Lee Hsun Lecture Award honors outside scientists who have significant impact and made great contribution to the field of materials science and engineering both at home and abroad. It is aiming at continuously and regularly encouraging scientists with great influence on materials science and engineering to visit IMR to accomplish academic communication and cooperation, promoting the establishment of new subject areas, etc.

2019.9
Prof. Georg Kresse
Faculty of Physics and Centre for computational materials sciences, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Topic: Ab initio quo vadis: first principles calculations now and in the future

2019.9
Prof. Ekkes Brück
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
Topic: Generating Electricity from Waste Heat using Magneto-structural Materials

2019.6
Prof. Sudipta Seal
University of Central Florida, USA
Topic: Nanoceria with engineered defects: Antioxidative Mimetic Enzymes

2019.5
Prof. Kazunari. Domen
Shinshu University, Nagano;The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Topic: PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING FOR LARGE SCALE SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION

2019.5
Prof. Helmut Clemens
Department of Materials Science，Chair of Physical Metallurgy and Metallic Materials，
Montanuniversitaet Leoben, A-8700 Leoben, Austria
Topic: Advanced Engineering Intermetallic Titanium Aluminides

2019.4
Prof. H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia
University of Cambridge, Materials Science and Metallurgy, U.K.
Topic: Atomic mechanism of the bainite transformation

2018.10
Prof. Guenter Schmitt
Topic: Corrosion Inhibitors and Flow Induced Localized Corrosion – Achievements and Challenges

2018.10
Prof. K. Jane Grande-Allen
Department of Biomedical Engineering，Rice University，USA
Topic: Mechanobiology of Heart Valve Disease

2018.10
Prof. Xun-Li Wang
Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong
Topic: Microscopic Insights of Mechanical Behaviours from Neutron Diffraction Measurements

2018.8
Prof. Cato T. Laurencin
University Professor , University of Connecticut
Topic: Regenerative Engineering: Opportunities in a New Convergence Field

2018.7
Prof. Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Cambridge Graphene Centre, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge
Topic: The Roadmap to Applications of Graphene, Layered Materials and Hybrid Systems

2018.7
Prof. Zi Qiang Qiu
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California at Berkeley
Topic: Topology in magnetic systems

2018.6
Prof. Devesh Misra
Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Topic: The Intersection of Materials Science and Biology: The Biomaterials Science

2018.4
Prof. Nam-Gyu Park
School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 440-746, Korea
Topic: Organic-inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite: Photovoltaics and Beyond

2018.4
Prof. Nobuhiro Tsuji
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 612-8492, Japan
Elements Strategy Initiative for Structural Materials (ESISM), Kyoto University
Topic: Bulk Nanostructured Metals processing, structure evolution, and mechanical properties

2018.4
Prof. F. Rosei
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (QC), Canada
Topic: Multifunctional materials for emerging technologies

2018.4
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Glatzel
Metals and Alloys, University Bayreuth, Germany
Topic: Stress Contributions in Nickel-Base Superalloys

2017.12
Prof.Jan Schroers
Yale University,USA
Topic: 2017 Bulk Metallic Glasses

2017.11
Dr. Alan Turnbull OBE FRS FREng
National Physical Laboratory, UK
Topic: Characterising the early stages of crack development in environmentally assisted cracking

2017.9
Prof. Knut W. Urban
Ernst Ruska Center for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons,
Research Center Juelich and RWTH Aachen University
Topic:  Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscopy
How the overcoming of a basic law of nature allowed to see atoms in materials 

2017.7
Prof. Pulickel M. Ajayan
Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
Topic: Science and Engineering of Low Dimensional Materials

2017.5
Prof. Irene J. Beyerlein
UC Santa Barbara
Topic: Deformation twinning at the intermediate scale

2017.5
Prof. Upadrasta Ramamurty
Department of Materials Engineering,Indian Institute of Science
Topic: Fracture in amorphous alloys

2017.4
Prof. Harald Rose
Ulm University, Germany
Topic: From Micrometer to Sub-Angstroem Resolution – the Development of the Electron Microscope

2017.3
David Shoesmith
Surface Science Western and the Department of Chemistry
Western University, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7，Canada
Topic: A MODEL FOR THE CORROSION OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, AND THE RELEASE OF RADIONUCLIDES, INSIDE A FAILED WASTE CONTAINER

