Dr. K. Ravi Kumar is currently the Professor and Associate Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India. completed his B.E. - Mechanical Engineering in 2001 from Bharathiyar University and M.E. - Production Engineering in 2002 from Annamalai University. He received his Ph.D degree from Anna University in the area of Composite Materials in 2013. He is into the teaching profession since 2003 and has handled engineering education in various capacities. His areas of research include composite materials, unconventional machining, optimization, characterization and additive manufacturing. He has received grants from agencies like ICMR, SERB, Anna University for conducting seminars, workshops and FDPs. He has also published five patents to his credit. He has published more than 30 research articles and 2 book chapters in various reputed publications. His publications have widely been cited by researchers. He has also presented and published more than 20 papers in various International and National conferences. He has authored a book on "CNC Technology" and also authored a text book on Additive Manufacturing and is under production. He is an active reviewer and editorial board member for various international journals that includes Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, SAGE, and Deguyter publications. Presently, 7 scholars are pursuing their Ph.D programs under his guidance. He is an active member of professional societies namely IE (I), ISTE and SAE.Dr. Vettivel S C is currently working in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (Degree Wing), Sector 26, Chandigarh, India. He has completed his B.E. - Mechanical Engineering in 2001 from Monomaniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu and M.E. - Production Engineering in 2002 from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India. He received his Ph.D degree from Anna University Chennai, Tamilnadu India in the area of Nano Composite Materials through Powder Metallurgy in 2013. He has 20 years teaching experience and has handled engineering education in various capacities. His areas of research include composite materials, unconventional machining, optimization, welding, characterization and additive manufacturing. He has been granted with one international patent and also published five patents to his credit. He has published 4 books, 70+ research articles and 1 book chapters in various reputed publications. Presently, 2 scholars are pursuing their Ph.D programs under his guidance. He is an active member of ISTE.Prof. R. Subramanian is currently working as Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He completed his M.Tech in Metallurgy from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D Bharathiar University. He has about 35 years of Work experience in Teaching and Research . He has received funds worth nearly 100 lakhs from DRDO,DST and TATA STEEL Ltd to carry out research work. He has published more than 75 articles in reputed national and international journals. He has Co-Authored : 2 books ( Heat Treatment and Non-Destructive Testing and Powder Metallurgy) and a Chapter in a Monograph on Boron Carbide. 20 scholars has received Ph D under his guidance.

• Chapter 14D Printing Technology For Health Care ApplicationsPaulraj G, Brucely Y, Thilak MChapter 2Additive Manufactured Components For Medical ApplicationsBalasubramanian SChapter 3Mechanical property of additive manufactured stainless steelsRameshkumar K A, Prakash K, Maadeswaran P and Ganapathi AChapter 4Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing Technology and Future OutlooksMuraliraja R, VijayAnanth Suyamburajan, Shaisundaram V S, Padmanabhan SChapter 5Biocompatibility of Additively Manufactured MaterialsMugilan T, Aezhisai Vallavi M S, Madhuvanthi N S, Sridhar, Sridharan VChapter 6 Fusion Deposit Molding Composite material used in a Beam ApplicationPeriyaswamy P , Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin A, Jenaris D S , Naveen E, Ramanan NChapter 7 A Novel surface modification and mechanical characteristics on 3D-printed PLA-Al composite using laser surface irradiationNavaneetha Krishnan M, Suresh S, Emmy Prema CChapter 8 3D Printable Titanium Alloys and their Properties in Biomedical Applications: State of ArtAnmol Sharma, Pushpendera S. Bharti, Ashish Kaushik, Upender Punia, Ramesh Kumar Garg, Mohit Yadav, Deepak ChhabraChapter 9 Corrosion behaviour of additive manufactured materials and compositesRaghav G R, Nagarajan K J, Ashokkumar R, Gibin George, Jenson Joseph EChapter 10Microstructure and Mechanical properties of