Next-Generation Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

Anoop Kumar Shukla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. His area of research is energy conversion and thermal management, phase change materials, combined power cycles, cogeneration, multigeneration, biofuels, and gas turbine cooling.

Rakesh Kumar Phanden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. His current areas of interest include nature-inspired optimization algorithms, energy-aware modeling of engineering systems and product design and manufacturing, friction stir welding, tool path generation and optimization, WEDM, hybrid power cycles, heat transfer in three dimensions, and nanomaterials.

Surbhi Sharma is an Associate Professor in the Centre for New Energy Transition Research, Federation University Gippsland, Churchill, Australia. Her research spans graphene oxide, nanostructured carbons, hybrid materials for fuel cells, Li-based batteries, biosensors, carbon resource upcycling, synthetic microbiology, and microbe-assisted electrocatalysts.

Navneet Soin is a Lecturer at Swinburne Graduate Research, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests cover nanomaterials, surface analysis, and energy applications, with expertise in electrochemical energy storage, materials engineering, and surface properties.

Prof. (Dr.) J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with over 35 years of experience in Mechanical, Materials, and Industrial Engineering. He holds multiple distinguished academic titles, including a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a DSc from London Metropolitan University. He has published over 300 books and 600 articles, with more than 36,500 citations. He is ranked among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and holds leadership positions in numerous international journals, conferences, and research projects.