This book includes state-of-the-art papers in manufacturing engineering and processes, including computer-aided design and manufacturing, environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes, modeling, analysis, and simulation of manufacturing processes. Other topics included are composite materials manufacturing, nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing, semiconductor materials manufacturing, rapid manufacturing technologies, 3D printing, and non-traditional manufacturing engineering and processes. This book includes chapters that cover the latest advances in 3D printing and additive manufacturing techniques and processes for sustainable materials, including ceramic and polymer-matrix composite. The book can be a valuable reference for researchers and professionals.

Prof. Ramesh Agarwal is the William Palm professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Over a period of 45 years, Professor Agarwal has worked in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), computational material science and manufacturing, and multi-disciplinary design and optimization. More recently, he has devoted some of his efforts in nanocomposites, shape memory alloys, and metamaterials. He is the author and co-author of over 600 publications and serves on the editorial board of more than 20 journals. Professor Agarwal is a fellow of 25 societies including AIAA, IEEE, ASME, AAAS, APS, IOP, IOM3, IET, RSC, etc.