Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Metal Joining / Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (PDF)

Dr. P. R. Thyla is Professor and Head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. She has completed her M.Tech. in Machine Design from IIT Madras, Chennai, and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Her research interests include composite materials, alternate materials for machine tools and metal joining. She has published nearly 50 peer-reviewed international journal and national journal papers. She has been involved in research projects sponsored by DST, AICTE, BRNS, office of PSA and IGCAR. She has also completed more than 20 industrial consultancy projects.Dr. K. Sripriyan is Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He has completed his Master's in Manufacturing Engineering from Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, and Ph.D. degree in Welding Technology from Anna University, Chennai. He has published 12 peer-reviewed international journal and national journal papers and 11 international and national conference papers and holds two patents. He is a member of Institution of Engineers (India) and life member in Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE).



Dr. N. Ramesh Babu is V Balaraman Institute Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai. He is Secretary, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre, IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. He is Honorary Professor, College of Engineering at Swansea University, UK. He has received his Master's in Mechanical Engineering from IISc Bangalore and Ph.D. from IIT Madras. His research interests include manufacturing technology, grinding, abrasive waterjet machining, sheet metal fabrication, laser beam machining, robotics, precision machine tool development, process modelling and simulation of manufacturing systems. He has published nearly 85