Dr. KRS Murthy has been featured in paper media, electronic media like the radio and TV, starting from his tender preteen and teen years, He has shared the stage with many Who's Who of the world to include few Nobel Laureates (Late Sir CV Raman, John Bardeen = inventor of the transistor, Arno Penzias = Cosmic Microwave Background - CMB and the Big Bang), few Jnana Peetha Awardees, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Late Vikram Sarabhai, other few Chairman of ISRO, series of CEOs of TCS, Wipro CEO and Founder Azim Premji, Sam Petroda, Three Star Generals in the USA, President of Stanford University Dr. John Hennessey, Steve Wozniak (Apple), Dan Madden, Founding CEO of Applied Materials, Gardon Moore, Founder of Intel, Fathers, and Pioneers of many technologies, Provincial Chiefs of China, President of the reputed KAIST in South Korea, Lt. Governor of California, Mr. Pat Graham, Founder of Bain Capital and who was a boss to Mitt Romney, John Donahue (EBay), Meg Whitman (HP) and a few big company executives in Japan. He has developed national (for PM Modi) and corporate strategies in 26 verticals He was rated as the best professor in a 360-degree rating at the university level, when four other departments requested him to be an adjunct professor, including the management, computer science, aerospace, and music departments, which is a university historical record and also a world record.. He is a Founder, Adviser to Chancellors, Provosts, Deans, and Professors of a few universities, the latest being UC Merced. IEEE Nano Conferences Founding Executive Board member of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, and Executive Committee of the Silicon Valley area, organized 250 monthly talks, 25 annual conferences in various themes in nano and micro technologies, featuring many Who;s Who in nano and micro technologies. Contributions to Nano-Micro and Meta Materials Nano, Micro, Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Meta Materials, MEMS, NEMS, Quantum Computing, Quantum Communications, Quantum Cryptography, Carbon Nano Tubes, Carbon Micro Fibers, Nano-Structures, Optical Finers, Optical Communications, Micro and Nano based Designer Materials and Structures, Nano and Micro based Cooling Applications for Micro Processors, 2D, and 3D Semiconductor Cooling, Solar Cells and Solar Panels Cooling and Thermal Management, Thin Film, Poly, and Crystalline PV Cooling at Cell, Panel, and Solar Farm Level Cooling, Concentrated PV (CPV) Device with World's Highest Solar Concentration of 2000, Cell, Package, Panel,, and Farm-level Cooling, Solar Thermal, Concentrated Solar Thermal Device, the panel, and Farm Level Cooling, NanoTechnology based Body Fluids Metrology of Urine, Saliva, and Sweat Metrology to Parts Per Trillion Level Accuracy and Precision, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Technology-Based Metrology Futuristic Science, Technology, Manufacturing, in-Situ Metrology, and Quality Control in various Nano, Micro, and MEMS Technology, He was an executive in aerospace, NASA, military equipment, AT&T, Bell Labs, and Business Unit Chief in GE, directly reporting to Jack Welch, BOD of companies in computing, memories, nano, micro, composites, and solar. wind power, algae, waste to energy, fuel cells, multi-cloud, AI and ML, blockchain, pharma drug discovery. agriculture, forestry, venture capital, M&A, and large private equity, A child prodigy with numerous lifetime accomplishments encompassing technology, entertainment, business, entrepreneurship, public speaker, and visionary leadership. An internationally reputed Serial Entrepreneur and Serial C-Level Executive, his achievements include aiding the growth of a few American Companies to record revenues and corporate valuation. One of the companies he was President of was listed as the Fastest Growing and 2nd Largest African American Company by Black Enterprise Magazine with $500M revenue and over $3.5B Valuation. Awards winner since preteen and teen years, Dr. KRS Murthy has excelled with a track record of excellence in R&D ($100M R&D funding per year for decades), the fastest-growing company in the USA ($60M to $500M in one year), and National Holistic Strategies in 10 verticals in the USA and for PM Modi in India, Overall he has chaired & organized 500 global level conferences in quantum computing, AI, ML, science, technology, engineering, material sciences, nanotechnology, management, manufacturing, renewable energy, university education, music, art, literature, cosmology, pharmaceutical drug discovery & healthcare. The total number of attendees, accumulated over the decades, exceeds 500,000 = half a million and 25000 speakers and panelists.

