Smart Sustainable Materials Advancing Remanufacturing and Technology: Sustainable Technology for Product Design, Manufacturing, and Remanufacturing: An Emerging Road Map from Industry 4.0 to 6.0 (Volume II)

This book series specially focuses on developing green and sustainable materials for future development to restrict environmentally harmful materials, which are directly or indirectly associated with human health. The theme of this book series, “SMART” basically defines its title, “Sustainable Materials Advancing Remanufacturing and Technology.” In this series, the book Volume II, entitled “Smart Sustainable and Advanced Remanufacturing Processes,” basically provides a platform to explore various possibilities in developing sustainable materials. The terms recycle, remanufacturing, reuse, etc., are getting more attention in the twenty-first century due to an increasing demand from a rising population globally. Remanufacturing from waste materials is now transforming to 3D printing for smart and sustainable outcomes. 3D printing promotes the environmental impact of a technology, which is now one of the most significant criteria that determine whether it is feasible and sustainable. Several possible materials could be replaced through remanufacturing from recycling to develop smart, sustainable materials such as metals, cement and concrete, polymers, hybrid materials, clays, and composites. Materials and manufacturing techniques are a few of the vital processes in production industries. Most of the materials processing and manufacturing techniques currently used in industries are a major cause of environmental pollution and are hence unsustainable. Therefore, this rising implementation of SMART sustainable materials in areas like manufacturing processes across healthcare, energy, environment, and many more has led them to be incredibly useful and essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

The purpose of this book series is to demonstrate the utilization of all major categories of waste materials, including agricultural residues, industrial by-products, municipal waste, electronic waste, and other wastes generated in modern life. This book provides in-depth knowledge about challenges faced during the processing of advanced materials and discusses possible ways to achieve sustainability in manufacturing. The central message of the book emphasizes that building a sustainable future should be one of the foremost priorities of humankind.

Prof. Chander Prakash is working as Professor at the School of Engineering and Pro-Vice Chancellor, research, ranking, and accreditation at Geeta University, Haryana, India. He is also associated as Project Head at the Research Laboratory of 3D Bioprinting Technologies for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Nanotechnology, Electronic and Equipment Engineering, Southern Federal University, Taganrog, Russia. He is a passionate researcher with diversified research interests—developing materials for biomedical and healthcare applications, additive manufacturing, and developing and exploring new cost-effective manufacturing technologies for biomedical industries. To date, he has published more than 500 scientific articles in various peer-reviewed, reputed top-notch journals, conferences, and books in Materials Science and Manufacturing. He is a Highly Cited Researcher at the international level, and he has 18039 citations, an H-index of 73, and an i-10 index is 306 (as of January 2026). He edited/authored 35 books, serving as Series Editor of 3 books, Editorial Board Member of journals. He is among India’s Top 1% of leading mechanical and aerospace engineering scientists, as per Research.com. He holds the 38th rank in India and 1,590th rank in the world. He also consistently appeared in the top 2% of researchers as per Stanford Study in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Dr. Kavindra Kumar Kesari is a Senior Researcher, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. Previously, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki, and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland (since 2013). He also served as an Associate Professor at Lovely Professional University, Punjab and a Full Professor at Chandigarh University, Punjab in recent years. He is actively involved in material-based research on biomaterials, hybrid materials and cancer research. He has published over 150 papers (H-index 55: Google Scholar as of January 2026) in reputed scientific journals, 30 book chapters, and 7 books, and has presented over 50 papers at national and international scientific meetings. He is listed in the Top 2% world’s leading scientists published by Stanford University and Elsevier. Also acting as a visiting fellow for INTI International University, Malaysia and Adjunct Professor for Chandigarh University, Mohali, India. He received four times Young Scientist Award for his outstanding contribution to research.

Dr. Hitesh Vasudev is working as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara, Punjab, India. He has received his Ph.D. degree from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. His research areas include surface engineering/thermal spraying. Currently working on the development of nanostructured materials and hybrid materials. He has won the Research Excellence Award for three consecutive years (2019, 2020, and 2021) at LPU. He has published over 100 indexed papers, 15 conference papers, 4 books, and 25 book chapters. He also consistently appeared in the top 2% of researchers as per the Stanford Study in 2023.

Dr. Mohammad Khalid is a Professor and Head of the Sunway Centre for Electrochemical Energy and Sustainable Technology at Sunway University, Malaysia. He completed his degree in Chemical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, MSc in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from the University Putra Malaysia, and a PhD in Engineering from International Islamic University Malaysia. Before joining Sunway University, he worked as an associate professor in the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. His research interests primarily include advanced nanomaterial synthesis for energy harvesting, storage, and conversion applications. He has over 300 peer-reviewed scientific articles, six edited books, and five patents to his credit. He is on the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Springer) and ECS Sensor Plus. For the years 2020 & 2021, he was listed among the top 2% of the scientists in the field of material science. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), U.K.