Dr. Amit Arora is Associate Professor of Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. He leads the Advanced Materials Processing Research Group at IIT Gandhinagar which works in the area of numerical modeling of welding and joining processes, additive manufacturing processes, and friction stir welding and processing including tool wear during FSW, numerical modeling of dissimilar FSW, and mechanical and electrochemical characterization of friction stir surface composites. Recent works have been published in journals such as Wear, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Heat and Mass Transfer.
Dr. Xizhang Chen is a Full Professor at Wenzhou University, China, and leads the Materials Joining & Processing Team, conducting both fundamental and applied R&D and technology innovations for diverse interdisciplinary subjects related to materials joining/processing and allied materials manufacturing processes. He is also Guest Professor of Siberian State Industrial University. Dr. Xizhang Chen’s research covers various aspects of thermal–mechanical–metallurgical behaviors of materials in materials joining and processing. He has about 100 publications and 16 patents. He also works as Associate Editors and Editorial Board members of some international journals such as Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing (TIWM), Surface Investigation, Engineering Materials and Bulletin of the Siberian State Industrial University.
Dr. Sergey Konovalov is Leading Researcher and Head of the Department of Metals Technology and Aviation Materials, Samara National Research University, Russia; he is also Chief Researcher of Wenzhou University Institute of Laser and Optoelectronic Intelligent Manufacturing, China. Dr. Konovalov’s research interests include solid-state physics, external energy effects, physics of strength and plasticity of metals and alloys. He has about 250 publications,14 patents and been Head of grants from leading scientific foundations.
FRICTION STIR WELDING, PROCESSING & ALLOYING 