Dr. Hind Abdellaoui is currently a Senior research scientist and R&D Consultant. She received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the National Superior School of Electricity and Mechanics, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco (2015). Her work has been awarded twice: prize for excellence in Mechanical Engineering at ENSEM (2015), and the 2nd is a prize for best thesis at the CMEEE conference, 2015. Dr. Abdellaoui joined the Institute of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Rabat as a scientific collaborator (2014). Between 2016 and 2020, Dr. Abdellaoui worked as a permanent professor of Composite materials, Material Sciences, Mechanics and Structure Analysis in Engineering school in Rabat, Morocco. In 2020, she joined the University Mohamed VI Polytech (UM6P), Benguerir as a post-doctoral fellow in the field of Nanocellulose Extraction as well as working on the process scalability from laboratory to pilot scale and moving through different entrepreneurship steps. Dr. Abdellaoui’s contributions appeared in almost thirty publications of articles and book chapters, and a dozen contributed national and international conference papers and she’s editing several edited books with Springer and Elsevier and CRC Press. Dr. Abdellaoui was a keynote speaker at the 1st International Symposium on Composite and Nanocomposite Materials: ISymposite I, Rabat, April 8-9, 2019.Also a distinguished speaker in in the International Symposium on Advanced Manufacturing for Polymeric materials, KMUTNB university, Thailand (24th May 2024).
Dr. Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa is currently working as a Senior Research Scientist and also Advisor within the office of the President for University Promotion and Development towards International goals' at King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. He has received the B.E (Mechanical Engineering) in the year 2010, M.Tech (Computational Analysis in Mechanical Sciences) in the year 2013, Ph.D. (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Science) from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India in the year 2018 and Post Doctorate from King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, in the year 2019. He is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and an Associate Member of Institute of Engineers (India). Also acting as a Board Member of various international journals in the fields of materials science and composites. He is a reviewer for more than 85 international Journals (for Nature, Elsevier, Springer, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, American Society for Testing and Materials, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, IOP, Hindawi, NC State Univesity USA, ASM International, Emerald Group, Bentham Science Publishers, Universiti Putra, Malaysia), also a reviewer for book proposals, and international conferences. In addition, he has published more than 140 articles in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals indexed by SCI/Scopus, 5 editorial corners, 40 book chapters, one book, 15 books as an Editor (Published by lead publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Wiley), and also presented research papers at national/international conferences. In 2021, his 17 articles have got top-cited article status in various top journals (Journal of Cleaner Production, Carbohydrate Polymers, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal of Natural Fibers, Journal of Industrial Textiles). He is a lead editor of special issues “Artificial intelligence and machine learning in composites and metamaterials”, Frontiers in Materials (ISSN 2296-8016) indexed in Web of Science and also “Trends and Developments in Natural Fiber Composites”, Applied Science and Engineering Progress (ASEP) indexed in SCOPUS. He has delivered many keynote and invited talks in various international conferences and workshops. His current research areas include Natural fiber composites, Polymer Composites, and Advanced Material Technology. He is a recipient of the DAAD Academic exchange-PPP Programme between Thailand and Germany to Institute of Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He has received a ‘Top Peer Reviewer 2019’ award, Global Peer Review Awards, Powered by Publons, Web of Science Group. The KMUTNB selected him for the ‘Outstanding Young Researcher’ Award 2020. He is recognized by Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% of the Most-Cited Scientists in Single Year Citation Impact 2019.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is President of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. He has received his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Hessen, Germany in 1999, M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from University of Applied Sciences Aalen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany in 2002, M.Sc. in Material Science at the Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Bayern, Germany in 2004, Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from Institute for Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany in 2008 and Postdoctoral Research from Kaiserslautern University and School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, USA. In 2016 he received the habilitation at the Chemnitz University in Sachen, Germany. He worked as a Lecturer for Production and Material Engineering Department at The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), KMUTNB. He has been full Professor at KMUTNB and became the President of KMUTNB. He won the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2010, 2012 and 2013 at KMUTNB. His research interests in Polymer Processing and Composite Material. He is Editor-in-Chief: KMUTNB International Journal of Applied Science and Technology and the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed Journal Articles, 8 editorial corners, 50 book chapters, one book, and 20 books as an Editor. He has participated with presentations in more than 39 International and National Conferences with respect to Materials Science and Engineering topics. He has recognized and ranked among the world’s top 2% scientists listed by prestigious Stanford University.
