Dr. Rendi Kurniawan has worked as an Assistant Professor since 2017 in Mechanical Engineering at Yeungnam University, South Korea. He received a bachelor's degree from Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia. He continued his master's study related to Precision Machining at Yeungnam University. After, he completed his master's study, he continued his studies to earn a Ph.D. degree. In 2016, he received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yeungnam University. His research interests are surface texturing, tribology, friction reduction, micro-dimple fabrication, elliptical vibration texturing, and areas related to manufacturing processes. Mainly, his research works are related to vibration-assisted cutting and the development of machine tools/tool holders.