Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability: Proceedings of Icimes 2022

Dr. A. N. R. Reddy is a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, currently working as a professor and HOD of Mechanical Engineering at MRCET Campus. He is a life member of professional associations ORSI, ISTAM, IndACM, ISTE, EWB, SAE India, and ISSMO. He has received many academic excellence and research innovation awards like the Malaysian Government International Student Award "Malaysian International Scholarship". His research interests include Mathematical Modelling, DOE & TRIZ, Bioenergy, Pyrolysis of Biomass, Synthesis of Nanomaterials, Engine Performance Analytics, Applied & Fluid mechanics, Spectrophotometry. Dr. Reddy, as a principle investigator, has successfully completed AICTE, Government of India-sponsored research project "Multi-Objective Optimization of Production Process Parameters using Evolutionary Algorithms" and actively guiding Ph.D., PG, and UG research projects. Dr. A.N.R. is the organizing chair and the editor for Springer book series SIST "Proceedings of Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability".

Dr. Deepak Marla is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). He has obtained Ph.D. from IIT Bombay and had done his post-doctoral work from the Technical University of Denmark and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His work is in the domain of micro/nano-manufacturing using advanced techniques that involve lasers, electric discharges, electrochemical reactions, plasmas, and micro-tools. His research focuses on gaining a fundamental insight into these processes through a synergetic use of multi-physics modeling and simulation and experiments with an eye on addressing critical challenges at the process level. Dr. Deepak has also bagged couple of prestigious R&D reputable honors and works such as Early-Career Research Award from DST - SERB for laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) for microscale printing of metals and also a research project on Laser-Assisted Machining of Titanium Alloys from ISRO.

Dr. V Vasudeva Rao received his doctorate from the prestigious IISC, Bangalore. He is presently holding the position of the professor and the chairperson of the School Research Committee in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of South Africa. He has expertise in Contact Heat Transfer, Nano-Thermofluids, Heat Exchangers, Jet Impingement Cooling, Thermal Management, Energy Systems, and Thermo-Physical properties. He has the prestigious rating with NRF: C2 for six years (2017-2022). Dr. VV Rao has also been an active life member for many technical societies for knowledge empowerment. He has also guided many students for their doctoral and master thesis. He actively publishes technical work on a regular basis which has made him reach with Google Scholar citations of 358 with h-index 10.

Dr. A. N. R. Reddy是機械與製造工程的博士，目前擔任MRCET校區機械工程系的教授及系主任。他是多個專業協會的終身會員，包括ORSI、ISTAM、IndACM、ISTE、EWB、SAE India和ISSMO。他獲得了許多學術卓越和研究創新獎項，如馬來西亞政府國際學生獎「馬來西亞國際獎學金」。他的研究興趣包括數學建模、DOE與TRIZ、生物能源、生物質熱解、納米材料合成、引擎性能分析、應用流體力學和光譜光度法。作為主要研究者，Dr. Reddy成功完成了由AICTE和印度政府資助的研究項目「使用進化算法的生產過程參數多目標優化」，並積極指導博士、碩士及本科研究項目。Dr. A.N.R.是Springer書系列SIST「智能製造與能源可持續性會議論文集」的組織主席和編輯。

Dr. Deepak Marla目前擔任印度理工學院孟買分校（IIT Bombay）機械工程系的助理教授。他在IIT Bombay獲得博士學位，並在丹麥技術大學和伊利諾伊大學香檳分校完成了博士後研究。他的研究領域是使用先進技術進行微/納米製造，這些技術涉及激光、電放電、電化學反應、等離子體和微型工具。他的研究重點是通過多物理建模和模擬的協同使用以及實驗，深入了解這些過程，並著眼於解決過程層面的關鍵挑戰。Dr. Deepak還獲得了幾項著名的研發榮譽，如來自DST - SERB的早期職業研究獎，該獎項是針對激光誘導前向轉移（LIFT）在金屬微型印刷中的應用，以及來自ISRO的激光輔助鈦合金加工研究項目。

Dr. V Vasudeva Rao在享有盛譽的印度科學研究院（IISC）班加羅爾獲得博士學位。他目前擔任南非大學機械工程系的教授及學校研究委員會主席。他在接觸熱傳遞、納米熱流體、熱交換器、射流冷卻、熱管理、能源系統和熱物理性質方面具有專業知識。他在NRF的評級為C2，持續六年（2017-2022）。Dr. VV Rao還是多個技術社會的活躍終身會員，致力於知識的提升。他指導了許多學生的博士和碩士論文，並定期發表技術作品，使他的Google Scholar引用次數達到358，h指數為10。