Sustainable Development for Energy, Power, and Propulsion (Green Energy and Technology)

Ashwani Gupta is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland (UMD). He obtained his PhD and higher doctorate (DSc) from the University of Sheffield, was awarded a DSc from Southampton University and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, King Mungkut University of Technology North Bangkok, and University of Derby, UK. He received many honors and awards from AIAA and ASME and the President Kirwan Research Award and College of Engineering Research Award at UMD. Prof Gupta has authored over 750 papers, 3 books, and edited 12 books in the areas of combustion, swirl flows, high temperature air combustion (HiTAC), distributed combustion, waste to energy, acid gas treatment, fuel reforming, and air pollution. He is Honorary Fellow of ASME and Fellow of AIAA, SAE, AAAS and RAeS (UK).

Abhijit Kushari is a Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dr. Kushari received his PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, in 2000 and joined the IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor in 2001. He became a Professor in 2014. His research interests are aerospace propulsion, gas turbine engines, turbo-machinery, liquid atomization flow control and combustion dynamics. He has authored more than 130 technical papers. 

Akshai K. Runchal is the founder and Director of CFD Virtual Reality Institute and ACRI group of companies. His expertise is in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He has consulted widely on flow, heat and mass transfer, combustion, environmental impact, hazardous and nuclear waste, ground water and decision analysis to over 200 clients in 20 countries. He is the principal author of PORFLOW®, TIDAL®, ANSWER® and RADM™ simulation models that are used worldwide. He received his PhD from Imperial College (London), and Bachelor's in Engineering from PEC.  He has taught in the USA, India and the UK.  He has authored 7 books and over 200 technical publications. He has received many honors and awards, and given many invited contributions at conferences.