Materials for HEALTH

Topics include:
• Biomaterials
• Natural products
• Diagnostics
• Wound healing
• Drug delivery
• Nanomaterials for health

Materials for MINING/CONSTRUCTION

Topics include:
• Mineral beneficiation/Value addition
• Low cost construction materials from abundant resources in Africa
• Sustainable construction materials
• Nanomaterials in construction and mining
• Extraction, foundry and mineral processing
• Metallurgy, alloys and hard materials
• Cement, concrete and clay materials

Materials for WATER

Topics include:
• Point of use water filters (community and household applications)
• Waste water treatment
• Water desalination
• Water harvesting
• Nanomaterials for water

NANOSCIENCE/NANOTECHNOLOGY

Topics include:
• Nanoparticle synthesis, characterization and functionalization
• Nanofiber synthesis, characterization and functionalization
• 1 and 2D materials – NWs, NTs, graphene, TMDs and more
• Nanomaterial characterization
• Derivation of nanomaterials from abundant resources in Africa
• Industrialization of nanotechnology
• Nanomaterial risk assessment and regulation

Materials for AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT

Topics include:
• Food storage/preservation
• Enhancing agricultural yield
• Air pollution treatment
• Environmental remediation
• Nanomaterials for agriculture

Materials EDUCATION/NETWORKING

Topics include:
• Education, curriculum development, web-based and distance learning
• International research and teaching collaborations, schools and networks
• Innovation and entrepreneurship collaboration and networks

Materials for ENERGY

Topics include:
• Solar energy systems
• Other emerging renewable energy technologies
• Energy storage
• Fuel cells
• Nanomaterials for energy

COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

Topics include:
• Fundamental ab-initio computation
• Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and mesoscale methods
• Finite element, phase field and statistical mechanical approaches