Dr. Ashwani Kumar holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Mechanical Vibration and Design. Currently serving, since 2013 as a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the Technical Education Department Uttar Pradesh Kanpur, India (under the Government of Uttar Pradesh). Previously, Dr. Kumar worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India (NIRF Ranking 55). With over 13 years of experience in research, academia, and administration, he has taken on various roles, including Coordinator for AICTE Extension of Approval, Nodal officer for PMKVY-TI Scheme (Government of India), internal coordinator-CDTP scheme (Government of Uttar Pradesh), Industry Academia relation officer, Assistant Centre Superintendent (ACS)-Institute Examination Cell, and Zonal Officer to conduct Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Diploma). He also served as a Sector Magistrate for Lok Sabha-Vidhan Sabha Election. As an academician and researcher, Dr. Kumar holds the position of Series Editor for five book series published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis USA) and Wiley Scrivener Publishing USA. The book series include Advances in Manufacturing, Design and Computational Intelligence Techniques, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Developments, Smart Innovations and Technological Advancements in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Solar Thermal Energy Systems: Advancements in Engineering, Ergonomics, and Sustainable Development, and Computational Intelligence and Biomedical Engineering. Additionally, he serves as the guest editor of a special issue titled "Sustainable Buildings, Resilient Cities, and Infrastructure Systems" for Buildings (ISSN: 2075-5309, I.F. 3.8). Dr. Kumar is also the Editor[1]in-Chief for the International Journal of Materials, Manufacturing, and Sustainable Technologies (IJMMST, ISSN: 2583-6625) and the Editor of the International Journal of Energy Resources Applications (IJERA, ISSN: 2583-6617). Dr. Kumar's contributions extend to being a guest editor and editorial board member for eight international journals, as well as a review board member for 20 prestigious international journals indexed in SCI/SCIE/Scopus, including Applied Acoustics, Measurement, JESTEC, AJSE, SV-JME, and LAJSS. He has authored and co[1]authored over 100 research articles in journals, book chapters, and conferences, and has published three patents. Recognized for his excellence in academic and research endeavors, Dr. Kumar has received the Best Teacher award. He has successfully supervised 15 B.Tech., M.Tech, and Ph.D. theses and serves as an external doctoral committee member at S.R.M. University, New Delhi. His current research interests encompass AI & ML in Mechanical Engineering, Smart Materials & Manufacturing Techniques, Thermal Energy Storage, Building Efficiency, Renewable Energy Harvesting, Sustainable Transportation, and Heavy Vehicle Dynamics.