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S. M. Sapuan is a professor of composite materials and the head of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He is the vice president and honorary member of Asian Polymer Association; fellow of Institute of Materials, Malaysia; life fellow, International Biographical Association; life member, Institute of Energy, Malaysia; member, Society of Automotive Engineers International; member, International Association of Engineers; member, Plastics and Rubber Institute, Malaysia; and a professional engineer. He has published more than 200 papers in refereed journals, more than 200 papers in conferences/seminars, and six books in engineering.

I. M. Mujtaba is a professor of computational process engineering in the School of Engineering, Design and Technology at the University of Bradford, UK. He is a fellow of the IChemE, a chartered chemical engineer, and a chartered scientist. Professor Mujtaba is actively involved in many research areas like dynamic modeling, simulation, optimization, and control of batch and continuous chemical processes with specific interests in distillation, industrial reactors, refinery processes, and desalination. He has published more than 110 technical papers in major engineering journals, international conference proceedings, and books.