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Biography: Makoto Iwasaki received his B.S., M.S., and Dr. Eng. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Nagoya Institute of Technology (NIT), Japan, in 1986, 1988, and 1991, respectively. He is currently Vice President of NIT, responsible for international affairs, and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
As an active contributor to the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), he has served in various leadership roles, including Chair of the IES Fellow Evaluation Committee (2022–2023), Co-Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2016–2022), and Vice President for Planning and Development (2018–2021), among others. He was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2015 for his "contributions to fast and precise positioning in motion controller design." He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) and a member of the Science Council of Japan.
Dr. Iwasaki has received numerous prestigious academic, foundation, and government awards, including the Best Paper and Technical Awards from IEEJ, the Nagamori Award, the Ichimura Prize, and the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Japanese Minister of Education. He has also been recognized in the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2024 by Stanford University and Elsevier.
His current research interests focus on the application of advanced control theories to linear and nonlinear modeling, precision positioning, and intelligent motion control, through extensive collaboration with industry.

Biography: Professor Dennis Y.C. Leung received his PhD in fluid dynamics in 1988 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). After working in the power industry for 5 years, Prof. Leung joined HKU Mechanical Engineering Department in 1993. He became a full professor in 2007 and head of department during 2020 to 2023. Prof. Leung specializes in environmental pollution control and renewable & clean energy. He has published more than 600 articles in this area including 370+ peer reviewed top SCI journal papers. His current h-index is 100 with citations over 50K. He is one of the top 1% highly cited scientists in the world in energy field since 2010 (Essential Science Indicators) and named as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics for six consecutive years from 2017 to 2022. Prof. Leung has delivered more than 80 keynote and invited lectures in numerous international conferences.
Professor Leung is a chartered engineer, a fellow of the IMechE, HKIE and Energy Institute. and Past Chairman of the Institute of Energy (HK Branch). He currently serves as an editorial board member for a number of journals including Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Sciences, and Progress in Energy. Prof. Leung also serves as a board member of the Hong Kong Institution of Science, chairman and member of several HKSAR government’s committees and appeal board panels related to sustainable energy and environment. Prof. Leung received the Environmental Champion Award (Hong Kong) in 2008 and Advanced Materials Laureate from the International Association of Advanced Materials in 2024.