Al7075 and Al7075 based Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites by additive manufacturingAshok raj R, Pavendhan R, Kumaragurubaran B, Santhosh prakash AChapter 11Key Thermal properties of Stainless Steel Deposits for Wire Arc Additive ManufacturingSowrirajan M, Siva Shanmugam N and Rajesh Kannan AChapter 12Review on properties of additive manufactured materials and compositesFrancis Luther King MChapter 13Fused Deposition Modeling in Knee arthroplasty: Review with the current and novelterialsPrashant Veer , Pabla B S , Jatinder Madan , Vettivel S CChapter 14Wear and Surface Roughness of Additive Manufacturing Materials and CompositesArunprasath K, Selvakumar P, Vijayakumar M, Manikandan V, Kakur NareshChapter 15Electrochemical Behaviour of Inconel 718 Alloy Developed Through Additive Manufacturing ProcessAnush Raj B, Winowlin Jappes J T, Adam Khan M, Jani S PChapter 16Studies on Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Shape Memory AlloysPrashanna Rangan R, Gurusamy Visvanathan, Mohandass , Pitchandi KChapter 17Mechanical and Tribological Behavioral Study of Metal Additive Manufactured AlSi10Mg alloyKumar M, Ravikumar K, Arunkumar P, Dhanabal AChapter 18Design and development of customized finger prosthesis with novel mechanism using additive manufacturingSivakumar Ganesan, Senthilmurugan Arumugam, Mohan Pushparaj, Rajesh Ranganathan

Dr. K. Ravi Kumar is currently the Professor and Associate Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India. completed his B.E. - Mechanical Engineering in 2001 from Bharathiyar University and M.E. - Production Engineering in 2002 from Annamalai University. He received his Ph.D degree from Anna University in the area of Composite Materials in 2013. He is into the teaching profession since 2003 and has handled engineering education in various capacities. His areas of research include composite materials, unconventional machining, optimization, characterization and additive manufacturing. He has received grants from agencies like ICMR, SERB, Anna University for conducting seminars, workshops and FDPs. He has also published five patents to his credit. He has published more than 30 research articles and 2 book chapters in various reputed publications. His publications have widely been cited by researchers. He has also presented and published more than 20 papers in various International and National conferences. He has authored a book on "CNC Technology" and also authored a text book on Additive Manufacturing and is under production. He is an active reviewer and editorial board member for various international journals that includes Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, SAGE, and Deguyter publications. Presently, 7 scholars are pursuing their Ph.D programs under his guidance. He is an active member of professional societies namely IE (I), ISTE and SAE.Dr. Vettivel S C is currently working in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (Degree Wing), Sector 26, Chandigarh, India. He has completed his B.E. - Mechanical Engineering in 2001 from Monomaniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu and M.E. - Production Engineering in 2002 from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India. He received his Ph.D degree from Anna University Chennai, Tamilnadu India in the area of Nano Composite Materials through Powder Metallurgy in 2013. He has 20 years teaching experience and has handled engineering education in various capacities. His areas of research include composite materials, unconventional machining, optimization, welding, characterization and additive manufacturing. He has been granted with one international patent and also published five patents to his credit. He has published 4 books, 70+ research articles and 1 book chapters in various reputed publications. Presently, 2 scholars are pursuing their Ph.D programs under his guidance. He is an active member of ISTE.Prof. R. Subramanian is currently working as Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He completed his M.Tech in Metallurgy from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D Bharathiar University. He has about 35 years of Work experience in Teaching and Research . He has received funds worth nearly 100 lakhs from DRDO,DST and TATA STEEL Ltd to carry out research work. He has published more than 75 articles in reputed national and international journals. He has Co-Authored : 2 books ( Heat Treatment and Non-Destructive Testing and Powder Metallurgy) and a Chapter in a Monograph on Boron Carbide. 20 scholars has received Ph D under his guidance.

