Dr. Gaurav Arora is currently working as Research Scientist at King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Arora's journey into academia began with a profound passion for understanding the intricacies of mechanical systems and materials. After completing his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (2010) from Chandigarh Engineering College, Dr. Arora furthered his academic pursuits at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, where he earned his M.Tech. degree (2012). It was during this time that his fascination with nanomaterials and their applications in engineering took root, laying the groundwork for his future research endeavors. Continuing his pursuit of knowledge, Dr. Arora obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2021) from the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, where he conducted groundbreaking work on the multi-scale thermal and thermo-mechanical analysis of polymer nanocomposites. His research focused on manufacturing, characterization, properties evaluation and multi-scale material modelling, exploring the potential of these materials in various industrial applications. Presently, he has 325 citations with an h-index of 11, according to Google Scholar. He has published a total of 24 articles, book chapters, and conference papers, along with one edited book. He has also served as a reviewer for Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, High Performance Polymers, Polymer Composites, and many other journalsDr. Manoj Kumar Singh is a Research Scientist at King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. He has considerable experience in polymer composite manufacturing and its various characterizations. Currently, he is acting as Associate Editor of Materials Science Section of Heliyon Journal and Guest Editor of International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing, Springer. He is also the Section Editor of Polymer Processing and Engineering in Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering, EnPress. His research interests include plastic waste recycling, pyrolysis, polymer and polymer composites, sustainable manufacturing, additive manufacturing, flame-retardants, mechanical and thermal characterizations, tribology of polymer materials, machining of materials, and the degradability of polymer composites. Dr. Himanshu Pathak is currently working as an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, located in Himachal Pradesh, India. He has received the B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) in the year 2009 from Nagpur University (Maharashtra, India) and Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) in 2015 from Indian Institute of Technology Patna (Bihar, India). His research focuses on advancing knowledge and technologies in fracture-fatigue mechanics, polymer-based composite materials, and multi-physics computational modelling. He is also contributed in developing mesh-independent computational methodologies to model crack growth, an essential area for predicting material behavior under extreme conditions. His research group has been actively involved in computational modelling and the experimental validation of polymer-based composites to improve their performance in fields like aerospace, defense, and biomedical applications. His work encompasses cutting-edge areas such as fatigue life prediction, fracture toughness enhancement, and multi-functional composite design, which have significant applications in structural materials and components exposed to harsh environments. His scholarly contributions include one granted patent, two edited books, and 16 chapters in internationally recognized volumes. Dr. Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa is a Chief Scientist and an Associate Professor at King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok, Thailand. He also serves as an Advisor within the President' s Office for University Promotion and Development towards International goals. Dr. Rangappa is the Executive Editor of Book Cluster: Fiber Science and Fibrous Composite Materials ( Elsevier), a former Associate Editor of Heliyon (Materials Science), and an Associate Editor of Frontier Materials Journals. He acts as a Board Member and Editor for various international journals in materials science and composites. He has reviewed over 250 international journals, including for Nature, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley, as well as book proposals and conference submissions. He has published more than 425 articles in top- tier peer- reviewed journals indexed by SCI/Scopus, 13 editorial issues, 100 book chapters, and 70 books as an Editor with leading publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley. Additionally, he authored 3 books published by Elsevier and has presented research at numerous national and international conferences. Over 25 of his articles are highly cited in journals like the Journal of Cleaner Production and Carbohydrate Polymers. Dr. Rangappa is the lead editor for several special issues and has a Google Scholar citation count exceeding 39, 000, with an H- index of 100 and An i 100- Index of 475. He holds 1 US Patent, 11 UK Design Patents, 1 Thailand Patent, and 5 Indian patents. He has delivered keynote and invited talks globally, including Russia, South Africa, Malaysia, and India. Currently, he is an Academic Visitor at The University of Portsmouth, UK (2024), with upcoming visiting positions at various Malaysian and Indonesian universities from 2024 to 2027. His research focuses on Natural fiber composites, Polymer Composites, and Advanced Material Technology. He received the ‘Top Peer Reviewer 2019’ award from Publons, and the KMUTNB ‘Outstanding Young Researcher’ (2020) and' Outstanding Researcher’ (2021) awards. Recognized as one of the top 1% most- cited scientists by Stanford University (2019-2025), he ranks 5th in Thailand overall and 2nd In the Polymers category for 2023. He is also listed among the ‘Top 100 Scientists’ in Thailand by AD Scientific Index. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is a former President of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok and currently serves as the Director of TechnoPark at the same university. He earned his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Germany in 1999, followed by an M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Aalen in 2002, and another M.Sc. in Material Science from Erlangen-Nürnberg University in 2004. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from the Institute for Composite Materials at the University of Kaiserslautern in 2008, including postdoctoral research at Kaiserslautern University and Purdue University's School of Materials Engineering. In 2016, he received his habilitation from Chemnitz University in Saxony, Germany. In 2024, he was honored as an Honorary Fellow by RWTH Aachen University. He has also served as a Lecturer in Production and Material Engineering at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, KMUTNB, and has been a full Professor and President of KMUTNB. He received the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2010, 2012, and 2013 at KMUTNB. His research focuses on Polymer Processing and Composite Materials. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied Science and Engineering Progress, a Q1 indexed journal on Scopus, and has authored over 600 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 editorial contributions, more than 100 book chapters, one authored book, and over 50 edited books. He has presented at more than 70 international and national conferences related to Materials Science and Engineering. Recognized as one of the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for 2021- 2022, he received the National Excellence Researcher Award (Engineering and Research Industry) from Thailand's National Research Council in 2021, and has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2025 by Clarivate.
