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Mangilal Agarwal received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Osmania University (Hyderabad, India) in 1998, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA) in 2002 and 2004, respectively. Upon receiving his Ph.D. degree, he was employed by Louisiana Tech University, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, followed by appointments as Research Staff and Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Micromanufacturing, the largest campus-wide interdisciplinary research institute. Currently he is the Interim Director of the Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute (INDI), Associate Director for Research Development at Office of Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR), and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (Indianapolis, IN), and directs the development of interdisciplinary research and education initiatives.

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Maher Rizkalla received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1985. From January 1985 to September 1986, he was employed as a Research Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, and an Assistant Professor at Purdue University Calumet until September 1986. Then, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI where he is now Professor and Associate Chair of the Department. His research interests include solid State devices, VLSI signal processing, and electromagnetics. He is a senior member of IEEE and a PE registered in the State of Indiana.

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Dr. Shrestha received his B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kathmandu University in 2003 and his Ph.D. in Engineering with an emphasis on Micro/Nanosystems and Nanotechnology from Louisiana Tech University in 2009. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute (INDI) at IUPUI. Since 2011, he has been an Assistant Research Professor in the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI. His current research interests include nanotechnology, renewable energy, sensors, wireless sensing systems, and nanotechnology education.

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Dr. El-Mounayri received his PhD in 1997 from McMaster University (in Canada) in Mechanical Engineering, He is currently an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, the co-director of the Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Laboratory (AEML) at IUPUI, and a senior scientist for manufacturing applications at Advanced Science and Automation Corp. Also, he is a leading member of INDI (Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute). He co-developed the Advanced Virtual Manufacturing Laboratory for Training, Education and Research (AVML), an innovative e-learning tool for educating students and training the next generation workforce in sophisticated technology and its underlying theory. Dr. El-Mounayri teaches courses in Design, CAD/CAM, and Nanotechnology. His research focus is in advanced manufacturing, including nano- machining. Dr. El-Mounayri has worked as consultant for and conducted R&D for a number of local companies in the areas of CAD/CAM, CNC machining, and process development/improvement. Dr. El-Mounayri is a member of ASME, ASEE, and SME. He has published over 75 technical papers in renowned peer-reviewed journals and technical conferences in his field and gave presentations at various national and international conferences.

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Dr. Kody Varahramyan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1983. From 1982 to 1992 he was with IBM Microelectronics, conducting research and development in the realization of advanced semiconductor technologies. From 1992 to 2008 he was with Louisiana Tech University, where he was the Entergy/LP&L/NOPSI Professor of Electrical Engineering, in recognition of his teaching and research contributions in the microsystems and nanotechnology areas. From September 2000 to June 2008 he was the Director of the Institute for Micromanufacturing, where, from 1992, he had contributed to the growth and development of the Institute, including through planning and setting up of laboratory resources and facilities, development and implementation of major sponsored research efforts, and realization of academic courses and curricula, on the science and engineering of materials, processes, and devices for the realization of micro/nanoscale systems. Since July of 2008, he has been the Vice Chancellor for Research at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, where he has been responsible for the advancement of research and scholarly activities, including interdisciplinary research programs that address important national and global needs.

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