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The development, processing, and applications of smart materials presents many challenges, including performance correlations to the nature of their reinforcement and the sustainability of such materials through their recyclability, durability, and reparability. Experts have identified the challenge of achieving sustainable development and in this book highlight how smart materials can provide a solution to the problem. It emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of smart materials and their potential for enhancing product functionalities and capabilities in different sectors, including the biomedical, pharmaceutical, aerospace, construction, automotive, and food industries. Modeling, Characterization, and Processing of Smart Materials proposes a comprehensive guide to addressing the challenges associated with smart materials, including the need for optimization and sustainability, and provides various nature-inspired algorithms, computational and simulation approaches, and artificial intelligence-based strategies for developing innovative smart materials. It also presents potential solutions for the limitations of smart materials and emphasizes the role of Industry 4.0 in maintaining their sustainability. Overall, this book offers a valuable problem-solution perspective on the development and applications of smart materials, making it an essential reference guide for academic researchers and industrial engineers in the fields of material science, chemical engineering, and environmental engineering.

Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently serving as an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Technology, JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He received his Ph.D. in the field of Advanced Manufacturing from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India after B.Tech. (Hons.) in mechanical engineering and M.Tech. (Distinction) in manufacturing and automation. His areas of research include Incremental Sheet Forming, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Materials, Additive Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Waste Management, and Optimization Techniques. He has over 60 publications in international journals of repute including SCOPUS, Web of Science and SCI indexed database and refereed international conferences. He has also co-authored and co-edited many books and proceedings including: Authored Book, Ajay Kumar, Ravi Kant Mittal, Incremental Sheet Forming Technologies: Principles, merits, limitations, and applications, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN 9780367276744 Managing Guest Editor of Journal Proceedings, Ajay Kumar, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1950, International Conference on Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence (ICMAI) 2021 27 February 2021, Gurgaon, India, https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/1742-6596/1950/1 Edited book, Ajay Kumar, R. K. Mittal, Abid Haleem (2023), Advancements in Additive Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence, Nature Inspired and Bio-manufacturing, ISBN: 9780323918343, ELSEVIER Edited book, Ajay, Parveen, Sharif Ahmad, Jyotsna Sharma, Victor Gambhir, Handbook of Sustainable Materials: Modelling, Characterization, and Optimization, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 978-1-032-28632-7 Edited book, Ajay, Parveen, Ravi Kant Mittal, Rajesh Goel (2022), Book title: Waste Recovery and Management: An Approach Towards Sustainable Development Goals, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032281933 Edited book, Ajay, Parveen, Bandar AlMangour, Hari Singh (2023), Smart Manufacturing: Forecasting the future of Industry 4.0, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032363431 He has organized various national and international events including an international conference on Mechatronics and Artificial Intelligence (ICMAI-2021) as conference chair. He has more than 20 national and international patents to his credit. He has supervised more than 8 M.Tech, Ph.D scholars and numerous undergraduate projects/ thesis. He has a total of 15 years of experience in teaching and research. He is Guest Editors and Review Editor of the reputed journals including Frontiers in Sustainability. He has contributed to many international conferences/ symposiums as a session chair, expert speaker, and member of the editorial board. He has won several proficiency awards during the course of his career, including merit awards, best teacher awards, and so on. He is adviser of QCFI, Delhi Chapter student cell at JECRC University and has also authored many in-house course notes, lab manuals, monographs and invited chapters in books. He has organized a series of Faculty Development Programs, International Conferences, workshops, and seminars for researchers, PhD, UG and PG level students. His area of research includes additive manufacturing, die less sheet forming, intelligent manufacturing systems. He teaches the following courses at the graduate and postgraduate level: Advanced Sheet Forming Techniques, Additive Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Smart Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Material Science, CAM, Operations Research, Optimization Techniques, Design of Experiments and Research Methodology and so on. He is associated with many research, academic, and professional societies in various capacities.

Mr. Parveen Kumar is currently serving as an Assistant Professor and Head in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rawal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Faridabad, Haryana, India. Currently, he is pursuing Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. He completed his B.Tech. (Hons.) from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India and M.Tech. (Distinction) in Manufacturing and Automation from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. His areas of research include Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Materials; Die less Forming, Design of Automotive systems, Additive Manufacturing, CAD/CAM and artificial Intelligence, machine learning and Internet of Things in manufacturing, multi objective optimization techniques. He has over 20 publications in international journals of repute including SCOPUS, Web of Science and SCI indexed database and refereed international conferences. He has 8 national and international patents in his credit. He has supervised 2 M.Tech. scholars and numerous undergraduate projects/theses. He has a total of 12 years of experience in teaching and research. He has co-authored/co-edited several books including: Waste Recovery and Management: An Approach Towards Sustainable Development Goals, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032281933, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003359784 Handbook of Sustainable Materials: Introduction, Modelling, Characterization and Optimization", CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032295874, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003297772 Handbook of Smart Manufacturing: Forecasting the future of Industry 4.0", CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 9781032363431, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003333760 Handbook of Flexible and Smart Sheet Forming Techniques: Industry 4.0 Perspectives, ISBN: 9781119986409, WILEY Publications He is also book series editor of “Industrial and Manufacturing Systems and Technologies: Sustainable and Intelligent Perspectives” in CRC Press, Taylor and Francis. He has organized a series of Faculty Development Programmes, workshops, and seminar for researcher, UG level students.

Ashish Kumar Srivastava has completed his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India in February 2018 and currently working as a professor in the department of mechanical engineering, G.L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, U.P., India. He is a good learner and listener and contributed greatly to society through academics and research. Dr. Srivastava has taught many engineering subjects at UG and PG level. Few subjects like additive manufacturing, engineering mechanics, strength of material, machine design, are the key subject of interest. As a researcher, he has published more than 100 research papers in various journal of repute, indexed in SCI/SCIE/SCOPUS. He has also presented more than 20 research papers in various international and national conferences in India and Abroad. Apart from this he has successfully completed 2 research funded projects under the collaborative research scheme of TEQIP-III and applied more than 5 research projects for funding in different govt. agencies. Recently he has Published 2 Indian patents and filled 2 more. Dr. Srivastava has guided 8 M.Tech Students and guiding 6 Ph.D. scholars.

Dr. Vikas Goyat is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Delhi -NCR Campus Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (CAD) with a gold medal from Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, Haryana, India. He obtained his Bachelor of Technology with honours in Mechanical Engineering from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. He has a total of 10 years of experience in teaching and research. He has over 22 publications in international journals of repute including SCOPUS, Web of Science and SCI indexed database and refereed international conferences. He has also edited a book, “Advances in Materials and Mechanical Engineering” for the book series Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore. He has organized two international conferences on Future Trends in Materials and Mechanical Engineering (ICFTMME) in 2020 and 2022 as co-conference chair. He has contributed to many international conferences as a session chair, expert speaker, member of the advisory board and other roles. He has three national and international patents on his credit. He is associated with many research, academic, and professional societies in various capacities. His areas of research include Mechanical Engineering Design, Fracture Mechanics, Functionally Graded Materials, Finite Element Methods, Friction Stir Welding and Processing.