Marcio Carvalho 

Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Principal investigator in the Coating Process Fundamentals Program.  Research interests: Precision coating processes (slot, slide, curtain), fluid mechanics, interfacial phenomena, rheology.

Lorraine F. Francis 

Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota; Leader of the Coating Process Fundamentals Program.  Research interests: Drying, curing, microstructure and stress development in coatings, printed electronics.

Satish Kumar 

Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Faculty Director of the Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering.  Research interests:  Coating flows and interfacial phenomena in coating and printing processes.