Publication Chair

Prof. Dr. Sanjay Yadav

CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India

Biography:

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Yadav obtained his master’s degree in science (M.Sc.) in 1985 and his Ph.D. degree in Physics in 1990. Presently, he is working as Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the MAPAN: The Journal of Metrology Society of India. He is also Vice Presi-dent of the Metrology Society of India (MS), New Delhi, as well as Vice President of the Ultrasonic Society of India (USI), New Delhi. He is Former Chief Scientist and Head of the Physico Mechanical Metrology Division of NPL and also Former Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), HRDG, Ghaziabad. He has taught “Advanced Measurement Techniques and Metrology” courses, taken practical classes and supervised graduate, master and Ph.D. students since 2011. He is Recipient of several awards and scholarships of National and international repute. He has significantly contributed to the field of pressure metrology, biomedical instrumentation, ultrasonic transducers and instrumentation systems. His current research interests include research and developmental activities in physico-mechanical measurements; establishment, realization, maintenance and up-gradation of national pressure and vacuum standards; dissemination of national practical pressure scale to users through apex level calibration, training and consultancy services; inter-laboratory comparisons, proficiency testing program and key comparisons; implementation of quality system in the laboratory as per ISO/IEC 17025 standard and finite element analysis (FEA) and Monte Carlo simulations for pressure balances. He has published more than 450 research papers in national and international journals of repute and conferences, 20 books, 14 patents and copyrights, supervised eight PhDs (another five in waiting) and drafted several projects, scientific and technical reports, documents and policy papers.

Prof. Gheorghe-Daniel Andreescu

Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania

IEEE Senior Member

Biography:

Gheorghe-Daniel Andreescu (Senior Member, IEEE) was born in Caracal, Romania. He received the M.S. degree in applied electronics and the Ph.D. degree in automatic control systems from Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania, in 1977 and 1999, respectively.,Since 1984, he has been with the Automation and Applied Informatics Department, Politehnica University Timisoara, where he is currently a Full Professor. He has authored or coauthored over 80 articles in international journals and conference proceedings. His main research interests include advanced control of ac drives, sensorless control, observers, sliding-mode control, power electronics control, mechatronic systems, and real-time implementations.,Dr. Andreescu is a member of the Technical Committee TC4.2 Mechatronics Systems of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) and has been a member of the Engineering Sciences Commission of the National University Research Council.