Journal Contents: International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering (IJMMME)

Meng-Ting Chiang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Pei-Ing Lee (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Ang-Ying Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Tung-Han Chuang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Robinson Gnanadurai Rengiah (Institute of Technology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia)

Rumbidzai Muvunzi (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa), Khumbulani Mpofu (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa), Malika Khodja (University of Pretoria, South Africa), Ilesanmi Daniyan (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa)

Jason van Dyke (University of Ottawa, Canada), Michel Nganbe (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Prajapati Naik (Jadavpur University, India), Smitirupa Pradhan (KIIT University, India), Samir Kumar Acharya (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India), Prasanta Sahoo (Jadavpur University, India)

Kesaba P. (Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, India), Bibhuti Bhusan Choudhury (Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, India)

Insaf Bahnini (University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco), Daniel-Constantin Anghel (University of Pitesti, Romania), Alin Daniel Rizea (University of Pitesti, Romania), Uzair Khaleeq Zaman (National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan), Ali Siadat (Arts et Métiers, Metz, France)

Job Maveke Wambua (Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya), Fredrick M. Mwema (Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya), Buddi Tanya (Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, India), Tien-Chien Jen (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

Pathapalli Venkateshwar Reddy (Vardhaman College of Engineering, India), B. Veerabhadra Reddy (G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College, India), Perumalla Janaki Ramulu (Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia), U. Pranavi (Vardhaman College of Engineering, India)

Emenike Raymond Obi (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4976-6181) (RaySoft AssetAnalytics, Canada), Augustine O. Nwajana (University of Greenwich, UK)

Tung-Han Chuang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Po-Ching Wu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Yu-Chang Lai (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Pei-Ing Lee (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Oscar E. Sotomayor (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador), Jefferson Anrango (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador), Carlos Diaz Campoverde (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador)

Prakash Chandra Mishra (VSSUT Burla, India), Pragyan Tiwari (KIIT University, India), Fuad Khoshnaw (De Montfort University, UK)

Abbas Al-Refaie (University of Jordan, Jordan)

Mayavan T. (Panimalar Engineering College, India), Karthikeyan L. (Panimalar Engineering College, India), Balamugundan B. (Panimalar Engineering College, India), Senthil Kumar V. S. (College of Engineering, Chennai, India)

I. Infanta Mary Priya (SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India), Ramalingam Senthil (SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India), Palanikumar Kayaroganam (Sri Sairam Institute of Technology, India)

Pradeep George (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), Leo Dev Wins K. (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), D. S. Ebenezer Jacob Dhas (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), Pramod George (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), B. Anuja Beatrice (Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, India)

Amit Kumar Rana (The ICFAI University, Tripura, India), Partha Pratim Dey (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India)

Pawan Bishnoi (National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India), Pankaj Chandna (National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India)

Priyanka Raosaheb Dhurpate (Eastern Michigan University, USA), Herman Tang (Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, USA)

Kiran Kumar Sahu (Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, India), Yashwant Kumar Modi (Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, India)

Goutam Roy (Narula Institute of Technology, India), Brajesh Kumar Panigrahi (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India), Goutam Pohit (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)

D. S. Robinson Smart (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), J. Pradeep Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, India), Joses Jenish Smart (ResMed, USA)

Edgar C. Ambos (Cebu Technological University, Philippines), Evan Neil V. Ambos (Cebu Technological University, Philippines), Lanndon A. Ocampo (Cebu Technological University, Philippines)

Naoya Hasegawa (Kindai University Technical College, Japan), Yoshihiko Takahashi (Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan)

Roman Mykhailyshyn (Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Ukraine), Volodymyr Savkiv (Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Ukraine), Igor Boyko (Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Ukraine), Erik Prada (Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia), Ivan Virgala (Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia)

Gautam Kumar (National Institute of Technology, Patna, India), Kuntal Maji (National Institute of Technology, Patna, India)

