The main objective of this series is to provide researchers a platform to present state of the art innovations and technologies related to renewable and sustainable energy developments. In the energy realm, the book series intends to cover solar, wind, geothermal, hydrogen, hydropower, marine and ocean energy including energy efficient conventional fuels. Among the energy intensive industries, the book series will highlight the issues of sustainable mobility, batteries, fuel cells, storage technologies, energy conversion technologies, climate issues, CCS, CCU, climate change health issues, policy and political regulatory, ocean technology, environmental protection etc. It aims to compile all aspects of energy from fundamental principles to current advanced concepts and promote sustainable developments.
Dr. Ashwani Kumar received his Ph.D. in the area of Mechanical Vibration and Design. He is currently working as Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering (Gazetted Officer Group B) at Technical Education Department, Uttar Pradesh (under Government of Uttar Pradesh) Kanpur, India since December 2013. He has more than twelve years of research and academic experience in mechanical and materials engineering. He is editorial board member of many international journals and acts as review board member of 20 prestigious (Indexed in SCI/SCIE/Scopus) international journals with high impact factor. In addition he has published 100+ research articles in journals, book chapters and conferences. He has authored/co-authored cum edited 20+ books of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He has published 2 patents. He is currently involved in the research area of AI & ML in Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Techniques, Building Efficiency, Renewable Energy Harvesting, Heavy Vehicle Dynamics, and Sustainable Transportation.
Dr. Chandan Swaroop Meena is presently working as a Scientist in Building Energy Efficiency Department and Assistant Professor in Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee (Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India). He has done his Ph.D. in thermal engineering from IIT Roorkee, and M.Tech in thermal engineering from NIT Kurushetra. He does research in renewable energy utilization techniques, geothermal systems, building energy efficiency, two-phase flow, heat transfer. He is Life Member of Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT), Life Member of India Building Congress (IBC), and Life Member of The Institution of Engineers India (IEI). He has published 29 research articles in reputed Journals and International Conferences.
