IGI Global Surface Engineering Techniques and Applications: Research Advancements

Surface engineering includes many facets of materials science that help regulate the function, quality and safety of products such as automotive, textile and electronic materials. New technologies are developing to help enhance the surface performance.Surface Engineering Techniques and Applications: Research Advancements provides recent developments in surface engineering techniques and applications. It details scientific and technological results while also giving insight to current research, economic impact and environmental concerns so that academics, practitioners and professionals in the field, as well as students studying these areas, can deepen their understanding of new surface processes. About the Author Loredana Santo is based at the University of Rome ""Tor Vergata"", Italy.J. Paulo Davim received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto in 1997 and the Aggregation from the University of Coimbra in 2005. Currently, he is an Aggregate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro. He has more 25 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering with special emphasis in machining and tribology. Recently, he has also been interested in sustainable manufacturing and industrial engineering. He is the Editor-in-Chief of six international journals, guest editor of journals, books editor, book series editor and scientific advisory for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an editorial board member of 20 international journals and acts as reviewer for than 70 prestigious ISI Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published in his field of research as author and co-author in more than 40 book chapters and 350 articles in journals and conferences.