Advances in Materials Processing and Manufacturing Applications: Proceedings of Icadma 2020

Dr. Amar Patnaik is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India. Dr. Patnaik has more than 10 years of teaching experience and has taught a broad spectrum of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He also served in various administrative functions, including Dean of International Affairs and Coordinator of various projects. He has guided 20 Ph.D.s and several M.Tech. theses. He has published more than 180 research articles in reputed journals, contributed five book chapters, edited 1 book and filed 7 patents. He is also the guest editor of various reputed international and national journals. Dr. Patnaik has delivered more than 30 lectures as a guest invite in different institutions and organizations. He is a life member of Tribology Society of India, Electron Microscope Society of India and ISTE.

Prof. Ernst Kozeschnik is Head of the Institute of Materials Science and Technology at TU Wien since 2009. He has supervised numerous master and Ph.D. thesis, teaches basic and advanced University courses and has authored and co-authored more than 140 scientific papers. He is the author of the textbook “Modeling precipitation kinetics.” Prof. Dr. Kozeschnik is Lead Developer of the MatCalc software package, which is used in many different universities and research centers worldwide. He is Head of the Scientific Advisory Board of MatCalc Engineering GmbH. Prof. Kozeschnik was rewarded a “Christian Doppler Laboratory” in 2007, which is one of the most renowned mid-term scientific funds in Austria.

Dr. Vikas Kukshal is Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the NIT Uttarakhand, India. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience and has taught a broad spectrum of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has supervised numerous master and Ph.D. thesis, teaches basic and advancedcourses and has authored and co-authored more than 26 articles in journals and conferences, contributed 3 book chapters. Presently, he acts as a reviewer of various national and international journals. He is a life member of Tribology Society of India, The Indian Institute of Metals and The Institution of Engineers.