Akash Doomra (IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, India), Beant Singh (Universal Group of Institutions, India), Sandeep Singh Sandhu (Quest Group of Institutions, India)

Ajitav Sahoo (Institution of Technical Education and Research, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed), India), Sasmeeta Tripathy (Institution of Technical Education and Research, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed), India)

YeongJo Ju (Kongju National University, South Korea), Euysik Jeon (Kongju National University, South Korea)

Satoru Yamaguchi (Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan), Takuya Motosugi (Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan), Yoshihiko Takahashi (Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan)

Dat Duy Nguyen (Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam), Dat Van Chu (Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam), Le Van Sy (Petrovietnam University, Vietnam)

Sathish Kumar Adapa (Aditya Institute of Technology and Management, India), Dowluru Sreeramulu (Aditya Institute of Technology and Management, India), Jagadish (National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India)

M. Naresh Babu (Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, India), V. Anandan (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India), M. Dinesh Babu (Panimalar Engineering College, Chennai, India), N. Muthukrishnan (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India)

Amr Ahmed Shaaban (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt), Omar Mahmoud Shehata (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)

Kshitij Pandey (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India), Saurav Datta (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India)

Ashish Kumar (National Institute of Technology, Patna, India), Kuntal Maji (National Institute of Technology, Patna, India)

Sunil Dutt Baloni (National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India), Somesh K. Sharma (National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India), Jagroop Singh (National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India), Sushant Negi (National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India)

James Njuguna (Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya), Peter Muchiri (Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya), Nancy Karuri (Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya), Fredrick Madaraka Mwema (Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya), Michael T. Herzog (Technical University of Applied Science, Wildau, Germany), Kiril Dimitrov (Technical University of Applied Science, Wildau, Germany)

Vasim A Shaikh (Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India), Nourredine Boubekri (University of North Texas, Denton, USA)

Pushpdant Jain (National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, India), Mohammed Rajik Khan (National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, India)

Quoc Huy VU (Vietnamese-German University, Binh Duong, Viet Nam), Dinh Quy VU (Hanoi University of Science and Technology, School of Transportation Engineering, Hanoi, Viet Nam), Thi Tuyet Nhung LE (Hanoi University of Science and Technology, School of Transportation Engineering, Hanoi, Viet Nam)

Rodrigo Teixeira Bento (Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, São Paulo, Brazil), André Ferrus Filho (Faculdade de Tecnologia Termomecanica, São Paulo, Brazil), Marco Antonio Fumagalli (Faculdade de Tecnologia Termomecanica, São Paulo, Brazil)

Viktor P. Astakhov (Production Service Management Inc, USA), Stanislav V. Shvets (Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine)

Hridayjit Kalita (Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India), Kaushik Kumar (Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India)

Bijan Mallick (Techno International Batanagar, West Bengal, India), Sumit Biswas (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Biplab Ranjan Sarkar (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Biswanath Doloi (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Bijoy Bhattacharyya (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)

Elango Natarajan (UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Muhammad Rusydi Muhammad Razif (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia), AAM Faudzi (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia), Palanikumar K. (Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Chennai, India)

Fu-Shiung Hsieh (Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan)

Jee Hong Kim (Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea)

M S Shekhawat (Bhartiya Skill Development University, Teelawas, India), Harlal Singh Mali (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India), AP S Rathore (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India)

Ashwin Polishetty (AUT Univesity, Auckland, New Zealand), Guy Littlefair (AUT Univesity, Auckland, New Zealand)

Vivek Singh (North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, India & Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India), M. Chandrasekaran (North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, India), Sutanu Samanta (North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, India), Kayaroganam Palanikumar (Sri Sairam Institute of Technology, India)

A.H. Sajeeb Rahiman (Karunya Institute of Technology and Science, India), Robinson Smart D.S. (Karunya Institute of Technology and Science, India)

Migbar Assefa Zeleke (University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana & Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia), Lai Xin (Wuhan University of Technology, China), Liu Lisheng (Wuhan University of Technology, China)

