Author: Tshilidzi Marwala

Tshilidzi Marwala is a Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering as well as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Johannesburg. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, a Master of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pretoria, a Ph D in Engineering from Cambridge University and was a post-doctoral researcher at Imperial College (London). He is a Fellow of TWAS and a distinguished member of the ACM. His research interests are multi-disciplinary and include the applications of computational intelligence to engineering, computer science, finance, social science and medicine. He has supervised 45 Masters and 19 Ph D students and has published 8 books and over 260 papers. He is an associate editor of the International Journal of Systems Science. Dr. Ilyes Boulkaibet is currently a researcher at the University of Johannesburg. He received a Ph D from the University of Johannesburg, a second MSc from Stellenbosch University, an MSc from the University of Constantine 1 Algeria, and a Bachelor of Engineering from University of Constantine 1 Algeria. Dr. Ilyes Boulkaibet has published papers in international journals and has participated in numerous conferences including the International Modal Analysis Conference. Dr. Boulkaibet”s research areas are multidisciplinary in nature and include uncertainty quantification in computational mechanics, dynamics of complex systems, inverse problems for linear and non-linear dynamics and control systems. Professor Adhikari is the chair of Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering of Swansea University. He received his MSc from the Indian Institute of Science and a Ph D from the University of Cambridge. He was a lecturer at the Bristol University and a Junior Research Fellow in Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, Carleton University and the Los Alamos National Laboratory . Professor Adhikari”s research areas are multidisciplinary in nature and include uncertainty quantification in computational mechanics, bio- and nano-mechanics (nanotubes, graphene, cell mechanics, nano-bio sensors), dynamics of complex systems, inverse problems for linear and non-linear dynamics and vibration energy harvesting.