Polymer composite materials are of prime importance and play a vital role in numerous applications. 3D printed polymer composites have been adopted by the aerospace, medical, and automobile industries. However, many challenges and opportunities for the development and application of 3D printed polymer composites have yet to be covered.

Development, Properties, and Industrial Applications of 3D Printed Polymer Composites concentrates on cutting-edge technologies and materials as well as processing methods and industrial applications. It further discusses case studies, process issues, challenges, and more. Covering topics such as additive manufacturing, medical engineering, and fused deposition modeling, this premier reference source is essential for manufacturers, engineers, business leaders and executives, hospital administrators, students and faculty of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
Bibliometric Approaches
Conductive Polymer Composites
Fused Deposition Modeling
High Performance Polymer Composites
Image Processing Techniques
Medical Engineering
Polymers in Medicine
Smart Polymers and Composites

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Dr. R. Keshavamurthy is a full time professor and Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, India. He has completed Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering followed by Masters of Technology in Manufacturing Science and Engineering and PhD in Mechanical Engineering. He started his career as Research Associate in 2007, followed by Scientist at Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) (GOI) Bangalore, in Rapid manufacturing division and presently working at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering. He has been a recipient of many sponsored research projects as Principal Investigator which was mainly sponsored by SERB, Dept. of Science & Technology, GOI, VGST Govt. Of Karnataka and AICTE, New Delhi. Under his guidance more than 10 batches of students have obtained sponsored research grant from Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology. His patents are also numerous and one being in the field of Additive Manufacturing. He has guided numerous PhD, postgraduate and graduate students. He is a lifetime member of numerous professional bodies. He is recipient of numerous awards and also Gold medalist for securing highest percent in Master of Technology. He is editorial member and reviewer of numerous reputed journals. He has more than 150 research articles publication in journals and conferences and authored more than 20 book chapters. He has lifelong citations of 2224 and has h-index of 27.

Vijay Tambrallimath completed his Bachelor of Engineering from VTU, Karnataka, India in 2011 and Master of Technology from VTU, Karnataka, India in 2013. PhD in synthesis and characterization of polymer composites developed by 3D printing technology was completed in Bangalore, India in 2020. He is recipient of numerous best research paper awards in international conferences. He has been a reviewer at Scopus journals in the field of Additive Manufacturing and composites. He has published more than 25 research papers and 8 book chapters till date. To his credit he has a granted Australian Patent in the field of Additive Manufacturing and one published patent in Indian Patent Office. He has a research grant in the field of Additive Manufacturing. Also he has been an invited speaker in national level faculty development program in the field of Additive Manufacturing. He has extensive international research collaborations at his very young age.

J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is also distinguished as honorary professor in several universities/colleges/institutes in China, India and Spain. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (materials and manufacturing processes), Mechanical Engineering degree (5 years), from the University of Porto (FEUP), the Aggregate title (Full Habilitation) from the University of Coimbra and the D.Sc. (Higher Doctorate) from London Metropolitan University. He is Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and Specialist titles in Engineering and Industrial Management as well as in Metrology. He is also Eur Ing by Engineers Europe FEANI-Brussels and Fellow (FIET) of IET-London. He has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. He has also interest in Management, Engineering Education and Higher Education for Sustainability. He has guided large numbers of postdoc, Ph.D. and master’s students as well as has coordinated and participated in several financed research projects. He has received several scientific awards and honors. He has worked as evaluator of projects for ERC-European Research Council and other international research agencies as well as examiner of Ph.D. thesis for many universities in different countries. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals, Guest Editor of journals, books Editor, book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many international journals and conferences. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-3111

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