Dr. Azher Jameel is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India. Prior to that he worked as Assistant Professor at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra and Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora for over 8 years. Dr. Jameel has been actively involved in teaching and research for the past 10 years in the areas of advanced computational mechanics, fracture and fatigue in structures, large elasto-plastic deformations and experimental solid mechanics. His research interests include enriched numerical techniques, meshfree methods, iso-geometric analysis and coupled computational techniques. Dr. Ghulam Ashraf Ul Harmain is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India. He has served as the Head of the Department and Dean of Research in addition to various important positions at NIT Srinagar. He has been actively involved in teaching and research for the past 35 years in the areas of advanced computational mechanics, fracture and fatigue in structures, thermo-elasticity, tribology and maintenance, large elasto-plastic deformations and experimental solid mechanics. Dr. Indra Vir Singh is currently working as Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India. He has been actively involved in teaching and research for the past 20 years in the areas of advanced computational mechanics, fracture and fatigue in structures, large elasto-plastic deformations, experimental fracture mechanics, machine learning, multiscale modelling, gradient damage and phase field modelling. Dr. Magd Abdel Wahab is currently working as a Professor and chair of the Department of Applied Mechanics at Ghent University Belgium. Dr. Wahab is also the adjunct professor of several universities including Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam, Duy Tan University, Vietnam, HUTECH University, Vietnam and Nanjing Tech University, China. Dr. Wahab has authored several books including Mechanics of Adhesives in Composite and Metal Joints, Finite Elements in Fracture Mechanics and Dynamics and Vibration: An Introduction. He has been actively involved in teaching and research in the areas of advanced finite element analysis, multi-scale analysis, fretting fatigue and wear, automotive and aerospace applications, mechanical and vibrating systems and civil engineering constructions. Dr. Wahab is the editor-in-chief of the journal of Applied Mechanics and also serves as the member of editorial boards of several reputed journals.
