Timothy Sands, Astronautics Professor of the Practice. Recipient of the prestigious Theodore von Kármán award, Dr. Timothy Sands graduated from Columbia University and Stanford University. He is an Eminent Engineer (Tau Beta Pi), an International Scholar Laureate (Golden Key International Honor Society), a Fellow of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and a panelist of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship program. He has published prolifically in archival journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters, in addition to giving plenary, keynote, and invitational presentations, and holds one shared patent in spacecraft attitude control. He is currently an Astronautics Professor of Practice having previously served at disparate universities as Chief Academic Officer, Dean, Associate Dean, and Research Center Director.

Ephraim Suhir is on the faculty of the Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA. He is also CEO of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) ERS Co. in Los Altos, CA, USA, is a Foreign Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Engineering, Ukraine (he was born in that country); Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Optical Engineers (SPIE), and the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS); Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK, and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE); and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Ephraim has authored about 500 publications (patents, technical papers, book chapters, books), presented numerous keynote and invited talks worldwide, and received many professional awards, including the 1996 Bell Laboratories Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award (for developing effective methods for predicting the reliability of complex structures used in AT&T and Lucent Technologies products), and 2004 ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal (for outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering and laying the foundation of a new discipline “Structural Analysis of Electronic Systems”). Ephraim is the third “Russian American”, after S. Timoshenko and I. Sikorsky, who received this prestigious award. His most recent awards are the 2019 IEEE Electronic Packaging Society (EPS) Field award for seminal contributions to mechanical reliability engineering and modeling of electronic and photonic packages and systems and the 2019 Int. Microelectronic Packaging Society’s (IMAPS) Lifetime Achievement award for making an exceptional, visible, and sustained impact on the microelectronics packaging industry and technology.

Prof. Dr. Schilling had in space industry responsibility in Earth observation and interplanetary satellites (such as HUYGENS to the Saturnian moon Titan and ROSETTA for exploration of comets, before he was appointed professor and chair for Robotics and Telematics at University Wurzburg. In parallel he is president of the research company „Center for Telematics (ZfT)“. His team built the first German pico-satellite UWE-1, launched 2005 to optimize Internet in space. He published more than 400 papers and received several awards, including the Walter-Reis-Award for Robotic Innovations 2008 (for research in mobile robotics) and 2012 (for medical robotics), an ERC Advanced Grant 2012 for research on control of networked distributed satellite systems and an ERC Synergy Grant 2018 for “Cloud CT” to improve climate models by observations from a formation of 10 small satellites. He was awarded with the Eugen-Sanger-Medal 2021 for his contributions to small satellite technology, as well as „The Global AACII Award“ in 2022. He is full member of the International Academy of Astronautics and was Consulting Professor at Stanford University 2002-2006.

Yuli D. Chashechkin graduated from the full course in 1964 and completed his postgraduate course at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1967 with a degree in Theoretical Nuclear Physics and started to work at the All-Union Institute for Physics- and Radiotechniques Measurements as an engineer, research scientist, head of the laboratory. At the same time, he taught at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute from 1967 to 1971 and at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology from 1973 to 1981. He defended his thesis for the degree of candidate in 1973, and the doctor of physical and mathematical sciences in 1981 and was invited to the Institute for Problems of Mechanics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR to organize the laboratory of fluid mechanics. From 1987 to 2017, he worked part-time as a professor at the Physics Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The range of scientific interests includes theoretical and experimental studies of flows, wakes, vortices, waves, and ligaments - high-gradient interfaced and filaments in inhomogeneous fluids; interaction of obstacles with the flow; generation; propagation and scattering of sound. He develops methods of optical and acoustic visualization of flows. He is the author of over 400 articles, preprints, and reports. He was invited to perform scientific work and lecture at universities in the USA, France, Japan, Italy, Spain, Slovenia and India.

Hamid Khayyam received his B.Sc. degree (Hons.) from the University of Isfahan, his M.Sc. degree from the Iran University of Science and Technology, and his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Deakin University, Australia. Dr. Khayyam has worked in automation and energy productivity in various industrial companies for more than ten years. In his previous position, he was leading the efforts on modelling, control and optimization of energy systems in the carbon fiber production line at Carbon Nexus, Deakin University. Dr. Khayyam is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, School of Engineering at the RMIT University, Australia. He has contributed more than 100 articles to professional journals and currently serves on several Editorial Boards of ISI journals. Dr. Khayyam’s research is focused on instituting new technologies in support of to develop distinctive approaches for the integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning, for solving complex energy systems, towards developing simple and procedural approaches for end-users of these technologies. Dr. Khayyam is an academic member of Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) at The University of British Columbia in Canada. Dr. Khayyam is a Senior Member of IEEE and actively involved in Power and Energy and Intelligent Transportation Systems Societies.

Professor Hosseini is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Arkansas Tech University (ATU). He established Combustion and Sustainable Energy Laboratory (ComSEL) at ATU, working on several energy- related projects. Dr. Hosseini has published two books and more than 100 scientific papers and his research has been funded by NASA and the Department of Transportation (DoT). In 2020, 2021, and 2022, Prof. Hosseini was on the Elsevier Stanford list of 2% of most cited scientists globally. Before joining Arkansas Tech University, Dr. Hosseini was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Combustion and Solar Energy Laboratory with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at San Diego State University, working on a hybrid solar thermal energy generation system funded by the Department of Energy (DOE).

