R. A. Ilyas is a senior lecturer at the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia. He received his Diploma in Forestry at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Bintulu Campus (UPMKB), Sarawak, Malaysia, from May 2009 to April 2012. In 2012, he was awarded the Public Service Department (JPA) scholarship to pursue his bachelor’s degree (BSc) in Chemical Engineering at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Upon completing his BSc. programme in 2016, he was again awarded the Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) by the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to undertake a PhD degree in the field of Biocomposite Technology and Design at Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP) UPM. R.A. Ilyas was the recipient of MVP Doctor of Philosophy Gold Medal Award UPM 2019, for Best Ph.D. Thesis and Top Student Award, INTROP, UPM. He was awarded Outstanding Reviewer by Carbohydrate Polymers, Elsevier United Kingdom, Best Paper Award (11th AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Energy Engineering), and National Book Award 2018, Best Paper Award (Seminar Enau Kebangsaan 2019, Persatuan Pembangunan dan Industri Enau Malaysia) and Top Cited Article 2020-2021 Journal Polymer Composite, Wiley, 2022. R.A. Ilyas also was listed and awarded among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Subject-Wise) citation impact during the single calendar year 2019 and 2020 by Stanford University, US, PERINTIS Publication Award 2021 and 2022 by Persatuan Saintis Muslim Malaysia, Emerging Scholar Award by Automotive and Autonomous Systems 2021, Belgium, Young Scientists Network—Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM) 2021, UTM Young Research Award 2021, UTM Publication Award 2021, and UTM Highly Cited Researcher Award 2021. His main research interests are: (1) polymer engineering (biodegradable polymers, biopolymers, polymer composites, polymer gels) and (2) material engineering (natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites, biocomposites, cellulose materials, nano-composites). To date, he has authored or co-authored more than 404 publications (published/accepted): 164 Journals Indexed in JCR/Scopus, 2 non-index Journal, 15 books, 104 book chapters, 78 conference proceedings/seminars, 4 research bulletins, 10 conference papers (abstract published in book of abstract), 17 Guest Editor of Journal Special Issues and 10 Editor/Co-Editor of Conference/Seminar Proceedings on green materials related subjects.
	Mohd Sapuan Salit is an “A” Grade Professor of composite materials at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and a Head of Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, INTROP, UPM. He has a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from University of Newcastle, Australia, an MSc in Engineering Design from Loughborough University, UK and PhD in Material Engineering from De Montfort University, UK. He is a Professional Engineer, a Society of Automotive Engineers Fellow, an Academy of Science Malaysia Fellow, a Plastic and Rubber and Institute Malaysia Fellow, a Malaysian Scientific Association Fellow, an International Biographical Association Fellow and an Institute of Material Malaysia Fellow. He is an Honorary Member and immediate past Vice President of Asian Polymer Association based in IIT Delhi and Founding Chairman and Honorary Member of Society of Sugar Palm Development and Industry, Malaysia. He is the co-editor-in-chief of Functional Composites and Structures, and member of editorial boards of more than two dozen journals. To date he has produced more than 1800 publications including over 860 journal papers, 50 books, and 175 chapters in book. He has delivered over 50 plenary and keynote lectures, and over 150 invited lectures. He organized 30 journal special issues as a guest editor, presented over 650 technical articles in conferences and seminars, reviewed over 1300 journal papers and has 8 patents. He successfully supervised 91 PhD and 70 MSc students and 15 postdoctoral researchers. His current h-index is 93 and the number of citations is 31,647 (Google Scholar). He received nine Outstanding Researcher Awards from UPM, ISESCO Science Award (Gold Medal), Plastic and Rubber Institute Malaysia Fellowship Award and Forest Research Institute Malaysia First Prize Publication Award. He also received Khwarizimi International Award, SEARCA Regional Professorial Chair award, Kuala Lumpur Royal Rotary Gold Medal Research Award and two National Book Awards. He received the Endeavour Research Promotion Award by TMU/IEEE India, Citation of Excellence Award, Emerald, UK, Malaysia’s Research Star Award, Elsevier/Ministry of Education Malaysia, Publons Peer Review Award, Publons, USA, Professor of Eminence Award from Aligarh Muslim University, India, Top Research Scientists’ Malaysia Award, Academy of Science Malaysia, Gold in Invention and Innovation Awards, Malaysia Technology Expo and PERINTIS Publication Award, PERINTIS, Malaysia. He was listed among the World Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, USA. He is the finalist of IET Achievements Award, IET, UK and 2021 SAE Subir Chowdhury Medal of Quality Leadership, SAE, USA.