2016.11
Prof. Damion Feron
CEA-Saclay,Bat 458, PC50 , Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
Topic: Nuclear corrosion and materials: achievements and challenges

2016.10
Prof. Patrice Simon
a Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, CIRIMAT UMR CNRS 5085, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex
b Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimie de l’Energie, FR CNRS 3459, Amiens - France
Topic: Recent advances in Double Layer Capacitors

2016.10
Prof. Arumugam Manthiram
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
Topic: Next-generation Battery Technologies

2016.10
Prof. Flemming Besenbacher
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Topic: Catalytic model systems studied by high-resolution, video-rate Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

2016.10
Prof. Pavol Sajgalik
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Topic: GB chemistry of silicon nitride based ceramics – implications to the ceramics properties

2016.10
Prof. Michael Schuetze
DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Germany
Topic: Corrosion Protection of High Temperature Light Weight Materials

2016.9
Prof. Zi-Kui Liu
Topic: Computational Thermodynamics, Materials Genome and Materials Design

2016.9
Professor Diego Mantovani
Laboratory for Biomaterials and Bioengineering
Canada Research Chair I in Biomaterials and Bioengineering for the Innovation in Surgery
Dept Min-Met-Materials Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, CHU Québec Research Center，
Laval University, Québec City, Canada
Topic: NanoMaterials and NanoTechnology for Innovative Biomaterials and Health Applications

2016.8
Prof. Dr. Sanjay Mathur
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany
Topic：Chemical Nanotechnologies: From Molecules to Functional Nanostructures for Energy and Health Applications

2016.6
Prof. Horia Metiu
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of California, USA
Topic: Alkane activation by modified oxide catalysts

2016.4
Prof. Stefan Blügel
Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation,
Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, 52425
Jülich, Germany
Topic: Computing Solids: past, present, future

2015.12
Prof. Long-Qing Chen
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Institute,Penn State University,USA
Topic: Phase-field Method and Its Applications to Modeling and Predicting Microstructures and Properties

2015.11
Prof. Yury Gogotsi
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute,Drexel University,USA
Topic: MXenes: Expanding the World of Two-Dimensional Materials

2015.11
Prof. Katsuaki Suganuma
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research，Osaka University, Japan
Topic: Interconnect materials development for advanced electronics packaging，Lead-free soldering, nanomaterials for printed electronics, and advanced power electronics packaging

2015.10
Prof. MAIRE Eric
Directeur de recherches (Research director) CNRS, France
Topic: Effect of pores in materials analyzed by X-ray tomography

2015.10
Prof. Alexander Michaelis
Fraunhofer Institute of Ceramic Technologies and Systems, IKTS, Dresden,Germany
Topic: Advanced Ceramics for Energy Systems and Environmental Technology

2015.6
Prof. Thaddeus B. Massalski
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Foreign Member, German Academy of Science
Foreign Member, Polish Academy of Science
Editor, Progress in Materials Science
Editor, Metallurgical Transactions
Editor-in-Chief, 《Binary Phase Diagrams》
Co-author,《Structure of Metals》
Topic: Phase Diagrams: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Thermodynamics, Compilations,Low Temperatures, Errors, Modeling and Opportunities

2015.6
Prof. William J. Weber
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee, USA
Topic: On the Role of Electronic Energy Loss on Radiation Damage in Materials

2015.5
Prof. Dorel Banabic
Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania
Topic: Advances in constitutive modelling and formability of sheet metals

2015.4
Prof. Shigenobu Ogata
Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, Osaka University, Japan
Center for Elements Strategy Initiative for Structure Materials (ESISM), Kyoto University, Japan
Topic: Atomistic understanding and prediction of mechanical properties of structural metallic materials

2015.4
Prof. Martin Stratmann
President of the Max Planck Society
Topic: Coatings for corrosion protection: From the basics to new challenges

2015.4
Prof. R. M. Latanision
Director (Emeritus), The H.H. Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory, MIT, and
Senior Fellow, Exponent, Inc.
Topic: Corrosion Science, Corrosion Engineering and New Technologies

2014.10
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hirt
Institute of Metal Forming (IBF), RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Topic: Process and Materials Modelling in Incremental Forging and Ring Rolling