Hema Pothur (Sri Venkateswara University, India), Ramprasad Ganesan (Sri Venkateswara University, India), K. Aruna (Sri Venkateswara University, India)

Yeong Jo Ju (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Kongju National University, Cheonan-si, South Korea), Euy Sik Jeon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Kongju National University, Cheonan-si, South Korea)

T. Premkumar (Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Srivilliputtur, India), Siva Irulappasamy (Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Srivilliputtur, India), S. Rajesh (Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Srivilliputtur, India), J.T. Winowlin Jappes (Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Srivilliputtur, India), Sandro Campos Amico (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil)

Pramod Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India), Amar Nath Sinha (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India)

Muhammad Sharil Yahayaa (Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia), Nurliyana Abdul Raof (Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia), Zulkifli Ibrahim (Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia), Azniza Ahmad (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia), Chandima Gomes (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universiti Putra Malaysia & School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, WITS University, South Africa)

Leonardo Frizziero (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Giampiero Donnici (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Alfredo Liverani (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Karim Dhaimini (Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)

George Lucas Dias (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil), Ricardo Rodrigues Magalhães (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil), Danton Diego Ferreira (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil), Bruno Henrique Groenner Barbosa (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil)

Kuntal Maji (National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India)

P.W. Anggoro (Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia), M. Tauviqirrahman (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia), J. Jamari (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia), A.P. Bayuseno (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia), J. Wibowo (Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia), Y.D. Saputro (Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Wilma Polini (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy), Andrea Corrado (Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy)

Sujith Bobba (UPM, Kembangan, Malaysia), Z Leman (UPM, Kembangan, Malaysia), SM Sapuan (UPM, Kembangan, Malaysia), ES Zainudin (UPM, Kembangan, Malaysia)

Ferney-Alexis Giraldo-Castrillon (EAFIT University, Production Engineering, Research Group Technologies for Production, Medellín, Colombia), Gabriel-Jaime Páramo-Bermúdez (EAFIT University, Production Engineering, Research Group Technologies for Production, Medellín, Colombia), Juan-Manuel Muñoz-Betancur (EAFIT University, Production Engineering, Research Group Technologies for Production, Medellín, Colombia)

Sateesh Reddy Avutu (Biomedical Engineering Department, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India), Sudip Paul (Biomedical Engineering Department, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India), Dinesh Bhatia (Biomedical Engineering Department, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India)

Raju Mahadeorao Tayade (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Biswanath Doloi (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Biplab Ranjan Sarkar (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Bijoy Bhattacharyya (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)

Romit Kamble (Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sakharale, India), Satyajit Patil (Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sakharale, India)

Sushanta Ghuku (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Kashi Nath Saha (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)

Wilma Polini (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy), Andrea Corrado (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy), Costanzo Cavaliere (CIEM SpA, Cassino, Italy)

János Farkas (Simonyi Karoly Faculty of Engineering, Wood Sciences and Applied Arts, Jozsef Cziraki Doctoral School of Wood Sciences and Technologies, University of West Hungary, Sopron, Hungary), Etele Csanády (Simonyi Karoly Faculty of Engineering, Wood Sciences and Applied Arts, Institute of Woodworking Machinery, University of West Hungary, Sopron, Hungary), Levente Csóka (Simonyi Karoly Faculty of Engineering, Wood Sciences and Applied Arts, Institute of Wood and Paper Technology, University of West Hungary, Sopron, Hungary)

Amruta Rout (Department of Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, India), Deepak BBVL (Department of Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, India), Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal (Department of Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, India), Golak Bihari Mahanta (Department of Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, India), Bala Murali Gunji (Department of Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, India)

Rudzani Sigwadi (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa), Fulufhelo Ṋemavhola (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa), Simon Dhlamini (Department of Physics, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa), Touhani Mokrani (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa)

Nicola Bosso (Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy), Emanuele Conte (Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy), Aurelio Somà (Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy), Nicolò Zampieri (Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy)

