Prof Prakash Thamburaja obtained his PhD and MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and his BEng (First Class Honors) from Imperial College, UK. He is currently working at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, MalaysiaHis research expertise are in the areas of Continuum Mechanics, Plasticity & Crystal Plasticity Theory, Dissipative Processes, Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis and Numerical Simulations. Currently, he is also a Visiting Professor at the Texas A&M University (USA). Prof. Thamburaja has also won several awards such as the Elsevier World Top 2% Scientist in the Career and Yearly categories, and also a National Level Publication Award. He is currently serving as an Editorial Board Member of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, performed reviewer duties for numerous Q1 journals and also reviewed for prestigious grant agencies such as the Research Grants Council of Hong Knog.

Awards

• World Top 2 Percent Scientist, 2024
• World Top 2% Scientist Award, 2023
• UKM Award: Excellent Service Award 2017
• Research Innovation Award, 2015
• Publication Award, 2015

Dr. Taku Onishi is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University, Japan and a Guest Researcher at the University of Oslo, Norway. He also serves as an Invited Professor at the University of the Ryukyus, Japan. Dr. Onishi holds a PhD (2003), Master’s (2000), and Bachelor’s (1998) in Chemistry from Osaka University, Japan. His research focuses on quantum computational chemistry, functional materials modeling and theoretical chemistry for advanced nanomaterials.

He has authored multiple books, including Quantum Computational Chemistry and Ferroelectric Perovskites for High-Speed Memory (Springer Nature). He is actively involved in international conferences, chairing Quantum Science and Computational Chemistry symposia at ICCMSE. He serves on the editorial boards of reputed journals and has received the IAAM Awards (2017, 2018) for his contributions to advanced materials research. Dr. Onishi has delivered invited lectures worldwide, significantly advancing quantum and computational chemistry.

Dr. Bhaskar Mondal received his PhD from National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India in 2018 followed by M. Tech. (CSE) from Kalyani Government Engineering College. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Patna. He has more than 12 years of experience in Academia and research during which he has worked at XIM University Bhubaneswar, Orisha, India, BIT Sindri, Dhanbad, and NIT Jamshedpur. He has published more than 50 research papers in quality journals and international conferences. He has supervised 3 PhD Scholars and currently supervises 6 PhD scholars. He has delivered many expert talks. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM, a life member of the Computer Society of India (CSI) and Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI). He is Academic Editor of IET Information Security, and PLOS ONE. His research interests include lightweight cryptography, machine learning and quantum computing.

Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists, 2024.

Dr. M.V. Reddy obtained his Ph. D (2003) in the area of Materials Science and Engineering (with highest distinction) from the University of Bordeaux, France. From July 2003 to May 2019, he worked at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and Physics, National University of Singapore (NUS). Singapore. June 2019 to Aug 2021, he had worked at the Centre of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage, Hydro-Québec, Canada. Currently working as a Senior Professional Researcher and group leader in Energy Storage Technology at Nouveau Monde Graphite (New graphite world) (NMG), Quebec, Montreal, Canada. Over the past 21 years, he has conducted leading research on Materials for Energy Storage (cathodes, anodes, supercapacitors and electrolytes), Materials processing & characterization, Nanotechnology, Energy and environment and the development of in situ techniques for Energy storage renewable technologies. Dr. Reddy has published more than 310 papers in various international journals and conferences with the Land review paper published in Chemical Reviews (I.F;60) cited over 3160 .

h-index of 77 with over 21725 citations
Top 2% highly cited researchers in Energy (world Ranking 1002 out of 186500)
Highly cited Researcher in Materials Science in Canada (National ranking: 39)

Dr. Ken Saito (Member, IEEE) was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1978. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in engineering from Nihon University, Tokyo, in 2001, 2004, and 2010, respectively.,He was a Research Assistant at the Department of Physics, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, from 2007 to 2010; a Research Assistant at the Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, from 2010 to 2011; an Assistant Professor at Nihon University from 2011 to 2017; and an Associate Professor at Nihon University from 2017 to 2021. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Precision Machinery Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Funabashi-shi, Chiba, Japan. His current research interests include hardware neural networks and microrobots. He is a member of INNS, IEEJ, IEICE, JSME, and JIEP.