Safety and Health in Composite Industry

Introduction to Safety and Health.- Composites and Biocomposites: Manufacturing and Processing.- Composite Production: Emissions from Hazardous Air Pollution.- Carbon Footprint in Healthcare: A Review.- Safety Issues in Composite Materials.- Fire Safety in Composites.- Health Hazards in Composites.- Natural Fiber Reinforced Biopolymer Composites in Safety and Health Concern.- Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Composite Industry.- Safety in Composite Laboratory.- Safety and health in  Aerospace Composite Industries.- Safety and health in Automotive Composite Industries.- Safety and health in Construction Composite Industries.- Design for Safety in Composite.

S.M. Sapuan is Researcher and A Grade Professor of composite materials at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Head of Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, INTROP, UPM. He has a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Newcastle, Australia, an M.Sc. in Engineering Design from Loughborough University, UK, and Ph.D. in Material Engineering from De Montfort University, UK. He is Professional Engineer, a Society of Automotive Engineers Fellow, an Academy of Science Malaysia Fellow, a Plastic and Rubber and Institute Malaysia Fellow, a Malaysian Scientific Association Fellow, an International Biographical Association Fellow, and an Institute of Material Malaysia Fellow. He is Honorary Member and immediate past Vice President of Asian Polymer Association based in IIT Delhi and Founding Chairman and Honorary Member of Society of Sugar Palm Development and Industry, Malaysia. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Functional Composites and Structures and Member of editorial boards of more than two dozen journals. To date, he has authored or co-authored more than 1800 publications including over 815 journal papers, 46 books, 160 chapters in book, and other publications. Besides, he has delivered over 40 plenary and keynote lectures, delivered over 150 invited lectures, organized 26 journal special issues as Guest Editor, presented over 500 technical articles in conferences and seminars, reviewed over 1000 journal papers and has 8 patents to his credits. He has successfully supervised 86 Ph.D. and 70 M.Sc. students and 15 postdoctoral researchers mainly in the areas of mechanical engineering and composites. He received nine Outstanding Researcher Awards from UPM. He was awarded ISESCO Science Award (Gold Medal) in Technology, Plastic, and Rubber Institute Malaysia (PRIM) Fellowship Award and Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) First Prize Publication Award. He also received the Khwarizimi