	Emin Bayraktar (Prof. Emeritus, Habil., Dr (Ph.D.), DSc—Doctor of Science) is an academic and research staff member in Mechanical and Manufacturing engineering at SUPMECA/Paris, France. His research areas include manufacturing techniques of new materials (basic composites—hybrid), metal Forming of thin sheets (Design + test + FEM), static and dynamic behavior and optimization of materials (experimental and FEM—utilization and design of composite-based metallic and non-metallic, powder metallurgy, and energetic material aeronautical applications), metallic-based and non-metallic materials, powder metallurgy and metallurgy of steels, welding, and heat treatment, as well as the processing of new composites, sintering techniques, sinter–forging, thixoforming, etc. He has authored more than 200 publications in the International Journals and International Conference Proceedings, and has also authored more than 90 research reports (European = Steel Committee projects, Test + Simulation). He already advised 32 Ph.D. and 120 MSc theses, and is currently advising 7. He is a Fellow of WAMME (World Academy of Science in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering), Editorial Board—Member of JAMME (International Journal of Achievement in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering), Advisory board member of AMPT—2009 (Advanced Materials Processing technologies), APCMP—2008 and APCMP—2010. He was Visiting Professor at Nanyang Technology University, Singapore in 2012, Xi’an Northwestern Technical University, Aeronautical Engineering, in 2016, University of Campinas, UNICAMP-Brazil in 2013 until 2023. He is a recipient of the Silesian University Prix pour “FREDERIK STAUB Golden Medal-2009” by the Academy of WAMME, “World Academy of Science”—Poland, materials science section, and a recipient of the William Johnson International Gold Medal—2014, AMPT academic association.
	Shukur Abu Hassan, PhD (UTM, Malaysia), MSc (Warwick University, UK), BSc (UTM, Malaysia) is an Engineer, associate professor and current Director of Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia. In his teaching career of 33 years, he has been working as Centre Director, Head of Composite Lab and Committee Member at the Faculty and University level. He is also involved as Consultant and on the Editorial Advisory Board for various international journals. Assoc. Prof. Shukur research focuses on (1) composites structure durability, (2) recycling composites, (3) biomimetics design, (4) composites testing, (5) natural fibre composites, (6) hybrid composites, (7) composites bonding and (8) polymer mortar composites. He is registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and Member of Malaysian Board of Technologist (MBOT). To date he has been a consultant to 16 projects amounting to RM 480,000. 00 and Principal Investigator and member to 49 research grants worth RM 3.9 million. He has also supervised and co-supervised 16 postgraduates. He has also authored and co-authored 106 publications (published/accepted); 22 ISI Article/Journal, 9 Scopus Article/Journal, 10 Non-Indexed Article/Journal, 2 Indexed Conference Proceedings, 43 Non-Indexed Conference Proceedings, 7 Book Chapters, 13 Classified/Technical /Expert Report. He also has 1 patent granted, 1 patent filed and 7 registered industrial design.
	Nabil Hayeemasae is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Rubber Technology and Polymer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus. He obtained a Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering at the School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has been conducting several research areas, particularly on the re-utilization of polymer and solid wastes into potential materials, rubber composites, and rubber recycling. So far, his research outputs have been selected to be published in over 80 papers internationally.
	M.S.N. Atikah is a PhD candidate in the field of Chemical Engineering at Universiti Putra Malaysia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and a Master of Science (Chemical) from the same university. She has authored and co-authored 54 publications from 2016-2022 and has an h-index of 20. She was awarded scholarships for her bachelor’s degree and doctor of philosophy programs from Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA), Malaysia.
	Khubab Shaker is currently serving as Assistant Professor and Chairman, Department of Materials at National Textile University, Pakistan. He is an active member of the Textile Composite Materials Research Group at NTU, with 63 publications (impact factor=166), 3 books, and 32 conference presentations. He has more than 12 years of industrial and teaching experience in textiles and composite materials. His areas of research include composites joining, natural fibres, biopolymers, green composites, and their applications as a potential replacement for synthetic composite materials.