Tribology for Energy, Environment and Society / Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (PDF)

Prof. Sujeet Kumar Sinha is presently a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Prior to this, he was a faculty at the National University of Singapore from 2001-2012 and briefly (2012-2014) at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He obtained Ph.D. from Imperial College London, UK, in 1994, and Master of Science (MS) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1991. The primary research focus of Prof. Sinha is in the area of polymer tribology which includes composite material development for bearings and bio-tribological applications. He has published more than 145 peer-reviewed journal papers, one textbook and edited 4 research books in the field of general tribology. Dr. Deepak Kumar is currently a full professor at Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He obtained his B.Tech. (Production Engineering) from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, M.Tech. (Metallurgical and Material Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. His major areas of research interests include tribology, wear and corrosion-resistant coatings, environmental-friendly metalworking fluids and greases. He has published 45 papers in respected international journals. Dr. Kumar received Best Ph.D. award and Gold medal from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in 2010. He is an active reviewer for many international journals.
Dr. Nitya Nand Gosvami completed his B. Tech. with honors in Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), India in 2003 and completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore in 2008. He joined Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Germany as a postdoctoral scientist in March 2008 and was later awarded Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. During March - May 2008, he