2014.9
Prof. Gabriele CENTI
University of Messina, ERIC aisbl and CASPE-INSTM, Italy
Topic: Nano-engineering of materials and devices to producesolar fuels and to move towards the realization of artificial leaves

2014.9
Prof. Hideo Nakajima
The Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center, Emeritus Professor of Osaka University, Japan
Topic: Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Porous Metals with Directional Pores

2014.7
Prof. Bill Lee
Dept. of Materials and Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics (CASC), Imperial College London
Topic: Structural Ceramics for Extreme Environments

2014.6
Prof. Tadao Watanabe
Formerly Professor, Laboratory of Materials Design and Interface Engineering,Dept.of Nanomechanics, Graduate School of Eng., Tohoku University. Sendai, Japan
Currently Honored Gust Scientist, Key Laboratory of Anisotropy and Texture of Materials,Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
Topic: Historical Perspective of Grain Boundary Research and Challenges toward Grain Boundary Engineering in the 21st Century

2014.5
Prof. Mauricio Terrones
Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Center for 2D Layered Materials. 
The Pennsylvania State University, USA. & Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
Topic: Controlling Defects and Morphology of Nanotubes and Graphene during Growth: The Role of Dopants

2014.5
Prof. Gerald. S. Frankel
Fontana Corrosion Center, The Ohio State University, USA
Topic: Mechanism of Hydrogen Evolution on Dissolving Mg Surfaces

2013.10
Prof. Graeme Ackland
Head of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Edinburgh, UK
Topic: Multiscale Modelling of Materials for Fission and Fusion Reactors

2013.9
Dr. Dileep Singh
Argonne National Laboratory,USA.
Topic: Advanced Nanofluids for Energy Efficiency and Storage

2013.9
Prof. Ronald G. Ballinger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic: The Role of Crack Tip Chemistry and Microstructure on Toughness and Crack Propagation in LWR Environments

2013.6
Prof. Gary Was
University of Michigan，USA
Topic: Toward Radiation Resistant Materials for Conventional and Advanced Reactors

2013.6
Prof. William D. Nix
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Topic: Fracture of Silicon Nanopillars during Electrochemical Lithium Insertion

2013.6
Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto
Director, Graphene Research Centre
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Professor of Physics, Boston University, USA
Topic: New Directions in Materials Science and Technology: Two-Dimensional Crystals

2013.4
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunther Eggeler
Chair for Materials Science, Ruhr-Universit？t Bochum
Topic：Basics of Shape Memory Alloys and the Role of Fatigue in NiTi Shape Memory Technology

2013.4
Prof. Richard A. Portier
Structural metallurgy group, Chimie-Paris Tech, France
Topic: Unexpected Constrained twin hierarchy in rU-based high temperature shape memory alloys martensite

2012.12
Prof. Huajian Gao
School of Engineering, Brown University, USA

Topic: Ductile vs Brittle Fracture Behaviors and Related Deformation Mechanisms in Nanostructured Materials

2012.10
Prof. FangHua Li
Academician of CAS, Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Science
Topic: Applications of HRTEM based on the image contrast theory and image analysis methods developed in IP, CAS

2012.9
Prof. John R. Scully
Charles Henderson Chaired Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Co-Director of the Center for Electrochemical Sciences and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering，University of
VirginiaCharlottesville, VA 22904, U.S.A
Topic: Grand Challenges in Corrosion Science and Engineering and Some New Insights Regarding the Influence of Microstructural Heterogeneity on Corrosion Processes

2012.7
Prof. Philippe Marcus
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Surfaces
CNRS – Chimie ParisTech, France
Topic: Micro and Nanoscale Investigation of the Interactions of Metal Surfaces with Gaseous and Liquid Environments : Experimental and Theoretical Approach

2012.7
Prof. Jagdish (Jay) Narayan
Department of Material Science and Engineering
North Carolina State University,USA
Topic: Frontiers in Nanostructured Materials for Next-generation Nanotechnology

2012.6
Prof. Peter Hodgson
Present Director, the Institute for Technology Research and Innovation,
Deakin University, Australia
Topic: The Development and Advanced Characterisation of Next Generation Steels

2012.6
Prof. Isao Tanaka
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Kyoto University, Japan
Topic: Exploring structures and phase relationships of ceramics at finite temperatures from first principles

