Professor Nicholas A. Vovos has more than 35 years of experience in the field of academia and research, specifically in the areas of electrical and computer engineering. He has been a member of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Patras University since 1981 and he was Head of the department in the period 2003-2007 and deputy Head in period 2001-2003. He is the Director of Power Systems Laboratory that was established in 1974. He has directed more than 20 research projects funded by industry and EU. He is a Professor at Patras University Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Greece). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal “International Journal of Automation and Power Engineering (IJAPE) and Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Electronic Research and Application (ERA). He is a Life senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) and is active in a number of working groups. He is Councilor of World Certification Institute (WCI) and Associate Fellow of World Certification Institute (WCI). He was Visiting Professor at the Southern Illinois University (United States). He has served as Speaker, Session Chairman and Organizing Committee Member for many international conferences, as well as the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED). He is the author of seven books and he has more than 100 publications. He holds the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Power Systems from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (U.K.) and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Patras (Greece).

Electrical and computer engineering

Prof. Dr. Hakan KALELİ, Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Division 34349 Beşiktaş, Yıldız, İstanbul-TURKEY.

Mechanical Engineering: Internal Combustion Engines (Gasoline and Diesel Engines), Tribology, Wear, Surface Analysis, Friction, Lubrication, Crankcase Oils, Oil Drain Periods, Oil Analysis, Additive and Protective Additive Layers, Nanolubricants (Graphene Nanoplates, Carbon Nanotubes (single wall, multi wall), Boron Nitride etc..), Fuel Economy, Emissions, Engine Design, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Coatings (Zinc Phosphate, Graphene, Nitrading etc..), NanoTribology.

Francisco Trinidad is Doctor in Electrochemistry and received MSc and PhD degree at the University of Madrid. He joined Tudor Group in 1977 and served as Research Laboratory Manager in Azuqueca, Spain and Development Director for the Industrial Division in Soest, Germany. After Exide acquisition of several battery groups in Europe (Tudor, Ceac, BIG, Hagen, Deta), he was nominated as Research Director in Paris, France and later Development Director Transportation Europe. In the actual position, he is responsible for basic research, including R&D labs and basic processes in Exide Europe. Author of more than 60 papers and 20 patents, he has made numerous presentations on battery technology and related conferences. After more than 39 years of experience with several electrochemical systems, he is a worldwide recognized battery expert in the industry.

Electrochemistry, Battery Technology, Electrochemical Systems

C P Wong is the Charles Smithgall Institute Endowed Chair and Regents’ Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dean of Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Wong received primary and secondary education in Hong Kong and furthered his education in the US. He received his BS degree from Purdue University, and his PhD degree from the Pennsylvania State University. He received many awards, among those, the AT&T Bell Labs Fellow Award in 1992, the IEEE CPMT Society Outstanding Sustained Technical Contributions Award in 1995, the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Faculty Best Research Paper Award in 1999, Best MS, PhD and undergraduate Thesis Awards in 2002 and 2004, respectively, the University Press (London) Award of Excellence, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, the IEEE EAB Education Award in 2001, the IEEE CPMT Society Exceptional Technical Contributions Award in 2002, the Georgia Tech Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award in 2004, Outstanding Ph.D. His research interests lie in the fields of polymeric materials, electronic packaging and interconnect, interfacial adhesions, nano-functional material syntheses, Si etching and energy storage. His work includes nano-composites such as well-aligned carbon nanotubes, graphenes, lead-free alloys, flip chip underfill, ultra high k capacitor composites superhydrophobic coatings and supercapacitors. He holds over 65 US patents, numerous international patents, has published over 1000 technical papers, 12 books, is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering of the USA since 2000, and a Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering 2013.

Nano-composites such as well-aligned carbon nanotubes, graphenes, lead-free alloys, flip chip underfill, ultra high k capacitor composites superhydrophobic coatings and supercapacitors.

Dr. Canakci received his B.Sc. degree from Automotive Engineering Technology, Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey, in 1989. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and Iowa State University in 1996 and 2001, respectively. After working as a Research Fellow in Engine Research Center (University of Wisconsin-Madison), he started to work as an Assistant Professor in Kocaeli University-Turkey. Currently, Dr. Canakci has been working as a Professor in Department of Automotive Engineering. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses related to IC engines, combustion and fuels. He has authored several publications in national and international journals, and involved in R&D projects related to alternative fuels and their usage in IC engines. Dr. Canakci’s studies have been cited more than 4750 times in Web of Science (h-index:35). He currently serves as a member of the editorial boards of the following SCI-expanded journals: International Journal of Engine Research and Advances in Mechanical Engineering.

Combustion, performance and emissions of IC engines; Biodiesel production; Alternative fuels; HCCI engines.

Viktor Astakhov received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Tula State Polytechnic University, Tula-Moscow, Russia, in 1983. He was awarded a D.Sc. designation and title of State Professor of Ukraine in 1991. Currently, Astakhov is the tool research and application manager of General Motors Business Unit of PSMI. As a professor, he is involved in supervising of graduate students at Michigan State University. Astakhov has won a number of national and international awards for both his teaching and research. Astakhov has authored books like Geometry of Single-point Turning Tools and Drills, Fundamentals and Practical Applications, Tribology of Metal Cutting, Physics of Strength and Fracture Control and Mechanics of Metal Cutting. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Advances in Machining and Forming Operations, and associate editor, board member, reviewer and advisor for many international journals and professional societies.

theory (including physics, analytical and numerical FEM modeling) of metal cutting and its applications, cutting tool design, assessment and optimization, machinability of materials, new tool materials and coatings, design of experiments, and coolant application practices.

Professor dr. LPH (Philip) de Goey studied physics at the RU in Nijmegen and did his PhD in physics in Eindhoven. He then moved to Mechanical Engineering in 1990, where he was assistant professor, associate professor (1996) and full professor (2000) and finally also dean of department (2011). He was visiting professor at RWTH Aachen (1999) and at BIT (since 2011), where he is appointed as leading scientist of China’s 111 program. He is member of many boards and organisations, for instance, he is member of the board of directors of the Combustion Institute (since 2002) and secretary of the executive committee of the board of the Combustion Institute. He is editor of several journals and was co-editor-in-chief of the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. He received several awards, under which the prestigious Simon Stevin Meester Award 2010, the highest award in technical sciences in the Netherlands (500.000 euro).

Combustion science, technology and innovations, laminar and turbulent flames, reacting flows, thermodynamics and heat/mass transfer.

Marcelo H. Ang, Jr. received the B.S. degrees (Cum Laude) in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Engineering from the De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, in 1981; the M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Un iversity of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1985; and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, in 1986 and 1988, respectively. His work experience include heading the Technical Training Division of Intel's Assembly and Test Facility in the Philippines, research positions at the East West Center in Hawaii and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a faculty position as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Rochester, New York. In 1989, Dr. Ang joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the National University of Singapore, where he is currently an Associate Professor. In addition to academic and research activities, he is actively involved in the Singapore Robot ic Games as its founding chairman. His research interests span the areas of robotics, mechatronics, automation, computer control, and applications of intelligent systems methodologies.

His research interests span the areas of robotics, mechatronics, automation, computer control, and applications of intelligent systems methodologies.

Dr. Aboulnaga received his B.Sc. in 1997 and M.Sc. in 2000 in Electrical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, USA in 2004. He has nine years of industrial experience at Philips Electronics North America. where he focused on research and design of Solid State Lighting Systems for automotive, indoor, and outdoor lighting applications. He is the author/coauthor of numerous publications, granted/pending patents, book chapters, technical papers, and industrial reports. Dr. Aboulnaga received the academic excellence award from Mansoura University in 1996, the outstanding academic achievement award from IIT in 2004, and innovation and technology awards from Philips Electronics yearly from 2005-2013. Dr. Aboulnaga recently joined the College of Engineering at King Faisal University, KSA, as an Electrical Engineering assistant professor.

His research interests include power electronics, electric motor drives, Class II power supplies, Automotive EMC solutions, electromagnetic integration, renewable energy resources, power quality, solid state lighting electronics, and protection and safety standards.

Dr Hao Wang received his PhD from Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2011. Dr Wang is Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and Research Affiliate of The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP). He became Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore in 2016. He has participated in multiple industrial and research projects with a consortium of aerospace companies and precision machining laboratories in the UK, Germany, and Hong Kong. His research interest includes ultraprecision machining, hybrid manufacturing, and novel surface finishing technologies aiming to provide innovative solutions to the critical engineering problems of advanced manufacturing.

Ultra-precision machining, microcutting mechanism, materials, machining process development and modelling.

Dr Peter Sapaty (educated in power networks & missile control), Chief Research Scientist, Director of Distributed Simulation and Control, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, is with networking for 45 years. Except Ukraine, worked in Germany, UK, Canada and Japan as Alexander von Humboldt awardee, project leader, research professor and invited professor, created and chaired special interest group on Mobile Cooperative Technologies within Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) project in the US. Invented high-level distributed control technology used in different countries and resulted in a European Patent and two John Wiley books, with the third one in progress. Published more than 160 scientific papers worldwide on distributed system organizations. Current areas of interest: models and languages for coordination and simulation of distributed dynamic systems with application in cooperative robotics, emergency management, command and control, and infrastructure protection. Peter regularly served as workshop organizer, sessions chair, keynote and invited speaker at scientific and defence conferences in the UK, US, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Singapore, India, and Turkey. His bio is in Marquis Who’s Who in the World and Cambridge Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century.

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Professor Eduard Babulak is accomplished Global Scholar, Researcher, Consultant, Educator, Professional Engineer and Polyglot with more than thirty years of experience. His academic, professional and engineering was recognized by the Engineering Council in UK, the European Federation of Engineers, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and APEG in British Columbia in Canada. He successfully completed a Higher Postdoctoral degree DOCENT-Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in the Czech Republic, PhD, MSc and High National Certificate (HNC) Diplomas in United Kingdom, as well as MSc and BSc Diplomas in Electrical Engineering Slovakia.

Computer Engineering and Science, Informatics, MIS, Electrical Engineering, Robotics and Automation

Prof. Ch. Sanjay had joined GITAM University, Hyderabad as a Founder Campus Director in June 2009 till July 2014. At present, he is Dean and Principal, School of Technology, GITAM University and has been a member of Board of Management and Academic Council since 2009. He is a certified Corporate Director of World Council for Corporate Governance, UK and visited most of the South Asian Countries for Research and presenting papers in various International Conferences. He has more than 24 years of experience in Industry, Research & Teaching and had worked four years as a Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Management at Government Universities in Malaysia and Singapore. He was a key note speaker for more than 40 international and national conferences and a member of advisory and technical committee for more than 60 international conferences and had successfully organized 65 international and national conferences / workshops.

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Ryspek Usubamatov completed his Graduation as Professional Engineer, PhD from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Doctor of Technical Sciences from Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan. He worked as an Engineer-Designer of machine tools at engineering company. He is a Professor at Kyrgyz State Technical University and worked at universities in Malaysia. He has published more than 300 papers in reputed journals, more than 60 patents of inventions in engineering and seven books in area of Manufacturing Engineering. He supervised six PhD and several dozens of MSc students. His research interests include “Gyroscope theory” and “Productivity theory for industrial engineering

Gyroscope theory and Productivity theory for industrial engineering

Dr. T. Tashtoush is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX. He got his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Systems and Industrial Engineering from State University of New York at Binghamton on 2013 and 2009, respectively and his B.S. in Electromechanical (Mechatronics) Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan on 2005. Currently, he is the faculty advisor and team lead for robotics and intelligent systems team and the Students Engineering Council in TAMIU. In addition, Dr. Tashtoush is the West Officer for the Corpus Christi Section of IEEE and the advisor and facilitator for the Youth Science Leader of Laredo organization. Throughout his working experience and formal education in multidiscipline of engineering, he acquired a sound knowledge and experience of leading edge engineering principles, tools and practices in the field of simulation and systems design, production quality and management, lean manufacturing principles, robotics and automation, 3D printing processes, engineering statistical analysis, project management, optimization, instruments and electrical devices, reliability, Healthcare Systems, and Human Factors. Dr. T. Tashtoush is Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt certified, he worked at Continental Automation Systems where he implemented Lean manufacturing and Six-Sigma principles, machine production control, preventive maintenance scheduling, and quality monitoring to reduce non-added value actions and increase productivity and the production lines’ throughput.

His research interests lie in the area of systems designs and optimization, production quality, electronics manufacturing, electronics reliability and robotics

Dr. JunHo Oh, Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST was appointed as a Concurrent Professor in ID-KAIST. Professor Oh leads Humonoid Robot Robot Research Center(HUBO Lab) in KAIST since 1985. He is a humonoid robotic pioneer not only in Korea but also over the world with his development of robots; HUBO (KHR-3) designed in 2004, Albert HUBO, HUBO2, and etc. Active interdisciplinary research between ID-KAIST and Hubo Lab is expected with his appointment.

