Author: Mithilesh K. Dikshit

Dr. Mithilesh K. Dikshit is an Assistant Professor at Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), India. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and master degree in Production Engineering. He has over nine years of experience in teaching and research. His major areas of research include high speed machining, mechanics of metal cutting, composite materials, molecular dynamics, vibration and control, optimization. He has organized number of conferences/symposium and is an editorial board member of three international journals. He has authored more than 35 research papers and journal articles. Ashish Soni is currently working as a Senior Scientist and Division Head of Mechanical Capacity Building Division, Project and Planning Group of Space Applications Centre, ISRO, India. He is responsible for manufacturing of space components through external vendors and enhancing & exploring the scope of capacity building for SAC. He has completed his B.E. (Mechanical) in 1998 from North Gujarat University, India. He also completed his M.Tech. in CAD/CAM in 2008 from Gujarat University, India. His research interest includes design, optimization, and various mechanisms. He has published more than 40 technical research papers at national and international level. Prof. J. Paulo Davim received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) in 1991, Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years) in 1986, from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra in 2005, and D.Sc. from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He is Eur Ing by FEANI, Brussels, and Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. Currently, he is a Professor at the Departmentof Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis in Machining and Tribology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of several international journals, guest editor of journals, books editor, book series editor, and scientific advisory for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an Editorial Board member of 25 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 80 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as editor (and co-editor) more than 100 books and as author (and co-author) more than 10 books, 80 chapters, and 400 articles in journals and conferences (more than 200 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 45+/6000+ citations and SCOPUS/h-index 52+/8000+ citations).