Shaping Tomorrow: Thin Films and 3D Printing in the Fourth Industrial Revolution 1: Fundamentals
暫譯: 塑造明天：第四次工業革命中的薄膜與3D列印 1：基礎知識

這部兩卷本的著作探討了薄膜與3D列印在第四次工業革命（4IR）中的融合，目標讀者為工程師、研究人員、學生及專業人士。本書首先闡明了工業4.0及其關鍵驅動因素，強調先進數位技術、自動化及數據驅動洞察的整合。隨後的章節探討了薄膜的歷史、特性及新興趨勢，展示其在柔性電子、綠色氫氣生產、電池技術、太陽能技術以及高性能顯示器和照明中的多樣應用。此外，本書還探討了3D列印在各行各業中的變革性角色，從航空航天和汽車到醫療保健和消費品。該著作細緻地處理了採用這些技術所面臨的挑戰與機會，倡導合作、創新和持續改進。最後，它強調了薄膜與3D列印的整合，突顯其在推動製造業及其他領域的創新、客製化和可持續性方面的協同潛力。本書作為一個深具洞察力的指南，提供了有關薄膜和3D列印在4IR環境中應用及相關性的寶貴觀點和見解。

本卷處理基本方面。

Dr Ukoba is a lecturer and researcher in the department of mechanical engineering science of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He obtained a doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban in South Africa, graduating among the top 15 researchers. He coordinates the smart energy group for JENANO headed by Professor Jen. He oversees a group of doctoral students, masters' and undergraduate students. He has won couple of individual and group grants, awards, and fellowships. Recent among them is the one million South Africa Rands grant by SASOL/NRF Collaborative Research grant for water treatment using Atomic Layer deposition in 2021. He is among the author for the African Integrated Assessment report by United Nations Environment Programme, African Union Commission, CCAC and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) joint publication. He is also a 2022 Engineering for Change (E4C) fellow sponsored by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to support an Impact Project around Climate Action. He has authored book, book chapters and journal articles, presented in conferences and serves as a reviewer for high impact journals and conferences. He acts as an academic and career mentor to students.

Prof. Jen is the head of department of Mechanical Engineering Science at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa and research chair of green hydrogen in South Africa. Prior to that, he was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United States of America. Prof Jen received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), specializing in thermal aspects of grinding. He has received several competitive grants for his research, including those from the US National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and the EPA. Prof. Jen has brought in $3.0 million of funding for his research and has received various awards for his research including the NSF GOALI Award. Prof. Jen has established a Joint Research Centre with the Nanjing Tech University of China on the "Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing." Prof. Jen is also the Director of the newly established Atomic Layer Deposition Research Centre of the University of Johannesburg. South Africa National Research Foundation has awarded Prof. Jen a NNEP grant (National Nano Equipment Program) worth USD 1 million to acquire two state-of-the-art Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Tools for ultra-thin film coating. He also won a grant for water treatment from NRF/SASOl worth 1 million South Africa rands recently. He is currently leading the drive for application of Atomic Layer deposition equipment (first of its kind in Africa) for various applications (hydrogen, renewable energy, thin films, etc). He is a fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), member of Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), among others. Prof. Jen is a highly published and top-rated researcher with over 360 peer-reviewed articles, including 180 peer-reviewed journal papers, published in Elsevier, ACS, Taylor and Francis, Springer Nature, Wiley, MDPI. He has written 16 book chapters and has 5 books published with the latest book titled "Chalcogenide: Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Composites," published by CRC press-Taylor Francis, January 2021.

Dr. Ukoba 是南非約翰尼斯堡大學機械工程科學系的講師和研究員。他在南非夸祖魯-納塔爾大學（University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban）獲得機械工程博士學位，並在前15名研究人員中畢業。他負責 JENANO 的智慧能源小組，該小組由 Jen 教授領導。他監督一群博士生、碩士生和本科生。他獲得了幾個個人和團體的獎助金、獎項和研究獎學金。其中最近的一項是2021年由SASOL/NRF合作研究獎助金提供的100萬南非蘭特，用於利用原子層沉積技術進行水處理。他是聯合國環境規劃署、非洲聯盟委員會、CCAC 和斯德哥爾摩環境研究所（SEI）共同出版的非洲綜合評估報告的作者之一。他還是2022年由美國機械工程師學會（ASME）贊助的工程改變（E4C）獎學金獲得者，支持一個關於氣候行動的影響項目。他撰寫了書籍、書章和期刊文章，參加會議並擔任高影響力期刊和會議的審稿人。他還擔任學生的學術和職業導師。

Jen 教授是南非約翰尼斯堡大學機械工程科學系的系主任，也是南非綠氫研究主席。在此之前，他曾是美國威斯康辛州密爾瓦基大學的教職員。Jen 教授在加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA）獲得機械與航空工程博士學位，專攻磨削的熱學方面。他為自己的研究獲得了幾個競爭性獎助金，包括來自美國國家科學基金會、美國能源部和環保署的資助。Jen 教授為他的研究籌集了300萬美元的資金，並因其研究獲得了多項獎項，包括 NSF GOALI 獎。Jen 教授與中國南京科技大學建立了關於「可持續材料與製造」的聯合研究中心。Jen 教授還是南非約翰尼斯堡大學新成立的原子層沉積研究中心的主任。南非國家研究基金會已向 Jen 教授頒發了價值100萬美元的 NNEP 獎助金（國家納米設備計劃），用於購置兩台最先進的原子層沉積（ALD）工具以進行超薄膜塗層。他最近還獲得了 NRF/SASOL 提供的100萬南非蘭特的水處理獎助金。他目前正在推動在非洲首次應用原子層沉積設備於各種應用（氫、可再生能源、薄膜等）。他是美國機械工程師學會（ASME）的會員，南非科學院（ASSAf）的成員等。Jen 教授是一位高產且評價極高的研究人員，擁有超過360篇同行評審的文章，包括180篇在Elsevier、ACS、Taylor and Francis、Springer Nature、Wiley、MDPI等期刊上發表的同行評審期刊論文。他撰寫了16章書籍，並出版了5本書，最新的書名為《Chalcogenide: Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Composites》，由CRC Press-Taylor Francis於2021年1月出版。