Kevin Russell, PhD, PE, is an adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Formerly, Dr. Russell was a senior mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny, New Jersey. His responsibilities included the utilization of computer-aided design and modeling and simulation tools for small and medium-caliber weapon-system improvement, concept development, and failure investigations. A registered professional engineer in New Jersey, he holds several small and medium-caliber weapon-system patents and has published extensively in engineering journals in the areas of kinematic synthesis, theoretical kinematics, and machine design.                                                                                                                              

Qiong "John" Shen, PhD, is an independent consultant at Softalink LLC, cofounder and president of a privately held data analytics company, and an adjunct professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Shen obtained his Ph.D. degree by successfully completing National Science Foundation-funded research which also resulted in a U.S. patent. He was an engineering manager at Emerson Network Power in charge of supervisory control and data acquisition systems of critical facilities such as healthcare and datacenter. Dr. Shen has been actively involved in extensive academic research in robotics and mechanism synthesis.

Raj S. Sodhi, PhD, PE, is a professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Sodhi has more than 30 years of experience in research and education related to mechanical design, mechanisms synthesis and manufacturing engineering, and is the author or coauthor of more than 100 refereed papers. He was awarded the Society of Manufacturing Engineering’s University Lead Award. He also received the N. Watrous Procter & Gamble Award from the Society of Applied Mechanisms and Robotics, and the Ralph R. Teetor New Engineering Educator Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers.