**Meet the editor**

Salim Newaz Kazi has eighteen years engineering service experience in petrochemical industries. He was the head of engineering and construction of a chemical plant for two years. He has the academic background with B.Sc. in Engineering (Mechanical), M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering. Dr. Kazi has 85 technical papers published in

national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has also worked as a part time consultant in a consulting team for gas pipelines layout and installation, gas drilling environment management, etc. At present he is working as an academic in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, supervising/co – supervising 16 PhD and 3 Masters Theses. He has completed supervision of 4 PhD and 10 Masters Theses.
