Overview
- Provides a comprehensive and integrated review on recent practices using natural fiber composites in automotive industry
- Bridges the gap between academic literature and actual industry practices
- Helps industry experts determine how to use natural fiber composites to produce new sustainable automotive components
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Materials (BRIEFSMATERIALS)
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Dr. Mohamad Midani is an Assistant Professor in the Materials Engineering Department, German University Cairo, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. He is also the managing partner of inTEXive consulting, and Secretary General of the International Associationfor Palm Byproducts. He has long experience in the textile industry, with a focus on technical textiles and composites, with an ongoing research collaboration and consulting to the industry. His research mostly focuses on natural fibers and fiber-reinforced composites, and he is the co-inventor of the long textile fibers from the midribs of date palm (PalmFil). He published more than 30 articles in international journals and conferences in addition to co-editing two books. He is Reviewer to several international journals from different publishers. Dr. Midani has his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Ain Shams University (2006), MT in textiles and apparel technology and management (2012), and Ph.D. in fiber and polymer science from the Wilson College of Textiles, NC State University (2016).
Prof. Ayman El-Badawy is a Full Professor and Department Head of the Mechatronics Engineering, and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs of the Faculty of Engineering and Materials Science, German University in Cairo. Prof El-Badawy has international industrial experience in electromechanical systems and his research focuses on Robotics, Aerial Robotics, Control Theory, Mechatronic Systems Design, Autonomous Systems, Vibrations and Aeroelasticity. He has his B.Sc. (1993) and M.Sc. (1995) in Mechanical Engineering from the American University in Cairo, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2000).
Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is Highflyer Fellow (Professor) at Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is also Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, since June 2013. He is a world-renowned figure in biomaterials and biocomposites, and he has more than 10 years of experience in teaching, research, and industries.His areas of research interests include hybrid-reinforced/filled polymer composites, advance materials: graphene/nanoclay/fire retardant, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibers and solid wood, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibers, and polymer blends. So far, he has published 20 book, 45 chapters, and more than 300 international journal papers and 10 published review papers under top 25 hot articles in science direct during 2014-2016.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Manufacturing Automotive Components from Sustainable Natural Fiber Composites
Authors: Lobna A. Elseify, Mohamad Midani, Ayman El-Badawy, Mohammad Jawaid
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83025-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83024-3Published: 10 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83025-0Published: 09 August 2021
Series ISSN: 2192-1091
Series E-ISSN: 2192-1105
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 83
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Structural Materials, Biomaterials, Automotive Engineering, Materials Engineering, Sustainable Development