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Kalyan Kumar Srinivasan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Alabama, USA. He completed his MS and PhD from the University of Alabama in 2002 and 2006, respectively. His interests include Research and development of novel low temperature combustion concepts to minimize pollution formation and increase thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines for transportation, development of Laser-based diagnostics to measure temperature and species in open flames and internal combustion engines, investigation of energy destruction in combustion and thermodynamic processes and combined first and second law analyses to design/analyze bottoming. He has authored 1 book chapter, 20 conference papers and more than 35 journal articles.

Avinash K Agarwal is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His areas of interest are IC engines, combustion, alternative fuels, conventional fuels, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, emission and particulate control, and large bore engines. He has published 24 books and 230+ international journal and conference papers. Prof. Agarwal is a Fellow of SAE (2012), ASME (2013), ISEES (2015) and INAE (2015). He received several awards such as Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award-2016 in Engineering Sciences, Rajib Goyal prize-2015, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award-2012; INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award-2012; SAE International's Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award-2008; INSA Young Scientist Award-2007; UICT Young Scientist Award-2007; INAE Young Engineer Award-2005.

Sundar Rajan Krishnan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Alabama, USA. He received his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in 2001 and 2005 respectively, and has subsequently worked in Argonne National Laboratory (USA), Mississippi State