This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Evolution in Manufacturing (ICEM 2020), and examines a range of areas including internet-of-things for cyber manufacturing, data analytics for manufacturing systems and processes and materials. The topics covered include modeling simulation and decision making in cyber physical systems for supporting engineering and production management, innovative approach in materials development, biomaterial applications, and advancement in manufacturing and material technologies. The book also discusses sustainability in manufacturing and supply chain management including circular economy. The book will be a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in smart manufacturing in engineering, production management and materials technology.

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Dr. Rajeev Agrawal is currently an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, (Rajasthan). He obtained his B.E. (Mechanical) from Government Engineering College, Jabalpur(M.P.) and M.E. (Production Engineering), Ph.D. from the MNNIT, Allahabad (U.P.) and BIT, Mesra(Ranchi), respectively. Dr. Rajeev Agrawal is having more than 20 years of professional experience. His current research interests are soft computing (GA, ANN, Fuzzy) applications to manufacturing, modelling and simulation of manufacturing systems, sustainable manufacturing, lean six sigma, supply chain design and reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS). He has published more than 55 papers in reputed international journals and conferences. Dr. Agrawal received the Fellow of The Institution of Engineer’s (IEI), India, in 2020. He is acting as an International reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals. Currently, he is an editorialboard member for the International Journal of Business and Systems Research (IJBSR).

Dr Jinesh Kumar Jain is currently working as Associate Professor at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (MNIT). His research interests include joining and welding, additive manufacturing and bio-fabrication, design and manufacturing technology, operation management, and sustainable manufacturing. He completed his PhD and M.Tech. from MNIT and B.E. from MBM Engineering College Jodhpur. He has more than twenty years of teaching, research and industrial experience; published many technical papers in journals and conference proceedings; authored number of books, chapters in reputed publications and delivered lectures in reputed institutions in India and abroad. Prior to joining MNIT, he has worked in several renowned organizations. Dr Jain is a life member of many reputed professional bodies and board member in the number of Indianuniversities. Dr Jain successfully guided many M.Tech dissertations and presently guiding many doctoral and masters scholars. He successfully organized many short-term courses and faculty development programmes to impart, encourage the young fellows to proceed by sharing knowledge and experiences from eminent researchers.

Dr. Vinod Singh Yadav is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Rajasthan, and M.Tech. (Energy Engineering) & Ph.D. from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. His major interest of research areas are alternate fuels in IC engines, renewable energy technologies, thermal storage techniques and their applications. He has published more than 35 research papers in reputed journals and international conferences. He is the author of 05 text and reference books. He is also a reviewer of more than 05 SCI Elsevier journals. He is Technical Editor of Journal of Automotive Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Research and Consulting Editor of Hon. Editorial Board Member recognized by Innovative Scientific Research Professional Malaysia.

Dr. Vijay Kumar Manupati is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal. He received his Ph.D. in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His current research interests include intelligent manufacturing systems, cyber-physical systems, sustainable supply chain, and health care systems. He has published more than 80 publications which include prestigious journals like International Journal of Production Research, Computers, and Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Journal of measurements, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, etc. He is acting as an international reviewer for more than 30 peer-reviewed journals. Currently, he is acting as an Editorial Review Board member of International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility, International Journal of Web Portals IGI Global publications. He received an Early Carrier Research Grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST) for his research work on Telefacturing Systems. He is a member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE), Institute of Engineers (IEI) India, Life member of International Association of Engineers, US and also acting as a technical committee member of various International conferences.

Dr Leonilde Varela received her PhDdegree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Minho, Portugal in 2007. She is Assistant Professor at Department of Production and Systems of University of Minho. Her main research interests are in manufacturing management, production planning and control, optimization, artificial intelligence, meta-heuristics, scheduling, web based systems, services and technologies, mainly for supporting engineering and production management, collaborative networks, decision making models, methods and systems, and virtual and distributed enterprises. She has published more than 150 refereed scientific papers in international conferences and in international scientific books and journals, indexed in the Web of Science and/or in the Scopus databases. She coordinates R&D projects in the area of production and systems engineering, namely concerning the development of web-based platforms and decision support models, methods and systems. She is a frequent paper reviewer for several journals, such as, Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Journal of Decision Systems, Sustainability, International Journal of Management and Fuzzy Systems, International Journal of Sustainability Management and Information Technologies, International Journal of Intelligent Enterprise, International Journal of Decision Support Systems Technology, Management and Production Engineering Review, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Journal of Robotics. Moreover, she has been increasing international scientific network and collaborates with more than twenty institutions worldwide, and is a member of several international networks, such as: Machine Intelligence Research Labs, Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence (MirLabs), Euro Working Group of Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); System, Man, and Cybernetics Society (IEEE SMC), Industrial Engineering Network (IE Network), and Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).

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