Born in 1949 in Ankara. He graduated from METU Mechanical Eng. He graduated from METU Mechanical Engineering Department in 1970 with High Honor degree. In 1971-1972, he studied fluid mechanics and aerodynamics at the NATO von Karman Institute in Brussels with a TÜBİTAK NATO scholarship and graduated with honors. In 1973 he received his M.Sc. degree and in 1979 his Ph. 1981 TUBITAK Incentive Award winner Kılkış retired as a Professor from METU Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1999. Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1999. He prepared six TSE Standards for Heat Pumps in the 1980s. He is a member of various technical committees of ASHRAE. In 2003, Kılkış was promoted to ASHRAE Fellow for his international achievements and in 2004 he was elected Distinguished Lecturer. In 2008, he received Distinguished Service and Exceptional Service awards. He is a member of Green Energy Council, Int. Journal of Green Energy and Exergy and an observer member of the IEA Heat Pump Program. He is also a revisor of ASHRAE handbooks. He is an international expert on green and sustainable buildings and has exergy-based analyses on carbon dioxide emissions, energy performance, exergy rationality and district energy systems. He holds patents on New Generation Hybrid Solar Energy Systems and Heat Pumps. He is the Second President of the European Renewable Energy Sources Heating and Cooling Council (RHC) and prepares reports on carbon dioxide reduction for the EU Presidency. Kılkış, who has realized the Mechanical Design Consultancy of Turkey's first LEED Platinum Building, has also served as the 13th Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Society of Plumbing Engineers. He has over 600 original publications. He has been a faculty member at METU, Gannon University and University of Missouri Rolla in the USA, and Başkent University. He is currently a regional distinguished lecturer of ASHRAE.

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Nicu Bizon (IEEE M’06; SM’16), was born in Albesti de Muscel, Arges county, Romania, 1961. He received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from the University “Polytechnic” of Bucharest, Romania, in 1986, and the PhD degree in Automatic Systems and Control from the same university, in 1996. From 1996 to 1989, he was in hardware design with the Dacia Renault SA, Romania. He is currently professor with the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Pitești University Centre, Romania. He received two awards from Romanian Academy, in 2013 and 2016. He is editor of 17 books and more than 600 papers in scientific fields related to Energy. His current research interests include power electronic converters, fuel cell and electric vehicles, renewable energy, energy storage system, microgrids, and control and optimization of these systems.