Brian Cantor is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford and a Research Professor in the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology at Brunel University. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of York and of Bradford University, Head of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Oxford, a research scientist and engineer at General Electric Research Labs in the USA, and worked briefly at Banaras Hindu University, Washington State, Northeastern, IISc Bangalore and the Kobe Institute. He founded and built up the World Technology Universities Network, the UK National Science Learning Centre, the Hull-York Medical School, and Oxford’s Begbroke Science Park. He was a long-standing consultant for Alcan, NASA and Rolls-Royce, and editor of Progress in Materials Science. He invented the new field of multicomponent high-entropy alloys and discovered the so-called Cantor alloys

Alessandro Ruggiero, PhD from 1999 to 2005 was Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Salerno, where he has been an Associate Professor with the Department of Industrial Engineering since 2005 till today. In 2017 he received the National qualification to Full Professor in Applied Mechanics. He authored more than 220 scientific papers on prestigious indexed international journals and national and international proceedings. He is included in the “Stanford lists of the best influencer Researcher of the years 2019 e 2020 on the world” (DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.2, DOI: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3). He serves as Editor, member of the Editorial Board and reviewer for many WoS/SCOPUS indexed International Scientific Journals and as evaluator of national and international research projects. He cooperates with numerous international Universities and prestigious Research Centers. Actually, he is member of the IFToMM Technical Committee for Tribology and National Coordinator of Italian AIMETA Tribology Group. His current research interests are focused on (bio) tribology, biomechanics, in-silico wear calculation of artificial human synovial joints, but they include also dynamics of mechanical systems, noise and vibration measurements, mechanical measurement and diagnostic on mechanical systems.

Dr. Mahmoud Rabie is an assistant professor, researcher, and entrepreneur in the fields of materials science & engineering and innovation management. He obtained his PhD in advanced chemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid in collaboration with the University of Cologne and Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids. He holds also a Master's Degree in Materials Science from three universities, the Technical University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the University of Rennes 1. His research is currently focused on functional materials with industrial applications or market commercialization potential, e.g. magnetocaloric, ultrahard, and high-entropy alloys. He is a lecturer at a private university in Egypt, a visiting researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid, a team leader at Egypt Scholars Inc, and the Founder and CEO of InnoBel for innovation consulting services in the MENA region.

Dr Mekap, received an integrated Master’s degree in Polymer Science & Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 2011. As part of his Bachelors and Masters, he worked extensively on the processing and characterizing natural fiber reinforced polymer composites aimed towards enhancement in their mechanical properties.He completed his Doctorate in Engineering from the Fraunhofer LBF and Ernst-Bert-Institute for Technical and Macro-molecular Chemistry, Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany. His area of research is in the field of characterization of polyolefins, specializing in various separation techniques like SEC/GPC, TREF, CRYSTAF, CEF, HT-HPLC (SGIC and TGIC), LCCC and 2D HT-LC. He has been employed by The Dow Chemical Company at their facilities in the Netherlands and United States since 2015. During this time, he has been engaged in research and development activities in the field of polyolefin characterisation as an expert in the areas of separation science, and supported the investigation of structure-property-performance relationship development in polyolefin resins.

Jia-Kuo Yu received his Ph.D degree at Peking University, is a professor and director at Peking University Institute of Sports Medicine. He is also the director of the Knee Surgery Department within Sports MedicineTeam of Peking University 3rd Hospital and is a medical specialist for national sports teams preparing for every Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games. He is the founder of the Geriatric Sports Medicine Association of the Chinese Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics and now was its founding Chairman. He is also the vice-chairman of the Chinese Society of Sports Medicine of the Chinese Medical Association. His research focuses on (1) susceptibility genes of knee joint disorders, (2) personalized customerised total knee prosthesis, (3) tissue-engineered meniscus, cartilage, and ligament, (4) minimally invasive reconstruction of the knee and patellofemoral joint. He has published more than 200 academic papers.

