Sustainable Fillers/Plasticizers for Polymer Composites. Promising Resources. Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering

Authors

Indran Suyambulingam Research Scientist, King Mongkut's University of Technology, North Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Indran Suyambulingam is currently working as a Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alliance College of Engineering and Design, Alliance University, Bengaluru - 562106, India. He is a former Research Scientist at Natural Composites Research Group Lab, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. Recognized as the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and as Highly Cited Scientists 2022 (top 234th rank in Thailand and top 20th rank under Materials Category in Thailand). Dr. Indran received B.E. in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 from St. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering, Chunkankadai, Nagercoil, which is affiliated with Anna University, Chennai, India. He completed M.E.Engineering Design from Park College of Engineering and Technology, Kaniyur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, and was honored with a Gold Medal by Anna University in 2011. He finished his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Anna University, Chennai, in 2015 and was awarded an INSPIRE fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (DST), for pursuing his research work. After completing Ph.D., he joined as Associate Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rohini College of Engineering & Technology, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, and served there until December 2021. Divya Divakaran Post-Doctoral Fellow, King Mongkut's University of Technology, North Bangkok, Thailand.

Divya Divakaran is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. Her research interests include material science-natural fibers/fillers and their composites, biofilms for packaging applications, environmental science (sustainable biomass utilization), biofuels (energy efficient materials), enzymology (pretreatments), bacteriology and phycology.

Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa Principal Research Scientist/Associate Professor , Natural Composites Research Group Lab, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, is currently working as a Principal Research Scientist/Associate Professor and also 'Advisor within the office of the President for University Promotion and Development towards International goals' at King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. He received the B.Eng (Mechanical Engineering) in the year 2010, M.Tech (Computational Analysis in Mechanical Sciences) in the year 2013, Ph.D (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Science) from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India in the year 2018 and Post Doctorate from King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, in the year 2019. He is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and an Associate Member of Institute of Engineers (India). He is an Associate Editor of Heliyon Elsevier (Materials Science) and Frontier Materials Journals. Also acting as a Board Member of various international journals in the fields of materials science and composites. He is a reviewer for more than 180 International Journals also a reviewer for book proposals, and international conferences. In addition, he has published more than 300 articles in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals indexed by SCI/Scopus, 10 editorial corners, 70 book chapters, one book, 37 books as an Editor (Published by lead publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Wiley), and also presented research papers at national/international conferences. Engineering, Thailand).

Suchart Siengchin President, Department of Materials and Production Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok, Thailand. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is President of King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. He has received his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Hessen, Germany in 1999, M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from University of Applied Sciences Aalen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany in 2002, M.Sc. in Material Science at the Erlangen-N�rnberg University, Bayern, Germany in 2004, Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from Institute for Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany in 2008 and Postdoctoral Research from Kaiserslautern University and School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, USA. In 2016 he received the habilitation at the Chemnitz University in Sachen, Germany. He worked as a Lecturer for Production and Material Engineering Department at The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), KMUTNB. He has been full Professor at KMUTNB and became the President of KMUTNB. He won the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2010, 2012 and 2013 at KMUTNB.