Surface Modification and Coating of Fibers, Polymers, and Composites: Techniques, Properties, and Applications

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Dr. Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa is currently working as a Principal Research Scientist/Associate Professor and also 'Advisor within the office of the President for University Promotion and Development towards International goals' at King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok Bangkok Thailand. He received the B.Eng (Mechanical Engineering) in the year 2010 M.Tech (Computational Analysis in Mechanical Sciences) in the year 2013 Ph.D (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Science) from Visvesvaraya Technological University Belagavi India in the year 2018 and Post Doctorate from King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok Thailand in the year 2019. He is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and an Associate Member of Institute of Engineers (India). He is an Associate Editor of Heliyon Elsevier (Materials Science) and Frontier Materials Journals. Also acting as a Board Member of various international journals in the fields of materials science and composites. He is a reviewer for more than 180 International Journals also a reviewer for book proposals and international conferences. In addition he has published more than 300 articles in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals indexed by SCI/Scopus 10 editorial corners 70 book chapters one book 37 books as an Editor (Published by lead publishers such as Elsevier Springer Taylor & Francis Wiley) and also presented research papers at national/international conferences. Engineering Thailand). Dr. Sathish Kumar Palaniappan is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at King Mongkut's University of Technology?North Bangkok Thailand. He finished his bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical stream) at University College of Engineering Villupuram Tamil Nadu India in 2012. He received his Master of Engineering from Kongu Engineering College in Perundurai Tamil Nadu India. He also finished his PhD studies in the Department of Mining Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur West Bengal India in 2021. He worked as Research Associate in the Ground Stability Research Laboratory of Mining Engineering Department Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur West Bengal India and worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing SIMATS University Tamil Nadu India. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites/composites; polymer blends and biomaterials; mechanical behavior of materials; cutting bits and surface modifications. He has published more than 64 international/national research papers and 32 book chapters with reputed publishers. He also acts as a reviewer for more than 15 international journals. Dr. Ramesh Manickam is currently working as Professor & Vice-Principal at KIT-Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology Coimbatore India. He has published over 60 research papers in SCI and Scopus indexed Journals 60 book chapters and edited 2 books. He is the recipient of the All-India best Research award and best Publication award from the Society for Advancement of Human and Nature India. His current research is focused on bio-materials polymer nanocomposites hybrid composites and additive manufacturing. He is a regular reviewer for more than 100 reputed Journals from Elsevier Springer Nature SAGE Taylor & Francis Wiley and RSC. He is recognized by Stanford Universitys list of the worlds Top 2% of the Most-Cited Scientists in Single Year Citation Impact 2022. Dr. Rajeshkumar Lakshminarasimhan is currently working as a Professor at Alliance University Bengaluru India. His research areas of interest include Polymer biocomposites biofibers and bio fillers testing and characterization of fibers and composites. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is President of King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok. He has received his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg Hessen Germany in 1999 M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from University of Applied Sciences Aalen Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany in 2002 M.Sc. in Material Science at the Erlangen-Nürnberg University Bayern Germany in 2004 Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from Institute for Composite Materials University of Kaiserslautern Rheinland-Pfalz Germany in 2008 and Postdoctoral Research from Kaiserslautern University and School of Materials Engineering Purdue University USA. In 2016 he received the habilitation at the Chemnitz University in Sachen Germany. He worked as a Lecturer for Production and Material Engineering Department at The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS) KMUTNB. He has been full Professor at KMUTNB and became the President of KMUTNB. He won the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2010 2012 and 2013 at KMUTNB.