3D Printing in Materials Engineering: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives(Woodhead Publishing in Materials)

From aerospace to medicine, 3D printing is poised to reshape the future of manufacturing in many industries. Additive manufacturing is a game-changing technology that will in the future drastically alter the product development, manufacturing, and distribution processes. 3D Printing in Materials Engineering presents the latest developments in this important field. The book covers the fundamentals, materials, types of 3D printing techniques, and their multi-dimensional applicability over various engineering applications. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, manufacturers, chemists, and other professionals who are working with 3D printing over various engineering applications.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to 3D printing 2. Genres of 3D printing techniques 3. Theory of 3D printing and mechanisms 4. 3D printing of polymer composites 5. 3D printing of ceramics 6. 3D printing of metals 7. 3D printing in drug delivery 8. 3D printing in construction industry 9. 3D printing in tissue engineering 10. 3D printing in environmental applications 11. 3D printing in food sectors 12. 3D printing in dentistry 13. 3D printing in artificial organ fabrication 14. 3D printing in electrochemistry 15. 3D printing in electronics 16. 3D printing in EMI shielding 17. 3D printing in catalysis 18. 3D printing of thermosets 19. 3D printing in scientific instrumentation 20. 3D printing in nanomedicines 21. Artificial neural network for 3D printing 22. Advancements in RepRap 3-D printer 23. Future Outlooks, and the current market of 3D printing

About the Author :
Dr. Sayan Ganguly is working in the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He obtained his B.Sc degree in Chemistry (Honours) at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, University of Calcutta; and then his B.Tech in 2012 (University of Calcutta). After that, he then went on to obtain his M.Tech from the University of Calcutta in polymer science and technology. His primary research interests include superabsorbent hydrogels, fluorescence in hydrogels, nanomaterials in hydrogels, and hydrogels in the biomedical fields. Prof. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is currently the Director of AU – Sophisticated Testing and Instrumentation Center, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India, and a Professor at the Department of Science, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the DST INSPIRE Faculty Award from the Government of India and the Best Faculty Awards from KMUTNB, Thailand and Alliance University India. Dr. Poushali Das is a senior research scientist at the Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Canada. Before this, she held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She completed her Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. She has received prestigious awards including the DST INSPIRE Scholar Award (Government of India), Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Award (European Commission), and H.G. Thode Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canada). Her research interests include multifunctional luminescent quantum dots and applications in sensors, biomedical fields, smart nanocomposites, polymer nanocomposites, etc.