Fabrication of Wear and Corrosion Resistant Materials Surface Processing Techniques

1. Perspectives and Fundamentals of Corrosion and Wear Mechanisms in Surface Engineering. 
Amrinder Mehta and Hitesh Vasudev
2. Advances and Challenges in Corrosion Research. 
Harvinder Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Priyanka Kaushal, and Gurbhej Singh
3. Fabrication of Surfaces with Laser Cladding, Microwave Cladding, and Surface Alloying Techniques. 
Amrinder Mehta, Hitesh Vasudev, and N. Jeyaprakash
4. Environmental Impact and Sustainability of Advanced Manufacturing Techniques, Materials, and Coatings. 
Amrinder Mehta, Hitesh Vasudev, and Bhupinder Singh
5. Durable Microwave Post-Processing of Thermal Spray Coatings. 
Gaurav Prashar and Hitesh Vasudev
6. Evaluation and Insulation Strategies of Heating Systems to Prevent Ice Formation in Cold Environments. 
Gaurav Prashar and Hitesh Vasudev
7. Fabrication and Characterization of Wear-Resistant Surfaces: A Study on Powder Mixed EDM. 
Satish Kumar, Rahul Mehra, Omar Mbrouk, Pankaj Sharma, and Gurbhej Singh
8. Characterization and Testing of Surface-Processed Materials using Friction Stir Processing. 
Harmandeep Singh, Gurbhej Singh, Manpreet Singh, and Pankaj Sharma
9. Environment Friendly Machining of Aluminum Alloy Using Coated Tool Under Dry and MQL Conditions. 
Jasjeevan Singh, Atul Agnihotri, Suresh Gudala, Pankaj Sharma, and Gurbhej Singh
10. Hybrid Surface Processing Techniques to Enhance the Wear and Corrosion Properties of Inconel-800. 
Satish Kumar, Harvinder Singh, Gurbhej Singh, and Hitesh Vasudev
11. Surface Engineering and Coatings to Enhance Wear and Corrosion Resistance Properties. 
Ranbir Singh Rooprai, Jagtar Singh, and Anuj Bansal
12. Machine Learning for Tribo-Properties Predictions of Coatings. 
Jyotsna Barpute, Shubhangi Suryawanshi, Digvijay Bhosale, Amrut Bhosale, Umesh Ghorpade, Sunil B Shivarudraiah, and Hitesh Vasudev
13. Effect of Different Hardfacing Welds on Erosion Wear Behavior of AISI 310SS. 
Ravi Kumar, Karthikeyan A, Dhirendra Nath Thatoi, Abhinav Kumar, Vladimir Ivanovich Velkin, and Rajeev Rathi
14. Optimization of Plasma Spray Coatings Using the Taguchi Method and Machine Learning. 
S. Maharajan, F.Michael Thomas Rex, and S.Valaiganesh
15. Advantages and Applications of Microwave Cladding Technology. 
Amrinder Mehta, Hitesh Vasudev, and Gurbhej Singh
16. Shape Memory Alloys for Adaptive Solutions in Aerospace. 
Gurbhej Singh and Hitesh Vasudev
17. Mechanical and Wear Properties of Inconel 718 Coatings Reinforced with WC-Co via Laser Cladding. 
Praveen Kumar Verma and Hitesh Vasudev
18. Advantages of Laser Cladding Technology in Surface Modification. 
Gurbhej Singh and Hitesh Vasudev
19. Fabrication of Surfaces with Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) for Corrosion and Wear Applications. 
Praveen Kumar Verma and Hitesh Vasudev

Biography

Dr. Gurbhej Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amritsar Group of Colleges, Punjab, India. Dr. Singh earned his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from CT University Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He specializes in surface engineering with a focus on microwave claddings, processing of materials using microwave energy, materials characterization, surface biomedical implants, biomaterials processing, polymeric composites, and nanocomposites. He has published more than 30 Papers out of which 18 are SCI indexed papers. He was recently honored with the “Top Cited Paper Awards India 2022” in the review category. Additionally, he has contributed to numerous conference papers and book chapters. Dr. Singh is actively involved in the research community, serving as a reviewer for research articles. He has over ten years of teaching experience and has guided many M-Tech Students. Dr. Singh is Guest Editor of many journals, Dr. Singh has been granted a patent titled “Minimum quantity lubrication device for machining operations”.

Dr. Hitesh Vasudev is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. His research areas include Surface Engineering/Thermal Spraying; development of Nano- structured, Multi-modal, High entropy alloys coatings for high temperature oxidation and corrosion resistance; Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs); and Microwave processing of materials. Dr. Vasudev has contributed extensively in thermal spray coatings in repute journals which include Surface coatings and Technology; Materials Today Communications; Engineering Failure Analysis; Journal of Cleaner Production, among others. He won the Research Excellence Award-2019, 2020, 2021, and 2023 at Lovely Professional University. He has written 40+ SCI indexed papers, 100 Scopus Indexed papers, 15 conference papers, 18 book chapters, and 5 books. Dr. Vasudev has been granted a patent titled “High-Temperature Oxidation and Erosion Resistant Alloy-718/Al2O3 Composite Coatings’’.