Speakers

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh

Universiti Sains Malaysia,Malaysia

Research Area: Language, literacy, muliticulturalism and research in higher education

Brief: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh completed her B.A. (Education) Hons., (1995), Master in Education (TESOL) (2000) and Ph.D specialising in Academic Literacies and International Students (2013) at University of Science Malaysia. She started her academic career as a language instructor at the Center of Languages and Translation, USM in 1996. As a scholar, Dr.Manjet Kaur’s field of research interests are wide-ranging, which include language, literacy, muliticulturalism and research in higher education. She is very active in doing research and publishing and is also a member of the editorial board of journals at national and international level. Other than teaching at undergraduate level, she is also currently supervising Master and PhD students. She has also widely presented at international conferences worldwide. For her contribution to the university, Dr. Manjet Kaur was awarded excellent service award by USM in 2008. As for her contribution to the state of Penang, Dr. Manjet Kaur was awarded the “P.J.K.” award by the Governor of Penang in 2015.

Assoc. Prof.  DedongZheng

Southeast University, China

Research Area: Design, comparative study of Chinese and Western art, architecture and culture, light environment design and research, tourism and merchandise industry planning and design, urban furniture and public art, etc

Brief: Zheng Dedong is an associate professor and master's tutor at Southeast University.Doctor of Art from Southeast University and Doctor of Architecture from the University of the Arts Berlin (UDK).After studying under Academician Qi Kang of the School of Architecture of Southeast University, he conducted cooperative postdoctoral research based on the direction of urban planning and landscape design.He is currently working as the deputy director of the Design Department at the School of Art of Southeast University and the director of the Institute of Tourism and Landscape Research at Southeast University.

Prof.  JinchengWang

Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology, China

Research Area: Functional Polymer Materials，Flame Retardant Materials; Damping Materials; Functional Rubber Materials; Functional Coatings and Adhesives, etc

Brief: Prof. Wang Jincheng has been engaged in the research of nano-insertion and functional polymer materials for many years. He has undertaken 19 scientific research projects of various types, of which he has presided over 10 scientific research projects, including 2 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 1 project of Shanghai Shuguang Program. He has applied for 17 national invention patents, of which 8 have been authorized. In recent years, more than 50 papers have been published in important academic journals at home and abroad, of which more than 30 have been indexed by SCI. Currently, he is the invited reviewer for EuropeanPolymerJournal, PolymerDegradationandStability, Journal of Applied Polymer Science and other journals on nanointercalation materials and flame-retardant rubber. He has been an invited reviewer for the journals of nanocomposite materials and flame-retardant rubbers. He is a reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) "Division of Engineering and Materials Science" program.

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