Humanoid robots

Timothy Sands completed his PhD at the Naval Postgraduate School and postdoctoral studies at Stanford University and Columbia University. He is Associate Dean of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Science. He has previously served as Chief Academic Officer, Dean, and Senior Military Professor of the Air Force Institute of Technology. He has published research prolifically in archival journals, conference proceedings, a book chapter, in addition to keynote and invitational presentations; and holds one patent in spacecraft attitude control.

Rotational mechanics with time-varying mass

Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering and the director of Aerospace Research and Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1994 to 2001, he was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University in Kansas. From 1978 to 1994, he worked in various scientific and managerial positions at McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis. He became the Program Director and McDonnell Douglas Fellow in 1990. Dr. Agarwal received Ph.D in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. He is the author and coauthor of over 400 publications and serves on the editorial board of 20+ journals. He has given many plenary, keynote and invited lectures at various national and international conferences worldwide. Professor Agarwal continues to serve on many academic, government, and industrial advisory committees. Dr. Agarwal is a Fellow of sixteen societies including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Royal Aeronautical Society and American society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has received many prestigious honors and national/international awards from various professional societies and organizations for his research contributions.

Computational Fluid Dynamic,Flow Control,Computational Electromagnetics

Dr. T. Tashtoush is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX. He got his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Systems and Industrial Engineering from State University of New York at Binghamton on 2013 and 2009, respectively and his B.S. in Electromechanical (Mechatronics) Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan on 2005. Currently, he is the faculty advisor and team lead for robotics and intelligent systems team and the Students Engineering Council in TAMIU. In addition, Dr. Tashtoush is the West Officer for the Corpus Christi Section of IEEE and the advisor and facilitator for the Youth Science Leader of Laredo organization. Throughout his working experience and formal education in multidiscipline of engineering, he acquired a sound knowledge and experience of leading edge engineering principles, tools and practices in the field of simulation and systems design, production quality and management, lean manufacturing principles, robotics and automation, 3D printing processes, engineering statistical analysis, project management, optimization, instruments and electrical devices, reliability, Healthcare Systems, and Human Factors. Dr. T. Tashtoush is Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt certified, he worked at Continental Automation Systems where he implemented Lean manufacturing and Six-Sigma principles, machine production control, preventive maintenance scheduling, and quality monitoring to reduce non-added value actions and increase productivity and the production lines’ throughput.

His research interests lie in the area of systems designs and optimization, production quality, electronics manufacturing, electronics reliability and robotics

Mehran Ektesabi has completed his PhD (Electrical Engineering) in 1989. He has been winner of many national & international awards with more than 25 years research experience in design & development of control systems. At present, he is with Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology (FSET), at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. In his field of expertise, he has led many projects and attracted many grants for Swinburne. He is an active member of IEEE and founder Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Victorian Chapter – Australia. He is executive editor, editor and reviewer of many reputed international Journals & Conferences.

His main areas of expertise and research are Power Electronics, Electric Motor Control Systems, Power Quality Controllers, Energy Saving and Compatibility, Renewable Energy Systems, Intelligent and Autonomous Control, Soft Computing Adaptive Control and System Identification.

Professor Eduard Babulak is accomplished Global Scholar, Researcher, Consultant, Educator, Professional Engineer and Polyglot with more than thirty years of experience. His academic, professional and engineering was recognized by the Engineering Council in UK, the European Federation of Engineers, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and APEG in British Columbia in Canada. He successfully completed a Higher Postdoctoral degree DOCENT-Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in the Czech Republic, PhD, MSc and High National Certificate (HNC) Diplomas in United Kingdom, as well as MSc and BSc Diplomas in Electrical Engineering Slovakia.

Electrical and Mechanical engineering

Timothy Sands completed his PhD at the Naval Postgraduate School and postdoctoral studies at Stanford University and Columbia University. He is Associate Dean of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Science. He has previously served as Chief Academic Officer, Dean, and Senior Military Professor of the Air Force Institute of Technology. He has published research prolifically in archival journals, conference proceedings, a book chapter, in addition to keynote and invitational presentations; and holds one patent in spacecraft attitude control.

Rotational mechanics with time-varying mass

Ryspek Usubamatov completed his Graduation as Professional Engineer, PhD from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Doctor of Technical Sciences from Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan. He worked as an Engineer-Designer of machine tools at engineering company. He is a Professor at Kyrgyz State Technical University and worked at universities in Malaysia. He has published more than 300 papers in reputed journals, more than 60 patents of inventions in engineering and seven books in area of Manufacturing Engineering. He supervised six PhD and several dozens of MSc students. His research interests include “Gyroscope theory” and “Productivity theory for industrial engineering

Gyroscope theory and Productivity theory for industrial engineering

C P Wong is the Charles Smithgall Institute Endowed Chair and Regents’ Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dean of Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Wong received primary and secondary education in Hong Kong and furthered his education in the US. He received his BS degree from Purdue University, and his PhD degree from the Pennsylvania State University. He received many awards, among those, the AT&T Bell Labs Fellow Award in 1992, the IEEE CPMT Society Outstanding Sustained Technical Contributions Award in 1995, the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Faculty Best Research Paper Award in 1999, Best MS, PhD and undergraduate Thesis Awards in 2002 and 2004, respectively, the University Press (London) Award of Excellence, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, the IEEE EAB Education Award in 2001, the IEEE CPMT Society Exceptional Technical Contributions Award in 2002, the Georgia Tech Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award in 2004, Outstanding Ph.D. His research interests lie in the fields of polymeric materials, electronic packaging and interconnect, interfacial adhesions, nano-functional material syntheses, Si etching and energy storage. His work includes nano-composites such as well-aligned carbon nanotubes, graphenes, lead-free alloys, flip chip underfill, ultra high k capacitor composites superhydrophobic coatings and supercapacitors. He holds over 65 US patents, numerous international patents, has published over 1000 technical papers, 12 books, is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering of the USA since 2000, and a Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering 2013.

Nano-composites such as well-aligned carbon nanotubes, graphenes, lead-free alloys, flip chip underfill, ultra high k capacitor composites superhydrophobic coatings and supercapacitors.

Francisco Trinidad is Doctor in Electrochemistry and received MSc and PhD degree at the University of Madrid. He joined Tudor Group in 1977 and served as Research Laboratory Manager in Azuqueca, Spain and Development Director for the Industrial Division in Soest, Germany. After Exide acquisition of several battery groups in Europe (Tudor, Ceac, BIG, Hagen, Deta), he was nominated as Research Director in Paris, France and later Development Director Transportation Europe. In the actual position, he is responsible for basic research, including R&D labs and basic processes in Exide Europe. Author of more than 60 papers and 20 patents, he has made numerous presentations on battery technology and related conferences. After more than 39 years of experience with several electrochemical systems, he is a worldwide recognized battery expert in the industry.

Electrochemistry, Battery Technology, Electrochemical Systems

Janus Juul Rasmussen is the Founder and CEO of the Danish engineering consulting firm Valcon Design A/S. He is a Mechanical Engineer that has worked with product design for more than 15 years as an expert within the field of kinematics and moving mechanics. He has developed the Six Theta(r) Design methodology and has a close co-operation with the Robust Design Academy at the Technical University of Denmark.

Kinematics, Machine Design, Moving Mechanics, Design Technology

Dr. Subhash Rakheja received a PhD in mechanical engineering from Concordia University. He joined the National Research Council soon after graduation and faculty in Concordia as a Research Assistant Professor. He became Associate Professor in 1989 and Professor in 1994. He is a research chair in Vehicular Ergo-dynamics in Concordia University. He was also honored with the title of the University Research Fellow in 2005. Dr. Rakheja is a fellow of the CSME and of the ASME. He is the editor of the International Journal of Industrial ergonomics and International Journal of Vehicle Performance and associate editor of the SAE Journal of Commercial Vehicles and the International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems. He continues to serve in the Canadian Advisory Council on International Standards. He has won the SAE Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, Alice Hamilton Award from Center for Disease Control (USA) and Liberty Mutual Award.

His research expertise includes advanced transportation systems and highway safety, human responses to workplace vibration and driver-vehicle interactions.

After receiving PhD in Metallurgical Engineering in 1987, Dr. Sediako career extended over 30 years of R&D in steel, aluminum, and magnesium metallurgy. In his current research at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories he is utilizing unique properties of neutrons, allowing direct stress measurements and phase analysis inside metal parts and components. He collaborates extensively with a number of automotive manufacturers, both OEMs and Tier 1, enabling new alloys development, stress analysis, and technology optimization for the most challenging applications. A specific focus of his research is stress analysis in cylinder block and engine head, as well as in situ studies of solidification and high temperature creep in new aluminum and magnesium alloys’ development. Dr. Sediako is an author of more than 170 articles and a licensed Professional Engineer. In 2014 he was inducted into the Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Application of neutron diffraction to direct stress measurements and phase analysis inside metal parts and components; new Al and Mg alloy development and fitness-for-service characterization; stress analysis in cylinder block and engine head, as well as in situ neutron diffraction studies of solidification and high temperature creep in new aluminum and magnesium alloys’ development for automotive powertrain, suspension, and structural components.

Kyongsu Yi received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1992. He is a Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea. He currently serves as a member of the editorial boards of the KSME, IJAT and ICROS journals. His research interests are control systems, driver assistant systems, and active safety systems of a ground vehicle.

Control systems, driver assistant systems, and active safety systems of a ground vehicle.

Dr. Kadir AYDIN was born in 1962 at Afyonkarahisar in Turkey. He received his B.Sc. degree in 1983 and M.Sc. degree in 1986 from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Cukurova University. He completed his Ph.D. degree in 1993 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Liverpool University. He became Assistant Professor in 1993, Associate Professor in 1995 and Professor in 2001 in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Cukurova University. He is Chairman of Automotive Engineering Department of Cukurova University and also General Manager of Cukurova Technopark. His special research areas are Internal Combustion Engines, Vehicle Technology, Combustion, Hydrogen and Electric Powered Vehicles, Alternative Fuels (Biodiesel, Bioethanol and Biogas). He published more than 150 national and international scientific papers.

Internal Combustion Engines, Vehicle Technology, Combustion, Hydrogen and Electric Powered Vehicles, Alternative Fuels (Biodiesel, Bioethanol and Biogas)

Viktor Astakhov received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Tula State Polytechnic University, Tula-Moscow, Russia, in 1983. He was awarded a D.Sc. designation and title of State Professor of Ukraine in 1991. Currently, Astakhov is the tool research and application manager of General Motors Business Unit of PSMI. As a professor, he is involved in supervising of graduate students at Michigan State University. Astakhov has won a number of national and international awards for both his teaching and research. Astakhov has authored books like Geometry of Single-point Turning Tools and Drills, Fundamentals and Practical Applications, Tribology of Metal Cutting, Physics of Strength and Fracture Control and Mechanics of Metal Cutting. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Advances in Machining and Forming Operations, and associate editor, board member, reviewer and advisor for many international journals and professional societies.

theory (including physics, analytical and numerical FEM modeling) of metal cutting and its applications, cutting tool design, assessment and optimization, machinability of materials, new tool materials and coatings, design of experiments, and coolant application practices.

Prof. Dr. Hakan KALELİ, Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Division 34349 Beşiktaş, Yıldız, İstanbul-TURKEY.

Mechanical Engineering: Internal Combustion Engines (Gasoline and Diesel Engines), Tribology, Wear, Surface Analysis, Friction, Lubrication, Crankcase Oils, Oil Drain Periods, Oil Analysis, Additive and Protective Additive Layers, Nanolubricants (Graphene Nanoplates, Carbon Nanotubes (single wall, multi wall), Boron Nitride etc..), Fuel Economy, Emissions, Engine Design, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Coatings (Zinc Phosphate, Graphene, Nitrading etc..), NanoTribology.

Dr. Craig J. Hoff, professor of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Mechanical Engineering, with expertise in automotive powertrains (conventional, hybrid electric, fuel cell), in-vehicle data acquisition, design for the environment, and thermal and mechanical design. To Hoff, Kettering students are motivated and have the know-how to work in a professional environment. It sets them apart from others, who are lost when they first enter the work place. Hoff enjoys working with students that go above and beyond and truly want to make things happen. "This was the place to be to teach automotive engineering." When returning from the Formula SAE competition in 2002, his team leader mentioned that he rode a horse to his school as a child. At first the group thought he was just kidding, but it turned out that he regularly rode his horse to his one-room school house. The team was quite amazed to hear this about someone so young, but it goes to show that Kettering attracts students from all kinds of places.

Automotive Powertrain Systems – Conventional Vehicles, Automotive Powertrain Systems – Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Alternative Fuels, Development of In-Vehicle Data Acquistition Systems, Automotive Crash Safety, Sustainable Energy Systems, Modeling of Thermal/Mechanical Systems

Prof. Kevin Deng has been a distinguished professor and served as Executive Associate Director of Automotive Research Institute of Jilin University since 2010. Prior to that, he had worked for General Motors R&D Center in USA as a researcher since 1996. He was a three-time recipient of the “Charles McCuen” Award, the highest research award in General Motors, and a twice-recipient of the `Boss' Kettering Award, the most prestigious award in GM for technical invention and innovation. He briefly served as an acting director of Hong Kong Automotive Parts & Accessories R&D Center in 2010. Currently he serves as the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems and Associate Editor of International Journal of Vehicle Design, and was the associate editor of IEEE Transaction o Vehicular Technology. He was also the Chair of the Transportation Track of 2010, 2012 and 2014 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conferences respectively, the Chair of Advanced Vehicles and Mobility of 2011 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, and Technical Program Chair of FISITA 2012 on Chassis Systems and Integration Technology, etc.

