Azman Ismail is a Registered Professional Technologist (P.Tech) of Malaysian Board of Technologist (MBOT), Malaysia. Friction stir welding (FSW) of pipe joining has been his core research domain since 2012. Based on his research outcome, he has published more than 30 research articles in high indexed journals and 5 related intellectual properties (IP). He has received many awards based on his current research and accolades for his services to the industrial and academic sector. He is a well-established and respected reviewer for the journal papers in his area of expertise. Currently, he is a senior lecturer at the University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology (UniKL MIMET), Malaysia.Muhamad-Husaini Abu-Bakar is Director for System engineering and Energy Laboratory at the Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Spanish Institute,Malaysia. Having obtained a Bachelor Degree in Manufacturing Engineering with Management at the Universisti Sains Malaysia (2007), Malaysia, he spent the time from 2007–2012 at the Underwater Robotic Research Group, Universiti Sains Malaysia as a research engineer and awarded Master of Science in advance manufacturing from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2011. Since 2012 he work as lecturer at Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Spanish Institute and obtain his Doctor of Philosophy in Advanced Manufacturing from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2017. His research interests are related to smart manufacturing, energy, and atomistic modelling. He has published over 50 scientific publications in computational mechanics and metal-air battery. His research activities were recognized by the innovation award of PECIPTA, IIDEX, ICOMPEX, I-ENVEX and MARA due to his innovative invention in smart material and smart monitoring system.Andreas Öchsner is a Full Professor of Lightweight Design and Structural Simulation at the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Having obtained a Diploma Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1997. From from 1997-2003 he was a a research and teaching assistant while pursuing his his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. From 2003–2006, he worked as Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven years (2007–2013) as a Full Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, where he was also Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab. From 2014-2017 he was a Full Professor at the School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia and Leader of the Mechanical Engineering Program (Head of Discipline and Program Director). His research interests are related to experimental and computational mechanics, cellular metals and thin structures and interphases. He has authored over 450 scientific publications, including 13 research monographs, 23 book chapters and four teaching books on finite element methods, and has obtained more than 3000 citations in Google Scholar. He is the general chairman of 12 international conferences on computational and experimental engineering (ACE-X series) and 14 international conferences in the area of heat and mass transfer (DSL series). His editorial work comprises posts as Editor-in-chief of the international journal Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Springer), Editor-in-chief of the Springer book series on Advanced Structured Materials and Editor of SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology: Computational Mechanics. He was a awarded a higher doctorate degree (D.Sc.) by the University of Newcastle, Australia in 2010 in recognition of his research achievements.
