Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Technologies

Dr. Navneet Khanna is Associate Dean (Career Development and Promotion of Innovation and Industrial Research). He also acted as a Department coordinator of Mechanical Engineering (July 2017-November 2020) and Coordinator of the Siemens Centre of Excellence at IITRAM Ahmedabad. He worked at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), from January 2007 to July 2014 and recently taught at Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, as an adjunct faculty. He is a specialist in building a strong pool of trained engineering graduates and is involved in solving manufacturing-related problems of Indian industries and government organizations. He bagged the Early Career Research Award of SERB (Government of India). He has successfully led 70+ projects defined by the Indian industries and published 40+ research papers in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he has created several avenues of collaborative work with ISRO, DRDO, IPR, IITs, and renowned institutions in the USA, Australia, the UK, Spain, Slovenia, Russia, Brazil, Poland, etc. He has expertise in experimental, analytical, and computational analysis of machining processes. Dr. Kishor Kumar Gajrani is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design, and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Kancheepuram, Chennai, India. He obtained his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Thereafter, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He has published 32 international journals and book chapters of repute and has attended numerous conferences. He is co-editor of two books titled Advances in Sustainable Machining and Manufacturing Processes and Biodegradable Composites for Packaging Applications. His research interests are broadly related to the advancement of sustainable manufacturing, additive manufacturing, advanced materials, micro-manufacturing, coatings, green lubricants, and biodegradable packaging. Dr. Khaled Giasin is a lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Design Engineering (SMDE) at the faculty of Technology. He joined the school back in May 2019 with teaching and research duties. He is also one of the school outreach coordinators. His main research background is in machining aerospace materials using experimental and numerical techniques, machining coolants, and characterization of composite and fiber metal laminate materials. Dr. Khaled obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Sheffield, M.Sc. degree from the University of Liverpool, and B.Sc. degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology. He is a chartered engineer with IMechE and an associate fellow with Advanced Higher Education-UK. Before joining the University of Portsmouth, he worked at Cardiff University as a postdoctoral research associate (project officer) in ASTUTE2020 (a European-funded project). He worked with leading academic experts in close collaboration with industry, developing impactful, state-of-the-art research-based solutions to the real-world problems facing advanced manufacturing businesses and their supply chains throughout West Wales and the Welsh Valleys. Some of the role activities included the provision of substantive, quantifiable, practical assistance to manufacturing enterprises through high-quality applied research and development projects in collaboration with industry partners, which combines industrial and academic experience. Prof. J. Paulo Davim is Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is also distinguished as an honorary professor in several universities/colleges/institutes in China, India, and Spain. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) in 1991, Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years) in 1986 from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra in 2005 and the D.Sc. (Higher Doctorate) from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He is a Senior Chartered Engineer in the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist titles in Engineering and Industrial Management as well as in Metrology. He is also Eur Ing at FEANI-Brussels and a Fellow (FIET) of IET-London. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering, with a special emphasis on Machining & Tribology. He also has an interest in Management, Engineering Education, and Higher Education for Sustainability. He has guided many postdoc, Ph.D., and master's students and coordinated and participated in several financed research projects. He has received several scientific awards and honors. He has worked as an evaluator of projects for the European Research Council (ERC) and other international research agencies, as well as an examiner of Ph.D. theses for many universities in different countries. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals, Guest Editor of journals, book Editor, book Series Editor, and Scientific Advisory for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an Editorial Board member of 30 international journals and acts as a reviewer for more than 100 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as editor (and co-editor) of more than 200 books and as the author (and co-author) of more than 15 books, 100 book chapters, and 500 articles in various journals and conferences (more than 280 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 59+/11500+ citations, SCOPUS/h-index 64+/14000+ citations, Google Scholar/h-index 82+/24000+ citations). He has been listed in World's Top 2% Scientists by a Stanford University study.