Prof. K. Bhaskar has been with Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, since 1992. As part of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, he teaches courses related to Solid Mechanics and Elasticity. His research contributions are primarily related to theoretical modeling of thick laminated structures, with around fifty publications in refereed international journals. Prof. T. K. Varadan was with the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, for more than 35 years before retiring in 2001. Besides teaching a wide variety of courses related to Structural Mechanics and Aircraft Design, he has made significant research contributions in the areas of Non-linear Vibrations and Composite Structures, with more than one hundred publications in refereed international and national journals.