Pradeep L. Menezes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. Before joining this university, he worked as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Wisconsin, and as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Menezes's productive research career has produced more than 130 peer-reviewed journal publications (citations more than 5000, h-index-39), 30 book chapters, six books related to tribology and a patent. He teaches Introduction to Tribology, Advanced Tribology, Surface Engineering, Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Design, and Engineering Composites. He currently serves as a reviewer on over 80 prestigious journals and as an editorial board member of 10 journals. In addition, he has participated in many national and international conferences in roles such as conference paper reviewer, conference review committee member, conference technical committee member, session chairman, Paper Solicitation Chair and technical session organizer. He has peer-reviewed multiple books, book chapters, grants, and master's and doctoral theses. Manoranjan Misra is a Foundation Professor at the University of Nevada Reno, USA. He has published over 200 journal articles. His research interests are metallurgy, and chemical and material processing. Dr. Pankaj Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico, USA. He obtained his doctoral degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Utah, USA. He has published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and served as the journal reviewer for more than 25 journals. He has also served as the guest journal editor, session chair in conferences, book chapter reviewer, grant reviewer, and M.S. and Ph.D. theses committee member. Dr. Kumar's research is in the broader areas of advanced manufacturing and materials design for novel structural and functional applications. His research includes material concepts with specific emphasis on advanced manufacturing, materials processing, and physical and mechanical metallurgy. He teaches mechanical engineering design and advanced manufacturing courses to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of New Mexico.