He holds numerous patents and is the authors/co-authors of some 100 publications in international journals and conferences. He is also a dozen of invited speakers worldwide. His primary research interests are in vehicle dynamics, intelligence and control, virtualization technologies based on modeling and simulation methods, etc.

Dr. Aboulnaga received his B.Sc. in 1997 and M.Sc. in 2000 in Electrical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, USA in 2004. He has nine years of industrial experience at Philips Electronics North America. where he focused on research and design of Solid State Lighting Systems for automotive, indoor, and outdoor lighting applications. He is the author/coauthor of numerous publications, granted/pending patents, book chapters, technical papers, and industrial reports. Dr. Aboulnaga received the academic excellence award from Mansoura University in 1996, the outstanding academic achievement award from IIT in 2004, and innovation and technology awards from Philips Electronics yearly from 2005-2013. Dr. Aboulnaga recently joined the College of Engineering at King Faisal University, KSA, as an Electrical Engineering assistant professor.

His research interests include power electronics, electric motor drives, Class II power supplies, Automotive EMC solutions, electromagnetic integration, renewable energy resources, power quality, solid state lighting electronics, and protection and safety standards.

James Gunderson has completed his PhD from the University of Virginia and 2003. His research has focused on Artificial Intelligence and the effective application of the same in automated systems and robotics. He has focused on Artificial Intelligence applications for over 30 years, and been part of two successful robotics/automation start-ups. He is the Growth Director for GunderFish,LLC., which focuses on integrating cutting edge AI and predictive analytics with existing business flow. He has published more than 25 papers in journals and conferences.

Artificial Intelligence, Automated Systems

Dr. Petter Falkman received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2005 from Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. Dr. Falkman is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology. He received his Master of Science in Automation and Mechatronics at Chalmers in 1999. Dr. Falkman is program director for the Automation and Mechatronics program at Chalmers. He is also part of the Wingquist Laboratory, a research center for virtual product and production development at Chalmers. Dr. Falkman is a member of the editorial board of the journal Advances in Automobile Engineering.

His main research topic concerns information integration, virtual preparation, restart, verification, and optimization of production systems.

Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi received the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 1995. He is a Professor of Mechanical-Industrial Engineering and the Director of Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Automation Laboratory (RMAL) at Ryerson University, Canada. He has also been visiting professor in a few universities in Korea, Germany and France. He has published more than 190 refereed papers in the journals and conference proceedings, authored/coauthored several book chapters, and edited/co-edited four proceedings in the field. He serves as the Associate Editor of several journals including International Journal of Optomechatronics.

His research interests span over image-guided control and planning of robots

Dr. T. Tashtoush is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX. He got his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Systems and Industrial Engineering from State University of New York at Binghamton on 2013 and 2009, respectively and his B.S. in Electromechanical (Mechatronics) Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan on 2005.

Currently, he is the faculty advisor and team lead for robotics and intelligent systems team and the Students Engineering Council in TAMIU. In addition, Dr. Tashtoush is the West Officer for the Corpus Christi Section of IEEE and the advisor and facilitator for the Youth Science Leader of Laredo organization.

Throughout his working experience and formal education in multidiscipline of engineering, he acquired a sound knowledge and experience of leading edge engineering principles, tools and practices in the field of simulation and systems design, production quality and management, lean manufacturing principles, robotics and automation, 3D printing processes, engineering statistical analysis, project management, optimization, instruments and electrical devices, reliability, Healthcare Systems, and Human Factors.

Dr. T. Tashtoush is Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt certified, he worked at Continental Automation Systems where he implemented Lean manufacturing and Six-Sigma principles, machine production control, preventive maintenance scheduling, and quality monitoring to reduce non-added value actions and increase productivity and the production lines’ throughput.

His research interests lie in the area of systems designs and optimization, production quality, electronics manufacturing, electronics reliability and robotics.

Professor Eduard Babulak is accomplished international scholar, researcher, consultant, educator, professional engineer and polyglot with more than thirty seven years of teaching experience and industrial experience as a professional engineer and consultant.

He was Invited Speaker at University of Cambridge, MIT, Yokohama National University and University of Electro Communications in Japan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, University at West Indies and Penn State, USA.

He presented number of Keynote and Plenary Talks at prestigious IEEE/ACM events and universities worldwide. His academic and engineering work was recognized internationally by the Engineering Council in UK, the European Federation of Engineers and credited by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and APEG in British Columbia in Canada. He served as Chair of IEEE Vancouver, BC, Canada’s Ethics, Professional and Conference Committee, the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, Co-Editor, and Guest Editor.

He is Fellow of British Computer Society, Fellow of Royal Society RSA in London, UK. He was nominated Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London, UK, and Distinguished Member of the ACM in USA. He is Mentor and Senior Member of IEEE and ACM, Professional Member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Mathematical Association (AMA) and Mathematical Society of America (MSA). He worked in lived on four continents. He speaks 14 languages and travelled extensively. His biography was cited in the Cambridge Blue Book, Cambridge Index of Biographies and number of issues of Who’s Who.

His research interests are in Cyber Security, Future Networks, Quality of Service, Smart Ubiquitous Computing, ICT, Applied Informatics, Industrial Automation and e-Transportation, e-Learning, and Applied Mathematics.

Karl Hirsch is President and CEO of TinMan Systems (www.tinmansystems.com), a Seattle WA based provider of software and professional services for the development and deployment of next generation artificial intelligence (AI systems).

With 27 years of experience in rapid growth, high-technology companies providing software and internet technologies, Hirsch is recognized as a pioneer in digital rights management (DRM) and electronic software distribution (ESD). In 1994, he personally programmed one of the earliest commercial software development kits (SDK) for remote software authentication, digital licensing and copy-protection technologies, which is still in use today by many companies. For the last 12 years, Hirsch has focused his attentions to pattern recognition and autonomous machine intelligence, where in 2010 he founded TinMan Systems. TinMan technology provides an innovative, user-friendly PC and web-based tools framework and deployment library to develop and integrate expert human-like decision making into commercial systems operating in dynamic environments.

Hirsch also served 2 years as chairman of the SIIA (Software and Information Industry Association) Internet and Electronic Distribution Division, and as CompTIA (Computer Trade Industry Association) Board member and RosettaNet architect. As a three-time CEO, Karl is familiar with all aspects of rapid business growth in early to mid-stage companies. He founded two internet technology companies, Preview Systems (IPO Dec\'99) and OneChannel.net. More recently, Karl was CEO of Protexis, where he worked with his team and investors to restructure and redirect the company into a leading global platform for distribution of digital content. This platform is used by Microsoft today to securely market and distribute its PC Windows OS and office software digitally. Hirsch successfully completed the sale of Protexis in 2009 to Bertelsmann AG, a multi-billion dollar global media company. Karl has also raised over $70m dollars in venture financing over the last 17 years.

Software and internet technologies

Dr. Mehrandezh received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and the Queens University in 1999 and 1995, respectively. He is currently an associate professor in the Industrial Systems Engineering program at the University of Regina, Canada. Mehrandezh’s research revolves around robotics, machine vision, and control. A pipe crawling robot co-invented by him was highlighted in the Popular Mechanics magazine as one of the 5 high-tech fixes to infrastructures in 2009. He also holds a patent on “design and development of an adaptable climbing machine”. Mehrandezh is a member of IEEE and served as the vice-president of the IEEE (south Saskatchewan section) for two consecutive terms. He is also a registered professional engineer (P. Eng.) in Canada.

Motion planning of co-operating robotic arms in dynamic environments, Autonomous sensor-based motion planning of robots (mobile and articulated), Computer integrated manufacturing, inspection, assembly, Remote control/analysis via Internet, Urban search and rescue robotics, Time-optimal rendezvous planning of co-operating robots for pick-and-place task sharing

Rhythm Wadhwa is a Professor of Manufacturing Automation and Design Engineering at NTNU, Norway. She is an expert in the area of flexible manufacturing automation, particularly in industries such as metalcasting, marine and oil/gas. She has worked on 3 books in industrial automation, sustainability & contracts and worked with major manufacturing and process control projects with Rolls Royce, Ford, GM, Kongsberg automotive, Hexagon, Suzuki and VW. A 2005 graduate from University of Michigan Ann Arbor, she is an Associate member of the French production society. She is an Editorial board member of the International Journal of Computer Science Issues, American Foundry Society and Elsevier Learning Factories. She is currently working on a book on policy and security for manufacturing industries.

Her research interests includes sustainability, policy, contracts and security,Quality and flexible manufacturing automation

HADJ BOURDOUCEN obtained his PhD degree from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, in 1987. Worked at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), Algeria, 1987-90, then at the National Institute of Electricity and Electronics (INELEC), Boumerdes, 1990-97. He joined Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in 1998 where he served as Head of Department of Information Engineering, then as Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering until 2007. He is presently a Professor at ECE Dept., and Director of Communication and Information Research Center (CIRC), SQU. His research activities and interests include Instrumentation, communication & networking, modelling, simulation & performance evaluation, integrated electronics and hardware design. In these areas he published over 120 research publications and edited several books and conference proceedings. Prof. Bourdoucen is an IEEE Senior member.

Instrumentation, communication & networking, modelling, simulation & performance evaluation, integrated electronics and hardware design

Dr. Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner has over 26 years of research experience in various areas within the field of Computer Engineering. Additionally, she has worked in the area of patent law for several years. She has published numerous scientific papers, including two books, and has handled the prosecution and infringement analysis of many complex U.S. and international patents. Dr. Eshaghian-Wilner currently is a Professor of Engineering Practice at the Electrical Engineering-Systems Department at the University of Southern California (USC), and since 2004 has been an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to joining UCLA, she was a tenured full Professor and Department Head at the Computer Engineering Department of Rochester Institute of Technology.

Professor Eshaghian-Wilner received her B.S. degree in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering (1985), M.S. degree in Computer Engineering (1985), her Engineers degree in Electrical Engineering (1988), and her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (1988), all from USC. She holds a J.D. degree from the Northwestern California School of Law, and has graduated Cum Laude with an LL.M. degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Washington, D.C. Bar, and is registered as a Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Professor Eshaghian-Wilner is best known for her pioneering contributions to three areas of Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing. In the area of Optical Computing, she produced one of the first theses that dealt with the computational aspects of optical interconnects for VLSI chips. The OMC model was developed by Professor Eshaghian-Wilner as part of her Ph.D. work, and since then, many architectures and algorithms have been designed by on that model.

In the area of Heterogeneous Computing, Professor Eshaghian-Wilner is the editor of the field\'s first book, \"Heterogeneous Computing\" and she is the co- founder of the IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop. The NSF-funded Cluster-M model was developed by her team, as one of the first paradigms for executing heterogeneous applications to systems. The Cluster-M mapping is still the fastest known algorithm for mapping arbitrary task graphs onto arbitrary system graphs.

In the area of Nanoscale Computing, one of Professor Eshaghian-Wilner\'s most notable results involves the design of highly interconnected multiprocessor chips with spin waves that possess an unprecedented degree of interconnectivity that was not possible previously with electrical VLSI interconnects. These designs have a great potential to be used as part of miniature implantable devices for biomedical applications and nanomedicine. Professor Eshaghian-Wilner serves on the editorial board of Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology, and is a founding series co-editor of \"Nature Inspired Computing\" for Wiley & Sons. She has edited the first book of this series, \"Bio-inspired and Nanoscale Integrated Computing\".

Professor Eshaghian-Wilner\'s most recent area of research is in Technology Law. She is investigating how various forms of emerging technologies may be impacted by, and come into conflict with, U.S. and international policies and laws. For example, Pervasive (heterogeneous/ubiquitous) computing and nanotechnology are two emerging technologies in which she an extensive scientific background. While these two technologies are entirely different from each other, they both are seemingly invisible, one in terms of interconnectivity and the other in terms of size. They can therefore introduce continuously magnifying challenges to policies and laws that protect rights and property.

Professor Eshaghian-Wilner has founded and/or chaired numerous IEEE conferences and organizations, including the IEEE Women in Engineering affinity division of the Coastal Los Angeles Section. She is the recipient of several prestigious grants and honors including a teaching award for being voted as the best teacher by her engineering students. Professor Eshaghian-Wilner is a nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

Computing Architectures and Interconnects: Bio-inspired and Nanoscale Computing, MEMS, Optical Interconnects, VLSI and Reconfigurable chips. Computing Networks and Algorithms: Heterogeneous/Cluster/Grid/Cloud Computing, Mapping and Scheduling paradigms/algorithms/tools. Biomedical Applications: Nanomedicine, Bioinformatics, Sequence Alignment, Image-Processing, Computer Vision Technology Law: Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, Patent Reform, Digital Rights, Cyber Law/Crimes, Internet Privacy

Mehran Ektesabi has completed his PhD (Electrical Engineering) in 1989. He has been winner of many national & international awards with more than 25 years research experience in design & development of control systems.

