Bilal A. Akash, Ph.D. has been a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering since 2003. Before his current position, Bilal worked in several American and International Institutions. The most recent was at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, IN. He is the author and co-author of more than 100 articles in international journals and conferences, with a Scopus h-index of 31 and a Google Scholar h-index of 37. His research work is mostly in thermal sciences.