Surafel Luleseged Tilahun (Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Zululand, KwaDlangeZwa, South Africa), Maba B Matadi (Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Zululand, KwaDlangeZwa, South Africa)

Mahendramani G (Government Engineering College, Ramanagara, India & Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India), Lakshmana Swamy N (University Visvesvaraya Collge of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India)

Deepak Mehra (Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorke, India), M.M. Mahapatra (School of Mechanical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India), S. P. Harsha (Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Insititute of Technonlogy, Roorke, India)

Supriya Sahu (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, India), Bibhuti Bhusan Choudhury (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, India)

M.E. Emetere (Department of Physics, Covenant University Canaan Land, Ota, Nigeria & Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa), O.D. Okonkwo (Department of Physics, Covenant University Canaan Land, Ota, Nigeria), S. Jack-Quincy (Department of Physics, Covenant University Canaan Land, Ota, Nigeria)

Hareram Lohar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Anirban Mitra (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Sarmila Sahoo (Department of Civil Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India)

Raju Das (National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, India), Shibendu Shekhar Roy (National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, India)

Iván La Fé Perdomo (Study Centre on Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing, University of Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba), Ramón Quiza (Study Centre on Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing, University of Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba), Marcelino Rivas (Study Centre on Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing, University of Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba), Veena Ramtahalsing (Fuescon, Wanica, Suriname)

Leonardo Frizziero (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Giampiero Donnici (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Gianni Caligiana (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Alfredo Liverani (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Daniela Francia (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)

M.O.H. Amuda (Modern and Advanced Manufacturing Systems Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa & Materials Development and Processing Research Group, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria), F.T. Lawal (Materials Development and Processing Research Group, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria), M. A. Onitiri (Modern and Advanced Manufacturing Systems Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa), E. T. Akinlabi (Modern and Advanced Manufacturing Systems Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa), S. Mridha (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK)

Naveed Akhtar (Soan Enterprises Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan), Razzaq Ahmed (Soan Enterprises Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan), Muhammad Arfan (Soan Enterprises Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan), Muhammad Noshad Ali (Soan Enterprises Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan)

Prasada Rao Kancherla (Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMR Institute of Technology-Rajam, India), Venkata Appa Rao Basava (Department of Marine Engineering, Andhra University-Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam, India)

M. Vijaya Sekhar Babu (Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMR Institute of Technology Rajam, India), A. Rama Krishna (School of Engineering, Gayatri Vidya Parishad College for Degree & P.G. Courses, Visakhapatnam, India), K.N.S. Suman (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India)

P. Govinda Rao (Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMR Inistitute of Technology-Rajam, Rajam, India), V. Jagadeesh (Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMR Inistitute of Technology-Rajam, Rajam, India), K. Santa Rao (Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMR Inistitute of Technology-Rajam, Rajam, India), V. Chittibabu (Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMR Inistitute of Technology-Rajam, Rajam, India)

Lanndon Ocampo (Business Management Cluster, University of the Philippines Cebu, Cebu, Philippines)

Adalarasan Ramalingam (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India), Santhanakumar Muthuvel (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India)

Tamonash Jana (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Anirban Mitra (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Prasanta Sahoo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)

Leonid Burstein (Kinneret Academic College, Zemah, Israel), Asher Bohbot (Teldor Cables and Systems Ltd., Ein-Dor, Israel)

Omar Ahmed Al-Shebeeb (Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA & College of Engineering, University of Diyala, Diyala, Iraq), Sivakumar Rangaswamy (Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA), Bhaskaran Gopalakrishan (Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA), Dayakar G Devaru (Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIE Institute of Technology, Mysuru, India)

Nikolaos E. Karkalos (School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Angelos P. Markopoulos (School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Michael F. Dossis (Department of Informatics Engineering, TEI of Western Macedonia, Kastoria, Greece)

Ashwani Kharola (Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India), Pravin P. Patil (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India)

Vimal Kumar Pathak (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India), Amit Kumar Singh (Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India)

He (Herman) Tang (Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA)

