Book Series: World Scientific Series in Advanced Manufacturing

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta
Smith International Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department
Director, Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Viterbi School of Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90089-1453
Email: skgupta@usc.edu
Phone: 213-740-0491

The field of manufacturing is currently undergoing major changes. 3D printing (also called additive manufacturing) is expected to revolutionize manufacturing. It enables designers to realize complex designs rapidly. The cost of 3D printers is dropping dramatically. This means that people who did not have access to manufacturing until now can buy 3D printers and make things themselves. Recent advances in robotics are reducing the need for manual labor and hence making manufacturing economically viable in high-wage rate regions. Companies need to offer high quality products of increasing complexity at a faster pace with lower prices. This makes manufacturing very challenging. The Internet of Things technology is expected to lead to smart manufacturing. Smart manufacturing technologies are expected to significantly improve manufacturing efficiency and productivity. These technologies can also be used to reduce negative environmental impact of manufacturing. Recent advances in materials such as digital materials, multifunctional materials, metamaterials, and programmable materials are expected to enable a new generation of products. In addition to enabling innovation, a healthy manufacturing sector is necessary to provide well-paying jobs and maintaining favorable employment numbers. High-value manufacturing also creates export opportunities and helps with the trade balance.

There are new national initiatives in field of advanced manufacturing in many countries. The US is establishing Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. The Europe has a major initiative called Industry 4.0 in the advanced manufacturing area. These initiatives are expected to accelerate and pace of innovation and knowledge creation in the manufacturing area. New markets and industries will be created around several emerging areas such as unmanned systems, driverless cars, electric vehicles, next generation batteries, intelligent prosthetic devices, smart appliances, and personalized medicine. Advances in manufacturing will drive innovations in these areas. New industries in these areas will require a well-trained workforce familiar with the latest advances in manufacturing.

World Scientific Publisher has launched a new book series in the area of advanced manufacturing to disseminate the new knowledge being created in the area of advanced manufacturing. Books in this series are expected to serve as a reference for practicing engineers and textbooks for new courses. This series has a broad scope and will cover all potential areas related to Advanced Manufacturing technologies. Potential topics include the following:

• Bio-manufacturing
• On-line Sensing and Process Control
• Laser Technology and Applications
• Nano-fabrication
• Micro-fabrication
• Collaborative Robotics
• Industrial Robotics
• Manufacturing Automation
• Precision Manufacturing
• Smart Manufacturing
• Digital Manufacturing
• Flexible Automation
• Next Generation Inspection Technology
• Sustainable and Green Manufacturing
• 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
• Flexible Electronics
• Computer-integrated Manufacturing Systems
• Manufacturing Planning, Optimization and Simulation
• Composite Manufacturing
• Big Data Applications in Manufacturing
• Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications in Manufacturing
• Internet of Things Application in Manufacturing

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Satyandra K. Gupta is the Editor-in-Chief for this book series. He is Smith International Professor in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. He has authored or co-authored more than three hundred articles in journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He has also delivered more than hundred invited tutorials, seminars, and keynote lectures at conferences, workshops, government labs, and universities.

He holds a US Patent titled Apparatus and Method for Multi-Purpose Setup Planning for Sheet Metal Bending Operations. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has served as the Chair of the Design for Manufacturing Technical Committee in the Design Division of ASME. He has organized several conference sessions in the area of computer-aided design, manufacturing automation, and robotics.

Advisory Board

The following distinguished group of scholars and researcher serve on the advisor board for this book series:

• Satish Bukkapatnam, Texas A&M University
• Mark Cutkosky, Stanford University
• Robert Gao, Case Western Reserve University
• I.S. Jawahir, University of Kentucky
• Soundar Kumara, Pennsylvania State University
• Ming Leu, Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Jingshan Li, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Xiaochun Li, University of California, Los Angeles
• Shreyes Melkote, Georgia Tech
• Rakesh Nagi, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
• Sudarsan Rachuri, Department of Energy
• Kamlakar Rajurkar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Shivakumar Raman, University of Oklahoma
• Kazuhiro Saitou, University of Michigan
• Sanjay Sarma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Scope

This series will include both edited volumes, major references, monographs and graduate and senior undergraduate texts. Edited volumes will consist of chapters written by experts in the field. Editors for these books will be responsible for inviting and selecting chapter authors. Each book will consist of ten to twenty chapters. Authored monographs will present a detailed description of specific technical areas. Multi-volume references and Encyclopedia are envisioned to be major reference works addressing, in detailed, systematic and comprehensive way, the entire broad strategic areas of today's manufacturing and related fields. Textbooks will be methodologically written with the goal to assist students and lecturers of specific causes in Manufacturing.

Proposal Submission

Authors and editors interested in contributing to this book series should send a two- page proposal to Prof Gupta. The proposal should include the following:

• Description of the theme of the book
• Outline of chapters in the book
• Intended audience
• Short biographies of authors/editors