Mohammad I. Younis received a Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2004. He is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, and the State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, USA. He serves as the Director of the MEMS and NEMS Characterization and Motion Laboratory. Dr. Younis is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2012, the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award in 2009, and the Paul E. Torgersen Graduate Research Excellence Award in 2002. He holds several U.S. patents in MEMS sensors and actuators. He serves as an Associate Editor of Nonlinear Dynamics, the Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, and the Journal of Vibration and Control. He has authored the book entitled MEMS Linear and Nonlinear Statics and Dynamics (Springer, 2011). He has authored more than ninety archival journal papers, all on the fields of MEMS and NEMS. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Francisco Falcone (M05, SM09) received his Telecommunications Engineering Degree (1999) and PhD in Communications Engineering (2005), both at the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) in Spain. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as Microwave Commissioning Engineer at Siemens-Italtel. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as Radio Network Engineer in Telefónica Móviles. In 2009 he co-founded Tafco Metawireless, a spin off devoted to complex EM analysis. From 2003 to 2009 he was also Assistant Lecturer at UPNA, becoming Associate Professor in 2009. His research area is artificial electromagnetic media, complex electromagnetic scenarios and wireless system analysis. He has over 280 contributions in journal and conference publications. He has been recipient of the CST Best Paper Award in 2003 and 2005, Best PhD in 2006 awarded by the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Doctorate award 2004-2006 awarded by UPNA, Juan Lopez de Peñalver Young Researcher Award 2010 awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain and Premio Talgo 2012 for Technological Innovation.