At present, he is with Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology (FSET), at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. In his field of expertise, he has led many projects and attracted many grants for Swinburne.

He is an active member of IEEE and founder Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Victorian Chapter – Australia. He is executive editor, editor and reviewer of many reputed international Journals & Conferences.

His main areas of expertise and research are Power Electronics, Electric Motor Control Systems, Power Quality Controllers, Energy Saving and Compatibility, Renewable Energy Systems, Intelligent and Autonomous Control, Soft Computing Adaptive Control and System Identification.

Dr Roberto Sabatini is a Professor (Full) of Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Science at RMIT University (Australia). He has 25 years of experience in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) of Air Traffic Management and Avionic Systems. He is uniquely qualified as an Aerospace/Aviation Researcher, Experimental Flight Test Engineer, Pilot and International R&D Program Manager by a combination of formal academic and military education, substantial research and flight practice, and high-pressure technical and operational leadership experience in Europe, in the United States and in Australia. Prof. Sabatini is an expert in the design, integration and certification of sustainable and cost-effective aviation systems, with specific hands-on competence in Navigation, Guidance and Control, CNS+A Sensors/Multi-Sensor Data Fusion and Aviation Human Factors/Ergonomics (human-machine teaming, cognitive engineering and trusted autonomy). Excellent communicator, writer and educator, Prof. Sabatini has a strong international reputation in his field with a significant record of achievements managing funded research programs for the development of innovative Air Traffic Management and Avionic Systems for civil and military applications.

• Author of more than 250 publications, including 5 books, 2 book chapters, 148 articles in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, 14 invited keynote lectures, 27 research seminars and tutorials, and 85 extended research reports.

• Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation with the following motivation: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"In recognition of distinguished and sustained contributions to research in avionics and air traffic management systems for manned and unmanned aerospace vehicles.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"

• Recipient of various national and international awards for achievements in Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Research, including the prestigious SAE Arch T. Colwell Merit Award and the NATO Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) Scientific Achievement Award for his contributions to the aerospace/aviation research and flight test communities.

• Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Life Member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), Member of the American Institute of Navigation (ION), Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Member of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA).

Prof. Sabatini is an expert in the design, integration and certification of sustainable and cost-effective aviation systems, with specific hands-on competence in Navigation, Guidance and Control, CNS+A Sensors/Multi-Sensor Data Fusion and Aviation Human Factors/Ergonomics (human-machine teaming, cognitive engineering and trusted autonomy).

Asim ur Rehman Khan was born in Pakistan. He received the BSc in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan in 1981. He received MS in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota in 1987. He received PhD degree from Polytechnic University, (now New York University), New York, USA in 1993.

From 1993 to 1996, he worked in the Space Agency of Pakistan, SUPARCO, where he worked on the design & development of a small satellite. During 1996, he taught undergraduate courses at Sir Syed University, Karachi, Pakistan. He also taught at Karachi University, and NED University of Engineering & Technology, both in Karachi, Pakistan as visiting faculty. During 1997 to 2001 he was assicaited with a software house, Cressoft, where he was involved in the automation of MCI, USA fiber optic nation-wide link. From 2002 to present he is teaching undergraduate & graduate level courses at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NU-FAST).Dr. Khan is a member of IEEE, and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC).

His principal interests are in the areas of image processing, nework protocols, and network security.

Prof. Rohan Munasinghe is presently the Head of Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He earned the MEng degree in 1999 and the PhD degree in 2003 both in Advanced Systems Control from Saga National University, Japan. From 2003 to 2004 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) engaged in the Stanford University-KAIST research collaboration on developing robot systems based on human skill primitives. He has won research grants from National Science Foundation (Sri Lanka), Department of Wild Life Conservation(DWC-Sri Lanka), Senate Research Committee(SRC-University of Moratuwa), and National Research Council (NRC-Sri Lanka), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and has made many refereed publications. He has been awarded the outstanding researcher award of the University of Moratuwa for many years. He has published one text book titled "Classical Control Systems: Design and Implementation", and three book chapters. He is one of the pioneers of the International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), and chaired the same conference in 2006. His main areas of teaching and research are Robotics, Control Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and Autonomous Intelligent Systems. He has served as Director of the Engineering Research Unit of the Faculty of Engineering, Board of Studies, Faculty Academic Committee, and Senate Research Committee of the University of Moratuwa.

Prof. Munasinghe provides his consultation to a number of government institutions including the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Engineering Research and Development Centre (NERDC), and Sri Lanka Planetarium. Prof. Munasinghe has delivered keynote speeches at SLIIT(Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology) Research Symposium, SAITM (South Asian Institute of Technology and Management) Research Conference, IET Annual Conference, Annual Symposium of Sri Lanka Institute of Artificial Intelligence, and International Conference of ToC H institute in Kerala India.

Prof. Munasinghe is a chatreed engineer, Senior Member of IEEE, member of Robotics and Automation Society of IEEE, and a member of IE(Sri Lanka). He is an amateur astronomer, a wild-life enthusiast, and a nature-photographer. He loves star gazing, and engages in wild-life adventures and bird photography.

Robotics, Mechatronics, Control systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Underwater robotics, Autonomous systems, Intelligent Systems, Adaptive Fuzzy and Neural Systems

Richard W. Longman is professor of mechanical and civil engineering, Columbia University, and was Distinguished Romberg Guest Professor, University of Heidelberg, Germany. He received a 50,000 Euro Award for lifetime achievement in research from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Dirk Brouwer Award from the American Astronautical Society (AAS) for contributions to spaceflight mechanics. He is Fellow of AAS and AIAA. He served the AAS as Vice President - Publications, VP Technical, First Vice President, and Member Board of Directors. His doctorate is from the University of California, San Diego, under Prof. R. E. Roberson who did the first study of satellite attitude control in 1951, 6 years before the first satellite. Professor Longman has coauthored approximately 450 publications.

Space Robotics: Dynamics and Control,Satellite Attitude Dynamics

J.F. Woodward completed a Ph.D. in history (of science) at the University of Denver in 1972 after obtaining bachelors and masters degrees in physics at Middlebury College and New York University in the 1960s. Retired in 2005, he is emeritus professor of history and adjunct professor of physics at California State University Fullerton where he continues to do experimental work on advanced propulsion and the enigmatic sciences (gravity manipulation). Noting that inertia in general relativity is a gravitational phenomenon where local objects are seemingly instantaneously coupled to distant matter in the universe, he has elaborated a way that transient phenomena can be used to perform said manipulation. This, and other material related to this talk, can be found in his recent book: Making Starships and Stargates: the Science of Interstellar Propulsion and Absurdly Benign Wormholes published by Springer Verlag in 2013. His work is supported by the exotic propulsion initiative of the Space Studies Institute.

advanced propulsion and enigmatic sciences

Timothy Sands completed his PhD at the Naval Postgraduate School and postdoctoral studies at Stanford University and Columbia University. He is Dean and Senior Military Professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He has published research in archival journals, conference proceedings, a book chapter, in addition to keynote and invitational presentations.

Nuclear Deterrence, Command and Control Communications, Korean Affairs, Chinese, Defense Systems Acquisitions, Guidance and Control, Space Systems, Astronautics, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Warfare

Jalal Torabzadeh is a Professor and the Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Coordinator of the Mechanical and Petroleum Engineering programs at CSULB. Torabzadeh received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Abadan Institute of Technology in Iran and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California. He taught and conducted research at USC for two years before joining CSULB in 1986. He has worked as a Reservoir Engineer with National Iranian Oil Company, as a Research Engineer for Chevron Oilfield Research Company, and as a Consultant for several national and international companies and government agencies. Torabzadeh is an active member of several professional and honor societies including: ASEE, SPE, SPWLA, SCA, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Epsilon Tau, and Pi Tau Sigma. He is the recipient of CSULB College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award, the TRW Excellence in Teaching Award, the Associated Engineering Student Body Distinguished Faculty Award, OCEC Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, SPE Distinguished Service Award, OCEC Distinguished Engineering Educator Award. He is a SPEI Distinguished Member, a Fellow of the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering, and a member of the Board of Directors of LASPE and LACES.

Thermodynamics, heat transfer, transport processes in porous media, hydrocarbon reservoir engineering and characterization, enhanced oil and gas recovery processes and thermal/fluid laboratory methods

Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering and the director of Aerospace Research and Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1994 to 2001, he was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University in Kansas. From 1978 to 1994, he worked in various scientific and managerial positions at McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis. He became the Program Director and McDonnell Douglas Fellow in 1990. Dr. Agarwal received Ph.D in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. He is the author and coauthor of over 400 publications and serves on the editorial board of 20+ journals. He has given many plenary, keynote and invited lectures at various national and international conferences worldwide. Professor Agarwal continues to serve on many academic, government, and industrial advisory committees. Dr. Agarwal is a Fellow of sixteen societies including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Royal Aeronautical Society and American society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has received many prestigious honors and national/international awards from various professional societies and organizations for his research contributions.

Computational Fluid Dynamic,Flow Control,Computational Electromagnetics.

Bruce Chehroudi has accumulated years of technical and leadership experiences in different capacities and organizations. This includes such positions as President at Advanced Technology Consultants, Principal Scientist and Group Leader appointment at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) ERCInc, a Chief Scientist at Raytheon STX, a Visiting Technologist at Ford’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development (AMTD) center, a tenured Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University and University of Illinois, and served as a Senior Research Staff/Research Fellow at Princeton University. Chehroudi directed numerous multi-million dollar interdisciplinary projects in areas involving chemically reacting flows, combustion and emission of pollutants, sustainable and alternative energy sources, distributed ignition, material/fuel injection, advanced pollution reduction technologies, propulsion concepts, gas turbine and liquid rocket engines, combustion instability, laser optical diagnostics, spectroscopy, supercritical fluids and applications in environmental and propulsion systems, advanced composites, MEMS, nanotechnology, and micro fluidics.

chemically reacting flows, combustion and emission of pollutants, sustainable and alternative energy sources, distributed ignition, material/fuel injection, advanced pollution reduction technologies, propulsion concepts, gas turbine and liquid rocket engines, combustion instability, laser optical diagnostics, spectroscopy, supercritical fluids and applications in environmental and propulsion systems, advanced composites, MEMS, nanotechnology, and micro fluidics.

Shaaban Abdallah, a professor of Aerospace Engineering, has been at the university of Cincinnati since 1989. He obtained his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at the university of Cincinnati in 1980. Dr. Abdallah joined Penn State University from 1981 to 1988. His research interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics, nano fluids, Turbo-machines, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Medical devices. Abdallah has two US patents on centrifugal compressors and three disclosures with university of Cincinnati on medical devices.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Nano fluids and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Stephen A. Whitmore. is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Utah State University. He joined USU after 28+ years working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Dr. Whitmore's recent research focus at USU is on the development of piloted simulation models for lunar-return lifting reentry vehicles, with an emphasis of developing high-precision low-dispersion footprint techniques for lifting aero-capture and aero assist. He is supporting the NASA and Lockheed CEV Entry, Descent, and Landing EDL team. Dr. Whitmore is director of the Chimaera Hybrid Rocketry program at USU. Experience gained with the Chimaera rocket program has recently spun off a series of research topics focusing on the characterization and modeling of medium-scale experimental hybrid rocket motors. Dr. Whitmore teaches classes in compressible fluids, propulsion systems, and mechanical measurements at USU.

Propulsion Systems

Baskaya holds BSc in Mechanical Engineering and PhD in 2011 from Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Istanbul Technical University (ITU). He carried out his early research in cavitation and buble dynamics at ITU. Dr. Baskaya specializes in computational fluid dynamics and is also interested in applications of these numerical methods to various engineering problems, including Quasi-one-dimensional nozzle flows and Unsteady cavitating flows. He has published papers in reputed journals and is a member of NFPA and ASME. Dr Baskaya has also power industry experience that covers thermodynamic cycles, heat transfer and fluid flows. Dr. Baskaya is Chief Engineer at Unit Investment N.V and has more than fifteen years of engineering and applications expertise in the power plants.

computational fluid dynamics, Quasi-one-dimensional nozzle flows, Unsteady cavitating flows, Heat Transfer, Space Engineering Research and Space Science

James Gunderson has completed his PhD from the University of Virginia and 2003. His research has focused on Artificial Intelligence and the effective application of the same in automated systems and robotics. He has focused on Artificial Intelligence applications for over 30 years, and been part of two successful robotics/automation start-ups. He is the Growth Director for GunderFish,LLC., which focuses on integrating cutting edge AI and predictive analytics with existing business flow. He has published more than 25 papers in journals and conferences.

