Sustainable Structural Materials: From Fundamentals to Manufacturing, Properties and Applications
暫譯: 可持續結構材料：從基礎到製造、特性與應用

本書旨在提供對可持續複合材料的基本原理、特性和應用的全面理解。本書共包含21章，對於在可持續複合材料領域工作的學術界人士和早期職業研究者將非常有益。

Dr. Elango Natarajan obtained doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2010. He worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2013 and carried out research on soft actuators. He has served for engineering colleges/universities for about 25 years in various academic positions. He is currently attached to Faculty of Engineering, UCSI University, Malaysia as an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering. Besides, he is the Deputy Director of Praxis, Industry and Community Engagement. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng.) awarded by Engineering Council UK, Chartered member (CMEngNZ) awarded by Engineering Council NZ and Fellow awarded by Institution of Engineers India. He has published 130+ research articles with citations over 1500 and his h-index is 23 in Scopus. He has completed many research grant projects including projects supported by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia worth of about RM 1 million. He has edited three Conference proceedings, and three books. He is an academic Editor of J. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (Wiley) and Special issue editor at J. Welding International (T&F).

Ir. Dr. Kalaimani Markandan is an Assistant Professor and current Head of Programme at the Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, UCSI University, Malaysia. She previously graduated with a first-class MEng (Hons) and PhD (Chemical Engineering) in the years 2013 and 2017 respectively from the University of Nottingham. Prior to joining UCSI University, she worked as a research scientist at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Her research area focusses on composite materials, functionally graded materials, additive manufacturing, mechanics of materials and MEMS. She is also a chartered member with the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council UK (ECUK) and a Professional Engineer (PEng) with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM).

Dr. Cik Suhana Binti Hassan is the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department Head at UCSI University, Malaysia. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in 2009 and 2011, respectively, from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, and her PhD in 2019 from Universiti Putra Malaysia. In 2011, she began her career as an Intellectual Property Executive at SIRIM Berhad, a corporate organisation wholly owned by the Malaysian government, and in May 2012, she began her career in academia as a lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department of UCSI University. Dr. Suhana is passionate about turning environmental waste into value-added products as part of her quest to live a more environmentally friendly life. Her research interests include bio-composites for automotive applications. She is also an active member of the materials community, having been named a Professional Member of the Institutes of Materials Malaysia and a Professional Technologist of the Malaysian Board of Technologists in the field of Material Science Technology.

Mr. Praveennath G. Koppad is currently a Ph.D. candidate at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and holds B.E and M.Tech degrees from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India. With 18 years of industrial and academic experience at various positions, his research is mainly focused on thermal spray coatings, non-ferrous metal casting, nanocomposites and 3D printing of polymeric materials. He has published more than 63 scientific contributions in the form of original articles, conference papers, editorials and book chapter with 1800+ citations and H-index of 25.

Elango Natarajan 博士於2010年在印度金奈的安娜大學獲得機械工程博士學位。他於2013年在馬來西亞科技大學人工智慧與機器人中心擔任博士後研究員，進行軟性驅動器的研究。他在各種學術職位上為工程學院/大學服務了約25年。目前，他在馬來西亞UCSI大學的工程學院擔任機械與機電工程副教授。此外，他還擔任實踐、產業與社區參與的副主任。他是英國工程委員會頒發的特許工程師（CEng.）、新西蘭工程委員會頒發的特許會員（CMEngNZ）以及印度工程師協會頒發的院士。他已發表超過130篇研究文章，引用次數超過1500次，並在Scopus的h指數為23。他完成了許多研究資助項目，包括馬來西亞高等教育部支持的約100萬馬幣的項目。他編輯了三本會議論文集和三本書籍。他是《材料科學與工程進展期刊》（J. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering，Wiley）的學術編輯，以及《國際焊接期刊》（J. Welding International，T&F）的特刊編輯。

Kalaimani Markandan 工程師博士是馬來西亞UCSI大學化學與石油工程系的助理教授及目前的課程負責人。她於2013年和2017年分別在諾丁漢大學獲得一級榮譽碩士學位（MEng (Hons)）和博士學位（化學工程）。在加入UCSI大學之前，她曾在新加坡南洋理工大學（NTU）擔任研究科學家。她的研究領域專注於複合材料、功能梯度材料、增材製造、材料力學和微機電系統（MEMS）。她也是化學工程師協會（IChemE）的特許會員、英國工程委員會（ECUK）的特許工程師（CEng）以及馬來西亞工程師委員會（BEM）的專業工程師（PEng）。

Suhana Binti Hassan 博士是馬來西亞UCSI大學機械與機電工程系的系主任。她於2009年和2011年分別在馬來西亞石油科技大學獲得學士和碩士學位，並於2019年在馬來西亞普特拉大學獲得博士學位。2011年，她在馬來西亞政府全資擁有的企業SIRIM Berhad擔任知識產權專員，並於2012年5月開始在UCSI大學機械工程系擔任講師。Suhana博士熱衷於將環境廢棄物轉化為增值產品，以追求更環保的生活。她的研究興趣包括用於汽車應用的生物複合材料。她也是材料社群的活躍成員，曾被任命為馬來西亞材料學會的專業會員及馬來西亞技術專業委員會的材料科學技術專業技術人員。

Praveennath G. Koppad 先生目前是印度卡納塔克國立技術學院機械工程系的博士候選人，並持有印度維斯維薩拉亞科技大學的工程學士（B.E）和碩士（M.Tech）學位。他擁有18年的工業和學術經驗，研究主要集中在熱噴塗塗層、非鐵金屬鑄造、納米複合材料和聚合物材料的3D列印。他已發表超過63篇科學貢獻，包括原創文章、會議論文、社論和書籍章節，引用次數超過1800次，h指數為25。