Constantin SANDU- Aerospace Engineer, Ph.D. - Project Manager at COMOTI-Bucharest; Participated in multiple R&D aerospace projects with Airbus, SAFRAN, Rolls-Royce, Avio, DLR, NLR, Politecnico di Milano, MTU, ISVR, ONERA, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering -Bucharest The most important papers are related to Electromagnetic-Gravitational Propulsion of spacecraft; Noise reduction at aircraft; Turbomachinery.

Manyu Xiao has completed her PhD and post-doctoral study in Advanced Mechanics from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) in France. Since 2012, she works as an associated professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, P.R. China. She is a member of the joint French-Chinese research group " Virtual Prototyping and Design". Her interest in research includes model reduction, POD, multi-fidelity co-kriging, Machine Learning, Large scale topology optimization. Until now, she has herself authored/co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, and book chapters.

Aarush Kukreja is an upperclassman who has demonstrated a strong aptitude for research in the fields of space solar power and rocket propulsion. As a researcher at the Caltech Space Solar Power Project and the Georgia Tech Computational Combustion Lab, Mr. Kukreja has made significant contributions to the field of aerospace. He has presented at NASA, IEEE, and the ESA, being the first high schooler to attend several of his international conferences. He has published several papers and founded TurbulentBoids, a software program that has been recognized by Craig Reynolds (the creator of TurbulentBoids), an industry leader, and is in use by engineers around the world and in Silicon Valley. Mr. Kukreja has research on the Caltech Space Solar Power Project pending publication in Nature Energy. In addition to continuing to develop TurbulentBoids with the guidance of Craig Reynolds, Mr. Kukreja's research interests include exploring ways to advance the capabilities of his software. Mr. Kukreja is a promising young researcher whose work has already had a significant impact in the scientific community. With his dedication to research and innovative thinking, it is certain that he will continue to make significant contributions in the fields of space solar power and rocket propulsion.

Ajakwe, Simeon Okechukwu works at Networked System Laboratory, IT Convergence Engineering Department in Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea. Simeon is a Chartered Information Technology Professional (Citp) with over 14 years of IT-related industrial and academic experience. He is a member of IEEE, Computer Professionals of Nigeria (CPN), Internet Society of Nigeria, and Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). Currently, he is the Research and Project Lead of the Anti-drone Surveillance System, Water Quality Monitoring System, and Blockchain-based Medical IoT Project. His research domain cuts across Artificial Intelligence for real-time systems, Deep Learning and Computer vision, Software Engineering, Information Systems and Security. He is a reviewer for different reputable peer-reviewed journals and has authored several publications in AI, software engineering, and information systems.

Founder of the Crupi Law Firm, Attorney Cristina Crupi specializes in civil and corporate law, an expert in Startups, SMEs, and Innovation. She is a Legal Expert on PoliHub, the incubator of the Politecnico di Milano, a Mentor of many accelerators as well as a legal reference point for innovation. Her name is among the Unstoppable Women of StartupItalia, the list of women who are changing the world of technology, innovation, and business. She is the author of the "Startup Code" and the "SME Code", i.e. the first and only Innovation Codes, complete and organic texts that collect all the rules, opinions, and circulars on startups and innovative SMEs, published by Editoriale Scientific. He has also published the volume "Start-Up - Operational guide for the creation, management and development of innovative companies" and the e-books "Innovative Start-Ups" and "Companies among Professionals" published by Il Sole 24 Ore. He constantly publishes articles in legal and business newspapers and periodicals.

Juan José Encinas Cantaro was born in Lima, Peru. He is a Mechatronic Engineer. Session Chair and participant of the 4th North American Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Conference-IEOM 2019 in Toronto, Canada. He received a certificate for attendance and presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Automation Engineering and Intelligent Manufacturing-ICIMA 2018 in Penang, Malaysia. He participated in the X International Symposium on Innovation and Technology-ISIT 2019 in Cusco, Peru. Member of the steering and technical committee of the ISIT. He participated as part of the Peru Section of the IEEE in the XXVI International Congress of Electronics, Electricity, Engineering and Computing-INTERCON 2019 in Lima, Peru. He with experience in research, development, and innovation in the fields of mechatronics, medical robotics, telemedicine, aerospace engineering, and bioengineering. Researcher in programming by IPCEM agents. Lecturer and Consultant in Mechatronic, Spatial, and Biomedical Technologies. He is also a consultant in information and communication technologies in the Peruvian government sector.

Shaolin Hu, doctoral supervisor, professor, and dean of the Institute of Process Monitoring and System Safety, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, obtained a master's degree in mathematical statistics in 1989 and a Ph.D. degree in control science & engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2000. His main research interests are navigation and control, system simulation, big data technology with applications, artificial intelligence, statistical learning, process monitoring, and system safety,

Prof. M. De Cesare, PhD, is Senior Researcher in Applied Physics at CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Centre) and Professor in Aerospace Physics Methodologies at University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”. He is also PM&SEM in Novel Physics Methodologies for Aerospace Applications and a SEM in Airborne-gamma measurements for Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Monitoring. His principal applications are based on the development of novel technologies for material and plasma applications in the re-entry vehicle phases. The Diagnostic Methodologies and Measurement Techniques Division at CIRA tests innovative structures for space re-entry vehicles and sustained hypersonic flight and for aeronautical subjected to high thermal gradients. It develops and perfects advanced experimental methods and tools: IR-thermography technique, Spectroscopy, Laser and Ion Beam Analysis applications. The laboratory carries out its tests in two large CIRA facilities, the SCIROCCO and GHIBLI plasma wind tunnels, which simulate the extreme conditions encountered during space re-entries and hypersonic flight. This allows the laboratory to validate newly developed design methods and to study very advanced TPS material.