2011.12
Prof. Roger C. Reed
Director of Research, Dept of Metallurgy & Materials,
University of Birmingham
Topic: Numerical Modelling for the Design of New Nickel-Based Single Crystal Superalloys

2011.11
Prof. F. Barlat
Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT),
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH),
Republic of Korea
Topic: Dislocation Density-Based Modeling of the Stress-Strain Behavior under Non-Proportional Loading Condtions

2011.9
Prof. G. Tim. Burstein
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK
Topic: Some unusual characteristics of the passive state of metals, and the processes leading to its breakdown

2011.9
Prof. Helen V. Atkinson
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering,President of the UK Engineering Professors’Council,University of Leicester, UK
Topic: Cornflour, Ketchup and Parts for Cars: A Review of Semi-Solid Processing

2011.9
Prof. Rod Ruoff
The University of Texas at Austin，USA
Topic: Graphene-based and Graphene-derived Materials

2011.9
Prof. T. Maki
Kyoto University，Japan
Topic 1: Development of Thermomechanical Processing of Steels 
Topic 2: Advanced High Strength Steels for Automobile Body Structures
Topic 3: Morphology and substructure of lath martensite in ferrous alloys

2011.7
Prof. Dr. S. J. Pennycook
Materials Science and Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Topic: Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy: Past, Present and Future

2011.4
Prof. Eduard Arzt
INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials and Saarland University, Germany
Topic：Strength, adhesion, and meso-textured surfaces: a tour of size effects in materials and structures

2011.3
Prof. Dr. Hamish L. Fraser
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA
Topic：Nucleation Studies in Titanium Alloys: The Role of Competing Phase Instabilities

2010.11
Prof. Dr. Yuichi Ikuhara
Institute of Engineering Innovation, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Topic:Atomic Structures and Properties of Ceramic Interfaces Combination of  Cs-corrected STEM and First Principles Calculations

2010.10
Prof. Dr. John T. S. Irvine
School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews,UK
Topic: Fuelling the Future, New Materials for High Temperature Fuel Cells

2010.9
Prof. Tatsuki Ohji
Prime Senior Research Scientist
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology (AIST), Japan
Topic: Microstructural Design of Porous Ceramics for Unique Mechanical Properties

2010.7
Prof. Jeff Th.M.De Hosson
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Topic: In situ microscopy of nano-sized materials: challenges and opportunities

2010.5
Prof. Dr. R. Schmid-Fetzer
Clausthal University of Technology,
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Topic1: Computational Thermodynamics: Applications in Magnesium Alloy Technology
Topic2: Computational Thermodynamics and the Calphad Method: The Basics

2010.5
Prof. Dr. Lawrence. E. Murr
Materials Research & Technology Institute
The University of Texas at Elpaso, USA
Topic: Next Generation Biomedical Implants Using Additive Manufacturing of Complex, Cellular and Functional Mesh Arrays

2010.1
Prof. Sybrand van der Zwaag
Delft University of Technology,The Netherlands
Topic：Self healing materials: a new approach to make materials perform better

2009.9
Prof. Dierk Raabe
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung
Department for Microstructure Physics and Metal Forming
Germany
Topic: Multiscale Models of Crystal Mechanics

2009.9
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Leyens
Vice President, Technical University of Brandenburg at Cottbus
Chair of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Technology,
Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany
Topic:Recent Progress in the Science and Technology of Gamma;  Titanuim Aluminides

2009.9
Dr. Hua-Tay Lin
Ceramics Science and Technology Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Topic: Implementation of Advanced Ceramics and Composites for High Energy Efficiency and Clean Emission Turbine Engines

2009.7
Prof. Alan Lindsay Greer
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,Cambridge University, UK
Topic:THE GLASSY STATE — Novel Properties and Applications Exploiting Non-Crystallinity

2009.7
Prof. S.Mahajan
Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ85287-9309, USA
Topic1: Formation of Deformation Twins in Metallic Crystals
Topic2: Accommodation of Deformation Twins in Metals and Alloys

2009.6
Dr. M.Singh
ASM, FACerS, FIMMM (UK)Academician, World Academy of Ceramics, Italy
Governor, Acta Materialia, Inc.
Chief Scientist, Ohio Aerospace Institute, USA
Topic: Ceramic Integration Technologies for Energy and Environmental Applications: Technical Challenges and Opportunities