• Chapter 14D Printing Technology For Health Care ApplicationsPaulraj G, Brucely Y, Thilak MChapter 2Additive Manufactured Components For Medical ApplicationsBalasubramanian SChapter 3Mechanical property of additive manufactured stainless steelsRameshkumar K A, Prakash K, Maadeswaran P and Ganapathi AChapter 4Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing Technology and Future OutlooksMuraliraja R, VijayAnanth Suyamburajan, Shaisundaram V S, Padmanabhan SChapter 5Biocompatibility of Additively Manufactured MaterialsMugilan T, Aezhisai Vallavi M S, Madhuvanthi N S, Sridhar, Sridharan VChapter 6 Fusion Deposit Molding Composite material used in a Beam ApplicationPeriyaswamy P , Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin A, Jenaris D S , Naveen E, Ramanan NChapter 7 A Novel surface modification and mechanical characteristics on 3D-printed PLA-Al composite using laser surface irradiationNavaneetha Krishnan M, Suresh S, Emmy Prema CChapter 8 3D Printable Titanium Alloys and their Properties in Biomedical Applications: State of ArtAnmol Sharma, Pushpendera S. Bharti, Ashish Kaushik, Upender Punia, Ramesh Kumar Garg, Mohit Yadav, Deepak ChhabraChapter 9 Corrosion behaviour of additive manufactured materials and compositesRaghav G R, Nagarajan K J, Ashokkumar R, Gibin George, Jenson Joseph EChapter 10Microstructure and Mechanical properties of Al7075 and Al7075 based Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites by additive manufacturingAshok raj R, Pavendhan R, Kumaragurubaran B, Santhosh prakash AChapter 11Key Thermal properties of Stainless Steel Deposits for Wire Arc Additive ManufacturingSowrirajan M, Siva Shanmugam N and Rajesh Kannan AChapter 12Review on properties of additive manufactured materials and compositesFrancis Luther King MChapter 13Fused Deposition Modeling in Knee arthroplasty: Review with the current and novelterialsPrashant Veer , Pabla B S , Jatinder Madan , Vettivel S CChapter 14Wear and Surface Roughness of Additive Manufacturing Materials and CompositesArunprasath K, Selvakumar P, Vijayakumar M, Manikandan V, Kakur NareshChapter 15Electrochemical Behaviour of Inconel 718 Alloy Developed Through Additive Manufacturing ProcessAnush Raj B, Winowlin Jappes J T, Adam Khan M, Jani S PChapter 16Studies on Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Shape Memory AlloysPrashanna Rangan R, Gurusamy Visvanathan, Mohandass , Pitchandi KChapter 17Mechanical and Tribological Behavioral Study of Metal Additive Manufactured AlSi10Mg alloyKumar M, Ravikumar K, Arunkumar P, Dhanabal AChapter 18Design and development of customized finger prosthesis with novel mechanism using additive manufacturingSivakumar Ganesan, Senthilmurugan Arumugam, Mohan Pushparaj, Rajesh Ranganathan

Dr. K. Ravi Kumar is currently the Professor and Associate Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India. completed his B.E. - Mechanical Engineering in 2001 from Bharathiyar University and M.E. - Production Engineering in 2002 from Annamalai University. He received his Ph.D degree from Anna University in the area of Composite Materials in 2013. He is into the teaching profession since 2003 and has handled engineering education in various capacities. His areas of research include composite materials, unconventional machining, optimization, characterization and additive manufacturing. He has received grants from agencies like ICMR, SERB, Anna University for conducting seminars, workshops and FDPs. He has also published five patents to his credit. He has published more than 30 research articles and 2 book chapters in various reputed publications. His publications have widely been cited by researchers. He has also presented and published more than 20 papers in various International and National conferences. He has authored a book on "CNC Technology" and also authored a text book on Additive Manufacturing and is under production. He is an active reviewer and editorial board member for various international journals that includes Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, SAGE, and Deguyter publications. Presently, 7 scholars are pursuing their Ph.D programs under his guidance. He is an active member of professional societies namely IE (I), ISTE and SAE.Dr. Vettivel S C is currently working in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (Degree Wing), Sector 26, Chandigarh, India. He has completed his B.E. - Mechanical Engineering in 2001 from Monomaniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu and M.E. - Production Engineering in 2002 from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India. He received his Ph.D degree from Anna University Chennai, Tamilnadu India in the area of Nano Composite Materials through Powder Metallurgy in 2013. He has 20 years teaching experience and has handled engineering education in various capacities. His areas of research include composite materials, unconventional machining, optimization, welding, characterization and additive manufacturing. He has been granted with one international patent and also published five patents to his credit. He has published 4 books, 70+ research articles and 1 book chapters in various reputed publications. Presently, 2 scholars are pursuing their Ph.D programs under his guidance. He is an active member of ISTE.Prof. R. Subramanian is currently working as Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He completed his M.Tech in Metallurgy from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D Bharathiar University. He has about 35 years of Work experience in Teaching and Research . He has received funds worth nearly 100 lakhs from DRDO,DST and TATA STEEL Ltd to carry out research work. He has published more than 75 articles in reputed national and international journals. He has Co-Authored : 2 books ( Heat Treatment and Non-Destructive Testing and Powder Metallurgy) and a Chapter in a Monograph on Boron Carbide. 20 scholars has received Ph D under his guidance.

