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## Meet the editor

Dr. T. R. Vijayaram is a senior professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), India. He is an expert in the field of materials and metallurgical, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering. He received his BE in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India, followed by an ME in Industrial Metallurgy

from PSG College of Technology, Bharathiyar University, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Later, he worked as a rector researcher in metallurgy at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry (DCCI), Genoa University, Italy. His passion for academics, research, and education led him to obtain an MBA in Educational Management and an MA in Sociology from the University of Madras, India. He is also a Chartered Engineer (India) and a member of several professional and scientific bodies in India and abroad, including the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Institution of Engineers (IEI), Institute of Indian Foundryman (IIF), and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He is also a fellow of IEI. Dr. Vijayaram received the Distinguished Scientist Award in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering for his outstanding contribution to metallurgy. He has published more than 210 papers in international and national journals, conferences, broadsheets, and magazines. His areas of research include materials engineering, metallurgical engineering, manufacturing engineering, and mechanical engineering.

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