The College of Sciences at the University of Sharjah (UOS) organizes the first Sharjah International Conference on Physics of Advanced Materials (SICPAM), which focuses on the technological and innovative applications of advanced materials. The conference will be held at UOS over three days from April 25-27, 2023, with the presence and participation of a large number of keynote speakers and researchers from various universities in the United Arab Emirates and many countries around the world.

This was announced by Prof. Nouar Tabet, Dean of the College of Sciences and Chairman of the Conference’s Scientific Committee, who stressed the importance of the conference, which focuses on a wide range of advanced materials that are being developed to address todays’ major challenges. Materials continue to be the key behind major technological breakthroughs for many decades, and their properties can be engineered and optimized to develop specific applications including energy conversion and storage, water treatment (purification and desalination), sensing and biomedical applications, pointing out that the research presented during the conference will be published by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing.

For his part, Dr. Hussein Elmehdi, Dean of Academic Support Services and Chairman of the ConferenceOrganizing Committee, added that the conference will include series of plenary talks given by well-known scientists from Europe, USA, Canada and Singapore, pointing out that the conference will discuss a variety of topics related to physics of advanced materials, including perovskites for solar energy harvesting, advanced materials for energy storage, nano engineered materials, biomaterials and their applications. Dr. Hussein also stressed that the conference will provide an opportunity for post-graduate students and researchers in the country to exchange experiences, knowledge, and ideas with a distinguished group of scientists and identify potential academic partners to establish collaborations.