Thermal Claddings for Engineering Applications
暫譯: 工程應用的熱絕緣材料

這段文字介紹了在熱包覆材料領域的進展，這些材料用於保護水力渦輪機、汽車、農業設備、發電廠、化學工業和噴氣發動機免受侵蝕、腐蝕和磨損的影響。

Dr. Lalit Thakur is a faculty member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India. He has obtained his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) Roorkee, India. For the last 13 years, he is continuously exploring new possibilities in the field of Welding Engineering and Thermal Spray Technology. His current research areas are thermal spray coatings and TIG weld claddings for wear, corrosion, bio-medical applications, ferromagnetic lubricants, advanced composite development by powder metallurgy, stir casting, and friction stir processing. He has authored more than 60 research articles in various International Journals (SCI/Scopus), Conferences, and Edited Books of reputed publishers such as Applied Surface Science, Surface and Coatings Technology, Surface Engineering, Surface Topography, Tribology Transactions, Wear, JMEP, JMST, Materials Today Communications, Engineering Failure Analysis, Materials Research Express, Surface Review & Letters, CRC Press, Springer Nature, IntechOpen, etc. Moreover, he is a reviewer of most of the reputed journals related to Materials Science, Surface Engineering, and Coatings Technology. He has recently published a book titled "Thermal Spray Coatings" under CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. He is also a Life-member of the Institution of Engineers India (IEI) and Indian Structural Integrity Society (INSIS). He has published two patents in the field of thermal spray coatings and friction stir processing. He has guided many M.Tech. and Ph.D. scholars in emerging areas of Thermal spraying, Advanced Manufacturing, and Welding Technology.

Dr. Jasbir Singh is an Assistant Professor at Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar-India. He has received his M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra-India. His area of research is thermal weld cladding especially for the development of new materials and claddings to enhance the service life of engineering equipment that are exposed to extreme wear conditions. He has contributed extensively in weld claddings in repute journals which include Surface coatings and Technology, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials and Surface Engineering. He has authored more than 10 International publications in various International Journals and conferences. He has a teaching experience of more than ten years.

Dr. Hitesh Vasudev is currently working as Associate Professor at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-India. He has received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana-India in 2018 (Affiliated to IKGPTU-Jallandhar). His area of research is thermal spray coatings, especially for the development of new materials used for high-temperature erosion and oxidation resistance and microwave processing of materials. He has contributed extensively in thermal spray coatings in repute journals which include Surface coatings and Technology, Materials Today Communications, Engineering Failure Analysis, Journal of Cleaner Production, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, Surface Reviews & Letters, and Journal of failure prevention and control, International Journal of Surface Engineering and Interdisciplinary Materials Science under the flagship of various publication groups such as Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer nature, IGI Global and InTech Open. Moreover, he is a dedicated reviewer of reputed journals such as Surface Coatings and Technology, Ceramics International, Journal of Material Engineering Performance, Engineering Failure Analysis, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties Material Research Express, Engineering Research Express and IGI Global journals etc. He has authored more than 30 International publications in various International Journals and conferences. He has published 15 book chapters in various books related to surface engineering and manufacturing processes. He has also published a unique patent in the field of thermal spraying. He has teaching experience of more than eight years. He received a "Research Excellence" award in 2019 at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India. He has organized a National Conference and has been a part of many International Conferences.

Dr. Lalit Thakur 是印度庫魯克舍特拉國立技術學院機械工程系的教職員。他在印度理工學院（I.I.T.）魯爾基獲得了碩士（M.Tech.）和博士（Ph.D.）學位。在過去的13年中，他持續探索焊接工程和熱噴塗技術領域的新可能性。他目前的研究領域包括熱噴塗塗層和TIG焊接覆蓋層，應用於耐磨、耐腐蝕、生物醫學、鐵磁潤滑劑、通過粉末冶金、攪拌鑄造和摩擦攪拌加工開發的先進複合材料。他在多個國際期刊（SCI/Scopus）、會議和知名出版社的編輯書籍中發表了超過60篇研究文章，如Applied Surface Science, Surface and Coatings Technology, Surface Engineering, Surface Topography, Tribology Transactions, Wear, JMEP, JMST, Materials Today Communications, Engineering Failure Analysis, Materials Research Express, Surface Review & Letters, CRC Press, Springer Nature, IntechOpen等。此外，他還是與材料科學、表面工程和塗層技術相關的多個知名期刊的審稿人。他最近在CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group出版了一本名為'Thermal Spray Coatings'的書籍。他也是印度工程師協會（IEI）和印度結構完整性協會（INSIS）的終身會員。他在熱噴塗和摩擦攪拌加工領域已獲得兩項專利。他指導了許多在熱噴塗、先進製造和焊接技術新興領域的碩士和博士研究生。

Dr. Jasbir Singh 是印度哈里德瓦爾的古魯庫拉坎格里大學的助理教授。他在印度庫魯克舍特拉國立技術學院獲得了碩士（M.Tech）和博士（Ph.D.）學位。他的研究領域是熱焊覆蓋，特別是開發新材料和覆蓋層，以增強暴露於極端磨損條件下的工程設備的使用壽命。他在知名期刊中對焊接覆蓋的貢獻廣泛，包括表面塗層與技術、國際耐火金屬與硬材料期刊和表面工程。他在各種國際期刊和會議上發表了超過10篇國際出版物。他擁有超過十年的教學經驗。

Dr. Hitesh Vasudev 目前在印度法格瓦拉的Lovely Professional University擔任副教授。他於2018年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（隸屬於IKGPTU-Jallandhar）。他的研究領域是熱噴塗塗層，特別是開發用於高溫侵蝕和氧化抵抗的新材料以及材料的微波處理。他在知名期刊中對熱噴塗塗層的貢獻廣泛，包括表面塗層與技術、材料今日通訊、工程失效分析、清潔生產期刊、表面拓撲：計量與性質、表面評論與信件，以及失效預防與控制期刊、國際表面工程與跨學科材料科學期刊，這些均由各大出版集團如Elsevier、Taylor & Francis、Springer Nature、IGI Global和InTech Open出版。此外，他還是表面塗層與技術、國際陶瓷期刊、材料工程性能期刊、工程失效分析、表面拓撲：計量與性質、材料研究快報、工程研究快報和IGI Global期刊等知名期刊的專業審稿人。他在各種國際期刊和會議上發表了超過30篇國際出版物。他在與表面工程和製造過程相關的各種書籍中發表了15章書籍。他還在熱噴塗領域獲得了一項獨特的專利。他擁有超過八年的教學經驗。他在2019年於Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India獲得了「研究卓越獎」。他組織了一個全國會議，並參加了許多國際會議。