Pranjal Nautiyal is a Doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University (FIU), Miami, USA. He works in Plasma Forming Laboratory, Nanomechanics and Nanotribology Laboratory and Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute (AMERI) at FIU. Pranjal is the recipient of the Presidential Fellowship Award from FIU Graduate School. His research interests include nanomechanics and in-situ mechanics of advanced materials and architectures, metal matrix composites reinforced with nanotubes, graphene foam based metamaterials, and cold spray. Pranjal has authored over 20 journal articles, filed 1 US patent and delivered presentations in National and International conferences, meetings and symposia. He has won awards for his research presentations in different forums.Dr. Benjamin Boesl is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Florida International University. He currently serves as the director of the Composites Laboratory and Assistant Director of the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute (AMERI). Prior to his appointment at FIU, Dr. Boesl was awarded the ORAU Post-doctorate research fellowship to conduct research at the US Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, MD for 3 years. His research focuses on advanced materials response and design and has a significant focus on in situ electron microscopy. He has been a PI or Co-PI on federally funded research from ARL, AFRL, AFOSR, ONR, and the FAA. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 50 conferences presentations and 3 patents. He has received multiple awards for research including from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program and as an FIU “Top Scholar” in 2016. He is also an active member of multiple professional societies including TMS, MRS, ASME, and AIAA.Dr. Arvind Agarwal is a professor an Chair of the Department ofMechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University. He also serves as the Director of Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. His current research interests are nanomechanics of advanced materials including soft materials, thermal sprayed coatings, nanocomposites, spark plasma sintering, and ultrahigh temperature ceramics. He has published more than 275 technical articles, which includes over 225 peer- reviewed journal articles, 1 book, 7 edited books and 4 book chapters. His research has been funded by NSF, ONR, AFOSR, ARO, NASA, DOE and industries. Prof. Agarwal has received National Science Foundation's (NSF) prestigious CAREER award, FIU President’s Council Outstanding Professor and was elected as a Fellow of ASM International (FASM) in 2012. He serves as a reviewer for more than 70 international journals, 15 funding agencies including USA, Europe, and Canadian agencies and Editorial Board member of 6 journals.
