Automotive Tribology / Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (PDF)

Jitendra Kumar Katiyar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India. His research interests include tribology of carbon materials, polymer composites, self-lubricating polymers, lubrication tribology and coatings for advanced technologies. He obtained his BE from UPTU Lucknow in 2007and his Masters and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2010 and 2017 respectively. He is affiliated with several professional societies including the Tribology Society of India, Malaysian Society of Tribology, and The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). He has published more than two dozen papers in reputed journals and international conferences and also serves as a reviewer in many reputed journals.



Shantanu Bhattacharya is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Head of the Design Program at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Prior to this, he completed his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, and a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. He also completed postdoctoral training at the Birck Nanotechnology Center at the Purdue University, USA. His main research interests are design and development of micro- and nano-sensors and actuation platforms, nanoenergatic materials, micro- and nano-fabrication technologies, and water remediation using visible light photo catalysis, and product design and development. He has received many awards and accolades, including the Institute of Engineers Young Engineer Award, the Institute for Smart Structures and Systems Young Scientist Award, the Best Mechanical Engineering Design Award (National Design Research Forum, IEI), and Fellowship from the High Energetic Materials Institute in Australia, Fellowship of the Institution of Engineers (India).



Vinay K. Patel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical