Micro- and Nano-scale Surface and Interface Engineering

Ajay Kumar is a Professor (Research Track), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Core Engineering, Faculty of Science, Technology & Architecture, Manipal University Jaipur.Parveen Kumar is a Skill Instructor, Skill Department of Automotive Studies, Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal, Haryana Dr. Ajit Behera is currently working as an Assistant. Professor in the Metallurgical & Materials Department at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He completed his PhD at IIT-Kharagpur in 2016. He received the National "IEI Young Engineer Award" in 2022, "Yuva Rattan Award" in 2020, "C.V. Raman Award" in 2019, and "young faculty award" in 2017. He has published more than 180 publications, including books, Book chapters, and Journals. 05 PhD students awarded under his supervision and more than 10 PhD students are from his institute/outside the institute are working on different projects with him. Currently, he has published one textbook "Advanced Materials" which is a recognized book worldwide (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-80359-9). Currently, assigned as The Honorary Secretary of The Institution of Engineers (India), Rourkela. His area of research is high temperature materials, surface engineering, smart materials, aero-space materials and characterization of materials. He is one of the Director of AMPRE ENGG. PVT. LTD. (https://ampre.co.in/) which target is to design the materials for the aero-industries using ‘additive manufacturing’ technique. Dr. Pradeep L. Menezes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, USA. Before joining this university, he worked as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM), and as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Menezes’s productive research career has produced more than several peer-reviewed journal publications book chapters, books related to tribology and a patent. He teaches Introduction to Tribology, Advanced Tribology, Surface Engineering, Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Design, and Engineering Composites. He participated in many national and international conferences in roles such as conference paper reviewer, conference review committee member, conference technical committee member, session chairman, Paper Solicitation Chair and technical session organizer.

• 1. Micro- and Nano-Engineering at Surface and Interface: A Bibliometric analysis2. Micro- and Nano-Engineered surface and interface: Industry 4.0 perspectives3. Micro- and Nano Surface Design and Surface texture4. Characterization of Micro- and Nano-Engineered Surfaces and Interfaces: Metal, Ceramic and Polymer5. Mathematical Optimization of Surface roughness and finish of Micro- and Nano manufactured parts6. Simulation Modelling and FEM analysis at interfacial layers7. Micro- and Nano-engineering of smart surfaces and interfaces8. Tribological performances of micro and nano engineered surfaces9. Surface stability, instability and degradation in Micro- and Nano-scale10. Micro- and Nano-engineering for strengthening process11. Behavior of interface at Micro-scale and Nano-scale in various structural application12. Micro- and Nano-engineering for porous and other structures13. Micro- and Nano-engineering surface for MEMS14. Micro- and Nano-engineering for biomaterial surface15. Micro- and Nano-engineering on 3D print surface