**About the Editors**

#### **Mustafa Ucgul**

Dr. Mustafa Ucgul has a Doctor of Philosophy degree (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of South Australia. Before joining Southern Cross University, he worked at the University of South Australia and had a long career as an agricultural engineering researcher. Mustafa has a strong interest in computational mechanics and its applications in machinery design (particularly in agricultural machinery design). With 17 years of research experience in Turkish and Australian contexts, a major component of his research has focused on the discrete element simulations of soil-engaging tools and the design of mechanical systems. His doctorate specialization was in discrete element modelling of soil–sweep tool interactions, and since then, he has undertaken research activities in research and other industry-linked projects.

#### **Chung-Liang Chang**

Chung-Liang Chang received the B.S. degree in Industrial Education from National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998. He gained M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. In 2009, he joined the Department of Biomechatronics Engineering at the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung county, Taiwan, where he is now a distinguished Professor. He has been involved in many research projects financed by the National Science and Technology Council (NSC), Council of Agriculture (CIA), etc. He served as the head of Intelligent Agriculture Production Technology Alliance at the Pingtung University of Science and Technology, creating business opportunities for intelligent agricultural technology. Recently, his work has focused on the autonomy of farming systems with agricultural robots and their impact on the growth of native crops or poultry. His main research interests include smart farming machine, autonomous bio-robot designs for agriculture, the greenhouse system, and artificial intelligence of things.
