Synthetic and Mineral Fibers, Their Composites and Applications. Woodhead Publishing in Materials

Authors

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).

Vinod Ayyappan Research fellow, Department of Materials and Production Engineering (MPE), King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. The Sirindhorn International Thai - German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), North Bangkok, Thailand. Vinod Ayyappan is a research fellow at Department of Materials and Production Engineering (MPE), The Sirindhorn International Thai - German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. He has published more than 20 articles in various articles in SCI and Scopus indexed Journals including Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Sage etc. His current research areas include Additive manufacturing, Advanced material technology, Natural Fiber composites, and Polymer Composites. Gaurav Manik Head of Department, Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Saharanpur Campus, Saharanpur, India. Prof. Gaurav Manik is currently serving as Associate Professor and Head of Department of Polymer and Process Engineering at IIT Roorkee. Prior to joining IITR, he has served extensively in industrial corporates (3M, Indo Gulf Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., Classic Stripes Pvt. Ltd.) and academia (BITS Pilani, BIET Jhansi). He has executed several research projects and supervised several research student projects. He has recorded amongst the highest average number of research publications consistently in the last few years. Among several awards received by him to disseminate professional knowledge and research, he has been awarded with the prestigious APAC level Tech-Forum Contribution Award at 3M. 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.