M Ashraf Imam Editor

T. S. Srivatsan is the Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron. He received his graduate degrees [Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering (M.S. 1981) and Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D. 1984)] from Georgia Institute of Technology. M. Ashraf Imam is a Research Metallurgist at Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) pursuing basic research on material structure-property relationship. He also holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Materials Science at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Imam obtained a D.Sc. degree in Materials Science from George Washington University and an M.S. from Carnegie-Mellon University in the field of Metallurgy and Materials Science. R. Srinivasan is the Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, is the Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. He received his PhD from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and his MS from the University of Florida, Gainesville, both in Materials Science and Engineering, after completing his bachelors degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.