Shashank Priya's many accomplishments include: Wind powered Wi-Fi, Standards for Energy Harvesting modeling, AutoPiezos, zigzag actuators for use in robotics, and piezoelectrics transformers. He is currently on the faculty at Virginia Tech and is writing a comprehensive textbook on Energy Harvesting with Daniel Inman.

Orlando Auciello, Senior Scientist at the Argonne National in the division of the Interfacial Materials Group at Argonne National has made major contributions to the fields of oxide thin films, nanocrystalline diamond films (UNCD), biomedical and biosensor devices, and non-volatile ferroelectric memories. His UNCD films are now in clinical trials to restore sight.