Machining and Tribology of Advanced Materials: From Coatings, Lubrications, Surface Treatments to Modeling and Simulation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783111376424)

Dr. Nishant K. Singh is an Associate Professor at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He earned his PhD from IIT, Dhanbad, masters in Production Engineering and B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Delhi College of Engineering. He has written more than 110 research articles in well-known international journals and Serves as the Reviewer and Editorial Member in peer-reviewed Journals and Conferences. He has written 4 books with International Publishers CRC Press, Nova Publishers. His research interests include Tribology, Composites, Micro-manufacturing and Non-conventional machining processes.

Prof. Rajesh Kumar Verma is working on the post of Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU) Kanpur India, (UP Govt. Technical University). He received his Ph.D. (Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, being cited more than 250 times. He has received Research Excellence award in the year 2023 by Hon'ble Vice Chancellor HBTU kanpur. Dr. Verma supervised more than 06 Ph.D and executed various project sponsored by Govt. Agencies. The e-content and courses developed by him are widely used in the Indian university system. He has developed various nanomaterials for structural applications and proposed hybrid optimization modules recognized by multiple peer-reviewed journal publishers like Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Sage, WSPC, etc.

Dr. Virendra Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Harcourt Butler Technical University in Kanpur, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi and has over eight years of experience in teaching and research. Dr. Kumar has an extensive academic background in mechanical engineering, which is evident from his accomplishments as an inventor with five patents and an author of over 50 research articles. In addition to his publications, he has contributed significantly to academia, with more than 500 citations and an h-index of 13 on Google Scholar. As a journal reviewer for peer-reviewed journals, he has demonstrated his valuable contributions to the field.

_J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is also distinguished as honorary professor in several universities/colleges/institutes in China, India and Spain. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) in 1991, Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years) in 1986, from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra in 2005 and the D.Sc. (Higher Doctorate) from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He is Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist titles in Engineering and Industrial Management as well as in Metrology. He is also Eur Ing by FEANI-Brussels and Fellow (FIET) of IET-London. He has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. He has also interest in Management, Engineering Education and Higher Education for Sustainability.
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