Characterization, Testing, Measurement, and Metrology
暫譯: 特性化、測試、測量與計量學

本書介紹了通過先進製造過程對材料和設備進行測量、性能分析和特徵描述的廣泛方面。測量和計量學作為維持材料和先進製造過程應用中高品質產品、設備和系統的前提條件，近年來已經顯著增長。

本書的重點是介紹智能材料在汽車、生物製造、化學、電子、能源和建築等多個技術領域的應用。先進材料具有新穎的特性，因此必須進行全面的特徵描述和深入研究，以便將其納入能夠超越現有產品並解決當前問題的產品中。

本書捕捉了材料科學和先進製造工程的新興領域，並為研究人員、現場工程師和學術專業人士呈現了最新的研究趨勢。

Dr. Chander Prakash is Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India. He has received Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. His area of research is biomaterials, rapid prototyping & 3-D printing, advanced manufacturing, modeling, simulation, and optimization. He has more than 11 years of teaching experience and 6 years research experience. He has contributed extensively to the world in the Titanium and Magnesium based implant literature with publications appearing in Surface and Coating Technology, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. He authored 100 research papers and 20 book chapters. He is also editor of 10 Book: " Bio-manufacturing", Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland., Dec. 2018; "3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering", Book series Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland., August 2019, and "Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration - Design and Synthesis", Book series Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland., March 2019. He is also Guest Editor of 2 Journals: Special Issue on "Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing", Measurement and Control (SCI indexed) and Serving Guest Editor of Special issue on "Nano-Composites and Smart Materials: Design, Processing, Manufacturing and Applications" of Advanced Composites Letters (Impact Factor 0.559, SAGE).

Dr. Sunpreet Singh is researcher in NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI). He has received Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, India. His area of research is Additive Manufacturing and application of 3D printing for development of new biomaterials for clinical applications. He has contributed extensively in Additive Manufacturing literature with publications appearing in Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Composite Part: B, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Measurement, International Journal of Advance Manufacturing Technology, and Journal of Cleaner Production. He authored 10 book chapters and monographs. He is working with joint collaboration with Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative and Prof. Rupinder Singh, Manufacturing Research Lab, GNDEC, Ludhiana. He is also editor of 3 Book: "Current Trends in Bio-manufacturing", Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland., Dec. 2018; "3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering", Book series Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland., August 2019, and "Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration - Design and Synthesis", Book series Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland., March 2019. He is also Guest Editor of 3 Journals: Guest Editor of Special Issue of "Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing", Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering (Scopus Index), Materials Science Forum (Scopus Index), and Special Issue on "Metrology in Materials and Advanced Manufacturing", Measurement and Control (SCI indexed).　

Prof. J. Paulo Davim received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1997, M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes) in 1991, Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years) in 1986, from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra in 2005 and the D.Sc. from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He is Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. He is also Eur Ing by FEANI-Brussels and Fellow (FIET) by IET-London. Currently, he is Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. He has also interest in Management, Engineering Education and Higher Education for Sustainability. He has guided large numbers of postdoc, Ph.D. and master's students as well as has coordinated and participated in several financed research projects. He has received several scientific awards. He has worked as evaluator of projects for ERC European Research Council and other international research agencies as well as examiner of Ph.D. thesis for many universities in different countries. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals, Guest Editor of journals, books Editor, book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many international journals and conferences. Presently, he is an Editorial Board member of 30 international journals and acts as reviewer for more than 100 prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as editor (and co-editor) more than 100 books and as author (and co-author) more than 10 books, 80 book chapters and 400 articles in journals and conferences (more than 250 articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection/h-index 49+/7000+ citations, SCOPUS/h-index 56+/10000+ citations, Google Scholar/h-index 70+/16000+).

