Azman Ismail is a Senior Lecturer at the Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology, Malaysia. He is also a registered Professional Technologist with the Malaysia Board of Technologist, Malaysia. He obtained his doctorate degree in mechanical engineering specializing in friction stir welding for pipeline joining at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He continuously seeks and managed to secure several reputable international funding opportunities in relation to his research interest. He also owns a series of patents in friction stir welding and actively published his research findings in high reputable publications. He won several reputable awards in regard of his research excellence. He is an active researcher in his field of expertise. Apart of his academic and research excellent, he has actively served many conservation works and as part of committee members with the World Wide Fund for Nature of Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia).Wardiah Mohd Dahalan had received her B.Eng. (Hons) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from University of Dundee, Scotland, UK and Master in Decision Science from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She had obtained her PhD in Power System from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2014. She is currently appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Marine Electrical and Electronics Engineering of University of Kuala Lumpur (UniKL-MIMET). As the Head of Research & Innovation Department, she actively administers all research activities in UniKL-MIMET. Supervision of internal and external research grants and organization of all activities related to innovation such as exhibitions, competition and conferences are her core activities at UniKL-MIMET. She participates in research as a principle or co–principle in many research grants. At the same time, she also shares her expertise by becoming either the author or co-author of the publications of local as well as international journals, books and proceedings especially in the area of power system and energy. Besides, she has also successfully supervised postgraduate and undergraduate students of several universities. Such track record has led her to be appointed as a reviewer for various international journal such as IEEE transaction on Power Systems, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. Her deep research interest includes network reconfiguration, Optimization Techniques and renewable energy. She is also a member of IEEE, Rina-IMARest, Malaysian Society for Engineering & Technology (MySET) and Malaysia Board of Technologist (MBOT).
Andreas Öchsner is a Full Professor of Lightweight Design and Structural Simulation at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Having obtained a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he served as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003, while working to complete his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven years (2007–2013) as a Full Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, where he was also Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab. From 2014 to 2017, he was a Full Professor at the School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia, and Leader of the Mechanical Engineering Program (Head of Discipline and Program Director).