Behrouz Pirouz, is a researcher in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Calabria (Italy). His main research interests are sustainability of water and energy, sustainability of renewable energy, novel methods in using solar energy with high efficiency, CFD Modeling of medical sensors, and AI application in different areas. Currently involved in several research project activities, Editor and referee of several academic journals.

Dr. Per A. Löthman obtained his Ph.D. degree from Twente University , The Netherlands in the field of Macroscopic Magnetic Self-assembly and conducted research in Canada, France and Germany on carbon nanotubes, Graphen and related nanomaterials. His research is interdisciplinary and involve BioNanotechnology including DNA, S-layers, Viruses (archaea, bacteriophages), Biomolecular Architecture. Botany and functional surfaces. Dr. Löthman has published over 60 scientifical articles, several book chapters and serves as a reviewer for several journals such as Journal of Bioanalytical and Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Thin Solid Films, Sensors and Actuators, Microsystems Technologies, Biophysical Reviews and Letters, He is Senior Research Scientist at Foviatech GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, a young innovative high-tech company in the field of advanced materials and artificial intelligence, and a lecturer in Nanomedicine, Nanopharmacy and Nanomaterials (Kaiserslautern University) and Mechatronics Systems and Design (Hamburg University), Germany.

Vladimir V. Rumyantsev is Chair of the Department of Theory of Complex Systems Dynamic Properties at A.A. Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering. He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Nanotechnology Department at Donetsk National University. He received PhD in Theoretical Physics (1988) and Dr. Sci. in Condensed Matter Physics (2007). Prof. Rumyantsev has authored/co-authored 4 books, 2 chapters in books and more than 330 scientific publications. He is a member of the American Physical Society as well as Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP, Italy).

Brian Cantor is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford and a Research Professor in the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology at Brunel University. He was previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of York and of Bradford University, Head of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Oxford, a research scientist and engineer at General Electric Research Labs in the USA, and worked briefly at Banaras Hindu University, Washington State, Northeastern, IISc Bangalore and the Kobe Institute. He founded and built up the World Technology Universities Network, the UK National Science Learning Centre, the Hull-York Medical School, and Oxford’s Begbroke Science Park. He was a long-standing consultant for Alcan, NASA and Rolls-Royce, and editor of Progress in Materials Science. He invented the new field of multicomponent high-entropy alloys and discovered the so-called Cantor alloys.

Dr. Per A. Löthman obtained his Ph.D. degree from Twente University , The Netherlands in the field of Magnetics and Self-assembly, conducted research in Canada, France and Germany on carbon nanotubes, Graphen and related 2D nanomaterials. His research is interdisciplinary and involve sensors and sensing, 2D advanced materials, BioNanotechnology including DNA, S-layers, Viruses (archaea, bacteriophages), Biomolecular Architecture, Botany and functional surfaces. Dr. Löthman has published over 60 scientifical articles, several book chapters and serves as a reviewer and he is on the editorial board for several journals such as Nature, Nature Materials, Journal of Bioanalytical and Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Thin Solid Films, Sensors and Actuators, Microsystems Technologies, Biophysical Reviews and Letters and International Јоurnal of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (IJAMTP). Dr. Löthman is CSO (Chief Scientifical Officer) at Foviatech GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, a young innovative high-tech company in the field of advanced materials and artificial intelligence, and a senior lecturer in “Nanomedicine, Nanopharmacy” and “Sensors and Sensing in Engoineering, Biology and Medicine” (Kaiserslautern University) and Mechatronics Systems and Design (Hamburg University), Germany and Manufacturing Engineering (HTW Berlin) Germany.

