Biowaste and Biomass in Biofuel Applications (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032193588)

Dr. Yashvir Singh is presently working as post-doctoral fellow in Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. He is also an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. He has more than 15 years of teaching experience. He has written more than 100 research articles and published them in various peer-reviewed journals. He is also a reviewer and editorial board member of various journals. His specialization includes areas like tribology, biofuels, lubrication, manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing etc. He has taught various subjects at UG and PG level, such as non-conventional machining processes, advanced manufacturing processes and additive manufacturing. He published various research papers in reputed journals and also reviewed various articles in the journals.

Prof. Vladimir Strezov is a professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia. He holds a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering and a B.E. degree in mechanical engineering. Before commencing academic work at Macquarie University in 2003, he was a researcher at the Department of Chemical Engineering, the University of Newcastle and at BHP Research in Newcastle, Australia. Professor Strezov leads a research group at Macquarie University working on renewable and sustainable energy, industrial ecology, control of environmental pollution, and design of sustainability metrics of industrial operations. Professor Strezov was an advisory panel member for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) (2015-2020). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy. He is an editorial member for the journals Sustainability, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, and International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications. He is the author of 300 publications and editor of four books: Biomass Processing Technologies, with T. J. Evans (2014), Antibiotics and Antibiotics Resistance Genes in Soils, with M. Z. Hashmi and A. Varma (2017), Renewable Energy Systems from Biomass: Efficiency, Innovation, and Sustainability with H.M. Anawar (2019) and Sustainable and Economic Waste Management: Resource Recovery Techniques with H.M. Anawar and Abhilash (2020).

Mr. Prateek Negi is presently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. His areas of specialization include thermal energy storage, energy technologies, and alternate fuels, and is currently working on the tribological analysis of bio-lubricants. Being a reviewer of some peer-reviewed journals, he has more than 20 journal and conference papers to his credit. Has taught various subjects at UG level, including heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, non-conventional energy resources, computer-aided design, and manufacturing and operations research.