Thermal Spray Technology for Advanced Composite Materials

1. Introduction to Thermal Spray Composite Coatings. 
Gaurav Prashar, Hitesh Vasudev, and Lalit Thakur
2. Nanocomposite Thermal Spray Feedstock Materials. 
Amrinder Mehta, Hitesh Vasudev, and Rajwinder Singh
3. Microstructure and Tribology of Plasma-Sprayed Al-Si-Cu Composite Coatings. 
Praveen Kumar Verma, Hitesh Vasudev, and Shivam Kumar
4. Microstructure and Properties of Molybdenum Composite Coatings. 
Jeyaprakash Natarajan, Praveen Kumar Verma, Hitesh Vasudev, and Harminder Singh Saggu
5. Mechanical Behaviour of Cermet Coatings for Wear and Corrosion Applications. 
Virinder Kumar, Jashanpreet Singh, and Abdul Wahab Hashmi
6. Hot Corrosion Performance of Composite Coatings. 
Amrinder Mehta, Jashanpreet Singh, Brijesh Prasad, and Hitesh Vasudev
7. CNT-Reinforced Thermal Spray Composite Coatings. 
Amrinder Mehta and Hitesh Vasudev
8. Optimizing Thermal spray parameter using Machine Learning. 
Umesh Ghorpade, Shubhangi Suryawanshi, and Satyajeet Gaikwad
9. Microstructure and Wear of HVOF-Sprayed High-Entropy Alloy Coatings. 
Praveen Kumar Verma and Hitesh Vasudev
10. Oxidation Behavior of Thermally Sprayed Composite Coatings for Boiler Steel Protection. 
Praveen Kumar Verma, Hitesh Vasudev, Durga Prasad, Sule Emmanuel Oshioriameh, and Harminder Singh Saggu
11. Case Study on High Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of Superalloy Based Composite Coatings. 
Gaurav Prashar and Hitesh Vasudev
12. Future Recommendations. 
Gaurav Prashar and Hitesh Vasudev

Biography

Hitesh Vasudev is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department of Research Impact and Outcome, Research and Development Cell at Lovely Professional University, India. He obtained his PhD from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, India. His primary research interests are surface engineering, with particular emphasis on thermal spray technologies; development of nanostructured, multimodal, and high-entropy alloy coatings for high-temperature oxidation and corrosion resistance; thermal barrier coatings (TBCs); and microwave processing of materials. Dr. Vasudev has guided numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students, with 13 PhD scholars being successfully awarded degrees under his supervision. He has authored over 250 publications across journals, conferences, and book chapters, co-edited more than 10 books, and holds one granted patent. Dr. Vasudev is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Gaurav Prashar is a Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rayat Bahra Professional University, India with over 16 years of teaching experience. He earned his PhD degree from Lovely Professional University, India. He has published 20 papers, 13 book chapters, and 7 international conference papers. Dr. Prashar is the co-editor of two book publications with CRC Press, including Thermal Spray Coatings for High-Temperature Conditions (2025) and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Thermal Spray Industry: Practices, Implementation, and Challenges (2023). He works on the post-processing of thermal spray coatings and has contributed extensively to journal articles on the subject. In addition, Dr. Prashar serves as a reviewer in numerous journals, and he is currently working on the development of nano‑structured bimodal alloy coatings for high‑temperature oxidation and erosion resistance.

Lalit Thakur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, India. He obtained his MTech and PhD degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India. For the past 13 years, Dr. Thakur has been continuously exploring new possibilities in the fields of welding engineering and thermal spray technology. His current research areas include thermal spray coatings and tungsten inert‑gas (TIG) weld claddings for wear, corrosion, biomedical applications, ferromagnetic lubricants, advanced composite development by powder metallurgy, stir casting, and friction stir processing. Dr. Thakur has authored more than 60 research articles in various journals, conferences, and edited books and serves as a reviewer for several journals. He is the co-editor of four book publications with CRC Press, including Thermal Spray Coatings for High-Temperature Conditions (2025), Thermal Claddings for Engineering Applications (2024), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Thermal Spray Industry: Practices, Implementation, and Challenges (2023), and Thermal Spray Coatings (2021). He has published two patents in the field of thermal spray coatings and friction stir processing.