Advances in Functional and Smart Materials

Dr. Chander Prakash is Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India. He has received Ph.D in mechanical engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. His areas of research are biomaterials, rapid prototyping & 3-D printing, advanced manufacturing, modeling, simulation, and optimization. He has more than 14 years of teaching experience. He has contributed extensively to the world in the titanium and magnesium based implant literature with publications appearing in Surface and Coating Technology, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. He has authored 60 research papers and 10 book chapters. He is also editor of 3 books: "Current Trends in Bio-manufacturing"; “3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering”;  and "Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration - Design and Synthesis". He is also guest editor of 3 journals: special issue of “Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering (Scopus Indexed), Materials Science Forum (Scopus Indexed), and special issue on “Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Measurement and Control (SCI indexed).Dr. Sunpreet Singh is researcher in NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI). He has received Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. His area of research is additive manufacturing and application of 3D printing for development of new biomaterials for clinical applications. He has contributed extensively in additive manufacturing literature with publications appearing in Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Composite Part: B, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Measurement, International Journal of Advance Manufacturing Technology, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He has authored 10 book chapters and monographs. He is working in joint collaboration with Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative and Prof. Rupinder Singh, manufacturing research lab, GNDEC, Ludhiana. He is also editor of 3 books- "Current Trends in Bio-manufacturing", “3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering”, and "Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration - Design and Synthesis". He is also guest editor of 3 journals- special issue of “Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Facta Universitatis, series: Mechanical Engineering (Scopus Indexed), Materials Science Forum (Scopus Indexed), and special issue on “Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing”, Measurement and Control (SCI indexed).Prof. Grzegorz Krolczyk is Professor in the Opole University of Technology. He is an originator and a Project Manager of OUTech’s new Surface Integrity Laboratory. In his career he held positions such as: Head of Unit Design and Technology, Product Engineer, Production Manager, Product Development Engineer and Production Director. Co-Author and Project Leader of a project Innovative, energy-efficient diaphragm flow device of a new generation. He is connected with the mechanical industry, where he managed teams from a few to over a hundred people. His industrial engineering experience was gained while working in an European holding company involved in machining of construction materials and plastic injection, where he was responsible for contacts with companies on technical issues such as quotation and implementation of new products. In professional career he was responsible for the implementation to production products such as peristaltic pumps, ecological sprayers to spray organic pesticides and many pressure equipment operating e.g. in chemical plants. As a production manager, he was responsible for implementation to production and launching the assembly line for innovative sprayer Ultra-Low Volume Spraying System. Author and co-author of over 80 scientific publications and nearly 20 studies and implementation of industry. The main directions of scientific activity is surface metrology, optimization of geometrical and physical parameters of surface integrity, optimization of production and cutting tool wear analyze in dry machining process of difficult-to-cut materials. He is also Editor of various Journals and Books.

• Sustainable Lean and Green Manufacturing: An Empirical Review of their Strategies.- An Extensive Review Owing to the Influence of Surface Coating on the Technical Performance of Solar Cells.- First Principles Investigation of AgBr1-xIx Ternary Alloys.- Phycoremedaition of Dairy Wastewater and Biodiesel Production using Mairne Microalage Tetraselmis Indica.- On Parametric Optimization of TSE for PVDF-Graphene-MnZnO Composite Based Filament Fabrication for 3D /4D Printing Applications.- Characteristic Analysis of Nylon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite Materials.- Effect of Annealing Temperature on Phase Transformation of NiCr2O4 Nanoparticles and Evaluated its Structural and Magnetic Properties.- Comparative Study of Concrete Cylinders Confined using Natural and Artificial Fibre Rein forced Polymers.- Experimental Evaluation of Moringa and Amaranth Oil as Bio-nanolubricant for Light Gear Application.- Application of Life cycle Analysis in Sustainble Machining of Aluminium 6061 Alloy under Different Lubricating Conditions.- Improving Mechanical Properties of Hot Rolled Coil using Micro Alloy.- Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Transparent and Superhydrophobic Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Film.- Titania Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Thin Film Coatings for Orthopedic Applications.