G. Ranjith Kumar (Department of Manufacturing, School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India), G. Rajyalakshmi (Department of Manufacturing, School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India), Vijaya Kumar Manupati (Department of Manufacturing, School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India)

R. Panneer (Sastra University, Thanjavur, India)

Hruday Kasina (GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, India), M. V. A. Raju Bahubalendruni (GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, India), Rahul Botcha (GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, India)

Nikolaos E. Karkalos (National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Angelos P. Markopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece), Dimitrios E. Manolakos (National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece)

Prasanna Gadhari (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Prasanta Sahoo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)

Ashwani Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India), Pravin P. Patil (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India)

Muhammad Khan (Mechanical Engineering Department, HITEC University, Taxila, Pakistan), Nizar Ullah Khan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA), Muhammad Junaid Aziz (Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan), Hafiz Kaleem Ullah (Mechanical Engineering Department, HITEC University, Taxila, Pakistan), Muhammad Ali Shahid (Ripah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan)

Nupur Goyal (Department of Mathematics, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India), Ajay Kaushik (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India), Mangey Ram (Department of Mathematics, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), India)

Ganzi Suresh (Department of Mechanical Engineering, KLEF University, Vaddeswaram, India), K. L. Narayana (Department of Mechanical Engineering, KLEF University, Vaddeswaram, India)

Apip Amrullah (Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarbaru, Indonesia)

Mohd Idris Shah Ismail (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia), Yasuhiro Okamoto (Okayama University, Okayama City, Japan), Akira Okada (Okayama University, Okayama City, Japan)

Amneesh Singla (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India), Rajnish Garg (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India), Mukesh Saxena (University of Technology and Management, Shillong 793003, India)

Sumit Bhowmik (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India), Prasanta Sahoo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Sanjib Kumar Acharyya (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Sankar Dhar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Jayanta Chattopadhyay (Reactor Safety Division, Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India)

Nupur Goyal (Department of Mathematics, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India), Mangey Ram (Department of Mathematics, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), India), Akshay Bhardwaj (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India), Amit Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India)

George Lucas Dias (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil), Ricardo Rodrigues Magalhães (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil), Danton Diego Ferreira (Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil), Felipe Augusto Vitoriano (University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

Rajeev Ranjan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, India)

Abhijeet Vithal Marathe (The Automotive Research Association of India, Pune, India and VIT University, Vellore, India), Neelkanth V. Marathe (The Automotive Research Association of India, Pune, India), G. Venkatachalam (VIT University, Vellore, India)

M. Santhanakumar (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India), R. Adalarasan (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India), M. Rajmohan (Anna University, Chennai, India)

Shailesh Dhomne (Mechanical Engineering Department, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Engineering and Research, Nagpur, India), Ashish M. Mahalle (Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India)

Addanki Sambasiva Rao (Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, India), Medha A. Dharap (Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, India), J. V. L. Venkatesh (SGGSIE&T, Nanded, India)

Shyam Kumar Karna (Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, India), Ran Vijay Singh (Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, India), Rajeshwar Sahai (BS Anangpuria Institute of Technology and Management, Faridabad, India)

M. Santhanakumar (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India), R. Adalarasan (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India)

J. A. Travieso-Rodriguez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain), G. Gomez-Gras (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain), Silvia Garcia-Vilana (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain), Ferran Mainau-Noguer (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain), R. Jerez-Mesa (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain)

Abishek B. Kamaraj (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA), Murali M. Sundaram (Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA)

Vivek Aggarwal (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Punjab, India), Rajiv K Garg (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Punjab, India), Sehijpal Singh Khangura (Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Punjab, India)

Muneer Khan Mohammed (FARCAMT, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Abdulrahman Al-Ahmari (FARCAMT, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Industrial Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Usama Umer (FARCAMT, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Pu-Woei Chen (Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan), Yung-Yun Chen (Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan)

Seifedine N. Kadry (American University of the Middle East, Egaila, Kuwait), Abdelkhalak El Hami (LOFIMS Laboratory, INSA de Rouen, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France)

Sarmila Sahoo (Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India)

S.C. Atul (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India), R. Adalarasan (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India), M. Santhanakumar (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India)

P. Govinda Rao (GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, India), P. Srinivasa Rao (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, India), A. Gopala Krishna (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India)

K. Vinoth Babu (Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil, India), M. Uthayakumar (Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil, India), J. T. Winowlin Jappes (Cape Institute of Technology, Nagercoil, India), T. P. D. Rajan (National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India)

Belhocine Ali (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sciences and the Technology of Oran, Oran, Algeria)

Naveed Akhtar (School of Material Science and Engineering, Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing, China), SuJun Wu (School of Material Science and Engineering, Beihang University (BUAA), Beijing, China)

Rajesh Kumar Porwal (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India), Vinod Yadava (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India), J. Ramkumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)

G. Kibria (Mechanical Engineering Department, Aliah University, Kolkata, India), I. Shivakoti (Mechanical Engineering Department, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), Rangpo, East Sikkim, India), B. Bhattacharyya (Production Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)

Arun K. V. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Haveri, Karnataka, India), Sujay Kumar D. (Department of Studies in Industrial and Production Engineering, University BDT College of Engineering, Davangere, Karnataka, India), Murugesh M. C. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMIT, Davangere, Karnataka, India)

Mohamed Adel (Department of Mechanical Power Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt), Nabil H. Mostafa (Department of Mechanical Power Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt)

R. D. Palhade (Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon, India), V. B. Tungikar (Shri Guru Govind Singhji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nanded, India), G. M. Dhole (Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon, India), S. M. Kherde (Sau. Kamaltai Gawai Institute of Engineering & Technology, Darapur, India)

P. Vasant (University Technology Petronas, Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia)

K.N. Mohandas (M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India), C.S. Ramesh (P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India), Eshwara Prasad Koorapati (JNT University Hyderabad, India), N. Balashanmugam (Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore, India)

U. Shrinivas Balraj (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal, India), A. Gopala Krishna (Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada, India)

Amro Shafik (Banha Faculty of Engineering, Banha University, Banha, Egypt), Magdy Abdelhameed (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt), Ahmed Kassem (Banha Faculty of Engineering, Banha University, Banha, Egypt)

Purna Chandra Mishra (KIIT University, Odisha, India), Dipti Kanta Das (KIIT University, Odisha, India), Susant Kumar Sahu (KIIT University, Odisha, India)

Pradipta Kumar Jena (Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, India), K. Siva Kumar (Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, India), A.K. Singh (Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, India)

Karthik V. Shankar (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India), Kailasnath K (Bureau Veritas, Doha, Qatar), S. Babu Devasenapati (KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimatore, India)

Sanjib Kundu (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Prasanta Sahoo (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India), Suman Kalyan Das (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)

Ashwani Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India), Himanshu Jaiswal (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India), Pravin P. Patil (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India)

Naresh Babu Munuswamy (Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India), M. Nambi Krishnan (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, India)

Bharat Chandra Routara (KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India), Rajesh Kumar Bhuyan (KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India), Arun Kumar Parida (KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India)

Varun Nayyar (Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden), Md. Zubayer Alam (Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden), Jacek Kaminski (Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden), Anders Kinnander (Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden), Lars Nyborg (Department of Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)

Lakhwinder Pal Singh (Department of Mechanical Engineering, L. R. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jabli Kyar, Oachghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India), Jagtar Singh (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Sangrur, Punjab, India)

Nabila Tahreen (Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh), K. M. Masud (Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

M. Srinivasulu (Faculty in Mech. Engg., Department of Technical Education, A.P.,and Part-Time Research Scholar, JNTUH, Hyderabad, India), M. Komaraiah (Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, A.P., India), C.S. Krishna Prasada Rao (Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad, A.P., India)

R. D. Palhade (Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon, India), V. B. Tungikar (Shri Guru Govind Singhji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nanded, India), G. M. Dhole (Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon, India), S. M. Kherde (Sau Kamaltai Gawai Institute of Engineering & Technology, Darapur, India)

