Dr. Vishal Sharma is a Professor at the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. He obtained his bachelor’s degree (Production Engineering) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur; masters in Mechanical (Production) Engineering from Punjab University Chandigarh; and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Kurukshetra University. He also received a postdoctoral fellowship from ENSAM Cluny, France. He has published more than 70 scientific papers in international journals and conferences, and edited more than 15 books and proceedings. His current research interests include additive manufacturing and 3D printing, machining, condition monitoring, industrial IOT/Industry 4.0. Dr. Uday Shanker Dixit is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Guwahati. He received his bachelor’s degree (Mechanical Engineering) from IIT Roorkee in 1987; and his masters and Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from IIT Kanpur in 1993 and 1998, respectively. He has published over 200 scientific papers in international journals and conferences, and edited more than 12 books and proceedings. He has also undertaken 19 research and consultancy projects. In addition to developing course material on mechatronics for IGNOU, and on engineering mechanics for NPTEL, he has produced QIP course material in the area of “Finite Element Method in Engineering and its applications in manufacturing”, and “Introduction to Micro-manufacturing Technologies”. His research interests include plasticity, metal forming, laser-based manufacturing, finite element modeling, and optimization. He has authored/edited more than 15 books and proceedings.Dr. Noe Alba-Baena is a Professor at the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, UACJ, Mexico. He received his bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Juarez City, Mexico in 1999 and his masters (Industrial Engineering) and Ph.D. (Material Science & Engineering), both from University of Texas at El Paso in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He was awarded an M.Ed. (Educational Administration) degree by the same university in 2009. He has published more than 50 scientific papers in international journals and conferences. He also holds two patents: “Methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites” and “Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites”. His current research interests include aluminum alloys, nanocomposites, ultrasonic treatment, product design, and manufacturing processes.