Julian Polte is Professor for precision Additive Manufacturing at the TU Berlin and got a Doctor degree of Engineering -Dr.-Ing.- from the Technische Universität Berlin and spent more than 10 years scientific, industrial and educational challenges in Precision Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Additive Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and the optimization of the related value chains and dedicates his scientific career, applied research, industrialization programs and high quality education. Julian Polte was an Research Affiliate at the renowned and worldwide leading International Academy for Production Technology CIRP. At the Fraunhofer Institute IPK Julian Polte leads different departments with great impact into industry. He successfully published more than 100 articles and contributions in magazines, journals and on conferences.

Prof. J.C. Umavathi, Gulbarga University, India J.C. Umavathi completed her Post Doctral from the Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Piazza Roma 21, 82100 Benevento, Italy. She is working as Professor in the Department of mathematics, Gulbarga University since 1993. She has published more than 215 research articles in reputed international journals. She is a recipient of Kalpana Chawla Young Scientist award, Sir J.C. Bose award and Erasmus Mundus Fellowship.

Jia-Kuo Yu received his Ph.D degree at Peking University, is a professor and director at Peking University Institute of Sports Medicine. He is also the director of the Knee Surgery Department within Sports MedicineTeam of Peking University 3rd Hospital and is a medical specialist for national sports teams preparing for every Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games. He is the founder of the Geriatric Sports Medicine Association of the Chinese Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics and now was its founding Chairman. He is also the vice-chairman of the Chinese Society of Sports Medicine of the Chinese Medical Association. His research focuses on (1) susceptibility genes of knee joint disorders, (2) personalized customerised total knee prosthesis, (3) tissue-engineered meniscus, cartilage, and ligament, (4) minimally invasive reconstruction of the knee and patellofemoral joint. He has published more than 200 academic papers.

Dr. KRS Murthy has been featured in paper media, electronic media like the radio and TV, starting from his tender preteen and teen years, He has shared the stage with many Who's Who of the world to include few Nobel Laureates (Late Sir CV Raman, John Bardeen = inventor of the transistor, Arno Penzias = Cosmic Microwave Background - CMB and the Big Bang), few Jnana Peetha Awardees, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Late Vikram Sarabhai, other few Chairman of ISRO, series of CEOs of TCS, Wipro CEO and Founder Azim Premji, Sam Petroda, Three Star Generals in the USA, President of Stanford University Dr. John Hennessey, Steve Wozniak (Apple), Dan Madden, Founding CEO of Applied Materials, Gardon Moore, Founder of Intel, Fathers, and Pioneers of many technologies, Provincial Chiefs of China, President of the reputed KAIST in South Korea, Lt. Governor of California, Mr. Pat Graham, Founder of Bain Capital and who was a boss to Mitt Romney, John Donahue (EBay), Meg Whitman (HP) and a few big company executives in Japan. He has developed national (for PM Modi) and corporate strategies in 26 verticals He was rated as the best professor in a 360-degree rating at the university level, when four other departments requested him to be an adjunct professor, including the management, computer science, aerospace, and music departments, which is a university historical record and also a world record.. He is a Founder, Adviser to Chancellors, Provosts, Deans, and Professors of a few universities, the latest being UC Merced. IEEE Nano Conferences Founding Executive Board member of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, and Executive Committee of the Silicon Valley area, organized 250 monthly talks, 25 annual conferences in various themes in nano and micro technologies, featuring many Who;s Who in nano and micro technologies. Contributions to Nano-Micro and Meta Materials Nano, Micro, Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Meta Materials, MEMS, NEMS, Quantum Computing, Quantum Communications, Quantum Cryptography, Carbon Nano Tubes, Carbon Micro Fibers, Nano-Structures, Optical Finers, Optical Communications, Micro and Nano based Designer Materials and Structures, Nano and Micro based Cooling Applications for Micro Processors, 2D, and 3D Semiconductor Cooling, Solar Cells and Solar Panels Cooling and Thermal Management, Thin Film, Poly, and Crystalline PV Cooling at Cell, Panel, and Solar Farm Level Cooling, Concentrated PV (CPV) Device with World's Highest Solar Concentration of 2000, Cell, Package, Panel,, and Farm-level Cooling, Solar Thermal, Concentrated Solar Thermal Device, the panel, and Farm Level Cooling, NanoTechnology based Body Fluids Metrology of Urine, Saliva, and Sweat Metrology to Parts Per Trillion Level Accuracy and Precision, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Technology-Based Metrology Futuristic Science, Technology, Manufacturing, in-Situ Metrology, and Quality Control in various Nano, Micro, and MEMS Technology, He was an executive in aerospace, NASA, military equipment, AT&T, Bell Labs, and Business Unit Chief in GE, directly reporting to Jack Welch, BOD of companies in computing, memories, nano, micro, composites, and solar. wind power, algae, waste to energy, fuel cells, multi-cloud, AI and ML, blockchain, pharma drug discovery. agriculture, forestry, venture capital, M&A, and large private equity, A child prodigy with numerous lifetime accomplishments encompassing technology, entertainment, business, entrepreneurship, public speaker, and visionary leadership. An internationally reputed Serial Entrepreneur and Serial C-Level Executive, his achievements include aiding the growth of a few American Companies to record revenues and corporate valuation. One of the companies he was President of was listed as the Fastest Growing and 2nd Largest African American Company by Black Enterprise Magazine with $500M revenue and over $3.5B Valuation. Awards winner since preteen and teen years, Dr. KRS Murthy has excelled with a track record of excellence in R&D ($100M R&D funding per year for decades), the fastest-growing company in the USA ($60M to $500M in one year), and National Holistic Strategies in 10 verticals in the USA and for PM Modi in India, Overall he has chaired & organized 500 global level conferences in quantum computing, AI, ML, science, technology, engineering, material sciences, nanotechnology, management, manufacturing, renewable energy, university education, music, art, literature, cosmology, pharmaceutical drug discovery & healthcare. The total number of attendees, accumulated over the decades, exceeds 500,000 = half a million and 25000 speakers and panelists.

