Springer Trends in Manufacturing and Engineering Management: Select Proceedings of ICMechD 2019 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Design (ICMechD) 2019. The volume focuses on the different design aspects involved in manufacturing, composite materials processing as well as in engineering management. A wide range of topics such as control and automation, mechatronics, robotics, composite and nanomaterial design, and welding design are covered here. The book also discusses current research in engineering management on topics like products, services and system design, optimization in design, manufacturing planning and control, and sustainable product design. Given the range of the contents, this book will prove useful to students, researchers and practitioners. From the Back Cover This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Design (ICMechD) 2019. The volume focuses on the different design aspects involved in manufacturing, composite materials processing as well as in engineering management. A wide range of topics such as control and automation, mechatronics, robotics, composite and nanomaterial design, and welding design are covered here. The book also discusses current research in engineering management on topics like products, services and system design, optimization in design, manufacturing planning and control, and sustainable product design. Given the range of the contents, this book will prove useful to students, researchers and practitioners. About the Author Dr. S. Vijayan, is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at SSN College of Engineering has 20 years of teaching experience. He has received his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering from the Madurai Kamarajar University in 1997, completed his post graduate Masters of Engineering (M.E.) in Industrial Engineering from Thigarajar College of Engineering in 1998 and Doctorate Ph.D. from the Anna University in the year 2010. To his credit he has completed two research sponsored projects to the tune of 30 lakh funded by Naval research Board, DRDO and SSN Trust. He has published 25 International journals papers to his credit. He has published two books for VDM-Verlag and Lambert, respectively. He served in administrative responsibilities such as Chairman Valuation in Anna University and Additional Controller of Examination in SSN Institutions.   Dr. NACHIAPPAN SUBRAMANIAN SP is currently working as Professor in Operations and Logistics Management & Supply Chains, University of Business School, University of Sussex, United Kingdom. Formerly he served as Associate Professor in Nottingham University Business School China. In total, he has 20 years of experience including 18 years in academia and 2 years in a consulting company. He has received his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Mechanical Engineering from the Madurai Kamarajar University in 1995, completed his post graduate Masters of Engineering (M.E.) in Production Engineering from Thigarajar College of Engineering in 1998 and Doctorate Ph.D. from the Madurai Kamarajar University in the year 2006. He has completed his postdoctoral research from Nottingham University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University. To his credit, he has completed several sponsored projects to the tune of £ 438,370. To date, he has published 89 peer-reviewed refereed research papers. His research interest areas are in sustainable supply chains (environmental and social/humanitarian issues), risk and resilience, technology enabled operations and marketing interface, and in performance measurement.    Dr. Sankaranarayanasamy K is serving currently as Director of NIT Pondicherry, formerly a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, received his B.E. Mechanical Engineering (Hons) in 1981 from PSG College of Technology, India. He received his M.T