Mariappan Rajan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He is an experienced researcher and is mainly interested in the development of biodegradable polymeric nanocarrier systems, nanogels, nanoparticles, nanocomposite scaffolds, bio-ceramic materials and mineral substituted scaffold for Tissue engineering, Drug Delivery and Wound Dressing applications.

• Section A: Natural Sources and the Fundamentals of Fiber Composite Materials1. Natural Resources for Fiber Production2. Fiber Production Methods for Organic Fibrous Materials3. Inorganic fibers and their Composite Materials4. Non-polymeric materials: production and characterizationSection B: Technologies for fiber production processes5. A top-down approach in the fiber production process6. Electrospinning Techniques in Fiber Formation7. Wet-Spinning in Fiber Production8. Drawing and Template methods in fiber production9. Interfacial polymerization and self-assembled fibersSection C: Structural features and applications in biomedical engineering10. Fiber structural features in medicinal devices11. Fibers and their composite in bone tissue engineering12. Regeneration properties of fibers in wound regeneration13. Conductive fibers in spinal cord injury repair14. Fibers and their composites in artificial organ replacementsSection D: Market and Future Needs15. The process of fiber production: from the laboratory to the market16. Commercially available medicinal grade fibers and future needs