Dr. Harshit K. Dave is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat. He obtained his B.E. (Mechanical) from Saurashtra University, Rajkot, and M.E. (Production) from M. S. University, Vadodara, and Ph.D. from SVNIT, Surat. His major areas of research interests include unconventional machining processes, micromachining processes, machining of advanced materials, additive manufacturing processes, and modeling & optimization of machining processes, composite fabrication. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed international journals. Dr. Harshit Dave has carried out several research projects funded by DST, MHRD, and GUJCOST etc.Dr. Uday Shanker Dixit is currently working as a Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He earned his B.E. (Mechanical) from University of Roorkee in 1987 and M.Tech. (Mechanical) from IIT Kanpur, in 1993, and Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur in 1998. His current research interest is finite element method and soft computing applications in a wide variety of problems in manufacturing and design. He is also working in the domain of mechatronics. He holds 130 publications in reputed journals, 16 books and 38 book chapters. Dr. Uday Shanker has completed several sponsored projects and consultancy work sanctioned by various funding agencies.Dr. Nedelcu Dumitru is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Machine Manufacturing Technology, Technical University of Iasi (TUIASI). He obtained his graduation in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Iasi, Romania and Ph.D. from Technical University of Iasi, Romania. His major areas of research interests include fine mechanics technologies and technologies to obtain and process composite materials. Dr. Nedelcu Dumitru holds 4 patents and is the author of 60 refereed publications and 15 books. Over the years he got 17 national/international awards.
