Devendra Vashist Author

Devendra Vashist is currently working as Professor and Head, Automobile Engineering, Manav Rachna International University (MRIU), Faridabad, India. He has published more than 30 papers in national/international conferences and journals. He has completed his B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Jalandhar, M.Tech in Energy Studies from IIT Delhi and PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia. His areas of interest are automotive studies, thermal engineering, internal combustion engines and alternative fuels. Presently he is working in the area of internal combustion engines and on alternative energy source for automobiles. Dr. Vashist is member and faculty advisor of Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) student chapter at MRIU.

Mukhtar Ahmad is working as Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed his B.Sc (Engineering) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, in 1972. He completed M.Sc (Engineering) in 1975 with specialization in heat power engineering. He obtained his PhD from IIT Delhi in 1991. His fields of work have been two phase flow and production and utilization of biodiesel and alternative fuel. He has published 35 papers in national/international conferences and journals. Dr. Ahmad is member or advisor of the different technical societies.