查德·普拉卡什博士是印度賈蘭達爾的洛夫利專業大學機械工程學院的副教授。他在印度昌迪加爾的旁遮普大學獲得機械工程博士學位。他的研究領域包括生物材料、快速原型製作與3D列印、先進製造、建模、模擬和優化。他擁有超過11年的教學經驗和6年的研究經驗。他在鈦和鎂基植入物文獻方面做出了廣泛的貢獻，發表的文章出現在《表面與塗層技術》、《材料與製造過程》、《材料工程與性能期刊》、《機械科學與技術期刊》、《納米科學與納米技術快報》、《機械工程師學會會議錄B部分：工程製造期刊》。他撰寫了100篇研究論文和20章書籍。他還是10本書的編輯，包括《生物製造》，施普林格先進製造系列，施普林格國際出版公司，瑞士查姆，Gewerbestrasse 11，2018年12月；《生物醫學工程中的3D列印》，材料視野系列：從自然到納米材料，施普林格國際出版公司，瑞士查姆，Gewerbestrasse 11，2019年8月，以及《骨科與骨再生中的生物材料 - 設計與合成》，材料視野系列：從自然到納米材料，施普林格國際出版公司，瑞士查姆，Gewerbestrasse 11，2019年3月。他還是2本期刊的客座編輯：在《材料與先進製造中的計量學》特刊的《測量與控制》（SCI索引）和《先進複合材料快報》的特刊《納米複合材料與智能材料：設計、加工、製造與應用》的客座編輯（影響因子0.559，SAGE）。

桑普里特·辛格博士是新加坡國立大學納米科學與納米技術倡議（NUSNNI）的研究員。他在印度盧迪亞納的古魯納納克德夫工程學院獲得機械工程博士學位。他的研究領域是增材製造及3D列印在臨床應用中新生物材料的開發。他在增材製造文獻方面做出了廣泛的貢獻，發表的文章出現在《製造過程期刊》、《複合材料B部分》、《快速原型製作期刊》、《機械科學與技術期刊》、《測量》、《國際先進製造技術期刊》和《清潔生產期刊》。他撰寫了10章書籍和專著。他與新加坡國立大學納米科學與納米技術倡議的西拉姆·拉馬克里希納教授和古魯納納克德夫工程學院的魯平德·辛格教授進行聯合合作。他還是3本書的編輯，包括《生物製造的當前趨勢》，施普林格先進製造系列，施普林格國際出版公司，瑞士查姆，Gewerbestrasse 11，2018年12月；《生物醫學工程中的3D列印》，材料視野系列：從自然到納米材料，施普林格國際出版公司，瑞士查姆，Gewerbestrasse 11，2019年8月，以及《骨科與骨再生中的生物材料 - 設計與合成》，材料視野系列：從自然到納米材料，施普林格國際出版公司，瑞士查姆，Gewerbestrasse 11，2019年3月。他還是3本期刊的客座編輯：《功能材料與先進製造》的特刊編輯，《事實大學期刊》，機械工程系列（Scopus索引）、材料科學論壇（Scopus索引）以及《材料與先進製造中的計量學》的特刊編輯，《測量與控制》（SCI索引）。

J. 保羅·達維姆教授於1997年獲得機械工程博士學位，1991年獲得機械工程碩士學位（材料與製造過程），1986年獲得機械工程學位（5年），均來自波爾圖大學（FEUP），並於2005年獲得科英布拉大學的全職資格（完全資格），2013年獲得倫敦城市大學的科學博士學位。他是葡萄牙工程師協會的高級特許工程師，擁有MBA學位和工程與工業管理專家資格。他還是FEANI-布魯塞爾的歐洲工程師（Eur Ing）和倫敦IET的院士（FIET）。目前，他是葡萄牙阿維羅大學機械工程系的教授。他在製造、材料、機械和工業工程方面擁有超過30年的教學和研究經驗，特別強調機械加工與摩擦學。他還對管理、工程教育和可持續高等教育感興趣。他指導了大量的博士後、博士和碩士學生，並協調和參與了多個資助的研究項目。他獲得了多個科學獎項。他曾擔任歐洲研究委員會（ERC）和其他國際研究機構的項目評估員，以及多個國家大學的博士論文考官。他是多本國際期刊的主編，期刊的客座編輯，書籍編輯，書籍系列編輯，以及多個國際期刊和會議的科學顧問。目前，他是30本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員，並擔任超過100本知名Web of Science期刊的審稿人。此外，他還作為編輯（和共同編輯）出版了超過100本書籍，作為作者（和共同作者）出版了超過10本書籍、80章書籍和400篇期刊及會議文章（在Web of Science核心合集中的期刊文章超過250篇/h-index 49+/7000+引用，SCOPUS/h-index 56+/10000+引用，Google Scholar/h-index 70+/16000+）。