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Prof. Ashwani Gupta
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park,
USA
Prof. Gupta received his Ph.D. and higher doctorate, D.Sc. from
Sheffield University. His current research interests are in clean
combustion, energy conservation, propulsion and laser diagnostics.
Previously prof. Gupta was a Member of Research Staff at MIT, USA and
Sheffield University, UK. He is one of the best experts in combustion
in the World. He has co-authored three books, edited 10
books, 7 book chapters and over 400 papers and delivered numerous
Plenary and Keynote Lectures at International Conferences worldwide.
His is a co-author of the popular book entitled "High Temperature Air
Combustion: from energy conservation to pollution reduction" published
by CRC Press, 2003 which is now in its third printing.
He is a Fellow of AIAA and ASME and member of SAE and the Combustion
Institute. He has received several honors and awards, including the
AIAA Energy Systems award and Propellants and Combustion award, the
ASME George Westinghouse Gold medal award, James Harry Potter award and
James Landis award, and the University of Maryland President Kirwan
research award and the College of Engineering research award. He has
also received several best paper awards from AIAA and ASME. He is an
associate editor for AIAA J. Propulsion and Power and co-editor of the
Environmental and Energy Engineering series of books published by CRC
press. He has served as a consultant to number of countries worldwide.
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Prof. Kunio Yoshikawa
Professor of Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of
Technology, Japan.
He graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology and obtained PhD in
1986. After graduation from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Prof.
Yoshikawa worked for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for one year, and then
went back to his home university to become a research associate,
associate professor and professor. He is one of the best experts in
pyrolisis and gasification in the World.
His major research areas are energy conversion, thermal engineering,
combustion, gasification, waste treatment technologies and atmospheric
environmental engineering, and he wrote more than 200 papers.
His main awards are AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics) Best Paper Award in 1999, ASME (American Society of
Mechanical Engineers) James Harry Potter Gold Medal in 2001, JSME
(Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers) Environmental Technology
Achievement Award in 2006 and the Fellow of JSME in 2008.
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