Dr. Seshadev Sahoo is currently an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University) Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Dr. Sahoo worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Alabama, USA, and Purdue University, USA. He is the reviewer and guest editor of many international journals. He published more than 60 research articles with international repute. He has also received Young Scientist award for his contribution in additive manufacturing. He has guided two doctoral students and 12 postgraduate students till date. His research focuses on integrated computational materials engineering, multiscale modeling, metal additive manufacturing, and processing-structure-properties correlations in materials and composite materials.
Dr. Natraj Yedla is currently an Associate professor at the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha. He obtained his B.Tech. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) from REC Warangal, Telangana, and M.Tech. (Industrial Engineering) from NIT Warangal, Telangana, and a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. His primary areas of research interest include deformation behavior and fracture of metallic systems using atomistic modeling and simulations. He has published 33 papers in SCI journals and 20 in conference proceedings. He has guided four doctoral students to date.