Dr. Fuad Khoshnaw is a senior academic and researcher at the School of Engineering and Sustainable Development at De Montfort University in the United Kingdom, where he has served as a senior lecturer since joining in 2018. He holds a PhD in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from Loughborough University, UK, which he was awarded in 2010. Dr Khoshnaw is also recognized as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. In 2005, he became a Chevening Scholar, joining the Chevening Technology Enterprise (CTES) program and completing the Innovation and Technology course at London Business School, UK. To date, Dr Khoshnaw has published over 70 papers in fields including corrosion, welding, biomaterials, additive manufacturing, fracture mechanics, and failure analysis, and he has edited six books on welding and corrosion. Dr Khoshnaw is also an active member of several international editorial boards and serves as a reviewer for academic books and journal submissions. Rolf Gubner has specialised in Corrosion Management and Asset Reliability Engineering services and is the first qualified NACE International IMPACT Plus navigator in Australia. Previously, he was Professor of Corrosion at Curtin University, Western Australia for over 10 years and the inaugural Chevron-Woodside Chair in Corrosion Engineering from 2008 to 2014. Dr Gubner has received funding of over AU$8.6 million, has published over 100 articles in scientific journals and provided subject matter expert services to industry and government.