Narottam P. Bansal, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Glenn Research Center, where he has conducted research on glasses, ceramics, and composites since 1985. In addition to publishing more than 230 papers, Dr. Bansal holds seven patents and is the author or editor of five books and 32 conference proceedings.

Prabhakar Singh, PhD, holds the United Technologies Corporation - UTC - Endowed Chair Professor position in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and was the Director of the Center for Clean Energy Engineering at the University of Connecticut.