Book Title: 3D Printing Technologies:Digital Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, and Industry 4.0 (ISBN: 978-3-11-121459-7)

             Publisher: De Gruyter, Germany

No Publication Charge

About Book: The book will cover latest developments like hybrid 3D Printing techniques to process different materials that are difficult to process by conventional techniques; bio-inspired 3D Printing and its applications; 3D Printing processes optimization by various bio-inspired algorithms to enhance the characteristics, efficiency and develop a product in minimum time; integration of 3D Printing with artificial intelligence (AI) from prefabrication stage to final product, with real-time defect detection, control and process efficiency improvement. It will cover the latest R&D, such as combining 3D Printing with Industry 4.0 concepts and all possible applications, for example, no human touch manufacturing medicines with full quality control.

Note: One electronic copy of your manuscript and published book will be provided to the main author of each chapter for free by De Gruyter and each chapter will be provided with a different DOI and indexed in SCOPUS. There is no fee involved at any stage. The publication is free of cost.

Book Chapters Topics:  All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference, or book. The following book chapter topics are welcome but not limited to:

1. Introduction

• What is 3D and 4D Printing
• State-of-art review of 3D and 4D Printing
• ISO/ASTM regulations and standards for 3D and 4D Printing

1. 3D Printing Technologies

• Design and development of 3D Printing techniques
• Non-Conventional 3D Printing
• Recent Advancements and possibilities in the 3D Printing
• 3D Printing for Micro and Nanomanufacturing
• Trends in 3D Printing
• 4D Printing
• Printing file formats for 3D Printing
• Software issues in 3D Printing

1. Materials for 3D Printing and 4D Printing

• Material selection and processing challenges in 3D Printing
• Developments in the materials used in 3D Printing
• Challenges in the use of metallic material for 3D Printing
• Processing of Biomaterials in 3D Printing
• Smart materials for 3D Printing
• 3D Printing of functionally graded materials

1. Optimization strategies of 3D Printing Techniques

• Lessons from nature applied to 3D Printing
• Bio-inspired Additive Manufacturing
• Utilization of nature-inspired techniques in 3D Printing
• Nature Inspired algorithms-based modelling of 3D Printing processes.
• Advances in biomanufacturing

1. Potential Applications of 3D Printing and 4D Printing

• Recent developments in the applications of 3D Printing technologies
• Applications of 3D Printing in medical, agricultural, architecture, engineering and other sectors
• Applications in biomedical and pharmaceuticals firms
• Case studies and live solutions of industries and society

1. Others aspects of 3D Printing and 4D Printing

• Computational and simulation approaches in 3D Printing
• Artificial Intelligence with 3D Printing
• Industry 4.0 and 3D Printing
• Optimization of designs, technologies, and materials for 3D Printing
• Integration of reverse engineering with 3D Printing

Note: You can propose any other topic also from your research/experience, which is covered under   the book title.

Important deadlines and other information:

General Guidelines:

First, submit a proposal (minimum 2-3 pages) of your chapter. Details and guidelines for full chapter submission will be provided after acceptance of proposal. Experimental work and case-studies with novel techniques are more likely for acceptance. This proposal should include at least:

1. Tentative title of the chapter.

2. List of authors (full names), affiliations and e-mails. Set the corresponding author.

3. Abstract of the chapter (half page at most), Keywords, Nature of work - Review/Research, Detailed Methodology, 8-10 References.

Submission of Proposal: Book Chapter proposal must be submitted at:   ameditors2023@gmail.com  

Details and guidelines like alttext sheet, author permission form, contributor agreement form etc. for full chapter submission will be provided after acceptance of proposal. 

Note: Similarly Index of the chapter should be less than 10%. The contribution must be original andunpublished work not submitted for publication elsewhere. Experimental work and case studies withnovel techniques are more likely for acceptance.

Publication

All book Chapters of book entitled "3D Printing Technologies:Digital Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, and Industry 4.0 (ISBN: 978-3-11-121459-7)" will be published by De Gruyter, Germany

Note: There is no fee involved at any stage. The publication is free of cost.

Contact

For submissions and/or any other information related to this Call for Book Chapters, please contact us at: ameditors2023@gmail.com

Editors:

1. Dr. Ajay Kumar, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, JECRC University, Rajasthan India.

2. Mr. Parveen, Assistant ProfessorMechanical Engineering,RIET, Faridabad, India.

3. Dr. Naveen Sharma, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Netaji Subhash University of Technology, New Delhi, India

4. Dr. Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Department of Mechanical Engineering, GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Uttar Pradesh, India