Nisha Kumari Editor & Author

Kaushik Kumar B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering, REC (Now NIT), Warangal), MBA (Marketing, IGNOU) and Ph.D (Engineering, Jadavpur University), is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has 14 years of teaching & research and over 11 years of industrial experience in a manufacturing unit of global repute. His areas of teaching and research interest are CAD / CAM, Quality Management Systems, Optimization, Non-conventional Machining, Rapid Prototyping and Composites. He has 9 patents, 2 books, 8 book chapters, 96 international journal publications, 18 international and 8 national conference publications to his credit. He is on the editorial board and review panel of 8 international and 1 national journal of repute. He has been felicitated with many awards and honours.

Apurba Kumar Roy B. E. (Mechanical Engineering, REC (Now NIT), Jaipur), M.E. (Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata) and PhD (Engineering IIT Kharagpur), is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has over 27 years of teaching, research and industrial experience. His areas of interest are Fluid Dynamics, Turbo machines, Multiphase Flow, CFD, Optimization and Non-conventional Energy, Direct Energy Conversion. He has 1 book chapter, 27 international journal, 5 international and 15 national conference publications to his credit.

Nisha Kumari B.E. (Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Bhubaneswar) and M.E. (Design of Mechanical Equipment, BIT Mesra). She has over 1 year of Industrial experience. Her areas of interests are Bio-mechanics, Product and Process Design, CAD/CAM/CAE and Rapid Prototyping. She has 2 Edited Books, 2 Book, 4 Book Chapters, 4 International Journal and 1 National Conference publications to her credit.