Section I: Advances in Manufacturing Processes 1. Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Composite Structures used in Aerospace Industries 2. Advances in Manufacturing Analysis: Fractal Theory in Modern Manufacturing
Section II: Application in Modern Manufacturing Processes 3. Weldability Appraisal of Dissimilar Metal Joints: Application of Ultrasonic Spot Welding to Li-ion Batteries 4. Applications of Coconut Shell Ash/Particles in Modern Manufacturing: A Case Study of Friction Stir Processing 5. Fractography Analysis and Constitutive modeling for dynamic plasticity of Austenite stainless steel (ASS 304) at Hot-working temperatures 6. Laser transmission welding of dissimilar plastics: Analyses of parametric effects and process optimization using grey based Taguchi method 7. Investigations on the Effect of Thickness and Rolling Direction of Thin Metal Foil on Forming Limit Curves in Micro Forming Process 8. Evaluation and Characterization of Rolling of Brass at Cryogenic Conditions 9. Multi axis CNC Programming and Machining
Section III: Sustainability in Modern Manufacturing Processes 10. Recycling of Polyethylene: An Attempt to Sachet and Bottled Water Sustainability in Ghana 11. Sustainability and survivability in Manufacturing Sector
Dr Kaushik Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has 14 years of experience in teaching and research, and over 11 years of industrial experience working for a global manufacturing company. He has 9 patents, has authored/edited 20 books and has 120 international journal publications, and 18 International and 8 National Conference publications to his credit.
J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is also an honorary professor in several universities/colleges in China, India and Spain. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing, materials, mechanical and industrial engineering, with special emphasis in machining and tribology. He has worked as an evaluator of projects for the European Research Council (ERC) and other international research agencies as well as an examiner of Ph.D. theses for many universities in different countries. He is the editor-in-chief of several international journals, guest editor of several journals, series editor for Elsevier's Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering book series, and scientific advisor for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an editorial board member of 30 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 100 prestigious journals. In addition, he has also published as editor (and co-editor) more than 150 books and as author (and co-author) more than 15 books, 100 book chapters and 500 articles in journals and conferences. He has published more than 280 articles in prestigious journals.