Dr. Muhammed Cavus received his BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey, in 2014, and his MSc (Hons) in Renewable Energy from Newcastle University, UK, in 2019. He completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering at Newcastle University in September 2023. His research focuses on advanced control methods for renewable energy and smart grid systems, including model predictive control and the application of machine learning techniques. Muhammed has made significant contributions to impactful projects, including the IESAM project at Newcastle University, where he played a pivotal role in designing intelligent energy systems for sustainable manufacturing. His work is widely recognised, with multiple publications in leading international journals and presentations at prestigious conferences. Currently, Muhammed is a Research Fellow at Northumbria University, contributing to the Sat-Guard project, a cutting-edge initiative funded at over EUR 1 million, focusing on advanced energy management solutions for sustainable satellite operations. In addition, he serves as a reviewer for top-tier journals such as Energy, IEEE Access, Springer, and MDPI journals, reflecting his expertise and commitment to advancing the field. Muhammed's teaching and mentorship have positively impacted over 150 students, combining real-world applications with innovative learning approaches to inspire the next generation of engineers.

Dr. Dilum Dissanayake is an Associate Professor of Transportation Planning at University of Birmingham. Her passion for STEM careers means that she devotes time in developing research careers at postdoctoral, postgraduate, and undergraduate levels. Dr Dissanayake’s ambition is to further advance knowledge and skills in transport planning and data analysis to discover innovative solutions to reverse climate change and its consequences. Her research is a blend of transport planning, computing, data mining, mathematical modelling, social sciences, and behavioural sciences. She became a Royal Statistical Society Future Leader fellow in 2024 and is a member of Shadow Joint Analysis Development Panel of UK Department for Transport. She was selected as one of 15 Remarkable Women in Transport in 2022 by Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), which highlights the important contributions being made by women working within electric mobility. She acts as an Associate Editor of the IET ITS and Academic Editor of the Journal of Advanced Transportation. She holds the External Examiner role for the MSc in Transport and Planning at Cardiff University (2022-25). Dr. Dissanayake led research projects funded by Europe (eHUBS, Capitalisation) and the UK (Micromobility) during 2019-23 and held a prestigious Duo-India Professor Fellowship in 2022. She co-Leads UKRI UK-US Global Partnership project, CLEETS (EUR 10m; 2023-28), where she leads the Travel Demand Modelling Work Task.

Margaret Bell CBE, PhD is an Emerita Professor of Transport and Environment at Newcastle University. She pioneered research in traffic-related air pollution and design of intervention measures. In 2006 she was Honoured Commander of the British Empire for her services to Sustainable Transport and in 2019 the Rees-Hills ITSUK Lifetime Achievement Award. Emerita Professor Bell founded, in 2000, the ITSUK Smart Environment Forum to transfer knowledge into the profession to accelerate the implementation of policy and engineering solutions to benefit communities and address climate impacts. She was instrumental in setting up the instrumented city in 1992, developing the first roadside pollution monitors in 1997, and creating a fully integrated platform capturing real-time traffic, pollution and meteorological conditions. This resulted in an air quality modelling and assessment platform to forecast air pollution episodes, design interventions, and evaluate their impact. Her research over four decades provided scientific evidence that air quality and carbon targets can only be met by reducing traffic. Her research over the recent decades continues to focus on travel behaviour, attitudes, and barriers to switching to sustainable alternatives whilst continuing research on the role of ITS technologies and the Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory to manage environmental impacts and evaluate benefits on air quality and noise of Automatic Traffic Speed Management systems on motorways.