Modern Manufacturing Systems : Trends and Developments

This new volume explores recent research on advanced technologies and methods in production engineering, emphasizing effective overall process control and enhanced optimization. The authors include real-life case studies on advanced machining methods, traditional manufacturing technologies, advanced composite materials, processing with hybrid manufacturing techniques, various joining processes and their applications, micro-structure analysis, and more.

Rajiv Kumar Garg, PhD, is Professor (HAG) in the Industrial and Production Engineering Department at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India. His areas of interest are nontraditional machining, supply chain management, industrial management, and systems dynamics. He has over 28 years of industry and teaching experience. With over 140 publications in international and national journals and conference proceedings, Dr. Garg is also a reviewer and associate editor of several journals and chief editor of the International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials.

Ravi Pratap Singh, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Punjab, India. Prior to this, he also served in the Department of Technical Education, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 75 research articles and papers at national and international conferences. He is also a guest editor of the World Journal of Engineering and the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage.

Rajeev Trehan, PhD, is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India. His areas of interest are quality management, supply chain management, industrial management, and systems dynamics. He has over 28 years of industry and teaching experience. He has published his work in international and national journals and proceedings of international conferences. Dr. Trehan has also organized several international conferences at NIT Jalandhar as chairman and convener.

Ramesh Singh, PhD, is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, and several other professional societies. He is on the international editorial board of Ceramics International and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He has published over 350 scientific research papers and has filed numerous patents for his inventions. Dr. Singh has received many accolades as a distinguished scholar.