Editorial Board

National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India

V.P. Chandramohan is presently working as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in 2001, completed his Master of Engineering in Thermal Power Engineering from Annamalai University in 2002, and MBA Project Management in 2009. He obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, India in 2012. His research interests are (i) computational fluid dynamics (ii) renewable energy, (iii) drying and simultaneous solution of heat and mass transfer (iv) solar drying (v) solar updraft tower. He has more than 200 publications in International reputed journals, book chapters, and conferences. He is handling a lot of sponsored research projects from various funding sources. He got various awards such as a gold medal for ME (Thermal Power) and Dr. S. Sathik prize from Annamalai University, DST-SERB Empowerment Scheme Award 2016, and ScienceDirect TOP 25 Hottest Articles award. He is serving as editorial board member and reviewer in various reputed journals in his field of expertise.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India

Dr Sasi K Kottayil had his basic and post graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering (respectively from Regional Engineering College, Calicut in 1980 and College of Engineering, Trivandrum in 1984) and doctoral degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2000. Renewable Energy and Smart Micro Grid are the areas of his interest. He presently serves as Energy Consultant at Integrated Rural Technology Centre (IRTC), Palakkad, and Director of SETREN Energy Solutions, Palakkad.

Linnaeus University, Sweden

Dr. Brijesh Mainali is Associate Professor in Energy Sustainability at Linnaeus University (LNU). He has 25 years of experience working in the field of Energy and Sustainable Development, which includes his work in the academic sector (Linnaeus University and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), and with Energy Development programmes (ESAP) in Nepal and as consultant with private sector and NGO. His research is interdisciplinary in nature and analyzes renewable energy technologies interlinking them with market, policy and sustainable development. Mainali has led and coordinated several projects in the area of Energy and Climate change funded by Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS) and Swedish Research Council (VR). He has also worked participated in in couple of EU projects Horizon 2020 on Energy efficiency and deep renovation of detached households and Erasmus+ project on Capacity building of partners in LESOTHO for developing courses on Sustainable development as co-applicant. Besides, Dr Mainali is project coordinator from LNU side for Doctoral school in Sustainable energy engineering (SEED) and Program manager for Masters Programme in Energy and Management for Sustainable Development at LNU.

Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Dr. Shaik Feroz is currently working at Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Feroz obtained his doctorate in the field of Chemical Engineering from Andhra University, India in 2004 and Post Doc Research Fellow from Leibniz University, Germany in 2015. M. Tech in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, India in 1998 and B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from S. V. University, India in 1992. Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Studies from Andhra University in 2003.
Dr. Feroz has expertise in process engineering, plant design and troubleshooting, quality control using advance analytical equipment, wastewater treatment, solar energy systems (PV & CSP) for energy and desalination, hot water systems and water treatment, synthesis of nano photo catalysts, simultaneous treatment of wastewater and production of hydrogen, environmental impact assessment, design, delivery and management chemical & process engineering programs and tailored made industrial based training programs related to chemical and process engineering.
Dr. Feroz has more than 220 publications to his credit in journals and conferences of international repute and supervised 4 PhD research works with another 4 on-going. Dr. Feroz is associated as the Principal Investigator/CO-Investigator to a number of research projects and also involved as “Technology transfer agent” by Innovation Research Center, Sultanate of Oman. He has a significant contribution as Editorial member and peer reviewer for various reputed international journals and conferences. He was awarded “Best Researcher” by the Caledonian College of Engineering for the year 2014. Dr. Feroz has total experience of 31 years in teaching, research and industry.
 

University of Cincinnati, United States of America

Dr. Jing Shi received a B.S. degree and a Ph.D. degree in materials engineering from University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, and another Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University, USA. He is currently a full professor of Mechanical Engineering, as well as the program director of Industrial & Systems Engineering at University of Cincinnati, USA. He has published more than 200 refereed papers in technical journals and conference proceedings. His expertise mainly covers renewable energy, materials and processing for energy conservation, green manufacturing, modeling and optimization of energy systems, and circular economy. He is a frequent recipient of teaching and research awards, an editorial member of multiple international journals, a regular reviewer for federal funding agencies, and a conference organizer of numerous international conferences.