Zulfiqar A Khan Editor

Dr. Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, presently working as a Research Assistant Professor, in Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur Chennai, India. His research interest includes modern manufacturing techniques, tribology of carbon materials, polymer composites, self-lubricating polymers, lubrication tribology, and coatings for advanced technologies. He obtained his bachelor degree from UPTU Lucknow with Honours in 2007. He obtained his masters, from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2010 and Ph.D. from the same institution in 2017. He is the life member of Tribology Society of India, Malaysian Society of Tribology, Institute of Engineers, India and The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) etc. He has authored/ co-authored/ published more than 40+ articles in reputed journals, 35+ articles in international/national conferences, 15+ Book Chapters, 10 books published in Springer and CRC Press USA. Further ~4 books in a row to come in CRC Press and other. He is serving as a guest editor for special issue in Tribology Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces, Journal of Engineering Tribology Part J, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering Part E, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Material Science and Engineering Technology, and Frontier in Mechanical Engineering: Tribology. Further, he is Member Editorial Board in Tribology Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces and Review Editor in Frontier in Mechanical Engineering. He is also an active reviewer in 20+ reputed journals related to materials, manufacturing and tribology. He has also delivered more than 35+ invited talk on various research fields related to tribology, composite materials, surface engineering and machining.

Dr. Anuj Kumar Sharma is working as Assistant professor in Mechatronics program of Centre for Advanced Studies AKTU Lucknow. He is coordinator of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Technology & Automation Programs and Associate Dean R&D and Industrial Consultancy of AKTU Lucknow. Various State Public Service Commissions in India have appointed him as Paper setter and Examiner. He has awarded as "AKTU Best Teachers Award 2020" by Vice-Chairman AICTE Prof. M.P. Poonia and Vice-Chancellor AKTU Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak on the occasion of Teachers Day (5th September 2020). He has also awarded as "Corona warrior" for his contribution during COVID-19 pandemic by Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor AKTU Lucknow. He has filed two patents for the developed products during COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. He has 40+ SCIE and Scopus indexed research papers published/presented in international journals and conferences of repute. He has authored two book chapters in books published by Taylor and Francis and other. His research areas are Metal cutting operations, Conventional and unconventional machining, Soft robotics, Bio inspired robotics.

Dr. Ranjeet Kumar Sahu received his BE degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2002 from Berhampur University, M.Tech degree in Production Engineering in 2011 from NIT Rourkela and Ph.D in Nanomanufacturing from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2016. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. As a credential he received Institute Day Best Scholar Award in 2010, Best M.Tech Award in 2012 and Prof. M.S. Shanmugam Best PhD Thesis Award in 2016. He has published many Journal papers, Book and Book Chapters in National and International level. His current research areas of interest include micro/nano-machining, nano-materials synthesis & characterization, precision engineering and additive manufacturing.

Professor Zulfiqar A Khan has been leading NanoCorr, Energy & Modelling (NCEM) research group within the University Design & Engineering department. NCEM was previously known as Sustainable Design Research Centre (SDRC) and received its Research Excellence Framework (REF – UK national research audit) 14 Panel Unit Feedback as, "Sustainable Design Research Group had the highest proportion of outputs judged to be internationally excellent" within the institutional Unit of Assessment (UoA) 15. He is championing REF2021 UoA12 (Engineering) as Unit Leader. He has developed multidisciplinary research in wear-corrosion synergy, nano-coating incorporating tribo-corrosion issues, thermodynamics and numerical modelling in collaboration with major industrial and academic partners. He has over 180 publications, 5 commercial patents and 9 prestigious awards to include Albert Nelson’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Engineering.