Artificial Intelligence, Automated Systems

Dr. Petter Falkman received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2005 from Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. Dr. Falkman is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology. He received his Master of Science in Automation and Mechatronics at Chalmers in 1999. Dr. Falkman is program director for the Automation and Mechatronics program at Chalmers. He is also part of the Wingquist Laboratory, a research center for virtual product and production development at Chalmers. Dr. Falkman is a member of the editorial board of the journal Advances in Automobile Engineering.

His main research topic concerns information integration, virtual preparation, restart, verification, and optimization of production systems.

Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi received the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 1995. He is a Professor of Mechanical-Industrial Engineering and the Director of Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Automation Laboratory (RMAL) at Ryerson University, Canada. He has also been visiting professor in a few universities in Korea, Germany and France. He has published more than 190 refereed papers in the journals and conference proceedings, authored/coauthored several book chapters, and edited/co-edited four proceedings in the field. He serves as the Associate Editor of several journals including International Journal of Optomechatronics.

His research interests span over image-guided control and planning of robots

Dr. T. Tashtoush is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), Laredo, TX. He got his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Systems and Industrial Engineering from State University of New York at Binghamton on 2013 and 2009, respectively and his B.S. in Electromechanical (Mechatronics) Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan on 2005.

Currently, he is the faculty advisor and team lead for robotics and intelligent systems team and the Students Engineering Council in TAMIU. In addition, Dr. Tashtoush is the West Officer for the Corpus Christi Section of IEEE and the advisor and facilitator for the Youth Science Leader of Laredo organization.

Throughout his working experience and formal education in multidiscipline of engineering, he acquired a sound knowledge and experience of leading edge engineering principles, tools and practices in the field of simulation and systems design, production quality and management, lean manufacturing principles, robotics and automation, 3D printing processes, engineering statistical analysis, project management, optimization, instruments and electrical devices, reliability, Healthcare Systems, and Human Factors.

Dr. T. Tashtoush is Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt certified, he worked at Continental Automation Systems where he implemented Lean manufacturing and Six-Sigma principles, machine production control, preventive maintenance scheduling, and quality monitoring to reduce non-added value actions and increase productivity and the production lines’ throughput.

His research interests lie in the area of systems designs and optimization, production quality, electronics manufacturing, electronics reliability and robotics.

Professor Eduard Babulak is accomplished international scholar, researcher, consultant, educator, professional engineer and polyglot with more than thirty seven years of teaching experience and industrial experience as a professional engineer and consultant.

He was Invited Speaker at University of Cambridge, MIT, Yokohama National University and University of Electro Communications in Japan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, University at West Indies and Penn State, USA.

He presented number of Keynote and Plenary Talks at prestigious IEEE/ACM events and universities worldwide. His academic and engineering work was recognized internationally by the Engineering Council in UK, the European Federation of Engineers and credited by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and APEG in British Columbia in Canada. He served as Chair of IEEE Vancouver, BC, Canada’s Ethics, Professional and Conference Committee, the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, Co-Editor, and Guest Editor.

He is Fellow of British Computer Society, Fellow of Royal Society RSA in London, UK. He was nominated Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London, UK, and Distinguished Member of the ACM in USA. He is Mentor and Senior Member of IEEE and ACM, Professional Member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Mathematical Association (AMA) and Mathematical Society of America (MSA). He worked in lived on four continents. He speaks 14 languages and travelled extensively. His biography was cited in the Cambridge Blue Book, Cambridge Index of Biographies and number of issues of Who’s Who.

His research interests are in Cyber Security, Future Networks, Quality of Service, Smart Ubiquitous Computing, ICT, Applied Informatics, Industrial Automation and e-Transportation, e-Learning, and Applied Mathematics.

Karl Hirsch is President and CEO of TinMan Systems (www.tinmansystems.com), a Seattle WA based provider of software and professional services for the development and deployment of next generation artificial intelligence (AI systems).

With 27 years of experience in rapid growth, high-technology companies providing software and internet technologies, Hirsch is recognized as a pioneer in digital rights management (DRM) and electronic software distribution (ESD). In 1994, he personally programmed one of the earliest commercial software development kits (SDK) for remote software authentication, digital licensing and copy-protection technologies, which is still in use today by many companies. For the last 12 years, Hirsch has focused his attentions to pattern recognition and autonomous machine intelligence, where in 2010 he founded TinMan Systems. TinMan technology provides an innovative, user-friendly PC and web-based tools framework and deployment library to develop and integrate expert human-like decision making into commercial systems operating in dynamic environments.

Hirsch also served 2 years as chairman of the SIIA (Software and Information Industry Association) Internet and Electronic Distribution Division, and as CompTIA (Computer Trade Industry Association) Board member and RosettaNet architect. As a three-time CEO, Karl is familiar with all aspects of rapid business growth in early to mid-stage companies. He founded two internet technology companies, Preview Systems (IPO Dec\'99) and OneChannel.net. More recently, Karl was CEO of Protexis, where he worked with his team and investors to restructure and redirect the company into a leading global platform for distribution of digital content. This platform is used by Microsoft today to securely market and distribute its PC Windows OS and office software digitally. Hirsch successfully completed the sale of Protexis in 2009 to Bertelsmann AG, a multi-billion dollar global media company. Karl has also raised over $70m dollars in venture financing over the last 17 years.

Software and internet technologies

Dr. Mehrandezh received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and the Queens University in 1999 and 1995, respectively. He is currently an associate professor in the Industrial Systems Engineering program at the University of Regina, Canada. Mehrandezh’s research revolves around robotics, machine vision, and control. A pipe crawling robot co-invented by him was highlighted in the Popular Mechanics magazine as one of the 5 high-tech fixes to infrastructures in 2009. He also holds a patent on “design and development of an adaptable climbing machine”. Mehrandezh is a member of IEEE and served as the vice-president of the IEEE (south Saskatchewan section) for two consecutive terms. He is also a registered professional engineer (P. Eng.) in Canada.

Motion planning of co-operating robotic arms in dynamic environments, Autonomous sensor-based motion planning of robots (mobile and articulated), Computer integrated manufacturing, inspection, assembly, Remote control/analysis via Internet, Urban search and rescue robotics, Time-optimal rendezvous planning of co-operating robots for pick-and-place task sharing

Rhythm Wadhwa is a Professor of Manufacturing Automation and Design Engineering at NTNU, Norway. She is an expert in the area of flexible manufacturing automation, particularly in industries such as metalcasting, marine and oil/gas. She has worked on 3 books in industrial automation, sustainability & contracts and worked with major manufacturing and process control projects with Rolls Royce, Ford, GM, Kongsberg automotive, Hexagon, Suzuki and VW. A 2005 graduate from University of Michigan Ann Arbor, she is an Associate member of the French production society. She is an Editorial board member of the International Journal of Computer Science Issues, American Foundry Society and Elsevier Learning Factories. She is currently working on a book on policy and security for manufacturing industries.

Her research interests includes sustainability, policy, contracts and security,Quality and flexible manufacturing automation

HADJ BOURDOUCEN obtained his PhD degree from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, in 1987. Worked at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), Algeria, 1987-90, then at the National Institute of Electricity and Electronics (INELEC), Boumerdes, 1990-97. He joined Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in 1998 where he served as Head of Department of Information Engineering, then as Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering until 2007. He is presently a Professor at ECE Dept., and Director of Communication and Information Research Center (CIRC), SQU. His research activities and interests include Instrumentation, communication & networking, modelling, simulation & performance evaluation, integrated electronics and hardware design. In these areas he published over 120 research publications and edited several books and conference proceedings. Prof. Bourdoucen is an IEEE Senior member.

Instrumentation, communication & networking, modelling, simulation & performance evaluation, integrated electronics and hardware design

Dr. Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner has over 26 years of research experience in various areas within the field of Computer Engineering. Additionally, she has worked in the area of patent law for several years. She has published numerous scientific papers, including two books, and has handled the prosecution and infringement analysis of many complex U.S. and international patents. Dr. Eshaghian-Wilner currently is a Professor of Engineering Practice at the Electrical Engineering-Systems Department at the University of Southern California (USC), and since 2004 has been an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to joining UCLA, she was a tenured full Professor and Department Head at the Computer Engineering Department of Rochester Institute of Technology.

Professor Eshaghian-Wilner received her B.S. degree in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering (1985), M.S. degree in Computer Engineering (1985), her Engineers degree in Electrical Engineering (1988), and her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (1988), all from USC. She holds a J.D. degree from the Northwestern California School of Law, and has graduated Cum Laude with an LL.M. degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Washington, D.C. Bar, and is registered as a Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Professor Eshaghian-Wilner is best known for her pioneering contributions to three areas of Optical Computing, Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoscale Computing. In the area of Optical Computing, she produced one of the first theses that dealt with the computational aspects of optical interconnects for VLSI chips. The OMC model was developed by Professor Eshaghian-Wilner as part of her Ph.D. work, and since then, many architectures and algorithms have been designed by on that model.

In the area of Heterogeneous Computing, Professor Eshaghian-Wilner is the editor of the field\'s first book, \"Heterogeneous Computing\" and she is the co- founder of the IEEE Heterogeneous Computing Workshop. The NSF-funded Cluster-M model was developed by her team, as one of the first paradigms for executing heterogeneous applications to systems. The Cluster-M mapping is still the fastest known algorithm for mapping arbitrary task graphs onto arbitrary system graphs.

In the area of Nanoscale Computing, one of Professor Eshaghian-Wilner\'s most notable results involves the design of highly interconnected multiprocessor chips with spin waves that possess an unprecedented degree of interconnectivity that was not possible previously with electrical VLSI interconnects. These designs have a great potential to be used as part of miniature implantable devices for biomedical applications and nanomedicine. Professor Eshaghian-Wilner serves on the editorial board of Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology, and is a founding series co-editor of \"Nature Inspired Computing\" for Wiley & Sons. She has edited the first book of this series, \"Bio-inspired and Nanoscale Integrated Computing\".

Professor Eshaghian-Wilner\'s most recent area of research is in Technology Law. She is investigating how various forms of emerging technologies may be impacted by, and come into conflict with, U.S. and international policies and laws. For example, Pervasive (heterogeneous/ubiquitous) computing and nanotechnology are two emerging technologies in which she an extensive scientific background. While these two technologies are entirely different from each other, they both are seemingly invisible, one in terms of interconnectivity and the other in terms of size. They can therefore introduce continuously magnifying challenges to policies and laws that protect rights and property.

Professor Eshaghian-Wilner has founded and/or chaired numerous IEEE conferences and organizations, including the IEEE Women in Engineering affinity division of the Coastal Los Angeles Section. She is the recipient of several prestigious grants and honors including a teaching award for being voted as the best teacher by her engineering students. Professor Eshaghian-Wilner is a nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

Computing Architectures and Interconnects: Bio-inspired and Nanoscale Computing, MEMS, Optical Interconnects, VLSI and Reconfigurable chips. Computing Networks and Algorithms: Heterogeneous/Cluster/Grid/Cloud Computing, Mapping and Scheduling paradigms/algorithms/tools. Biomedical Applications: Nanomedicine, Bioinformatics, Sequence Alignment, Image-Processing, Computer Vision Technology Law: Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, Patent Reform, Digital Rights, Cyber Law/Crimes, Internet Privacy

Mehran Ektesabi has completed his PhD (Electrical Engineering) in 1989. He has been winner of many national & international awards with more than 25 years research experience in design & development of control systems.

At present, he is with Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology (FSET), at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. In his field of expertise, he has led many projects and attracted many grants for Swinburne.

He is an active member of IEEE and founder Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Victorian Chapter – Australia. He is executive editor, editor and reviewer of many reputed international Journals & Conferences.

His main areas of expertise and research are Power Electronics, Electric Motor Control Systems, Power Quality Controllers, Energy Saving and Compatibility, Renewable Energy Systems, Intelligent and Autonomous Control, Soft Computing Adaptive Control and System Identification.

Dr Roberto Sabatini is a Professor (Full) of Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Science at RMIT University (Australia). He has 25 years of experience in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) of Air Traffic Management and Avionic Systems. He is uniquely qualified as an Aerospace/Aviation Researcher, Experimental Flight Test Engineer, Pilot and International R&D Program Manager by a combination of formal academic and military education, substantial research and flight practice, and high-pressure technical and operational leadership experience in Europe, in the United States and in Australia. Prof. Sabatini is an expert in the design, integration and certification of sustainable and cost-effective aviation systems, with specific hands-on competence in Navigation, Guidance and Control, CNS+A Sensors/Multi-Sensor Data Fusion and Aviation Human Factors/Ergonomics (human-machine teaming, cognitive engineering and trusted autonomy). Excellent communicator, writer and educator, Prof. Sabatini has a strong international reputation in his field with a significant record of achievements managing funded research programs for the development of innovative Air Traffic Management and Avionic Systems for civil and military applications.

• Author of more than 250 publications, including 5 books, 2 book chapters, 148 articles in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, 14 invited keynote lectures, 27 research seminars and tutorials, and 85 extended research reports.

• Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation with the following motivation: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"In recognition of distinguished and sustained contributions to research in avionics and air traffic management systems for manned and unmanned aerospace vehicles.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"

• Recipient of various national and international awards for achievements in Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Research, including the prestigious SAE Arch T. Colwell Merit Award and the NATO Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) Scientific Achievement Award for his contributions to the aerospace/aviation research and flight test communities.

• Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Life Member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), Member of the American Institute of Navigation (ION), Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Member of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA).

Prof. Sabatini is an expert in the design, integration and certification of sustainable and cost-effective aviation systems, with specific hands-on competence in Navigation, Guidance and Control, CNS+A Sensors/Multi-Sensor Data Fusion and Aviation Human Factors/Ergonomics (human-machine teaming, cognitive engineering and trusted autonomy).

Asim ur Rehman Khan was born in Pakistan. He received the BSc in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan in 1981. He received MS in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota in 1987. He received PhD degree from Polytechnic University, (now New York University), New York, USA in 1993.

From 1993 to 1996, he worked in the Space Agency of Pakistan, SUPARCO, where he worked on the design & development of a small satellite. During 1996, he taught undergraduate courses at Sir Syed University, Karachi, Pakistan. He also taught at Karachi University, and NED University of Engineering & Technology, both in Karachi, Pakistan as visiting faculty. During 1997 to 2001 he was assicaited with a software house, Cressoft, where he was involved in the automation of MCI, USA fiber optic nation-wide link. From 2002 to present he is teaching undergraduate & graduate level courses at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NU-FAST).Dr. Khan is a member of IEEE, and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC).

His principal interests are in the areas of image processing, nework protocols, and network security.

Prof. Rohan Munasinghe is presently the Head of Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He earned the MEng degree in 1999 and the PhD degree in 2003 both in Advanced Systems Control from Saga National University, Japan. From 2003 to 2004 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) engaged in the Stanford University-KAIST research collaboration on developing robot systems based on human skill primitives. He has won research grants from National Science Foundation (Sri Lanka), Department of Wild Life Conservation(DWC-Sri Lanka), Senate Research Committee(SRC-University of Moratuwa), and National Research Council (NRC-Sri Lanka), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and has made many refereed publications. He has been awarded the outstanding researcher award of the University of Moratuwa for many years. He has published one text book titled "Classical Control Systems: Design and Implementation", and three book chapters. He is one of the pioneers of the International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), and chaired the same conference in 2006. His main areas of teaching and research are Robotics, Control Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and Autonomous Intelligent Systems. He has served as Director of the Engineering Research Unit of the Faculty of Engineering, Board of Studies, Faculty Academic Committee, and Senate Research Committee of the University of Moratuwa.

Prof. Munasinghe provides his consultation to a number of government institutions including the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Engineering Research and Development Centre (NERDC), and Sri Lanka Planetarium. Prof. Munasinghe has delivered keynote speeches at SLIIT(Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology) Research Symposium, SAITM (South Asian Institute of Technology and Management) Research Conference, IET Annual Conference, Annual Symposium of Sri Lanka Institute of Artificial Intelligence, and International Conference of ToC H institute in Kerala India.

Prof. Munasinghe is a chatreed engineer, Senior Member of IEEE, member of Robotics and Automation Society of IEEE, and a member of IE(Sri Lanka). He is an amateur astronomer, a wild-life enthusiast, and a nature-photographer. He loves star gazing, and engages in wild-life adventures and bird photography.

Robotics, Mechatronics, Control systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Underwater robotics, Autonomous systems, Intelligent Systems, Adaptive Fuzzy and Neural Systems

Viktor Astakhov received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Tula State Polytechnic University, Tula-Moscow, Russia, in 1983. He was awarded a D.Sc. designation and title of State Professor of Ukraine in 1991. Currently, Astakhov is the tool research and application manager of General Motors Business Unit of PSMI. As a professor, he is involved in supervising of graduate students at Michigan State University. Astakhov has won a number of national and international awards for both his teaching and research. Astakhov has authored books like Geometry of Single-point Turning Tools and Drills, Fundamentals and Practical Applications, Tribology of Metal Cutting, Physics of Strength and Fracture Control and Mechanics of Metal Cutting. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Advances in Machining and Forming Operations, and associate editor, board member, reviewer and advisor for many international journals and professional societies.

theory (including physics, analytical and numerical FEM modeling) of metal cutting and its applications, cutting tool design, assessment and optimization, machinability of materials, new tool materials and coatings, design of experiments, and coolant application practices.

Dr. Subhash Rakheja received a PhD in mechanical engineering from Concordia University. He joined the National Research Council soon after graduation and faculty in Concordia as a Research Assistant Professor. He became Associate Professor in 1989 and Professor in 1994. He is a research chair in Vehicular Ergo-dynamics in Concordia University. He was also honored with the title of the University Research Fellow in 2005. Dr. Rakheja is a fellow of the CSME and of the ASME. He is the editor of the International Journal of Industrial ergonomics and International Journal of Vehicle Performance and associate editor of the SAE Journal of Commercial Vehicles and the International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems. He continues to serve in the Canadian Advisory Council on International Standards. He has won the SAE Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, Alice Hamilton Award from Center for Disease Control (USA) and Liberty Mutual Award.

His research expertise includes advanced transportation systems and highway safety, human responses to workplace vibration and driver-vehicle interactions.

Dr. Craig J. Hoff, professor of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Mechanical Engineering, with expertise in automotive powertrains (conventional, hybrid electric, fuel cell), in-vehicle data acquisition, design for the environment, and thermal and mechanical design. To Hoff, Kettering students are motivated and have the know-how to work in a professional environment. It sets them apart from others, who are lost when they first enter the work place. Hoff enjoys working with students that go above and beyond and truly want to make things happen. "This was the place to be to teach automotive engineering." When returning from the Formula SAE competition in 2002, his team leader mentioned that he rode a horse to his school as a child. At first the group thought he was just kidding, but it turned out that he regularly rode his horse to his one-room school house. The team was quite amazed to hear this about someone so young, but it goes to show that Kettering attracts students from all kinds of places.

Automotive Powertrain Systems – Conventional Vehicles, Automotive Powertrain Systems – Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Alternative Fuels, Development of In-Vehicle Data Acquistition Systems, Automotive Crash Safety, Sustainable Energy Systems, Modeling of Thermal/Mechanical Systems

After receiving PhD in Metallurgical Engineering in 1987, Dr. Sediako career extended over 30 years of R&D in steel, aluminum, and magnesium metallurgy. In his current research at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories he is utilizing unique properties of neutrons, allowing direct stress measurements and phase analysis inside metal parts and components. He collaborates extensively with a number of automotive manufacturers, both OEMs and Tier 1, enabling new alloys development, stress analysis, and technology optimization for the most challenging applications. A specific focus of his research is stress analysis in cylinder block and engine head, as well as in situ studies of solidification and high temperature creep in new aluminum and magnesium alloys’ development. Dr. Sediako is an author of more than 170 articles and a licensed Professional Engineer. In 2014 he was inducted into the Fellowship of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Application of neutron diffraction to direct stress measurements and phase analysis inside metal parts and components; new Al and Mg alloy development and fitness-for-service characterization; stress analysis in cylinder block and engine head, as well as in situ neutron diffraction studies of solidification and high temperature creep in new aluminum and magnesium alloys’ development for automotive powertrain, suspension, and structural components.

Professor dr. LPH (Philip) de Goey studied physics at the RU in Nijmegen and did his PhD in physics in Eindhoven. He then moved to Mechanical Engineering in 1990, where he was assistant professor, associate professor (1996) and full professor (2000) and finally also dean of department (2011). He was visiting professor at RWTH Aachen (1999) and at BIT (since 2011), where he is appointed as leading scientist of China’s 111 program. He is member of many boards and organisations, for instance, he is member of the board of directors of the Combustion Institute (since 2002) and secretary of the executive committee of the board of the Combustion Institute. He is editor of several journals and was co-editor-in-chief of the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. He received several awards, under which the prestigious Simon Stevin Meester Award 2010, the highest award in technical sciences in the Netherlands (500.000 euro).

Combustion science, technology and innovations, laminar and turbulent flames, reacting flows, thermodynamics and heat/mass transfer.

Prof. Kevin Deng has been a distinguished professor and served as Executive Associate Director of Automotive Research Institute of Jilin University since 2010. Prior to that, he had worked for General Motors R&D Center in USA as a researcher since 1996. He was a three-time recipient of the “Charles McCuen” Award, the highest research award in General Motors, and a twice-recipient of the `Boss' Kettering Award, the most prestigious award in GM for technical invention and innovation. He briefly served as an acting director of Hong Kong Automotive Parts & Accessories R&D Center in 2010. Currently he serves as the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems and Associate Editor of International Journal of Vehicle Design, and was the associate editor of IEEE Transaction o Vehicular Technology. He was also the Chair of the Transportation Track of 2010, 2012 and 2014 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conferences respectively, the Chair of Advanced Vehicles and Mobility of 2011 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, and Technical Program Chair of FISITA 2012 on Chassis Systems and Integration Technology, etc.

He holds numerous patents and is the authors/co-authors of some 100 publications in international journals and conferences. He is also a dozen of invited speakers worldwide. His primary research interests are in vehicle dynamics, intelligence and control, virtualization technologies based on modeling and simulation methods, etc.

Kyongsu Yi received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1992. He is a Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea. He currently serves as a member of the editorial boards of the KSME, IJAT and ICROS journals. His research interests are control systems, driver assistant systems, and active safety systems of a ground vehicle.

Control systems, driver assistant systems, and active safety systems of a ground vehicle

Dr. Kadir AYDIN was born in 1962 at Afyonkarahisar in Turkey. He received his B.Sc. degree in 1983 and M.Sc. degree in 1986 from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Cukurova University. He completed his Ph.D. degree in 1993 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Liverpool University. He became Assistant Professor in 1993, Associate Professor in 1995 and Professor in 2001 in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Cukurova University. He is Chairman of Automotive Engineering Department of Cukurova University and also General Manager of Cukurova Technopark. His special research areas are Internal Combustion Engines, Vehicle Technology, Combustion, Hydrogen and Electric Powered Vehicles, Alternative Fuels (Biodiesel, Bioethanol and Biogas). He published more than 150 national and international scientific papers. He is married and has two children.

Internal Combustion Engines, Vehicle Technology, Combustion, Hydrogen and Electric Powered Vehicles, Alternative Fuels (Biodiesel, Bioethanol and Biogas)

Prof. Dr. Hakan KALELİ, Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Division 34349 Beşiktaş, Yıldız, İstanbul-TURKEY.

Mechanical Engineering: Internal Combustion Engines (Gasoline and Diesel Engines), Tribology, Wear, Surface Analysis, Friction, Lubrication, Crankcase Oils, Oil Drain Periods, Oil Analysis, Additive and Protective Additive Layers, Nanolubricants (Graphene Nanoplates, Carbon Nanotubes (single wall, multi wall), Boron Nitride etc..), Fuel Economy, Emissions, Engine Design, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Coatings (Zinc Phosphate, Graphene, Nitrading etc..), NanoTribology.

Dr. Canakci received his B.Sc. degree from Automotive Engineering Technology, Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey, in 1989. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and Iowa State University in 1996 and 2001, respectively. After working as a Research Fellow in Engine Research Center (University of Wisconsin-Madison), he started to work as an Assistant Professor in Kocaeli University-Turkey. Currently, Dr. Canakci has been working as a Professor in Department of Automotive Engineering. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses related to IC engines, combustion and fuels. He has authored several publications in national and international journals, and involved in R&D projects related to alternative fuels and their usage in IC engines. Dr. Canakci’s studies have been cited more than 3800 times in Web of Science (h-index:30). He currently serves as a member of the editorial boards of the following SCI-expanded journals: International Journal of Engine Research and Advances in Mechanical Engineering.

Combustion, performance and emissions of IC engines; Biodiesel production; Alternative fuels; HCCI engines.

Dr. Aboulnaga received his B.Sc. in 1997 and M.Sc. in 2000 in Electrical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, USA in 2004. He has nine years of industrial experience at Philips Electronics North America. where he focused on research and design of Solid State Lighting Systems for automotive, indoor, and outdoor lighting applications. He is the author/coauthor of numerous publications, granted/pending patents, book chapters, technical papers, and industrial reports. Dr. Aboulnaga received the academic excellence award from Mansoura University in 1996, the outstanding academic achievement award from IIT in 2004, and innovation and technology awards from Philips Electronics yearly from 2005-2013. Dr. Aboulnaga recently joined the College of Engineering at King Faisal University, KSA, as an Electrical Engineering assistant professor.