Claudia Battistella received both her Bachelor's and Master's degree in industrial chemistry from the University of Padua (Italy). She then moved to the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) where she specialized in polymer chemistry and drug delivery and she received her Ph.D. in Materials Science in 2017. As a postdoc, first at Northwestern University and then at the University of Chicago (Chicago, USA) she focused on the development of antigenic polymers and she developed novel bioinspired materials such as melanin derivatives and polymeric adhesives. Since May 2021 she works as a Scientist in a private company in the consumables development department.

Jude is a self-driven and highly motivated young researcher at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, with demonstrated expertise and interests in polymer composites, 2D materials and electronic materials fabrication. He also studied at the Ulsan National Institute of Science Technology, South Korea in Advanced Materials Science where he researched on Functionalized Nanomaterials for Gas Sensors and Polymer Nanocomposites for high temperature applications. He is a budding scientist with a strong interest in advancing sustainable solutions in materials and an advocate for STEM education and innovation in Ghana and Africa as a whole.

Dr. Mahmoud Rabie is an assistant professor, researcher, and entrepreneur in the fields of materials science & engineering and innovation management. He obtained his PhD in advanced chemistry from the Complutense University of Madrid in collaboration with the University of Cologne and Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids. He holds also a Master's Degree in Materials Science from three universities, the Technical University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the University of Rennes 1. His research is currently focused on functional materials with industrial applications or market commercialization potential, e.g. magnetocaloric, ultrahard, and high-entropy alloys. He is a lecturer at a private university in Egypt, a visiting researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid, a team leader at Egypt Scholars Inc, and the Founder and CEO of InnoBel for innovation consulting services in the MENA region.

Dr.Eng.Alina Vladescu, has a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University Politehnica of Bucharest (2002) and an MS in Biomaterials from the Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, University Politehnica of Bucharest (2004). Her PhD however is in Materials Science from University Politehnica of Bucharest (2011). She works at National Institute of RD for Optoelectronics INOE2000, Department for Advanced Surface Processing and Analysis by Vacuum Technologies. She is also associate professor in Surface Engineering atUniversity Politehnica of Bucharest. She is also affiliated as research scientist at National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University.

