J. Udaya Prakash is working as an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan, Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India, since July 2015. He has a total teaching experience of 22 years; four of his research scholars were awarded PhDs, and he is presently guiding four PhD scholars. He has published 85 articles in reputed peer-reviewed journals and reviewed more than 120 articles for reputed journals. His research interests include metal matrix composites, wire EDM, tribology, and drilling of MMCs. He obtained his Bachelors of Engineering in 1996 in mechanical engineering from Vellore Engineering College, University of Madras, a Masters of Engineering in 2000 in production engineering, and a PhD in mechanical engineering in 2016 from the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India.