Indran Suyambulingam Editor

Indran Suyambulingam is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alliance College of Engineering and Design, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India. He is a former research scientist at the Natural Composites Research Group Lab, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. He is a recipient of the Innovative Technological Research & Dedicated Teaching Professional Award from JETR Convention on Innovative Technological Scientific Research Strategies in Science, Engineering and Medical Technology organized by Innovative Scientific Research Professional Malaysia (ISRPM), held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2017. He is a reviewer for more than 40 international journals and has published more than 85 articles in high-quality international peer-reviewed SCI and Scopus Indexed journals, and 13 book chapters. He has presented more than 50 research articles at national and international conferences. He has filed one Indian patent in polymer composites research field. Also, he has one Patent Grant on his credit in the area of automation. His research interests include prosthetics development, biomaterials, nanocomposites, material characterization, tribology, agro-waste utilization, and characterization of natural fibers and their composites. Dr. D. Divya received her M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, India in 2011 and then went on to complete her Ph.D. in Biotechnology in the field of biogas production from sustainable wastes from the same university in 2015. After completing her Ph.D., she took a position as a research associate at Pinnacle Biosciences, at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. She has published more than 30 research articles in SCI, and Scopus indexed journals, and 5 book chapters. She is an active reviewer for more than 10 highly reputed international Journals. She has participated in many national and international conferences and has presented more than 15 papers. Her research interests include material science- natural fibers and their composites, environmental science (sustainable biomass utilization), biofuels (energy efficient materials), enzymology (pretreatments), bacteriology and phycology. Academic Enhancement Department, Natural Composites Research Group Lab,King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, 1518 Pracharat 1, Wongsawang Road, Bangsue, Bangkok 10800, Thailand Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is President of King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Thailand. He worked at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), KMUTNB, as a Lecturer in the Production and Material Engineering Department. He was a full professor at KMUTNB before becoming the university's president. In 2010, 2012, and 2013, KMUTNB honored him with the Outstanding Researcher Award. Polymer Processing and Composite Materials are two of his research areas. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the KMUTNB International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, as well as the author of over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has given presentations on Materials Science and Engineering themes at over 39 international and national conferences.