Rajeshkumar Lakshminarasimhan Editor

Dr. Sathish Kumar Palaniappan is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at King Mongkut's University of Technology,?North Bangkok, Thailand. He finished his bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical stream) at University College of Engineering Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2012. He received his Master of Engineering from Kongu Engineering College in Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He also finished his PhD studies in the Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India in 2021. He worked as Research Associate in the Ground Stability Research Laboratory of Mining Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, and worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing, SIMATS University, Tamil Nadu, India. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites/composites; polymer blends and biomaterials; mechanical behavior of materials; cutting bits and surface modifications. He has published more than 64 international/national research papers and 32 book chapters with reputed publishers. He also acts as a reviewer for more than 15 international journals. Dr. Rajeshkumar Lakshminarasimhan is currently working as a Professor at the Centre for Research, Alliance University, Bangalore, India and he was a post-doctoral researcher at King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. His research areas of interest include Polymer biocomposites, Materials characterization. He has authored more than 75 papers in various WoS and Scopus-indexed journals. He was listed as a Top 2% Scientist in the Elsevier-Stanford University list of researchers in 2023. He is a Member of the Institution of Engineers India (MIE) and a life member of the Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE). Dr. Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa is currently working as a Senior Research Scientist/Associate Professor and Advisor within the office of University Promotion and Development towards International goals at King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. He received the B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) in 2010, M. Tech (Computational Analysis in Mechanical Sciences) in 2013, Ph. D (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Science) from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India in 2018 and Post Doctorate from King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, in 2019. He is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Associate Member of Institute of Engineers (India). He is an Associate Editor of Heliyon Elsevier (Materials Science), Journal. He is also a Board Member of various international journals in the fields of materials science and composites. He is a reviewer for more than 120 International Journals. In addition, he has authored and edited more than 200 articles in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals, 9 editorial corners, 60 book chapters, one book, 30 books and presented research papers at national/international conferences. In 2021, his 17 articles got top-cited in various top journals (including, ‘International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.’). He is a lead editor of several special issues. His current research areas include Natural fiber composites, Polymer Composites, and Advanced Material Technology. He has received a ‘Top Peer Reviewer 2019’ award by Publons, Web of Science Group. The KMUTNB selected him for the ‘Outstanding Young Researcher’ Award 2020 and ‘Outstanding Researcher’ Award 2021. He is recognized by Stanford University’s list of the world’s Top 2% of the Most-Cited Scientists in Single Year Citation Impact 2019 in 2020. Listed in ‘Top 100 Scientists’ in Thailand, by AD Scientific Index. (Top 4th Rank among Mechanical?Engineering in Thailand). https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=al91CasAAAAJ&hl=en Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is the President of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. He received his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Hessen, Germany in 1999, M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Aalen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany in 2002, M.Sc. in Material Science at the Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Bayern, Germany in 2004, Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from the Institute for Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany in 2008 and Postdoctoral Research from Kaiserslautern University and the School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, USA. In 2016 he received the habilitation at the Chemnitz University in Sachen, Germany. He is currently a full Professor at KMUTNB. His research interests include Polymer Processing and Composite Materials.