Meet the editors

Prof. Vallampati Ramachandra Prasad works in the fields of multi-physical fluid dynamics and numerical simulation. His research investigates complex phenomena of interest in mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, chemical engineering, and material processing. He has made fundamental contributions in magnetic fluid dynamics, thermal radiation heat transfer, fluid modeling, micro polar non-Newtonian hydro-

dynamics, magnetic induction flows, viscoelastic liquid flows, porous media, and boundary flows. He has published more than 100 journal articles and has presented at numerous conferences. He has written and edited several books on radiation heat transfer, thermo-diffusion and diffusion-thermo effects on boundary layer flows, and viscoelastic flows. He has collaborated with researchers in the United States, India, Spain, Turkey, and Taiwan, among other countries. He is currently a reviewer for more than 100 national and international journals.

Valter Silva is a senior researcher in environment and energy at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. In 2009, he obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Porto. Since 2012, he has led a research team devoted to the application of experimental and numerical solutions on environmental and energy topics. In the last five years, Dr. Silva has coordinated national and international projects with

leading universities across the world, including MIT and Carnegie Mellon, raising approximately \$2.5 million in funds. He has supervised more than thirty students. He has participated in more than twenty-five national and international projects in energy and environment and has authored two books, eleven book chapters, and more than sixty papers in international peer-reviewed journals.

João Cardoso obtained a master's degree in Medical Physics from the University of Porto, Portugal, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Cardoso has devoted his research work to numerical fluid mechanics applications set to describe industrial energy processes targeting sustainability. To date, he has published more than twenty peer-reviewed papers in international journals,

one book, and four book chapters. He also frequently collaborates as a reviewer for several journals such as *Chemical Engineering Journal*, *Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews*, and *Energy Conversion and Management*, among others.
