Meet the editor

Amar Patnaik is an Associate Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department at MNIT Jaipur, India. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at NIT Hamirpur, India. He earned his PhD in the field of Composite Materials (2009) at NIT Rourkela, India. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience and has taught a broad spectrum of courses related to mechanical engineering. He has published more than 180 SCI indexed journal

articles in the field of polymers, metals and ceramic composites, biomaterials, and coatings with 7 Indian patents. He has also published about 10 book chapters in the area of advanced materials and has presented at least 70 talks at national and international meetings. Dr. Patnaik is a life member of various technical societies.

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 47**

**Chapter 5 63**

Reinforced Polymer Composites: The Effect of Exposure to Acidic Environment *by David O. Obada, Laminu S. Kuburi, David Dodoo-Arhin, Yongdan Hou,* 

The Effects of Novel Additives Used in PVA/Starch Biohybrid Films *by Eyyup Karaogul, Ertugrul Altuntas, Tufan Salan and Mehmet Hakki Alma*

Determining the Filler Activity in the Sintering of Pitch Composites *by Vladimir Shmalko, Valeriia Karchakova, Oleh Zelenskyi and Fedir Cheshko*

Dynamic Mechanical Behaviour of Coir and Coconut Husk Particulate

*Muyideen B. Balogun and Mahmud Muhammad*

Carbothermal Synthesis of Spherical AlN Fillers

*by Qi Wang, Kexin Chen and Wenbin Cao*

*by Shih-Ying Chang, Yan-Hua Huang and Lung-Chuan Tsao*

Active Solders and Active Soldering

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