Programa de doctorado que propone la actividad

Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales

Persona de contacto

Nombre y apellidos: Jon Gutiérrez Etxebarria

• Teléfono: 94 601 2553
• Email: jon.gutierrez@ehu.eus

Breve descripción de la actividad

Esta actividad consistirá en la impartición de 3 seminarios sobre temas de gran importancia en la actualidad en el campo de la Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales. Serán sesiones de dos horas en las que los dos primeros ponentes se dedicarán a exponer los hechos fundamentales y el estado del arte del área de disertación correspondiente. Además, los ponentes presentarán cómo ha ido evolucionando su trabajo de investigación y cuales han sus últimas aportaciones. La tercera sesión será de carácter general y didáctico, donde una investigadora de reconocido prestigio internacional en su campo enseñará a los doctorandos cómo tratar / gestionar / publicar / dar a conocer a la comunidad científica los resultados obtenidos de la investigación.

Se impartirán por expertos reconocidos internacionalmente procedentes de otras universidades/centros de investigación y servirán para completar la formación científica de las y los doctorandos. Las y los estudiantes percibirán como pueden integrar conocimientos que ya poseen y aplicarlos en entornos nuevos de gran interés en la actualidad.

Ponentes

Los ponentes que han comprometido su asistencia para estos seminarios son:

1. Dr Keat Ghee Ong

Ph.D. in 2000 in Electrical Engineering by the University of Kentucky (USA). Keat Ghee Ong joined the Knight Campus in the summer of 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Portage Health Foundation Endowed Professor of Technological Innovations in Health in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. He is is actually associate professor there. He has co-authored more than 160 scientific papers in international journals (h-indez>45). Ong’s research centers around implantable sensors, wireless sensors, electronic devices, and magneto-elastic materials. He was involved in the development and implementation of a number of wireless sensor technologies including magneto-elastic resonant sensors and inductive-capacitive resonant circuit sensors for biomedical applications. Currently, Ong focuses on the development of “smart implants”, which are based on wireless sensor/actuator platforms that not only can monitor physiological conditions in real time, but also react and adapt to changes for improving treatment outcomes.

2. Prof Vitorino Franco, Universidad de Sevilla

Ph.D. in 1999 in Physics by the Universidad of Sevilla. He has co-authored more than 230 scientific papers in international journals, with an h-index of 53 (Google Scholar), and received more than 13850 citations. I am included in the so-called “Stanford ranking of top 2% researchers” since its inception in 2020 (2020-2023 editions) and in 2024 he was elevated to Fellow of IEEE “for contributions to the study of thermomagnetic phase transitions, soft magnets, and magnetocaloric materials”. The TMS organized in 2024 the symposium “Advanced Soft Magnets and Magnetocaloric Materials: An FMD Symposium Honoring Victorino Franco”. He has been Scientific Manager (gestor) for the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) in Functional Materials (2022-2024), member of the International Scientific Council of South Ural State University (Russia) and he has been member of the Physics and Mathematics panel of the Spanish National Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Activity (CNEAI) and evaluator for scientific agencies of USA, EU, Germany, France, Singapore, Czech Republic, Argentina, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Spain.

3. Dr Jia Yang Law, Universidad de Sevilla

Ph.D. in 2012 in Materials Science & Engeniering by the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Jia Yan Law holds a tenure-track Emergia fellowship at University of Seville, Spain, where she leads the research line on magnetocaloric high-entropy materials (HEMs) and established a cutting-edge research program at the forefront of functional materials science, and in particular, magnetic materials for energy applications. With over 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 3 book chapters (1 upcoming book), more than 3,920 citations, and a h-index of 28, she has made substantial contributions to advancing knowledge in the field. She has mentored and co-supervised a diverse group of more than 30 researchers and students at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. In addition, she has taught advanced courses and conducted workshops on international platforms, including the University of Seville, IEEE Magnetics Society events in Spain, and laboratory classes at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). She has played leading roles in flagship conferences, including MMM 2026 (Publications Chair), MMM 2025 (Publications Chair), Joint MMM-Intermag 2025 (Publications Co-chair), and IEEE Nano 2024 (Program Co-Chair). Additionally, as Vice-Chair of the IEEE Magnetic Society Standards Subcommittee on Materials and Phenomena, she contributes to setting global benchmarks for magnetic materials.

Calendario

• Martes 4 de Marzo de 2025: Medical Applications of Magnetoelastic Sensors (Dr K. Ghee Ong)
• Martes 6 de Mayo de 2025: Current Challenges in Magnetocaloric Research (Pr Vitorino Franco)
• Miércoles 7 de Mayo de 2025: Storytelling with Scientific Data (Dr Jia Yan Law)

Lugar de impartición

Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Sala Adela Moyúa. Leioa