Författare: Sandip Harimkar

Narendra B. Dahotre is a Professor with joint appointment with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He is also Chairman of the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute-Tullahoma. Dr. Dahotre is author, co-author of over 80 technical articles and editor of 11 technical books. He holds 15 US patents in laser materials processing. He has organized 12 symposia and conferences in the area of Surface Engineering and High Temperature Coatings. He has successfully conducted several research projects funded by government and private industry in the field of laser surface engineering. His current research continues to be in laser based surface engineering. He is a member of TMS, ASM, SME, and AAAS. He is a joint Chair of the Surface Engineering Committee of TMS and a member of ASM international Surface Engineering Task Force.