Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences: Concepts and Applications to Materials Science

Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences introduces and emphasizes the importance of the interdisciplinary nature of education and research from a materials science perspective. This approach is aimed to promote understanding of the physical, chemical, biological and engineering aspects of any materials science problem. Contents are prepared to maintain the strong background of fundamental engineering disciplines while integrating them with the disciplines of natural science. It presents key concepts and includes case studies on biomedical materials and renewable energy.

Aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students in materials science and other streams of engineering, this book

• Explores interdisciplinary research aspects in a coherent manner for materials science researchers
• Presents key concepts of engineering sciences as relevant for materials science in terms of fundamentals and applications
• Discusses engineering mechanics, biological and physical sciences
• Includes relevant case studies and examples

Ashutosh Kumar Dubey is an Assistant Professor and Ramanujan Fellow in the Department of Ceramic Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP, India. His research interests include external electric field and surface charge mediated biocompatibility evaluation of electro-bioceramics, piezoelectric tougheneing of bioceramics, functionally graded materials, nanoporous bio-ceramics, orthopedic biomaterials, and analytical computation. He received the Young Scientist Award from the Indian Science Congress Association (2011-2012)and the Indian Ceramic Society (2015; Dr. R. L. Thakur Memorial Award), Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (2012-14) and Ramanujan Fellowship the Department of Science and Technology, government of India (2015-20).

Amartya Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor at the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. His research interests include materials for electrochemical energy storage and engineering ceramics. He has been awarded the INAE Young Engineer Award 2016, ASM-IIM North America Visiting Lectureship 2016, IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award 2014, Dr. R. L. Thakur Memorial Award (as Young Scientist) of the Indian Ceramic Society in 2013 and has also been recognized by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) journals as one of the 2019 Emerging Investigators.

Bikramjit Basu is a Professor at the Materials Research Center and an Associate faculty at the Center for BioSystems Science & Engineering as well as at Interdiscipinary Center for Energy Research, at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. He is a Visiting Professor at School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK and at Wuhan University of Technology, China. His research integrates the concepts of engineering, physical and biological sciences to develop novel materials science-based solutions for solar energy harvesting and human healthcare. A recipient of India’s highest Science & Technology award, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize (2013), Professor Basu is an elected Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (2019), American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (2017), National Academy of Medical Sciences (2017), Indian National Academy of Engineering (2015) and National Academy of Sciences, India (2013).