Editors

Chander Prakash is Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India. He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. His areas of research is biomaterials, rapid prototyping and 3D printing, advanced manufacturing, modeling, simulation, and optimization. He has more than 11 years of teaching experience and 6 years of research experience. He has contributed extensively to titanium- and magnesium-based implant literature with publications appearing in Surface and Coating Technology, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, and Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. He has authored 150 research papers and 30 book chapters. He is also an editor of 15 Books: He is also a guest editor of two journals: Special Issue on “Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing,” Measurement and Control (SCI indexed) and Special Issue on “Nano-Composites and Smart Materials: Design, Processing, Manufacturing and Applications” of Advanced Composites Letters.

Sunpreet Singh is researcher in NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI). He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. His area of research is additive manufacturing and application of 3D printing for development of new biomaterials for clinical applications. He has contributed extensively to the subject of additive manufacturing with publications appearing in Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Composite Part: B, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Measurement, International Journal of Advance Manufacturing Technology, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He has authored 10 book chapters and monographs. He is working in joint collaboration with Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative and Prof. Rupinder Singh, Manufacturing Research Lab, GNDEC, Ludhiana. He is also an editor of three books: Current Trends in Bio-manufacturing, Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland., December 2018; 3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering, Book series Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, August 2019; and Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration - Design and Synthesis, Book series: Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, March 2019. He is also Guest Editor of three journals: Special Issue on “Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing,” Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering (Scopus Index), Materials Science Forum (Scopus Index), and Special Issue on “Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing,” Measurement and Control (SCI indexed).

J. Paulo Davim received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, a M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) in 1991, a Mechanical Engineering degree (five years) in 1986 from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra in 2005, and a D.Sc. from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He is Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. He is also Eur Ing by FEANI-Brussels and Fellow (FIET) by IET-London. Currently, he is a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing, materials, and mechanical and industrial engineering, with special emphasis in machining and tribology. He has also interest in management, engineering education, and higher education sustainability. He has guided many postdoc, Ph.D. and master’s students as well as coordinated and participated in several financed research projects. He has received several scientific awards. He has worked as evaluator of projects for the European Research Council (ERC) and other international research agencies as well as examiner of Ph.D. candidates for many universities in different countries. He is the editor-in-chief of several international journals, a guest editor of journals, books series, and a scientific advisor for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an editorial board member of 30 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 100 prestigious Web of Science journals. He has also published as editor (and co-editor) of more than 100 books and as author (and co-author) of more than 10 books, 80 book chapters, and 400 articles in journals and conferences (more than 250 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 49+/7000+ citations, SCOPUS/h-index 56+/10000+ citations, Google Scholar/h-index 70+/16000+).