Dr. Somashekhar S Hiremath is Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. He received his doctoral degree in 2004 from IIT Madras. He has published more than 150 papers in national and international journals. He has delivered more than 75 Invited talks on various topics of his research at engineering colleges, universities, research centers, industries, and conferences. Dr. Somashekhar also worked as a visiting Professor at Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France and Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. Currently, he is handling many consultancy and sponsored projects of various industries and R&D institutions of defense, Government of India. His current research areas are mechatronic system design, system simulation and modeling, robotics, finite element modeling, micromachining, fluid structure interactions, and fluid power systems.Dr. N. Siva Shanmugam is affiliatedto the Mechanical Engineering department, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India where he is currently working as Associate Professor. He received his doctoral degree in 2012 from NIT Tiruchirappalli. He has published numerous papers in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals. He is actively associated with different national and international societies and academies. He has delivered several invited talks at various engineering institutions and industries located in different parts of India such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. He has completed several research and consultancy projects, further he is handling multiple consultancy and sponsored projects for Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) and ISRO, Government of India. His research interests include FE simulation of welding processes, ergonomics study, and biomechanics.Dr. B. R. Ramesh Bapu is currently working as Professor and Dean (R&D) at theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, in 1989, and his Master of Engineering Degree from the University of Madras and BITS (Pilani). He has 30 years of teaching experience and he has published 80 papers in reputed national and international journals, and conference proceedings. He is member of IE (I), SAE, IIPE and ISTE. He is also a Research Supervisor of Anna University, Chennai, JNTU Ananthapur, JNTU Kakinada, Sathyabama University and St. Peter’s University. He has guided six doctoral scholars. His research areas of interest include thermal, renewable energy, high temperature coating, and alternate fuels.