Dr. Ozgur Seydibeyoglu is a Professor in Materials Engineering Department in Turkey and he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Maine. He has been working on sustainable materials for 20 years in the area of biopolymers and natural fibers including nanocellulose in different countries. He published more than 100 publications on sustainable technologies with 1424 citations to his publications. Besides his technical expertise on Materials Science and Sustainable Materials, Dr. Seydibeyoglu holds a second MS degree on Engineering Management and he alsohas a publication on Technology Management.

Dr. Osman Adiguzel graduated from Department of Physics, Ankara University, Turkey in 1974 and received PhD- degree from Dicle University, Diyarbakir-Turkey. He studied at Surrey University, Guildford, UK, as a post doctoral research scientist in 1986-1987, and his studies focused on shape memory alloys. He worked as research assistant, 1975-80, at Dicle University and shifted to Firat University in 1980. He became professor in 1996, and he has been retired due to the age limit of 67, following academic life of 45 years. He published over 80 papers in international and national journals; He joined over 120 conferences and symposia in international and national level as Plenary Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Invited speaker, speaker or Poster presenter. He served the program chair or conference chair/co-chair in some of these activities. In particular, he joined in last six years (2014 - 2019) over 60 conferences as Speaker, Keynote Speaker and Conference Co-Chair organized by different companies in different countries. Additionally, he retired at the end of November 2019, and contributed with Keynote/Plenary Speeches over 60 Virtual/Webinar Conferences, due to the coronavirus outbreak in two year of his retirement, 2020 and 2021. Dr. Adiguzel served his directorate of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Firat University in 1999-2004. He supervised 5 PhD- theses and 3 M. Sc theses. He is also technical committee member of many conferences. He received a certificate which is being awarded to him and his experimental group in recognition of significant contribution of 2 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File – Release 2000. The ICDD (International Centre for Diffraction Data) also appreciates cooperation of his group and interest in Powder Diffraction File. Scientific fields of Dr. Adiguzel: Shape memory effect and displacive phase transformations in shape memory alloys and other alloys, molecular dynamics simulations, alloy modeling, electron microscopy, electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction and crystallography.

Khaled Zoroufchi Benis is a researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He received B.Sc. degree in chemical engineering (2009) and M.Sc. degree in chemical-environmental engineering (2011), and then after worked as an environmental engineer, and taught as a sessional lecturer at the university. His research is focused on the volariztion of agricultural residues and making functionalized materials using chemical and electrochemical treatment methods.

Dr N. Manikanthababu completed his PhD, from the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad in2016. Later, he worked at IGCAR, Kalpakkam as a SERB-National post-doctoral fellow until 2020. From2020, he is working as a BRICS international post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Physics, IndianInstitute of Technology Delhi.He has worked on HfO2-based new generation state-of-the-art MOS devices. Currently he is working on the fabrication of high-power devices such as Ga2O3. He has published 20 research articles in peer reviewed journals and presented his work at various platforms across the globe. He is currently serving as a reviewer of 7 international journals and author of a book.

Muazzez Kacak Sozcu has completed her MSc from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Katip Celebi, TURKEY. She has been working as a Quality Control Engineer at CES Advanced Composite Products Company in Turkey.

Dr. Marc Langela joined STASSKOL in 2007 as Head of the Research & Development Department. His responsibilities are including the development of new sealing materials and new spare part designs as well as the improvement of technical processes and workshop standards. Dr. Marc Langela received his PhD in Polymer Chemistry in 2002 at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and he recently received his International Master of Business Administration at the Mannheim Business School and the ESSEC Business School in Paris. Parallel to his job profession he takes the responsibility as Chairman of the EFRC Working Group.

Ashish Thakur has completed his PhD in mechanical metallurgical area from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has been working as a Associate Professor of School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Mekelle University (MU) in Tigray State of Ethiopia since 2015.