Recent Advances in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy Technologies: Proceedings from ICoFT 2020 [Paperback]

This book comprises the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy 2020. The contents of this volume focus on recent technological advances in the field of manufacturing, automation, design and energy. Some of the topics covered include additive manufacturing, renewable energy resources, design automation, process automation and monitoring, etc. This volume will prove a valuable resource for those in academia and industry.

Dr. Sendhil Kumar Natarajan is currently an Assistant Professor & Head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean  Faculty Welfare, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Puducherry. He pursued his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech. in Energy Technology from Pondicherry Engineering College in 2001 and 2003, respectively, followed by Ph.D. in solar energy from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in 2008. After his Ph.D., he joined as Senior R&D Engineer, at CSEM-UAE, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. Later, he joined as a Post Doctoral Research Fellowship at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom under European Union Project. He got young faculty award and outstanding researcher award in the field of Solar Thermal. He has published papers in 30 international journals and 40 national and international conferences in the area of energy. Based on his research work, he has filed four patents in tló˜