Amit Sharma (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, GLA University, Mathura, UP, India), Vinod Yadava (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, UP, India), K. B. Judal (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, UP, India, & Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Patan, Gujarat, India)

Vikas Sharma (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Haryana Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bahdurgarh, India), Vinod Kumar (Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India), Harmesh Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India)

A. K. Singh (Materials Science Division, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, AP, India), M. Premkumar (Materials Science Division, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, AP, India)

Eskandari Hadi (Abadan Institute of Technology, Petroleum University of Technology,Abadan, Iran), Nami Mohammad Rahim (School of Mechanical Engineering, Dept. of Solid Mechanics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran)

Giammarco Ferrari (Sanac s.p.a, Massa, Italy)

J. Paulo Davim (Department of mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal)

Santanu Mandal (Department of Operations and IT, IBS, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India)

R. Sudhakaran (Department of Mechanical Engineering, SNS College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India), P. S. Siva Sakthivel (School of Mechanical Sciences, SASTRA University, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India)

Sadineni Rama Rao (VISIT Engineering College, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, India), G. Padmanabhan (S.V. University College of Engineering, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India)

M. Rajendra (Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India), K. Shankar (Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)

A. Chandra Mouli (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Narasaraopeta Engineering College, Narasaraopeta, Andhra Pradesh, India), Ch. Ratnam (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Andhara University, Vasakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India)

J. Paulo Davim (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal)

Sagil James (Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA), Lauren Blake (Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA), Murali M. Sundaram (Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA)

Vasim Shaikh (Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA), Nourredine Boubekri (Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA), Thomas W. Scharf (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA)

M. C. Murugesh (Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.M Institute of Technology (GMIT), Davangere, Karnataka, India), D. Sujay Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coorg Institute of Technology, Ponnampet, Karnataka, India), K. V. Arun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Haveri, Karnataka, India)

K. S. Narayana (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences (ANITS), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India), R. T. Naik (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India), R. C. Mouli (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences (ANITS), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India), L. V. V. Gopala Rao (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maharaj Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College of Engineering (MVGRCE), Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India), R. T. Babu Naik (National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India)

Nabila Tahreen (Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh), A.K.M. Masud (Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Carmine Lucignano (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), Fabrizio Quadrini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

A. Mahamani (Sudharsan Engineering College, Pudukkottai, India), N. Muthukrishnan (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, India), V. Anandakrishnan (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)

B. Surekha (DVR & Dr. HS MIC College of Technology, India), Pandu R. Vundavilli (DVR & Dr. HS MIC College of Technology, India), M. B. Parappagoudar (Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology, India)

Pandian M. Vasant (Petronas University of Technology, Malaysia), Timothy Ganesan (Petronas University of Technology, Malaysia), Irraivan Elamvazuthi (Petronas University of Technology, Malaysia)

M. Senthil Kumar (PSG College of Technology, India), V. Raj Kumar (PSG College of Technology, India), S. Shyamkirthi (PSG College of Technology, India)

Salah Haridy (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Zhang Wu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Amro Shafik (Benha University, Egypt)

L. B. Abhang (Aligarh Muslim University, India), M. Hameedullah (Aligarh Muslim University, India)

Alakesh Manna (PEC University of Technology, India), Vivek Narang (PEC University of Technology, India)

M. Ahmad (B. Z. University, Multan, Pakistan), E. Ahmed (B. Z. University, Multan, Pakistan), N. R. Khalid (B. Z. University, Multan, Pakistan), M. J. Jackson (Bonded Abrasive Consultancy Group, USA), W. Ahmed (University of Central Lancashire, UK)

Arun K. V. (Government Engineering College, Haveri, Karnataka, India), Swetha K. V. (University BDT College of Engineering, Davangere, Karnataka, India)

D. Bellisario (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), F. Quadrini (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Audhesh Narayan (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India), Vinod Yadava (Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India)

