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Dr Panagiotis Kyratsis (www.kyratsis.com) is a Professor of the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Greece. He is also the Director of the Institute of Traditional Architecture and Cultural Heritage, University Research Center “TEMENUS”, and the Director of the Computational Design and Digital Fabrication Research Lab (CODE+). Prof. Panagiotis Kyratsis received his PhD in CAD-based manufacturing process simulations from the Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Greece. He holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and he received his M.Sc. in Automotive Product Engineering and M.Sc. in CAD/CAM from Cranfield University, UK. He has been involved in several industrial projects, and he has a great deal of expertise in both the design and the manufacturing aspects of product development. His main research interests include manufacturing/machining, CAD/CAM/CAE systems, computational design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), additive manufacturing (AM), CAD-based applications, product design, reverse engineering and prototyping. He has published more than 25 books and more than 240 papers in Scientific Journals and International Conferences. He is a member of the Editorial Board and reviewer for numerous scientific journals and holds 12 industrial designs and two patents registered within the Greek Patent Office.

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Dr. Panagiotis Kyratsis (www.kyratsis.com) is a Professor of the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Greece. He is also the Director of the Institute of Traditional Architecture and Cultural Heritage, University Research Center “TEMENUS”, and the Director of the Computational Design and Digital Fabrication Research Lab (CODE+). Prof. Panagiotis Kyratsis received his PhD in CAD-based manufacturing process simulations from the Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Greece. He holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and he received his M.Sc. in Automotive Product Engineering and M.Sc. in CAD/CAM from Cranfield University, UK. He has been involved in several industrial projects, and he has a great deal of expertise in both the design and the manufacturing aspects of product development. His main research interests include manufacturing/machining, CAD/CAM/CAE systems, computational design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), additive manufacturing (AM), CAD-based applications, product design, reverse engineering and prototyping. He has published more than 25 books and more than 240 papers in Scientific Journals and International Conferences. He is a member of the Editorial Board and reviewer for numerous scientific journals and holds 12 industrial designs and two patents registered within the Greek Patent Office.

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Dr. Gheorghe Oancea has been a full professor in the Manufacturing Engineering Department, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania, since 2003. He has also served there as the Head of the Manufacturing Engineering Department (2011-2016) and as Dean of the Technological Engineering and Industrial Management Faculty (2016-2024). He is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities in the areas of CAD/CAPP/CAM systems and manufacturing technologies. Professor Gheorghe Oancea graduated in Manufacturing Engineering from Transilvania University of Brasov, where he also received his PhD in the same field in 1997. He became a PhD supervisor in 2009 and has supervised nine completed PhD theses and two postdoctoral researchers. Professor Oancea has authored and co-authored 20 books and book chapters, three patents and more than 170 scientific publications, 85 of which are indexed in Clarivate – Web of Science: 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 50 in conference proceedings. He has participated in numerous Clarivate – Web of Science indexed conferences as an author/co-author, chairman, co-chairman, invited keynote speaker, and member of the International Scientific Committees. He also serves as a reviewer for highly ranked scientific journals and international conferences. He has been involved in several research projects, and his current research interests include innovative manufacturing technologies, CAD/CAPP/CAM systems, additive manufacturing and reverse engineering.

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Prof. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Verma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), Kanpur, India. He is also the Dean of Research and Development (R&D) at HBTU, and has previously served as the Additional Controller of Examinations and Finance Controller (FC) of the university. He received his Ph.D. (Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, and is a Chartered Engineer by the Institution of Engineers (India). He is actively involved in teaching and research on nanomaterials, polymer composites, modeling, simulation, optimization, advanced machining, and machinability estimation of composites/nanocomposite materials. Dr. Verma has supervised 8 Ph.D. and 13 Master’s theses, with 7 Ph.D. theses currently ongoing. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles in referred international journals and conference proceedings. The e-content and courses that he has developed are widely used in the Indian university system, and he has more than 15 completed/ongoing research and development (R&D) projects sponsored by various government agencies. Moreover, he has also filed 23 Indian patents and 3 India copyright registered documents. Dr. Verma was the recipient of the prestigious Research Excellence Award in 2023, 2024, and 2025, presented by the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, HBTU, India; the H.E. Hon’ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh (UP) state; and Chancellor, HBTU, Kanpur, respectively, for his exemplary research work. His research proposal ranked second in Uttar Pradesh-Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) Gomti Nagar, Lucknow in a Hackathon “Beat Plastic Pollution” on 02/10/2018, out of a total of 699 project entries and received the Best Paper Award at the PRIME2021 and the ICMPC2021 conferences.

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Anastasios Tzotzis received his PhD from the University of Zaragoza, Department of Design and Manufacturing Engineering, in manufacturing simulations based on CAD techniques and statistical and finite element methodologies. Furthermore, he holds an M.Sc. in Mechatronics and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences. He has worked with Hellenic Sugar Industry SA, participating in several maintenance and reverse engineering projects related to specialized machinery. With over 10 years of teaching experience at academic institutions such as the University of Western Macedonia, Merchant Marine Academy of Macedonia, and Mediterranean College of Thessaloniki, and more than 60 scientific papers published, he is actively involved in the scientific community. Moreover, he has received a patent for the design of a specialized unmanned surface vessel and acts as a reviewer to numerous scientific journals. He is currently working as a researcher at the University of Western Macedonia in the Product and Systems Design Engineering Department. Additionally, he is the co-author of CAD-based Programming in Design and Manufacturing, Springer, 2025; 3D FEA Simulations in Machining, Springer, 2023; Computer-Aided Manufacturing and Analysis - CAM/CAE, TZIOLA Publications, 2021; and several other academic books. He participated in the HapticSOUND and the Digi4Wearables research projects and his research interests extend from process simulations and intelligent manufacturing, and CAD-based programming for design and manufacturing, to the implementation of non-linear finite element methods and machine learning, as well as to the design of mechanical systems and industrial products. Lastly, he is a technology enthusiast and closely follows the latest trends for CAD/CAM/CAE, industrial machinery, robotics and unmanned vehicles, 3D printing and more.