Advancement in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering, Vol. II

Dr. Puneet Verma has worked on wide areas of biodiesel, environmental science, air quality, and diesel particulate matter. He has completed his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Punjab Technical University and M.Tech from IIT Roorkee under the umbrella of MHRD fellowship, India. He was awarded QUTPRA Scholarship for his Ph.D. in environmental engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. Currently, he is working as Air Quality Scientist, ASK Consulting Engineers, Brisbane, Australia, where he has delivered multiple projects of emission, odor, noise, and dust monitoring at industrial and construction sites. He has also worked as Quality Control Chemist and HSE Specialist, Intertek Testing Services, Australia, and Environmental Research Intern, Puma Energy, Australia. He has published more than 33 research articles in international journals and conferences. He is Member of Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand, The American Association for Aerosol Research and Professional Mechanical Engineer (Engineers Australia). Dr. Olusegun D. Samuel is Full-Time Lecturer and Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria. He does research in the process intensification of biofuel production, upgrading of pyrolytic bio-oil and its efficacy of soft computing in its modelling, techno-economic analysis, and general mechanical engineering. He has trained many students in areas of production, renewable energy, tribology, diesel engine performance and emission parameter optimization techniques, degradation of elastomers in alternate fuel, corrosion of automotive parts in biodiesel-based fuel, biogas, residual stress, energy conversion, renewable energy, and thermo-fluids. Their current project is entitled “CFD studies and exergetic analysis of mechanical systems, and techno-economic and sustainability assessments of various combustion-related energy technologies.” He has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals and two chapters in Nova Science Publishers and one in Intech Open. He has widely participated at national and international seminars as keynote and invited speakers and as an external examiner of Ph.D./M.Sc. thesis. He serves as Reviewer to Elsevier (Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Fuel, etc.) and Taylor and Francis. He is the editorial board member of reputed journals published by Springer and other SCI indexed Journals. Dr. Tikendra Nath Verma received his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in mechanical engineering with securing first division from Pt. R.S.U. Raipur (C.G.) in 2006. He did his master’s degree in thermal engineering in 2009 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (M.P.). He has obtained his Ph.D. degree from National Institute of Technology, Raipur (Chhattisgarh). He joinedNational Institute of Technology Manipur as Assistant Professor in September 2015. Presently, he is working as Assistant Professor (Grade – I) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal. His areas of interest include computational fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, renewable energy, and alternative fuels in internal combustion engines. He has published more than 65 papers in SCI and Scopus indexed journals. He has published ten chapters with reputed publishers. He also serves as a potential reviewer for various journals such as Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Energy, Fuel, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Building Engineering, Waste Management, Journal of Hazardous Material, etc. (Elsevier); Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer), International Journal of Ambient Energy (Springer); and Journal of Thermal Engineering (Begell House Journals). Dr. Gaurav Dwivedi has completed his B.Tech in mechanical engineering from IKGPTU Jalandhar, M.Tech in energy systems from IIT Roorkee, and Ph.D. in the field of renewable energy (biofuel) from IIT Roorkee, India. He has 8 years of teaching experience in the field of mechanical and energy engineering and taught various subjects like IC engine, thermodynamics, fluid machinery, bioenergy, and others at various institutes like VIT University Vellore and Amity University Noida. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in the Energy Centre at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, India. His area of interest is biodiesel production methodology, enhancement in fuel properties, and application of biofuel on engine operation. He has published more than 85 papers in various international journals and conferences. He has published more than 50 papers in SCI and Scopus indexed journals. He has published one book with International Publisher; along with that, he has contributed five chapters. He got Young Scientist Award at NIT Trichy for his contribution in the field of renewable energy. He is Active Member of Institution of Engineers (India) and Solar Energy Society of India and IEEE. He also served as Guest Editor for Materials Today proceedings and Journal of Traffic and Transportation.