Electrochemical Micromachining for Nanofabrication, MEMS and Nanotechnology

Professor, Production Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, IndiaField of Specialization: Non-Traditional Machining Processes, Micro Machining.Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT), Production Management.Principal Investigator since 1995 for seven multi-year research projects e.g. on Electrochemical Machining (ECM), Electrochemical Discharge Machining (ECDM), and Electrochemical Micromachining (EMM)Professor, Production Engineering Department, since 2000Head of the Department, Production Engineering Department, from 2001 to 2003Coordinator of Quality Improvement Program (QIP), Jadavpur University, since 2002Coordinator of Center of Advanced Study (CAS) Phase II-IV Programs consisting thrust areas: Micromachining and Nanotechnology, Micromanufacturing, sponsored by UGC, since 2003Achieved several Certificates of Merit and Certificates of Achievement Institution Award & Gold Medal by The Institution of Engineers (India) for a research paper Keynote speaker, chair person, presenter and organizer/coordinator of several international conferences.Visited several countries such as England, Dublin, Taiwan, Hongkong, Thailand etc. for research and academic purposes.Board member and Fellow of several academic bodies in several institutionsGuest editor of International journals and editor of conference proceedingsSupervised several Ph.D thesis and filed several patents in his credit.Authored and co-authored around 353+ articlesAuthor of 83 articles with 1352 total citations by 959 documents as listed in ScopusH-Index of 24 per SCOPUS

• 1. Introduction2. Electrochemical Machining: Macro to Micro3. Principle of Material Removal in EMM4. Types of EMM5. Electrochemical Micromachining (EMM) Setup6. Design and Development of Micro Tools7. Influencing Factors of EMM8. Improvement of Machining Accuracy9. Advantages, Applications and Limitations of EMM 10. Micro-Features Fabrication for MEMS and Other Microengineering Applications11. Electrochemical Micro System Technology (EMST)12. Recent Advancements in EMM for Nanofabrication13. Nano-Features on Metals and Semiconductors for Nanotechnology Applications

"This book is an excellent addition to the nanotechnology literature…The book will be very useful to professionals as well as nonprofessionals who are interested in electrochemical micromachining. I strongly recommend this book for scientists, engineers, and those who wish to teach this subject." --MRS Bulletin