2009.6
Prof. Gary L. Messing
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Topic: Seeding and Templated Grain Growth for Control of Phase Formation, Microstructure, and Properties of Piezoelectric and Structural Ceramics

2009.5
Prof. David J Green
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Topic: Constrained Sintering: A Delicate Balance of Scales 

2009.5
Prof. Masahiko MORINAGA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering,Nagoya University, Japan
Topic:Electronic Approach to Alloy Design

2009.4
Jing Zhu
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University.
Topic：Intermetallic Ni3Fe and Fe nanoparticles.

2009.4
Terence G. Langdon
Materials Research Group, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, U.K.
Departments of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Topic: Using severe plastic deformation for the processing of ultrafine-grained materials

2008.9
Nanxian Chen
Member of CAS, School of Sciences, Tsinghua University.
Topic： The Study of Several Inverse Problems of Material Sciences

2008.6
Prof. Mitsuo NIINOMI
Department of Biomaterials, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Topic: Biologically and Mechanically Biocompatible Titanium Alloys

2008.4
Michael J. Hoffmann
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), University of Karlsruhe
Institute for Ceramics in Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Engineering Interfaces in Silicon Nitride Ceramics

2008.2
Prof. Borje Johansson
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Topic: The Actinides – A Beautiful Ending of the Periodic Table

2007.10
Reiner Kirchheim
Institut für Materialphysik, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37075 G?ttingen, Germany
Topic: A new way of describing the interaction of solute atoms and defects

2007.10
Dieter M. Herlach
Institute of Materials Science in Space, German Aerospace Center
Topic: Metastable solids from undercooled melts

2007.6
Subra Suresh
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Topic: Nanomechanics of Biological Cells and Human Disease States

2007.5
Manfred Rühle
MPI for Metals Research, Germany
Topic: Relations between Interfacial Structure and Properties of Ceramic Materials

2006.11
Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,USA
Topic1: Nanogenerators–from discovery to its updated progress
Topic2: Polar Surface Induced Novel Growth Phenomena of Semiconducting and Piezoelectric Oxide Nanostructures

2006.10
Robert D. Shull
Magnetic Materials Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Topic: Nanomagnetism: a new materials frontier

2006.10
Tetsuo Shoji
Executive Vice-President for Research, Tohoku University
Topic: Fundaments of Mechanics and Mechanisms of Stress Corrosion Cracking –Crack Tip Mechanics and Stress Enhanced Oxidation

2006.8
Hael Mughrabi
Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Topic1: Fatigue Mechanisms in the Ultrahigh Cycle Regime
Topic2: Role of Geometrically Necessary Dislocations in Inducing Long-Range Internal Stresses and Lattice Plane Misorientations in Deformed Crystals.
Topic3: Cyclic Deformation and Fatigue of Ultrafine-Grained Metals.

2006.7
Peijun Hu
School of Chemistry, The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK
Topic: Interface chemistry of metal/oxide: A density functional theory study

2006.7
Shuit-Tong Lee
Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF) & Department of Physics and Materials Science
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR & Nano-Organic Photoelectronic Laboratory
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Topic: Semiconducting Nanomaterials Research

2006.6
ROBERT O. RITCHIE
Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
And Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Topic: Biological Materials Science:Fracture in Human Bone and the Role of Aging and Disease

2006.6
T. KHAN
Director Materials and Structures, ONERA, Ch?tillon, France
Topic: Development of superalloys for Gas turbine blades and disks : current status and prospects

2006.6
Timothy D. Burchell
Leader, Carbon Materials Technology Group
Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Topic: Carbon and the Enviroment:Friend or Foe?

2006.6
Wei Gao
School of Engineering, the University of Auckland, New Zealand
Topic: Nano-Structured Materials, Coatings and Thin Films: Processing and Applications

2006.4
Jürgen Eckert
FB 11 Material- und Geowissenschaften, FG Physikalische MetallkundeTechnische Universit?t Darmstadt, Petersenstra?e 23, D-64287 Darmstadt
Topic: High Strength and Ductile Bulk Metallic Glasses and Nanostructured Composites

2005.12
Xinhe Bao
Director, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
Topic：Catalyze Characteristic of Nanosystem

2005.10
Tresa M. Pollock
Professor, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Topic: Nickel-Base Single - What Next?

