Advances in Forming, Machining and Automation / Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (PDF)

Dr A Ramesh Babu is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He obtained his B.E. from Osmania University, M.Tech. from University of Mysore and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He pursued his Post-Doctoral Research at Lehrstuhl für Qualitätsmanagement und Fertigungsmesstechnik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. He worked for Amada Co. Ltd., Japan (at Amada Soft India), world's leading machine tool manufacturers specilized in sheet metal cutting and bending machinery. His research interests include CAD/CAM, Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing, Robotics, Augmented Reality, Image processing, Industrial IoT and Product development. He has published 20 technical papers in various reputed international journals and international conferences and contributed for book chapters.
Dr S Udhayakumar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He obtained his B.E. from Bharathiar University, M.E. and Ph.D. from Anna University, Chennai. His major areas of research include manufacturing automation, mechatronics and energy harvesting. He has published more than 60 papers in reputed International and National Journals / Conferences. He has received the 'Institution of Engineers- Young Engineer award, 'PSG Teacher of the Year' award and 'Institution of Engineers - Young Achiever' award. He has been involved in two technology transfers and has filed four patents.

Dr U S Dixit is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 1987. He obtained his M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1993 and 1998, respectively. He has more than two decades' experience in carrying out research in the area of metal forming and