R. Velmurugan is a Senior Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. His areas of research include composite materials, nano materials, finite element analysis, structural crashworthiness and impact mechanics. He has completed many consultancies and sponsored projects from many DRDO labs, ISRO centers, government agencies and private industries. Dr. Velmurugan has published more than 300 papers in journals and conferences and guided many students for PhD, MS and MTech Degrees. Dr. Velmurugan has Google citation of more than 5,000 with an h-index of 40, an i-10 index of 116 and a Scopus h-index of 34. Dong Ruan is a Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include additive manufacturing of continuous fiber-reinforced composite materials and structures, characterization of the mechanical properties of various materials at high strain rates and evaluation of the mechanical response of structures (such as multi-layered panels and tubes) under dynamic loadings. She has published over 240 academic papers in top international journals and prestigious international conferences. Dr. Ruan has secured over $20 million research grants from Australian Research Council (ARC), Defence Materials and Technology Centre (DMTC), Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Automotive Technology (AutoCRC), CAST CRC and Rail Manufacturing CRC, among others. She has supervised more than 20 PhD students. Dr. Ruan has Google citation of more than 6,400 with h-index of 42 and i-10 index of 111. S. Gurusideswar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Madras, Kattankulathur, India. Prior to this, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. During his postdoc tenure, Dr. Gurusideswar worked on dynamic characterization of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) material, which is developed for blast and impact-resistant structures. His areas of research include: composite structures, computer aided design, experimental mechanics, high strain rate characterization and digital image correlation (DIC) technique. Dr. Gurusideswar has published more than 20 academic papers in journals and conferences.
