasing their promise for energy storage and microdevice applications in modern electronics.

Cristina-Ileana COVALIU-MIERLA

 Professor PhD
National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania

Prof.Habil.PhD Cristina-Ileana Covaliu-Mierlă from National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest is a PhD supervisor in the field of Environmental Engineering and also is: Member of the National Council for the Attestation of University Titles, Diplomas and Certificates (CNATDCU); Director of the Doctoral School of Biotechnical Systems Engineering; ARACIS expert, Engineering Sciences field, Environmental Engineering area of expertise; She has an extensive scientific activity resulted in: 81+ ISI articles, of which 28 as main author holding over 613 citations, 5 books, 5 scientific projects, IH: 11. Expert in environmental studies, climate change and nonconventional depollution technologies.

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SMART MATERIALS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES

The pollutants removal from wastewater for preventing reaching into the environment is intensively studied [1,2]. The paper presents different types of smart materials having the potential of removal toxic pollutants (heavy metals, drugs, etc.) from wastewater. The smart materials described in this articles were carbon nanotubes, zeolites, magnetic oxides, hybrid nanomaterials, composites nanomaterials. Also, will be outlined the correlation between the materials properties and their performance into the wastewater treatment technologies. The performances of the smart materials were systematically investigated from adsorption kinetics points of view. The wastewater treatment efficiency of pollutant removal was studied in different conditions: different pH (e.g. 4, 6, 8) of the wastewater and dose of adsorbent (e.g. 0.3 and 0.5 g). The results obtained for the smart materials tested demonstrate the possibility application of this adsorbents for the removal of pollutants from wastewater.

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