Melih Cemal Kuşhan is a Professor at the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey. He has a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Dokuz Eylül University, an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from Anadolu University and a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Eskisehir Osmangazi University. He conducted his postdoctoral research at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, James Cook University, Australia. He has more than 180 publications on aviation and defence technology. His publications have been cited in more than 750 scientific studies. He has completed 20 research projects in the field of materials science and manufacturing of aerospace components. He is a member of the National Aviation Cluster (ESAC) of Turkey.

Selim Gürgen is an Associate Professor of Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Gazi University and Middle East Technical University respectively. His Ph.D. degree is in Mechanical Engineering from Eskisehir Osmangazi University. He visited the University of Wollongong, Australia for a project on smart materials. He worked as a Researcher in the School of Transportation, Anadolu University for four years. Prior to his academic life, he worked as a Manufacturing Engineer in a joint venture of KMWEDutch Aero, the Netherlands for three years. He contributed to several industrial and research projects in collaboration with major organizations such as Fiat Automotive Industry, Turkish Air Force and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). He has many publications in refereed international journals and conferences. He co-authored books and book chapters on aerospace materials. He holds Research Priority Area Grant (from TÜBİTAK, 2015), Publication Performance Award (from Anadolu University, 2017-2018; from ESOGU, 2019-2020) and Polytex Award (from International R&D Project Summit, 2018). He is ranked in the list of the world’s best scientists of 2019 (from Stanford University, 2020). He deals with materials science in particular smart fluids and their applications in composite structures.

M. Alper Sofuoğlu is an Assistant Professor at Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Eskisehir Osmangazi University. He visited the University of Wollongong, Australia for a project on ultrasonic-assisted machining of aerospace materials. He has worked as a researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eskisehir Osmangazi University for seven years. He contributed to several industrial and research projects in collaboration with the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). He has many publications in refereed international journals and conferences. He holds a Researcher Grant (from TÜBİTAK, 2015) and several publication awards. He deals with machining operations of aerospace materials and optimization of the machining processes.