His research interests include power electronics, electric motor drives, Class II power supplies, Automotive EMC solutions, electromagnetic integration, renewable energy resources, power quality, solid state lighting electronics, and protection and safety standards

J.F. Woodward completed a Ph.D. in history (of science) at the University of Denver in 1972 after obtaining bachelors and masters degrees in physics at Middlebury College and New York University in the 1960s. Retired in 2005, he is emeritus professor of history and adjunct professor of physics at California State University Fullerton where he continues to do experimental work on advanced propulsion and the enigmatic sciences (gravity manipulation). Noting that inertia in general relativity is a gravitational phenomenon where local objects are seemingly instantaneously coupled to distant matter in the universe, he has elaborated a way that transient phenomena can be used to perform said manipulation. This, and other material related to this talk, can be found in his recent book: Making Starships and Stargates: the Science of Interstellar Propulsion and Absurdly Benign Wormholes published by Springer Verlag in 2013. His work is supported by the exotic propulsion initiative of the Space Studies Institute.

advanced propulsion and enigmatic sciences

Ephraim Suhir is Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (ret), Bell Laboratories, Basic Research, Physical Sciences and Engineering Research Division, Murray Hill, NJ. He is currently on the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Dept. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. He is also Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Guest Professor, Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, China. He is Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).

Dynamic Response of Materials and Structures to Shocks and Vibrations, Automotive and Aerospace Electronics and Vehicular (Aerospace, Maritime, etc.) Missions Success and Safety

Richard W. Longman is professor of mechanical and civil engineering, Columbia University, and was Distinguished Romberg Guest Professor, University of Heidelberg, Germany. He received a 50,000 Euro Award for lifetime achievement in research from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Dirk Brouwer Award from the American Astronautical Society (AAS) for contributions to spaceflight mechanics. He is Fellow of AAS and AIAA. He served the AAS as Vice President - Publications, VP Technical, First Vice President, and Member Board of Directors. His doctorate is from the University of California, San Diego, under Prof. R. E. Roberson who did the first study of satellite attitude control in 1951, 6 years before the first satellite. Professor Longman has coauthored approximately 450 publications.

Space Robotics: Dynamics and Control,Satellite Attitude Dynamics. - See more at: http://mechanical-aerospace.conferenceseries.com/2015/organizing-committee.php#sthash.22SMEUBz.dpuf

Shaaban Abdallah, a professor of Aerospace Engineering, has been at the university of Cincinnati since 1989. He obtained his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at the university of Cincinnati in 1980. Dr. Abdallah joined Penn State University from 1981 to 1988. His research interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics, nano fluids, Turbo-machines, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Medical devices. Abdallah has two US patents on centrifugal compressors and three disclosures with university of Cincinnati on medical devices.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Nano fluids and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Michael Keidar is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington University. He is Director of The George Washington Institute for Nanotechnology a consortium of laboratories which includes the MpNL.Michael is a Senior Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and a founding member of the International Society of Plasma Medicine (ISPM), and a member of AIAA Electric Propulsion Technical Committee (EP).

Aerospace engineering; Biomedical engineering; Fluid mechanics, thermal science and energy; Mechanical engineering; Nanotechnologies; Propulsion

Shawn Boike has consulted & lead teams for professionally worked in, managed, lead teams & consulted for the Technological leaders of fortune 50; PPG Aerospace, Honeywell, HCL Aerospace, Boeing, AAR, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, GM, FORD, NASA and McDonnell Douglas, the USAF’s IMIP. With over 29 industrious years experience engineering in Aerospace & Product Development, (17+ Aircraft) on the B2 Bomber, USAF One, F20, F18, C17, MD11, T45, MD90, MRUAV, 777. 787, 747-8, Apache helicopter, 3 Rocket ships; ALS, Atlas II, Atlas IIAS, Manager on EV's; GM-EV1, Samsungs EV4, India’s Mina REVA and many other high tech programs.He is Founder of American Industrial Consultants & Solution Vehicles Co., Author and gained a BSME from MSU and a MBA from San SDSU.

Aerospace Engineering and Product Development

Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering and the director of Aerospace Research and Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1994 to 2001, he was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University in Kansas. From 1978 to 1994, he worked in various scientific and managerial positions at McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis. He became the Program Director and McDonnell Douglas Fellow in 1990. Dr. Agarwal received Ph.D in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. He is the author and coauthor of over 400 publications and serves on the editorial board of 20+ journals. He has given many plenary, keynote and invited lectures at various national and international conferences worldwide. Professor Agarwal continues to serve on many academic, government, and industrial advisory committees. Dr. Agarwal is a Fellow of sixteen societies including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Royal Aeronautical Society and American society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has received many prestigious honors and national/international awards from various professional societies and organizations for his research contributions.

Computational Fluid Dynamic,Flow Control,Computational Electromagnetics.

Elzbieta Jarzebowska is currently a professor at the Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics at the Power and Aeronautical Engineering Department, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland. She received the B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and D.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering, control and mechanics of constrained systems, from the Warsaw University of Technology. Her fields of research expertise and teaching include dynamics modeling and analysis of multibody systems, nonlinear control of multibody systems including nonholonomic, under actuated, UAV, and mobile robotic systems, and geometric control theory. Prof. Jarzębowska was involved in research projects for Automotive Research Centre and Engineering Research Centre for Reconfigurable Machining Systems at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Also, she gained valuable experience when worked for Ford Motor Company Research Laboratories, Dearborn, MI. She is the author and coauthor of five handbooks and a monograph in mechanics and control, and more than 100 publications. She is a member of ASME, IEEE, GAMM, IFToMM Technical Committee of Mechatronics, and International Society for Advanced Research – Italy based society and a scientific publisher.

Dynamics of multibody systems, Nonlinear control Theory of nonholonomic systems and Mechatronics. -

Khalil Khanafer has completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University. He has several years of experience in modeling thermal and biomedical applications. He is the head of Mechanical Engineering Department at Australian College of Kuwait. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journals and has been serving as an Associate Editors for Journal of Porous media and Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal, and in the editorial board of Annals of Vascular Surgery

Computational Fluid Dynamics, modeling thermal and biomedical applications

Yehia Abdel-Aziz is Full Professor of Space Flight Dynamics and Control at Solar and Space Research Department, NRIAG, Egypt. He was the Secretary General of the National Egyptian Committee of Space Research for COSPAR since February 2005 up to 2014. He is the founder of the Spacecraft Charging Laboratory at NRIAG, Egypt. He is leading two different teams working in orbital and attitude control, and Spacecraft charging. He received the B. Sc. Degree in Applied Mathematics (1991) and MSc. in Attitude Dynamics of spacecraft (1998) from Mansoura University, Egypt. In December 2002 he received his PhD in orbital Mechanics from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Laboratory of Spacecraft Environment Interaction Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT), Japan, UNESP, Brazil and CETP, Paris- France. He published more than 33 papers in reputable journals. His area of interest: Attitude dynamics and control of spacecraft, orbital mechanics, Formation Flying satellite, space Debris and spacecraft charging. He is the PI for three projects and member of other four projects.

Attitude dynamics and control of spacecraft, orbital mechanics, Formation Flying satellite, space Debris and spacecraft charging.

Viktor Astakhov received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Tula State Polytechnic University, Tula-Moscow, Russia, in 1983. He was awarded a D.Sc. designation and title of State Professor of Ukraine in 1991. Currently, Astakhov is the tool research and application manager of General Motors Business Unit of PSMI. As a professor, he is involved in supervising of graduate students at Michigan State University. Astakhov has won a number of national and international awards for both his teaching and research. Astakhov has authored books like Geometry of Single-point Turning Tools and Drills, Fundamentals and Practical Applications, Tribology of Metal Cutting, Physics of Strength and Fracture Control and Mechanics of Metal Cutting. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Advances in Machining and Forming Operations, and associate editor, board member, reviewer and advisor for many international journals and professional societies.

theory (including physics, analytical and numerical FEM modeling) of metal cutting and its applications, cutting tool design, assessment and optimization, machinability of materials, new tool materials and coatings, design of experiments, and coolant application practices.

Dr. Rakan Chabaan is a Research and Controls Specialist at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles since October 2011. Previously, he was the chairman of the Electrical Department in the College of Engineering and Associate Professor at PMU. Dr. Chabaan received his Ph.D. in robust control system from Wayne State University in December 2000. Dr. Chabaan worked at Ford Motor Company Michigan, USA for 14 years, where his last position was a Technical Specialist of Research and Development of Electrical Steering Systems. Dr. Chabaan received 14 patents in Electric Steering and Vehicle Simulator controls. Dr. Chabaan has published more than 50 peer reviewed papers both journal & conferences and received over Five achievement and technology awards. Dr. Chabaan worked as Chairman and Associate Dean of Electrical and Computer Department at university of Kalamoon. Prior of joining PMU, Dr. Chabaan was an Associate Professor at Lawrence Technological University. Dr. Chabaan is a member of several organizations and associations such as IEEE Control System Society, Communications, Robotics, and Society of Automotive Engineering.

Dr. Chabaan main research interest is System Identifications, Dynamic Modelling, and Powertrain Controls.

Dr. Subhash Rakheja received a PhD in mechanical engineering from Concordia University. He joined the National Research Council soon after graduation and faculty in Concordia as a Research Assistant Professor. He became Associate Professor in 1989 and Professor in 1994. He is a research chair in Vehicular Ergo-dynamics in Concordia University. He was also honored with the title of the University Research Fellow in 2005. Dr. Rakheja is a fellow of the CSME and of the ASME. He is the editor of the International Journal of Industrial ergonomics and International Journal of Vehicle Performance and associate editor of the SAE Journal of Commercial Vehicles and the International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems. He continues to serve in the Canadian Advisory Council on International Standards. He has won the SAE Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, Alice Hamilton Award from Center for Disease Control (USA) and Liberty Mutual Award.

His research expertise includes advanced transportation systems and highway safety, human responses to workplace vibration and driver-vehicle interactions.

Gordana has held senior R&D and management roles in UK companies, including the position of Technical Manager for European Operations of a stock exchange-listed Singaporean company until 1999, when she moved to academia. She worked at Kingston University London as Associate Professor, contributing to a range of industry related developments in the field of Embedded Systems implementation, as a member of the University Industrial Control Research Group and academic developments in the role of Course Director for MSc Mechatronic Systems and MSc Automotive Engineering. Her enthusiasm and commitment to providing an exceptional student experience resulted in starting up a range of extra-curricular activities, including the Kingston’s Formula Student e-racing team. Gordana’s national profile includes serving on the IET Degrees Accreditation Panel. In 2014 she moved to the Mechanical and Mathematics department at Oxford Brookes to take on the role of the Programme Lead for Postgraduate Taught provision in Mechanical Engineering, including world-class Master programme in Motorsport Engineering. She is also leading the Advisory Team for the highly accomplished Oxford Brookes Racing, collaborating with Automotive and Motorsport companies and the F1 teams in the UK and Europe.

As well as close collaboration with industry, relating to Gordana’s research interests in embedded systems and electric cars, she is passionate about applied learning in higher education, carrying out studies into innovative teaching methods in science and engineering and the promotion of STEM: 1. Electric vehicles 2. Embedded systems 3. Educating engineers 4. Women in engineering

Hussein Mouftah joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Ottawa in 2002 as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair Professor, where he became a University Distinguished Professor in 2006. He has been with the ECE Dept. at Queen's University (1979-2002), where he was prior to his departure a Full Professor and the Department Associate Head. He has six years of industrial experience mainly at Bell Northern Research of Ottawa (Nortel Networks). He is the author or coauthor of 10 books, 65 book chapters and more than 1400 technical papers, 14 patents and 143 industrial reports. He is the joint holder of 20 Best/Outstanding Paper Awards. He has received numerous prestigious awards. Dr. Mouftah is a Fellow of the IEEE (1990), the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2003), the Engineering Institute of Canada (2005) and the Royal Society of Canada RSC Academy of Science (2008).

Computer Networks, Optical Networking, Wireless Communication Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks

Dr. Kadir AYDIN was born in 1962 at Afyonkarahisar in Turkey. He received his B.Sc. degree in 1983 and M.Sc. degree in 1986 from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Cukurova University. He completed his Ph.D. degree in 1993 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Liverpool University. He became Assistant Professor in 1993, Associate Professor in 1995 and Professor in 2001 in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Cukurova University. He is Chairman of Automotive Engineering Department of Cukurova University and also General Manager of Cukurova Technopark. His special research areas are Internal Combustion Engines, Vehicle Technology, Combustion, Hydrogen and Electric Powered Vehicles, Alternative Fuels (Biodiesel, Bioethanol and Biogas). He published more than 150 national and international scientific papers. He is married and has two children.

Internal Combustion Engines, Vehicle Technology, Combustion, Hydrogen and Electric Powered Vehicles, Alternative Fuels (Biodiesel, Bioethanol and Biogas)

Dr. Raghu Echempati, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is a native of India. He received his Bachelors (1970), Masters (1972) and Ph.D. (1978) all in Mechanical Engineering. His research areas included Kinematics, Dynamics and Vibrations of Machinery, Mechanical Engineering Design, Computer Aided Engineering (Solid Modeling, Assembly and Finite Element Analysis), and Metal Forming Simulation. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Manufacturing Engineer. In 1979, Dr. Echempati came to U.S.A. and worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate on kineto-elastodynamic analysis and synthesis of lower and higher-pair planar mechanisms, a NSF funded research project at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Subsequently, he taught at I.I.T. (Delhi), The Ohio State University, Washington State University, Michigan Technological University, University of Mississippi, before joining GMI/Kettering University in 1997.

