Books By A. K. Lakshminarayanan, Sridhar Idapalapati, M. Vasudevan - Author

Dr. A. K. Lakshminarayanan holds a PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from Annamalai University, in the area of welding of ferritic stainless steel. He received the Best Faculty Award from the Mechanical Engineering department for the years 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16. His areas of specialization include materials joining, surface engineering, advanced metal forming processes, fatigue, and stress corrosion cracking of welds. He has published more than 50 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals, and his research work has been presented at over 30 international and national conferences. Dr. Lakshminarayanan is also a reviewer for various international journals. He has successfully completed a sponsored external project on 'Developing FSW tools to weld stainless steels', funded under the Government of India's DST young scientist scheme.

Dr. Sridhar Idapalapati is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,Nanyang Technological Un