A.A. Vereschaka is doctor of technical sciences, professor, specialist in the field of surface modification of materials and modifying coatings for various purposes, and head of the scientific group at the Institute for Design, Technological Informatics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IDTI RAS). S.N. Grigoriev is doctor of technical sciences, professor, head of the Department of Highly Efficient Processing Technologies, and head of the Spark Plasma Sintering Laboratory at Moscow State Technological University (STANKIN). V.P. Tabakov is doctor of technical sciences and professor in the Department of Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, Ulyanovsk State Technical University.