Polylactic Acid Composites: Sustainable Biocomposites

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Dr. Pawan Kumar Rakesh Dr. Rakeshis serving as an Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand Srinagar India. Currently he is the Coordinator of the Design Innovation Center NIT Uttarakhand.He has also served as Head of Department Mechanical Engineering (2013-2016) and Associate Dean (Faculty Welfare) from 2016 to2020. Working in a growing organization he has got substantial exposure to several lab developments academic structure and student welfare. He has authored 45articles published in reputed International/National journals and conferences. He has also organized two international conferences and ten workshops in the Institute. He has edited fourbooks namely Processing of Green CompositesISBN 978-981-13-6019-0. Springer; Advances in Engineering DesignISBN 978-981-334-018-3 Springer; Joining Processes for Dissimilar and Advanced Materials ISBN: 9780323853996 Elsevier; and Cellulose Composites: Processing and CharacterizationISBN:978-3-11-076869-5 De Gruyter. He has contributed sixteenbook chapters in a different book published by Woodhead Publishing UK; Wiley-VCH Verlag Gmbh Germany; and Springer Nature Singapore Pte. Ltd. He has supervised two PhD and six M.Tech students. He has two research projectsongoingworth of Rs. 1.38 croresin the fields of composite materials. Prof. J. Paulo Davim J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Aveiro Portugal. He has more than 35years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing materials and mechanical engineering. He also has an interest inmanagement engineering education and higher education for sustainability. He has worked as an evaluator of projects for the ERC-European Research Council and other international research agencies as well as an examiner of PhD thesis for many universitiesin different countries. In addition he has edited/co-edited more than 300books and authored/co-authored more than 15 books 100 book chapters and 600 articles for journals and conferences.