Dr. Raghawendra Pratap Singh Sisodia presently works as an Associate Professor in the Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary. He worked as an assistant professor in Amity University, Noida, U.P, India, and the Galgotia’s College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, U.P, India. He worked as a management trainee (production) in a reputed firm in India. He underwent training assignments in China for installation, development in the production process, operation, testing, and dismantling of the new geogrid plant. He graduated with a master’s in engineering (ME) in Mechanical Engineering (Production) from Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi, India. He did his master’s in science (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering (CAD/CAM) from the University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary, with distinction and silver medallion of Merit, recognizing his outstanding academic achievement. He also completed the International Welding Engineer/European Welding Engineer (IWE/EWE) from the University of Miskolc, Hungary. He earned his Ph.D. degree with summa cum laude in 2021 from the University of Miskolc, Hungary, on “High Energy Beam Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels. He is a member of the Hungarian welding society (MAHEG) and a delegate from the MAHEG to the Commission IV entitled “Power Beam Process of the International Institute of Welding (IIW). He has more than ten years of teaching and research experience. His area of research focussed on high energy beam welding process (EBW & LBW), GMAW, advanced high strength steels, Numerical and Physical simulation, post-weld heat treatment, HAZ characterization, residual stress, weldability, mechanical testing. He has published several papers on welding of high-strength steels in renowned international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Zsuzsanna Koncsik presently works as an Associate Professor in the Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics, University of Miskolc, Hungary. She graduated with master’s in engineering management from the University of Miskolc, during her studies she win two times Republican Stipendium and was honoured with silver and gold grade of University Medallion. She also completed the German technical translator MSc from the University of Miskolc. She earned her Ph.D. degree with summa cum laude in 2014 from the University of Miskolc, Hungary, on “Tribologival investigation of Si3N4 technical ceramics. She is a member of Public Board of the Hungarian Scientific Academy. She is editor of Journal of Material testers. She has more than ten years of teaching and research experience. Most of her publications are on high performance ceramic composites and their testing. In the last few years, a new research direction has led to several publications on structural integrity, life cycle management and integrity of welded structures. She has published several papers on her previous and on the current research topics in international journals and conference papers. She also participates and leads industrial research and development projects, where she analyses damage mechanisms of different structural elements and works out investigation methods. Ph.D. Marek St. Węglowski is currently employed as a Head of Weldability and Welded Structures Research Group at Lukasiewicz - Upper Silesian Institute of Technology. He is also Director of Department for the Development of Welding Technologies. His research activity has an interdisciplinary characteristic and concerns both materials engineering and development of new welding processes. They cover a broad range of areas including weldability of ferrous and non-ferrous constructional materials, applied physics, Friction Stir Processing (FSP) as well as electron beam technologies. He has published for the nineteen years 200 scientific articles on monitoring of welding processes, weldability of high strength steel and also friction stir welding, friction stir processing and electron beam techniques. He participated in many conferences and seminars and gave over 120 presentations or posters. He is a co-author of seven books. He was a team member of 12 international research projects, and in over 90 national research projects, research and implementation works. He was an author or co-author over 80 expertises for customer for the polish industry. Professor Adam Grajcar works as a Full Professor in the Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland. He received his all-scientific degrees from Silesian University of Technology: PhD (2003), DSc (2010) and a title of full professor in 2020 (nomination by the President of Republic of Poland). He is a deputy chairman of the Research Board for Materials Engineering at Silesian University of Technology. He was a deputy director for science in Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2017-2019) and a head of Division of Constructional and Special Materials Engineering in Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2017-2019). He is a member of Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST, USA), Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia (ASM, Italy) and Polish Association for Materials Engineering (PTM, Poland). His activities include the memberships in scientific boards of international journals: Board of Review member, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Key Reader; Editorial Board member, Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy; Editorial Board member, Materials (MDPI). He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He authored 2 books and authored / co-authored over 200 research articles (including over 100 in JCR journals). His major areas of research are focused on physical metallurgy of steels, thermomechanical processing of steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (TRIP, DP, CP, TWIP, MS) and HSLA steels, metallurgical aspects of welding, heat treatment of metallic materials and hot-working behavior and plastic deformation. Aleksander Lisiecki is a Professor at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland, where he has been working since graduating in 1998. He is also a lecturer at the WSB University in Poznań. He completed internships at the University of Warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Centre in Coventry, United Kingdom. He obtained a PhD in the discipline of materials science in 2001, and then a higher doctorate in 2017. He is a Vice-Head of the Department of Welding Engineering. He is involved in teaching and research. He executed many scientific projects and was involved in many research and development projects as R&D manager in the field of manufacturing technologies, especially welding, laser processing and coatings. He participated in many international conferences, and he is the author or co-author of over 250 publications in Polish and English, 15 patents and 17 patent applications. His main areas of research and interests include advanced methods of material manufacturing and processing, advanced structural materials and materials with special properties, design and manufacturing of structures, assurance and quality control, automation and robotization of production processes. He is an expert in many organizations and a technical advisor to many manufacturing and service enterprises. Author of many expert opinions, including court opinions. The member of many associations and organizations, including the Polish Welding Society, the Polish Production Management Association, and the Polish Innovation Management Association.
