Pengarang: Gujjala Raghavendra

Dr. G Raghavendra is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Warangal, India, since 2013. He acquired the B.Tech. degree from Bapatla Engineering College, India.  He completed his M.Tech. and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He has published 140 papers in respected international journals, 16 book chapters, 1 book, and 4 granted patents and is the recipient of several awards and accolades at international/national levels for his excellence in research and academics. He completed one project in DST SERB under ECR successfully of worth 37 lakhs.  His research interests are in the fields of Composites, Biomaterials, Bioglasses, Tribology, Nano-tribology, Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials/Nanoparticles, Analysis/Testing of Materials (mechanical, metallurgical, and morphological properties), etc. He has guided five Ph.D. scholars and nine ongoing Ph.Ds. Dr. Raghavendra received young engineer of the year 2018 by IEI Telangana and Early Career Research Award-2016.Dr. B B V L Deepak is currently working at National Institute of Technology Rourkela in the Department of Industrial Design. He received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela in 2010 and 2015 respectively. He has 11 years of research and teaching experience in Manufacturing and Product Design fields. He produced 3 Ph.D. theses and is supervising 4 Ph.D. scholars. He published more than 100 papers in various peer-reviewed journals and conferences along with 1 patent. He is also currently handling two sponsored research projects in the field of robotics. He received several national and international awards such as Ganesh Mishra Memorial Award-2019, IEI Young Engineer Award-2018, and Early Career Research Award-2017. Dr. Manoj Gupta was Former Head of Materials Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Director designate of Materials Science and Engineering Initiative at NUS, Singapore. He did his Ph.D. from University of California, Irvine, USA (1992), and postdoctoral research at University of Alberta, Canada (1992). He is currently among top 0.6% researchers as per Stanford’ List, among top 1% scientist of the World Position by The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, and among 1% among scientists as per Research Gate. His international rank among Materials Researchers in World is currently at 1305. To his credit are: (i) Disintegrated Melt Deposition technique and (ii) Hybrid Microwave Sintering Technique, an energy efficient solid-state processing method to synthesize alloys/micro-/nanocomposites. He has published over 650 peer-reviewed journal papers and owns two US patents and two trade secrets. His current h-index is 79, citations greater than 23500, and reads greater than 100, 000 (Research Gate). He has also co-authored eight books, published by John Wiley, Springer and MRF, USA. He is Editor-in-Chief/Editor of twelve international peer-reviewed journals. A multiple award winner, he actively collaborates/visits Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, USA, and India as Visiting Researcher, Professor, and Chair Professor.