Hole-Making and Drilling Technology for Composites. Advantages, Limitations and Potential. Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering

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Ahmad Baharuddin Abdullah Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. A.B. Abdullah obtained his PhD from the Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. His research interests include precision metal forming, tool and die design, and product design and development. He has published more than 100 research papers in various international journals, and 6 books. He is actively involved as a reviewer for the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (Springer, USA), the Journal of Material Processing Technology and Measurements (Elsevier), and the Journal of Testing and Evaluation (ASTM International). He is member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia. S.M. Sapuan Professor, Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP); Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Centre (AEMC), Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. S.M.Sapuanis a researcher and an A Grade Professor of Composite Materials in Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), and the Head of the Laboratory ofBiocompositeTechnology, INTROP, UPM. He has a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia, an MSc in Engineering Design from Loughborough University, United Kingdom, and a PhD in Material Engineering from De Montfort University, United Kingdom. He is a professional engineer and a fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, the Plastics & Rubber Institute Malaysia, the Malaysian Scientific Association, the International Biographical Association, and the Institute of Materials, Malaysia. He is an honorary member and was the Vice-President of the Asian Polymer Association based in IIT Delhi, and the founding chairman and honorary member of the Society of Sugar Palm Development and Industry, Malaysia. He is the coeditor-in-chief of 'Functional Composites and Structures', and a member of the editorial boards of more than two dozen journals.To date, he has authored or coauthored more than 1,800 publications, includingover815 journal papers, 46 books, and 160 chapters in book and other publications. Furthermore, hehas delivered over 40 plenary and keynote lectures and over 150 invited lectures, organized 26 journal special issues as a guest editor, presented over 500 technical articles in conferences and seminars, reviewed over 1,000 journal papers, and has 8 patents to his credit.He has successfully supervised 86 PhD students, 70 MSc students, and 15 postdoctoral researchers,mainly in the areas of mechanical engineering and composites.He received nine Outstanding Researcher Awards from UPM. He was awarded an ISESCO Science Award (Gold Medal) in Technology, a Plastic and Rubber Institute Malaysia (PRIM) Fellowship Award, and a Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) First Prize Publication Award. He also received a KhwarizimiInternational Award, a SEARCA Regional Professorial Chair Award, and a Kuala Lumpur Royal Rotary Gold Medal Research Award. He won two National Book Awards.He received an Endeavour Research Promotion AwardbyTeerthankerMahaveer University/IEEEIndia, a Citation of Excellence Award from Emerald Publishing, United Kingdom, a Malaysia's Research Star Award by Elsevier/Ministry of Education Malaysia, anda PublonsPeer Review Award fromPublons, USA.Publons also recognized him as a Certified Publons Academic Mentor. Later,he received a Professor of Eminence Award from Aligarh Muslim University, India, a Top Research Scientists' Malaysia Award from the Academy of Science Malaysia,Gold in Invention and Innovation Awards, Malaysia Technology Expo, anda PERINTIS Publication Award from PERINTIS, Malaysia.He was listed among theworld's top 2% scientists by Stanford University.