S.M. Sapuan is a researcher and an A Grade Professor of composite materials at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and a Head of Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, INTROP, UPM. He has a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from University of Newcastle, Australia, an MSc in Engineering Design from Loughborough University, UK and PhD in Material Engineering from De Montfort University, UK.R.A. Ilyas is a senior lecturer in Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. He received his Diploma in Forestry; Bachelor’s Degree (BSc) in Chemical Engineering; and PhD in Biocomposite Technology and Design at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), and was the recipient of MVP Doctor of Philosophy Gold Medal Award UPM 2019, for Best PhD Thesis and Top Student Award, INTROP, UPM.M.M. Harussani is a postgraduate student at the Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology), Japan, in energy science and engineering, sponsored by the Japanese Government under the Monbukagakusho: MEXT 2022 Scholarship. He has received a BSc degree in physics from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and an MSc degree in materials engineering from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). His exceptional academic performance during his master’s studies earned him the Master’s Gold Medal with Thesis.
