Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Dielectric Materials and Applications (ISyDMA'6)

Physical-Chemical Properties of Sulfur Enriched As-S-Ge Glasses Related to Middle-Range Order Structure .- Microwave Radiation: Applications in Metrology and Materials Synthesis.- Electrospun Nanofibers of High-Performance Electret Polymers For Tactile Sensing and Wearable Electronics.- Processing and Dielectric Properties Of New Lead-Free Ceramics on the Base Of Bismuth Sodium Titanate (Na0.5bi0.5)TiO3 Perovskite.- Comparative Electrical Conductivity Properties Between Nanocomposites of Epoxy and Polyester Matrices Reinforced by Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube.- Compensation of Harvestable Electrical Power Produced by Piezoelectric Systems Under Variable Excitation: Design and Experimental Validation.- Lanthanum-Doped Lead Titanate Ferro- and Piezoelectric Thin Films Prepared by Polymeric Precursor Method.- Investigation of Dielectric Properties of Water Dispersion of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Water Nanofluid Composite.- Investigation of Complex Impedance and Modulus Properties of the Relaxor PMN-xPT ceramics.- AC Conductivity and Dielectric Response of PMMA/Carbon Dots Nanocomposite Materials.- On The Triggering Of Partial Discharges In Polyethylene: Chemical And Electronic Characterization.- Effect of Different Plasma Working Gas Mixtures on the Decontamination of Fungus Polluted Water.- A Possible Crosslinking Behavior of Crosslinkable Polyethylene Under Cyclic Accelerated Weathering Aging.- Study of the Inhibitory Action Of Apatitic Tricalcium Phosphate On Carbon Steel in Two Acidic Media (HCl 1.0 M and H2SO4 0.5 M).- Processing High Permittivity TiO2 for All-Dielectric Metamaterials Applications at Terahertz Frequencies.- Mechanical Energy Harvesting From Human Arm Using a Piezoelectric Ceramic.- Study Of The Aging Of Lithium-Ion Coin Cells By Impedance, Capacity and Noise Measurements.- Antenna Array With 1x4 Microstrip Rectangular Patch for New Wireless Applications at Millimeter-Waves Frequencies.- Rare Earth Effect On Dielectric Properties Of

VASEASHTA Ashok is CEO/CTO and Executive Director for research with the International Clean Water Institute in Virginia, USA. He also serves in several honorary positions, such as a Professor at the Transylvania University of Brasov; Chaired Professor of Nanotechnology at the Ghitu Institute of Electrical Engineering and Nanotechnologies, Academy of Sciences of Moldova; Academician at Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences, member of the International Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET), and Senior Strategic Research Advisor for several organizations. Inspired by nature and guided by societal necessities, he strives for technological innovations to address the global challenges of the 21st century. His research interests include critical infrastructure safety, security, and environmental sustainability - all using nexus of advanced technological solution platforms. He is a scholar, visionary, strategist, and dedicated futurist providing strategic leadership to promote and advance research initiatives and priorities using data-driven decisions. He received Ph.D. from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA in 1990 followed by Kobe post-doctoral fellowship. Following his Ph.D., he served as a professor and researcher at Virginia Tech and Marshall University. He also served as the Director of Research at the Institute for Advanced Sciences Convergence and International Clean Water Institute for Norwich University Applied Research Institutes, Vice-Provost (Rector) for Research in South Carolina, and Executive Director and Chair of Institutional Review Board at a State University in New Jersey. His earlier honorary positions included a Visiting Professor at the Riga Technical University, Latvia, 3 Nano-SAE Research Centre, University of Bucharest, Romania and Visiting Scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. He served the U.S. Department of State in two rotations, as a strategic S&T advisorin