Statics, Solid Mechanics, Dynamics, Machine Design, Computer Aided Engineering, Vibrations, Design of Mechanical Assemblies, Kinematics, Selection and Design of Machine Tools, Concurrent Engineering, and Finite Element Analysis.

Yannick Perez was born in 1971 and took his Master's degree and PhD in economics at University La Sorbonne in France. He became assistant professor at University de Cergy (2000-2003) and tenured associate professor of Economics at University Paris-Sud (since 2003). At University, he is the academic coordinator of the European Master Erasmus Mundus in Economics and Management of Network Industries. Since October 2008 he is chief economic advisor of the Loyola de Palacio Chair on European Energy Policy. Since 2009, Yannick Perez is member of the scientific committee of the European Energy Market conference: Leuven (2009) Comillas (2010) Zagreb (2011), Stockholm (2013), Krakow (2014) and Lisbon (2015). Since February 2012, he joined the Armand Peugeot research chair on Electromobility as associated researcher. Over the last 15 years Yannick Perez has published more than 40 articles and book chapter in Energy related topics including contribution in Ecological Economics, Energy Policy, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review.

Ecological Economics, Energy Policy, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review.

Prof. Kevin Deng has been a distinguished professor and served as Executive Associate Director of Automotive Research Institute of Jilin University since 2010. Prior to that, he had worked for General Motors R&D Center in USA as a researcher since 1996. He was a three-time recipient of the “Charles McCuen” Award, the highest research award in General Motors, and a twice-recipient of the `Boss' Kettering Award, the most prestigious award in GM for technical invention and innovation. He briefly served as an acting director of Hong Kong Automotive Parts & Accessories R&D Center in 2010. Currently he serves as the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems and Associate Editor of International Journal of Vehicle Design, and was the associate editor of IEEE Transaction o Vehicular Technology. He was also the Chair of the Transportation Track of 2010, 2012 and 2014 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conferences respectively, the Chair of Advanced Vehicles and Mobility of 2011 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, and Technical Program Chair of FISITA 2012 on Chassis Systems and Integration Technology, etc.

He holds numerous patents and is the authors/co-authors of some 100 publications in international journals and conferences. He is also a dozen of invited speakers worldwide. His primary research interests are in vehicle dynamics, intelligence and control, virtualization technologies based on modeling and simulation methods, etc.

Professor Mike Blundell is internationally known for his work on vehicle dynamics and crash simulation. He has been at Coventry University since 1991 and has over 30 years of experience in academia and industry. Prior to joining the University he held a number of posts with companies and institutions such as Boeing. His activities continue to be diverse but he is most well known for his work in the automotive design areas that encompass vehicle dynamics, tyre modelling, vehicle structures and crash and pedestrian impact. He has also worked nationally with the Niche Vehicle industry and on major European projects investigating helicopter crash protection. He is the co-author of the vehicle dynamics text book “The Multibody Dynamics Approach to Vehicle Dynamics” and has more than 130 academic publications. He is currently Associate Dean for Enterprise with the remit to drive the external business and research activities for the Faculty.

automotive design areas that encompass vehicle dynamics, tyre modelling, vehicle structures and crash and pedestrian impact

Prof Dr Abd Rashid Abd Aziz has been with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS for the last 18 years and has held various management positions such as the Head of Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of Green Technology. He is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for research activities of the university and heads the Center for Automotive Research and Electric Mobility. His research looks into the application of alternative fuels in the internal combustion engines, performance of direct-injection gas engines as well as the application of electric powertrains in combination with conventional powertrains. He has led several major industry and government projects in engine-related technology developments and has published more than 100 technical papers in journals and conferences. He holds several granted patents. Prof Rashid is a Chartered Engineer (UK) and is a Fellow of the IMechE (UK).

application of alternative fuels in the internal combustion engines, performance of direct-injection gas engines as well as the application of electric powertrains in combination with conventional powertrains

Dr. Canakci received his B.Sc. degree from Automotive Engineering Technology, Gazi University, Ankara-Turkey, in 1989. He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and Iowa State University in 1996 and 2001, respectively. He won Research Excellence Award from Iowa State University in 2001. After working as a Research Fellow in Engine Research Center (University of Wisconsin-Madison), he started to work as an Assistant Professor in Kocaeli University-Turkey. Currently, Dr. Canakci has been working as a Professor in Department of Automotive Engineering. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses related to IC engines, combustion and fuels. He has authored several publications in national and international journals, and involved in R&D projects related to alternative fuels and their usage in IC engines. He currently serves as a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Engine Research.

Combustion, performance and emissions of IC engines; Biodiesel production; Alternative fuels; HCCI engines

Dr. Aboulnaga received his B.Sc. in 1997 and M.Sc. in 2000 in Electrical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, USA in 2004. He has nine years of industrial experience at Philips Electronics North America. where he focused on research and design of Solid State Lighting Systems for automotive, indoor, and outdoor lighting applications. He is the author/coauthor of numerous publications, granted/pending patents, book chapters, technical papers, and industrial reports. Dr. Aboulnaga received the academic excellence award from Mansoura University in 1996, the outstanding academic achievement award from IIT in 2004, and innovation and technology awards from Philips Electronics yearly from 2005-2013. Dr. Aboulnaga recently joined the College of Engineering at King Faisal University, KSA, as an Electrical Engineering assistant professor.

His research interests include power electronics, electric motor drives, Class II power supplies, Automotive EMC solutions, electromagnetic integration, renewable energy resources, power quality, solid state lighting electronics, and protection and safety standards

Dr. Alam received his bachelors in electrical engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2003, his Masters in electrical and computer engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. USA in 2005 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee Tech University,TN, USA in 2009. Since 2004, he is involved in the research and development of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and Systems Engineering with automotive Industry and currently employed by Ford Motor Company.His research interests include smart grid, micro grids, energy harvesting from alternative energy sources, distributed generation systems, advanced energy storage systems, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles.

smart grid, micro grids, energy harvesting from alternative energy sources, distributed generation systems, advanced energy storage systems, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles

Kyongsu Yi received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1992. He is a Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea. He currently serves as a member of the editorial boards of the KSME, IJAT and ICROS journals. His research interests are control systems, driver assistant systems, and active safety systems of a ground vehicle.

Control systems, driver assistant systems, and active safety systems of a ground vehicle

David C Hyland earned the SB, MS and PhD degrees at MIT in 1969, 1971 and 1973, respectively. Through 1983, he was staff member of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Beginning from 1983, he led an advanced technology group at Harris Corporation and became Senior Scientist. He joined the University of Michigan in 1996 as Professor and Chairman of Aerospace Engineering. In 2003 he joined Texas A&M University as Associate Vice Chancellor, Associate Dean of Research, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and Physics. Most recently, he gained the position of Director of Space Science and Engineering Research.

Adaptive control for aerospace vehicle applications, Space Engineering Research and Space Science

Sudhakar Akul Yakkanti is the Associate Director/Senior Scientist at Center for Cancer & Metabolism, Cell Signaling Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International, Menlo Park, California. In addition he is the President of OMICS Organization 2012 on words. Earlier he was founder Director of Cell Signaling, Retinal and Tumor Angiogenesis Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA (2004-2012). He did his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (2003). He received President’s fellowship (1992), GATE (1996) and CSIR (1997-2000) fellowships from Government of India. He received Mahindra & Mahindra Educational Award (2000) and Young Clinical Scientist Awards from Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) in 2007 and 2010. He also received Bio-Bio Young Scientist Award from OMICS publishing group; Michael A. O’Connor Young Investigator Award; RO1 grant Award from NIH/NCI and Research Scholar Grant Award from ACS (2010). He is serving as AIBS/NIH-RO1 Grant reviewer for DT study section. He has published more than 40 research articles in several top journals including Science, Cancer Cell, JCI, Blood, PNAS, Gastroenterology, Cancer Research, JBC, IOVS, PLOS One etc. He is serving as an Editor-in- Chief, Executive Editor, Editor and Editorial board member of reputed journals and is serving as a reviewer for about 26 scientific journals including JCI, Blood, Circulation, Circulation Research, Cancer research, Clinical Cancer research etc. He was honored by giving a position as Honorable guest, Keynote Speaker, Session Chair, Co-chair and organizing committee member for several national and international conferences.

Extracellular matrix and Integrin Signaling, Biology and significance of type IV collagen derived angioinhibitors, Endogenous angioinhibitors role in Cancer and tumor microenvironment, Hypoxic tumorangiogenesis, Mechanism of endothelial apoptosis, Bioequivalence & Bioavailability of endogenous circulating angioinhibitors.

Richard W. Longman is professor of mechanical and civil engineering, Columbia University, and was Distinguished Romberg Guest Professor, University of Heidelberg, Germany. He received a 50,000 Euro Award for lifetime achievement in research from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Dirk Brouwer Award from the American Astronautical Society (AAS) for contributions to spaceflight mechanics. He is Fellow of AAS and AIAA. He served the AAS as Vice President - Publications, VP Technical, First Vice President, and Member Board of Directors. His doctorate is from the University of California, San Diego, under Prof. R. E. Roberson who did the first study of satellite attitude control in 1951, 6 years before the first satellite. Professor Longman has coauthored approximately 450 publications.

Space Robotics: Dynamics and Control,Satellite Attitude Dynamics.

Shaaban Abdallah, a professor of Aerospace Engineering, has been at the university of Cincinnati since 1989. He obtained his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at the university of Cincinnati in 1980. Dr. Abdallah joined Penn State University from 1981 to 1988. His research interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics, nano fluids, Turbo-machines, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Medical devices. Abdallah has two US patents on centrifugal compressors and three disclosures with university of Cincinnati on medical devices.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Nano fluids and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Ramesh K. Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering and the director of Aerospace Research and Education Center at Washington University in St. Louis. From 1994 to 2001, he was the Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University in Kansas. From 1978 to 1994, he worked in various scientific and managerial positions at McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis. He became the Program Director and McDonnell Douglas Fellow in 1990. Dr. Agarwal received Ph.D in Aeronautical Sciences from Stanford University in 1975, M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1968. He is the author and coauthor of over 400 publications and serves on the editorial board of 20+ journals. He has given many plenary, keynote and invited lectures at various national and international conferences worldwide. Professor Agarwal continues to serve on many academic, government, and industrial advisory committees. Dr. Agarwal is a Fellow of sixteen societies including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Royal Aeronautical Society and American society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has received many prestigious honors and national/international awards from various professional societies and organizations for his research contributions.

Computational Fluid Dynamic,Flow Control,Computational Electromagnetics.

Shawn Boike has consulted & lead teams for professionally worked in, managed, lead teams & consulted for the Technological leaders of fortune 50; PPG Aerospace, Honeywell, HCL Aerospace, Boeing, AAR, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, GM, FORD, NASA and McDonnell Douglas, the USAF’s IMIP. With over 29 industrious years experience engineering in Aerospace & Product Development, (17+ Aircraft) on the B2 Bomber, USAF One, F20, F18, C17, MD11, T45, MD90, MRUAV, 777. 787, 747-8, Apache helicopter, 3 Rocket ships; ALS, Atlas II, Atlas IIAS, Manager on EV's; GM-EV1, Samsungs EV4, India’s Mina REVA and many other high tech programs.He is Founder of American Industrial Consultants & Solution Vehicles Co., Author and gained a BSME from MSU and a MBA from San SDSU.

Aerospace Engineering and Product Development

Resat Keles is an adjunct Professor at the Fordham University. He is an expert in the area of the active control of turbulence and conducted research in the area at Yale University. He has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals, national and international conferences, and invited guest speaker at international conferences. He is listed mathematics and engineering educator by Marguis Who’s Who. He currently teaches physics at Fordham University in the New York.

Nano-bio materials, Fluid mechanics and Computational fluid dynamics.

Elzbieta Jarzebowska is currently a professor at the Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics at the Power and Aeronautical Engineering Department, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland. She received the B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and D.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering, control and mechanics of constrained systems, from the Warsaw University of Technology. Her fields of research expertise and teaching include dynamics modeling and analysis of multibody systems, nonlinear control of multibody systems including nonholonomic, under actuated, UAV, and mobile robotic systems, and geometric control theory. Prof. Jarzębowska was involved in research projects for Automotive Research Centre and Engineering Research Centre for Reconfigurable Machining Systems at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Also, she gained valuable experience when worked for Ford Motor Company Research Laboratories, Dearborn, MI. She is the author and coauthor of five handbooks and a monograph in mechanics and control, and more than 100 publications. She is a member of ASME, IEEE, GAMM, IFToMM Technical Committee of Mechatronics, and International Society for Advanced Research – Italy based society and a scientific publisher.

Dynamics of multibody systems, Nonlinear control Theory of nonholonomic systems and Mechatronics.