Lightweight Composites

Edited by:   Mrityunjay Doddamani (Associate Professor School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi Himachal Pradesh India), Pradeep Menezes (Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, USA), Manoj Gupta (Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   940g
ISBN:   9780443188527
ISBN 10:   0443188521
Pages:   550
Publication Date:   28 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mrityunjay Doddamani is an Associate Professor in School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Pradeep L. Menezes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, USA. Before joining this university, he worked as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM), and as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Menezes’s productive research career has produced more than several peer-reviewed journal publications book chapters, books related to tribology and a patent. He teaches Introduction to Tribology, Advanced Tribology, Surface Engineering, Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Design, and Engineering Composites. He participated in many national and international conferences in roles such as conference paper reviewer, conference review committee member, conference technical committee member, session chairman, Paper Solicitation Chair and technical session organizer. Manoj Gupta is an associate professor at the National University of Singapore's Mechanical Engineering Department. His research interests include the development of energy-efficient techniques such as microwave processing and disintegrated melt deposition processing, the development of light-weight materials with a focus on magnesium-based nanocomposites, syntactic composites, metastable composites, and the development of magnesium-based biomaterials such as composite materials.