M. Sheikholeslami received his BSc from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Mazandaran University and his MSc and PhD in Energy Conversion from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Babol University of Technology in Iran. His research interests are CFD, mesoscopic modeling of fluid flow using LBM, and Monte Carlo Methods. He is also working on applications of Nonlinear Science in Mechanical Engineering. D.D. Ganji is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Graduate Program at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology in Iran, as well as a Consultant in Nonlinear Dynamics and the Dean of the National Elite Foundation of Iran. He has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Tarbiat Modarres University.

Dr. Ganji's specialized areas of teaching and research include mechanical design, vibrations, control systems, engineering system dynamics and statics, advanced engineering mathematics, and fluid mechanic. He has published more than 450 papers and authored/coauthored more than 15 books spanning a range of topics (including control systems, engineering system dynamics, advanced engineering mathematics, and numerical methods). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Nonlinear Dynamic and Engineering Science and the Editor of the Inter-national Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation and the International Journal of Differential Equations.