This book will consist of the development, processing, and manufacturing of high-performance metallic biomaterials in healthcare and biomedical applications in context with surface modification and coating of implants. Bioresorbable metallic composites along with high-performance metallic materials and their processing, and characterizations will be the central theme of the book. Effectively, the variety of fifteen chapters presented in the book will be quite interesting and up-to-date with the scope of future research work. This has the potential to be valuable to researchers in material engineering disciplines, biomedical engineering, and also to clinical professions. The background information and the latest literature review provided in each chapter will be an in-depth analysis of the topic covered in the chapter.
__Dr. Arbind Prasad has completed his Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. He has also earned the gold medal in his M. Tech. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head (Mechanical Engineering) in the Department of Science, Technology and Technical Education, Government of Bihar, at Katihar Engineering College, Katihar, Bihar, India. He has four granted patents out of his research work. He has 15 international Journal papers, edited 09 books (Wiley, Elsevier, AAP, De Gruyter, and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis) USA), 35 book chapters, and 15 reputed international conference papers to his credit. Dr. Arbind Prasad has obtained various prestigious awards such as the Sponsored Research Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) award from IIT Kanpur, Best Oral Presentation from the American Chemical Society, and Best Paper awards from IIT Guwahati during Research Conclave. He has completed numerous projects funded by the State Government. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies (IJMMST) and an early career editor for the International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences (IJMEMS) Indexed in ESCI/Scopus and DOAJ. He is an editorial board member of various international journals and acts as an active review board member of 10 prestigious (Indexed in SCI/SCIE/Scopus) and guest editor in special issues of international journals with high impact factor i.e. Bioengineering, Journal of Design, Materials, Journal of functional materials, Molecules, etc. His main areas of research include Resorbable polymers, metallic biomaterials, biobased coating, nanocoating, recycling of biodegradable polymers, Healthcare devices, Implants, biomaterials, materials processing, design, and manufacturing techniques of biomedical implants. He is also a lifetime member of the Society of Polymer Science India, the Material Research Society of India, the Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs of India, the Asian Polymer Association, and the Indian Society of Technical Education.
_Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana. Earlier He was associated with the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, H.P., India. Dr. Sinha has completed his Ph.D. and MTech. from IIT Delhi and IIT Guwahati respectively. He has published 35 research papers in peer-reviewed journals. His area of research includes Sustainable Machining/manufacturing, biocomposite characterizations, nanomaterials, hydrogels, metallic surface texture, coatings, and implant devices. He is an active reviewer of various journals of repute.
_Prof. J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is also distinguished as honorary professor in several universities/colleges/institutes in China, India and Spain. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, MSc in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) and Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years), from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra and the DSc (Higher Doctorate) from London Metropolitan University. He is Fellow (FIET) of IET-London and Eur Ing by Engineers Europe FEANI-Brussels. He is also Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist titles in Engineering and Industrial Management as well as in Metrology. He has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with special emphasis in Machining, Tribology & Surface Engineering. He has also interest in Design, Management, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Education and Higher Education for Sustainability. He has guided large numbers of postdoc, PhD and master's students as well as has coordinated and participated in several financed research projects. He has received several scientific awards and honors. He has worked as evaluator of projects for ERC-European Research Council and other international research agencies as well as examiner of PhD thesis for many universities in different countries. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals, book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many conferences.