2005.7
Prof.James C. Williams
Department of Material Science and Engineering, Ohio State University
Topic: Progress in Aero-propulsion: The Role of Materials

2005.7
Masatoshi OKADA
Honorary Advisor, National Institute for Materials Science
Scientific Advisor, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Topic: STX-21 Project in NIMS and Recent Topics on Nuclear Materials in

2005.5
Takashi Kyotani
Professor, Tohoku University
Topic:Precise control of nano-carbons by the template technique

2005.5
Deborah D L Chung
Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo
Topic:Functional Carbons for Thermal, Electromagnetic and Sensor Applications

2004.11
Herbert Gleiter
former Director, Institute of NanoScience, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Topic:Molecular Dynamic (MD) Simulations of the Deformation of Nanostructured Materials: Progress and Limitations

2004.10
R.Staehle
University of Minnesota
Topic1: The nature and future of corrosion,
Topic2: Predicting the first failure,
Topic3: Effects of lead dissolved in high temperature water on the corrosion and stress corrosion cracking of high nickel alloys

2004.10
Kazuo Furuya
Director, Centre for Nanotechnology Platform, National Institute for Materials Science
Topic: Nano-tree growth on insulator substrates in a transmission electron microscope

2004.10
Peggy Hou
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Topic: Understanding Scale Adhesion through Stress Generation/Relaxation and Interface Chemical and Morphological Changes

2004.9
ROBERT F. SINGER
Chair of Materials Science and Technology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Topic: Superalloys: Performance and Cost Benefits by Improved Alloy Design and Processing

2004.9
M. Scheffler
Director, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Topic: Interaction of Oxygen with Metal Surfaces

2004.7
James Economy
Member of National Academy of Engineering
Former manager of materials science and chemistry, University of Illinois
Topic:Polymers for Microelectronics: Photoresists, Dielectrics and Conductors

2003.12
Xiaoguang Li
Dean, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Topic: Charge-ordered State in Perovskite Manganite and its Relevant Physical Properties

2003.11
Prof. M. H. LORETTO
University of Birmingham
Topic: microstructural information and microstructural control

2003.10
Brian Gleeson
Associate Professor, The University of Iowa
Topic: Effects of Platinum and Oxidation and Interdiffusion in the Ni-Al-Pt System

2003.7
Kazuhiro Hono
National Institute for Materials Science
Topic: Mechanism of nanocrystalline microstructutural evolution in Fe-based amophours alloys

2003.3
Kotobu Nagai
JAPAN General Manager of the, NIMS
Topic: Challenges for the New Stage of Steel Research in

2003.1
Lianmao Peng
Professor, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University
Topic:Structural control and property modification of nanostructures made from carbon and layered metal oxides

2002.11
John H.Perepezko
Professor, The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Topic: Amorphization and nanostructure Synthesis in Alloys

2002.11
Morinobu Endo
Professor, Shinshu University
Topic: Nanocarbons-Basic Science and Applications

2002.9
Young-Won Kim
Senior Scientist
Topic: GRAIN REFINEMENT IN GAMMA TiAl  ALLOYS:Methods, Mechanisms and Limitations

2002.7
Dongyuan Zhao
Professor, Fudan University
Topic: The Synthesis of Materials with Nanopores and their Ordered Assembly for Controlled Structures

2002.7
John William Morris, Jr.
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering，University of California, Berkeley
Topic1: Elastic Stability and the limits of  Strength
Topic2: The Nature and Consequences of Grain Refinement in Steel

2002.5
Hongnian Cai
Member of CAE, Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology
Topic：The Research Progress of Material Science in China

2002.4
Zhengxiao Guo
Professor, Department of Materials，Queen Mary University of London
Topic：The Multidisciplinary Simulation Technique for the Development of New Materials

2001.12
Ze Zhang
Professor, Member of CAS, Beijing Institute of Technology, CAS
Topic： The Research on Microstructures and Properties of Silicon Nanowires

2001.09
Jianguo Hou
Professor, Vice-President, University of Science and Technology of China
Topic： The Characteristics and Modulation of Nanostructures