• Chapter 14D Printing Technology For Health Care ApplicationsPaulraj G, Brucely Y, Thilak MChapter 2Additive Manufactured Components For Medical ApplicationsBalasubramanian SChapter 3Mechanical property of additive manufactured stainless steelsRameshkumar K A, Prakash K, Maadeswaran P and Ganapathi AChapter 4Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing Technology and Future OutlooksMuraliraja R, VijayAnanth Suyamburajan, Shaisundaram V S, Padmanabhan SChapter 5Biocompatibility of Additively Manufactured MaterialsMugilan T, Aezhisai Vallavi M S, Madhuvanthi N S, Sridhar, Sridharan VChapter 6 Fusion Deposit Molding Composite material used in a Beam ApplicationPeriyaswamy P , Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin A, Jenaris D S , Naveen E, Ramanan NChapter 7 A Novel surface modification and mechanical characteristics on 3D-printed PLA-Al composite using laser surface irradiationNavaneetha Krishnan M, Suresh S, Emmy Prema CChapter 8 3D Printable Titanium Alloys and their Properties in Biomedical Applications: State of ArtAnmol Sharma, Pushpendera S. Bharti, Ashish Kaushik, Upender Punia, Ramesh Kumar Garg, Mohit Yadav, Deepak ChhabraChapter 9 Corrosion behaviour of additive manufactured materials and compositesRaghav G R, Nagarajan K J, Ashokkumar R, Gibin George, Jenson Joseph EChapter 10Microstructure and Mechanical properties of Al7075 and Al7075 based Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites by additive manufacturingAshok raj R, Pavendhan R, Kumaragurubaran B, Santhosh prakash AChapter 11Key Thermal properties of Stainless Steel Deposits for Wire Arc Additive ManufacturingSowrirajan M, Siva Shanmugam N and Rajesh Kannan AChapter 12Review on properties of additive manufactured materials and compositesFrancis Luther King MChapter 13Fused Deposition Modeling in Knee arthroplasty: Review with the current and novelterialsPrashant Veer , Pabla B S , Jatinder Madan , Vettivel S CChapter 14Wear and Surface Roughness of Additive Manufacturing Materials and CompositesArunprasath K, Selvakumar P, Vijayakumar M, Manikandan V, Kakur NareshChapter 15Electrochemical Behaviour of Inconel 718 Alloy Developed Through Additive Manufacturing ProcessAnush Raj B, Winowlin Jappes J T, Adam Khan M, Jani S PChapter 16Studies on Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Shape Memory AlloysPrashanna Rangan R, Gurusamy Visvanathan, Mohandass , Pitchandi KChapter 17Mechanical and Tribological Behavioral Study of Metal Additive Manufactured AlSi10Mg alloyKumar M, Ravikumar K, Arunkumar P, Dhanabal AChapter 18Design and development of customized finger prosthesis with novel mechanism using additive manufacturingSivakumar Ganesan, Senthilmurugan Arumugam, Mohan Pushparaj, Rajesh Ranganathan