Vjekoslav Damicwas born on 27. February 1941 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He graduatedat faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Sarajevo in 1963. The PhD inEngineering he received from University of Sarajevo in 1985. During his professionalcareer he was employed by different industry research institution anduniversities where he was engaged as lecturer and researcher in field ofengineering mechanics, process control, automatic control, robotics, modelingand simulation. From 1992 he was with University of Dubrovnik as professor ofEngineering mechanics and Vice Rector. He retired in 2010 as emeritus professorof the University of Dubrovnik. He was also the full member of Croatian Academyof Engineering. After retirement he is in the status of emeritus of theAcademy. He published two books and more scientific papers in leadinginternational journals and conferences. His main field of scientific interestis modeling and simulations of engineering systemwith emphasis on applicationsof Bond Graphs and 3D visualization. He is creator of BondSim and BondSimVisualprograms for simulation and visualization of mechatronic systems.John Montgomery was born on the 1st of July 1936 in Kilmarnock Scotland. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Glasgow with the degree of BSc in 1959. He was awarded the degree of PhD by the University of Nottingham in 1970. He worked for Glenfield and Kennedy, Ruston and Hornsby as a research engineer in the fields of hydraulics and Diesel engines and as a part time lecturer at what is now NottinghamTrent University . He was employed as a full time lecturer there during the period 1964 until 1998. He is co-author of two books He is now retired
