Dr. Balakrishna (Balu) Gokaraju is an associate director of Visualization and Computation Advancing Research (ViCAR) Center, and associate professor in the Dept. of Computational Data Science and Engineering at North Carolina A&T State Univ. (NCAT). He works very closely with Automotive Industries' Research teams in developing the Self-Driving Cars Technology in Clean Energy. Some of these efforts include sponsorship from SAE international, General Motors, FORD, NSF and Mercedes Benz.

His research background is extensive in satellite remote sensing applications and HPC, with 10 years of service in various National Labs including, NASA Goddard Space and Flight Center, MD, High Performance Computing Collaboratory (HPCC), Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), Geosystems Research Institute (GRI) in MS, and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). His current research interests are in Spatio-Temporal Scientific Visualizations, HPC, Fully Autonomous Cars, Ground Rovers, Off-road vehicles, and IoT sensor Network. He is an effectual contributor with proven record in twenty one sponsored projects in the equivalent of $ 82.9 Million as PI and Co-PI. His research interests are sponsored and partnered by NSF, DOC, NOAA, NASA, U.S. DOEd., Dept. of Labor, DOE, and DOD. He strongly believes in engineering written communication and co-authored 20 IEEE journals (including 384 citations in last 5 years) and 36 peer-reviewed conference publications in IEEE. His Ph. D is in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Mississippi State Univ.

Greg Monty is a Director, Center For Energy Research & Technology at North Carolina A&T State University based in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is an analytical and results-oriented engineering professional with extensive experience in all aspects of research and development, start-up companies, semiconductors and nanotechnology, electrical engineering, product development, project management, standards development, patents, quality, sustainability, and business development. He uses keen eye for detail to solve problems quickly and implement innovations to improve processes, ensuring continuous achievement for an organization. He's a creative thinker that brings visions to reality, drives a company to the forefront of the industry and makes substantial contributions to the success of a corporation.