Dr. Gang Li is an Assistant Professor at Michael W. Hall School of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University. His research interests include the fields of renewable energy technologies, applied artificial intelligence, dynamics and vibration, control theory, condition monitoring algorithms, structural health monitoring, and life cycle assessment, and involve AI for engineering, numerical simulation, experimental validation, and industrial application. Dr. Li is a recipient of the NSF EPSCoR Research Fellow Award and DOE EnergyTech UP Faculty Explorer Award. Dr. Li's research has been funded by NSF, DOE, the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute's Energy Innovation Seed Grant, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation’s Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) Grant, the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Research (MOWER) Challenge Grant Program, General Electric (GE), and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE). Dr. Li is a member of ASME, IEEE, and SAE International.
Prof. Dr. S. Sivasankaran is an eminent Fluid Dynamicist whose areas of interest are CFD, convective heat and mass transfer, numerical simulations, MHD, nanofluids, micro-channel heat sinks and porous media. After completing his Ph.D. in 2006, he has received four Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Taiwan and South Korea. He has successfully supervised 12 PhD students and 7 Master's students. He has contributed more than 175 papers in international journals and 44 papers in conference proceedings. He has been featured in the top 2% of scientists in the world for the past 4 years. He is an Editor-in-Chief in two journals, an Associate Editor in two international journals, an Editor in 2 journals, an Assistant Chief Editor in 1 journal and he is a member of the editorial board in 12 international journals. He is acting as a reviewer for more than 50 international journals. He has received some awards for his research (Best Paper Award, Best Researcher Award, etc.) and teaching works (Best Teacher Award). He has served on several national and international committees.
VEHICLE DESIGN AND DATA CHARACTERISTICS, FUNDAMENTAL OF I. C. ENGINES, THERMAL SCIENCE