**About the Editors**

**Pradeep Menezes** is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Nevada, Reno. Before joining the University, he worked as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and post-doctoral research associate at the University of Pittsburgh.

His productive research career has produced over 130 peer-reviewed journal publications (over 5500 citations, h-index—37), 30 book chapters, and 4 books. He currently serves as a reviewer on over 60 prestigious journals and as an editorial board member of 10 journals. In addition, he has participated in many national and international conferences in roles such as conference paper reviewer, conference review committee member, conference technical committee member, and session chairman. He has peer-reviewed multiple books, book chapters, grants, and master's and doctoral theses. He has also prepared technical newsletters and tribology web notes for the American Society of Mechanical Engineer's (ASME) tribology division.

**Pankaj Kumar** is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque. He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA. Following doctoral work, he explored the physical, mechanical, and electrochemical behavior of additive manufactured materials during his postdoc research at the University of Utah. Then, he joined the University of Nevada, Reno as a research assistant professor in the Chemical and Materials Engineering department, and continued exploring research in the additive manufacturing area.

Dr. Kumar's research is in the broader areas of advanced manufacturing and materials design for novel structural and functional applications. His research includes material concepts with specific emphasis on advanced manufacturing, materials processing, and physical and mechanical metallurgy. His research also includes improving understanding of the micro-mechanisms of materials damage such as fatigue, creep, etc
