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Poonam Kumari is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. She received her Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2012. She did her Post-doctoral Fellowship at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She works in continuum mechanics and smart material and structures. She has developed three-dimensional as well as two-dimensional solutions for composite and piezolaminated plates. Currently, she is working in the field of wearable devices and nanofiber reinforced PVDF flexible mats for energy harvesting. She has published 41 international journal publications and 45 international conference publications. She has received Young Engineer Award-2017 from Indian National Academy of Engineers. In year 2019, she also received SERB Women Excellence Award. She got DUO-India Professor Fellowship 2020 Award for conducting research at UK.

Dr. Santosha Kumar Dwivedy completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2000, and he is working at Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Guwahati since October 1999. He is working in the field of nonlinear vibration, robotics, and biomechanics. He guided 15 Ph.D. students, more than 60 M.Tech. students, and around 50 B.Tech. projects. He has published more than 200 papers in international journals, conferences, and book chapters. He has been the editor and guest editor for several international publications. He is also one of the editors of the Springer Books on ＂Advances in Structural Vibration＂ Springer Publication, ＂Advances in Rotor Dynamics, Control and Structural Health Monitoring＂ and ＂Mechanical Sciences: The Way Forward＂.