Shashank Sharma is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas. He received his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, in 2014 and his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 2020. He holds a robust skill set that includes Catia, manufacturing, internal combustion engines, AutoCAD, ANSYS, and so on.