Davinder Sethi (Chandigarh Engineering College–Landran, India), Vinod Kumar (Thapar University, Patiala, India)

Kazi Mostafa (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan), Innchyn Her (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan), Yi-Hsien Wu (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan)

Rahul Ingle (Directorate of Computational Dynamics, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, India), Debasis Chakraborty (Directorate of Computational Dynamics, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, India)

Tanmay Pandit (A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, USA), Ahad Ali (A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, USA)

A.R. Silva Filho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil), A.M. Abrão (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil), A.P. Paiva (Institute of Production Engineering, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil), J.R. Ferreira (Institute of Production Engineering, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Sanjeev Kumar Garg (National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India), Alakesh Manna (PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India), Ajai Jain (National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India)

Fabrizio Quadrini (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy), Claudia Prosperi (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy), Loredana Santo (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy)

A. H. Wani (Section of Plant Pathology and Mycology, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Kashmir, India), M. Amin (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai, India), M. Shahnaz (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai, India), M. A. Shah (Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India)

Uday S. Dixit (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India)

M. S. Che Jamil (The University of Manchester, UK), M. A. Sheikh (The University of Manchester, UK), L. Li (The University of Manchester, UK)

L. M. Alves (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal), J. G. Medeiros (MC Graça, Portugal), P. A. F. Martins (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal)

Z. Y. Jiang (University of Wollongong, Australia), D. B. Wei (University of Wollongong, Australia), K. Tieu (University of Wollongong, Australia), J. X. Huang (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., China), A. W. Zhang (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., China), X. Shi (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., China), S. H. Jiao (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., China)

R. V. Rao (S. V. National Institute of Technology, India), B. K. Patel (S. V. National Institute of Technology, India)

A. Andrade-Campos (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

Michaela R. Appleby (Lancaster University, UK), Chris G. Lambert (Lancaster University, UK), Allan E. W. Rennie (Lancaster University, UK), Adam B. Buckley (The Manufacturing Institute, UK)

T. Srikanth Reddy (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India), M. S. Shunmugam (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)

Alakesh Manna (PEC University of Technology, India), Amandeep Kundal (PEC University of Technology, India)

M. A. Shah (King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia)

Anirban Mitra (Jadavpur University, India), Prasanta Sahoo (Jadavpur University, India), Kashinath Saha (Jadavpur University, India)

Ashfaq Khan (University of Manchester, UK), Zengbo Wang (University of Manchester, UK), Mohammad A Sheikh (University of Manchester, UK), Lin Li (University of Manchester, UK)

Carmine Lucignano (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy), Erica Anna Squeo (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy), Alessandro Guglielmotti (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy), Fabrizio Quadrini (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy)

Vassilios Iakovakis (Technological Educational Institute of Larissa, Greece), John Kechagias (Technological Educational Institute of Larissa, Greece), George Petropoulos (University of Thessaly, Greece), Stergios Maropoulos (Technological Educational Institute of West Macedonia, Greece)

R. T. Durai Prabhakaran (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark), Aage Lystrup (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark), Tom Løgstrup Andersen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

Suman Kalyan Das (Jadavpur University, India), Prasanta Sahoo (Jadavpur University, India)

A.P. Markopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece), K. Kantzavelos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece), N.I. Galanis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece), D.E. Manolakos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Amrita Priyadarshini (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India), Surjya K. Pal (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India), Arun K. Samantaray (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India)

Sourav Sarkar (Advanced System Laboratory, India), V.G. Sekaran (Advanced System Laboratory, India), E. Badisch (Austrian Center of Competence for Tribology, Austria), Manish Roy (Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, India), R. Mitra (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India)

F. M. Al-Marzouki (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia), O. A. Al-Hartomy (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia), M. A. Shah (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia)

S.V. Gorabal (SKSVMA College of Engineering & Technology, India), S.N. Kurbet (Basaveshwar Engineering College, India), K.K. Appukuttan (National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India)