Sergey N. Grigoriev is a Doctor of Engineering Science, Professor, head of the Department of High-Efficiency Processing Technologies of Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN and completed his higher education in 1982. The scientific team of the Department has received awards from the most prestigious international scientific competitions and exhibitions under the supervision of Dr. of Eng. Sci., Prof. S. N. Grigoriev. His brightest achievements include the advances made in surface engineering, coating, and surface-hardening technologies. The researchers and academic staff of the Department are multiple winners of grants from the President of the Russian Federation for the leading scientific schools in the field of Engineering and Technical Sciences. The Department's research and academic staff develop projects in cutting tools efficiency, the efficiency of the most advanced and new technologies, adaptive, multi-component, and nanocomposite structures, and diagnostics of the technology processes. Prof. S.N. Grigoriev has initiated and participated in various invited lectures at conferences. He serves as an editor for the most authoritative international scientific journals all over the world, is the author of over 180 patents, and more than 500 international scientific articles in the journals indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus with an H-index of 52 and 53, correspondingly.

Marina A. Volosova is a candidate of Engineering Science (Ph.D.), Docent, a leading researcher in the Department of High-Efficiency Processing Technologies of Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN who completed her higher education in 2000 at the Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN as a Chartered Engineer of Mechanical Engineering. She was awarded a PhD in Engineering Science on 05.02.07, in Technology and Equipment for Mechanical and Physical-Technical Processing in 2003, and a Docent degree at the Department in 2010. She is the Laureate of Government of the Russian Federation in Science and Engineering for Young Scientists; the winner of many international and national competitions and salons for works that are mostly related to the laser, plasma, and sintering processes in the context of ceramic cutting tool coating improvements; and the author of approximately 50 patents and more than 200 international scientific articles in journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus.

Anna A. Okunkova is a candidate of Engineering Science (Ph.D.), a senior researcher in the department of High-Efficiency Processing Technologies of Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN, who completed her higher education in 2005 at the Nizhniy Novgorod State Technical University as a Chartered Engineer in the Design of Technical and Technological Complexes. In 2009, she was awarded a Ph.D. in Engineering Science, specializing in Automation and Control of Technological Processes and Productions. In 2015, she was honored as a Laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation in Science and Engineering for Young Scientists (N10904) for her work on mobile laser complexes to repair specialized machines. She has developed 25 patents and published more than 70 international scientific articles in journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus.